Complementary therapies in palliative cancer care.

abstract：BACKGROUND:As an organized screening program, the national Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (BCCEDP) was launched in the early 1990s to improve breast cancer outcomes among underserved women. To analyze the impact of the BCCEDP on breast cancer outcomes in Ohio, this study compared cancer stages and m...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Koroukian SM,Bakaki PM,Htoo PT,Han X,Schluchter M,Owusu C,Cooper GS,Rose J,Flocke SA

更新日期：2017-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Arylsulfatase B activity has been determined in 24-hour urine samples from 243 patients with colorectal cancer. Elevated activity of the enzyme was obsereved in 172 out of 243 (71%) patients. Employing Dukes' modified classification of colorectal cancer, urine arylsulfatase B activity was elevated in Dukes' A lesions-...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Morgan LR Jr,Samuels MS,Thomas W,Krementz ET,Meeker W

更新日期：1975-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conjugal tumors are rarely reported; but nevertheless, raise important questions of possible etiologic factors. In this report, the presentation of grade 2 gemistocytic astrocytomas in an unrelated married couple in their early thirties within 18 months of each other is described. In both cases the left frontal region...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Tupchong L,Levison DA,Jones AE

更新日期：1985-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The dose of adjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer may be an important factor in the success of the treatment program. In a retrospective analysis, the authors determined whether patients who were irradiated either postoperatively (N = 29) or as part of primary treatment (N = 13) received a lower dose of adjuvant cyc...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Levine JF,Coleman CN,Cox RS,Ray GR,Rogoway WM,Martinez A,Stockdale FE

更新日期：1984-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The current study assessed the contribution of spinal irradiation to the treatment outcome of patients with intracranial germinoma. METHODS:Clinical data from 180 patients with intracranial germinoma, who were treated with radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy from 1980 to 2001, were collected from 6 institution...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Shikama N,Ogawa K,Tanaka S,Toita T,Nakamura K,Uno T,Ohnishi H,Itami J,Tada T,Saeki N

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors have shown previously that bone marrow transplant (BMT) patients who self-administered bolus doses of morphine gained equal oral mucositis pain relief while using less drug compared with similar patients receiving morphine by staff-controlled continuous infusion. In a follow-up study they compared the effi...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Hill HF,Mackie AM,Coda BA,Iverson K,Chapman CR

更新日期：1991-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Programmed death 1 (PD-1) signaling in the tumor microenvironment dampens immune responses to cancer, and blocking this axis induces antitumor effects in several malignancies. Clinical studies of PD-1 blockade are only now being initiated in pediatric patients, and little is known regarding programmed death-...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Majzner RG,Simon JS,Grosso JF,Martinez D,Pawel BR,Santi M,Merchant MS,Geoerger B,Hezam I,Marty V,Vielh P,Daugaard M,Sorensen PH,Mackall CL,Maris JM

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trabecular carcinoma of the skin (Merkel cell tumor), a neoplasm of putative neural origin, must be differentiated from other small cell tumors primary or metastatic to skin. In order to provide more objective diagnostic criteria, four were examined using monoclonal antibodies against neurofilament proteins (NF) and a...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Leff EL,Brooks JS,Trojanowski JQ

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although there is no doubt that bisphosphonates (BPs), specific inhibitors of osteoclasts, are beneficial for the treatment of bone metastases, their effects on visceral metastases are unclear. The effect of zoledronic acid (ZOL) was examined in vivo on lung metastasis progression and animal survival, and in...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Ory B,Heymann MF,Kamijo A,Gouin F,Heymann D,Redini F

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective study was done of all patients who were seen for definitive treatment of adenocarcinoma of the pancreas at the Massachusetts General Hospital from 1963 to 1973. There were a total of 145 patients. Thirty-one patients were treated with radical surgery, with a 16% operative mortality, a 5-year crude surv...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Tepper J,Nardi G,Sutt H

更新日期：1976-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lung carcinoma remains the major cause of cancer death in North America and is even more common among military veterans. The objective of this study was to determine whether there were differences in the characteristics and survival of Pennsylvania patients with lung carcinoma in the Veterans Administration ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Campling BG,Hwang WT,Zhang J,Thompson S,Litzky LA,Vachani A,Rosen IM,Algazy KM

更新日期：2005-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood was obtained on 414 occasions from 106 children with acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) or solid tumors. Resting and stimulated hexose monophosphate shunt (HMPS) activity and unstimulated and stimulated nitroblue tetrazolium (NBT) dye reduction were assessed on each sample. The values obtained were compared to sim...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Pickering LK,Anderson DC,Choi S,Feigin RD

更新日期：1975-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High-dose multiagent chemotherapy followed by autologous marrow rescue was used in the treatment of 13 patients with Stage III or IV childhood tumors. Encouraging results are being obtained in abdominal lymphoma (1/3 complete remissions (CR); rhabdomyosarcoma (2/4 CR); and retinoblastoma (1/2 CR). In neuroblastoma, th...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Ekert H,Ellis WM,Waters KD,Tauro GP

更新日期：1982-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of consecutive trials were undertaken to determine whether higher doses of intravenous metoclopramide and combinations of metoclopramide, dexamethasone, and diphenhydramine would improve antiemetic control or decrease treatment-related side effects in patients receiving cisplatin at 120 mg/m2. Metoclopramide ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Kris MG,Gralla RJ,Tyson LB,Clark RA,Kelsen DP,Reilly LK,Groshen S,Bosl GJ,Kalman LA

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four courses of ifosfamide with mesna given by intravenous infusions were combined with bolus doxorubicin in a phase II trial to treat patients with breast cancer. Ifosfamide can deplete intracellular glutathione levels and because doxorubicin resistance may be associated with elevated levels of intracellular glutathi...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Millward MJ,Harris AL,Cantwell BM

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Telomerase is an enzyme that can reconstitute the ends (telomeres) of chromosomes after cell division and thus circumvent the cumulative damage that occurs in normal adult somatic cells during successive mitotic cycles. Recently, it has been proposed that this enzyme should, therefore, be detectable in immor...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Yoshida K,Sugino T,Tahara H,Woodman A,Bolodeoku J,Nargund V,Fellows G,Goodison S,Tahara E,Tarin D

更新日期：1997-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Interactions between bone marrow-derived cytokines, growth factors, and tumors play a critical role in both the homing of tumors to the bone and the development of bone metastasis. Bone is a storehouse of latent growth factors produced by stromal cells and osteoblasts that, when activated during osteoclastic...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： David Roodman G

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because we found it illogical to attempt measurement of nonmeasurable but visible tumors in patients with advanced lung cancer, we devised and used a separate set of response criteria for patients with evaluable, nonmeasurable tumors. Patients with evaluable disease who had obtained a tumor regression after therapy we...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Eagan RT,Fleming TR,Schoonover V

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Timely delivery of care has been identified by the Institute of Medicine as an indicator for quality health care, and treatment delay is a potentially modifiable obstacle that can contribute to the disparities among African American (AA) and Caucasian patients in prostate cancer recurrence and mortality. Usi...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Stokes WA,Hendrix LH,Royce TJ,Allen IM,Godley PA,Wang AZ,Chen RC

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pretreatment biopsy material of 82 cases of follicular lymphoma of lymph node origin was reviewed. According to the amount of small lymphocytes in the parafollicular lymphoid tissue (PSL), tumors were classified: PSL++, abundant lymphocytes with prominent postcapillary venules; PSL+, a number of lymphocytes readily re...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Ree HJ,Leone LA

更新日期：1978-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Children receiving immunosuppressive treatment for cancer are at high risk for invasive pneumococcal disease. The 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) can prevent pneumococcal disease in healthy children; however, there is an absence of literature regarding the benefit of PCV13 in immunocompromis...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Hung TY,Kotecha RS,Blyth CC,Steed SK,Thornton RB,Ryan AL,Cole CH,Richmond PC

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The ability of screening mammography programs serving women of different socioeconomic status (SES) to diagnose early stage breast carcinoma in a comparably effective fashion has been questioned. METHODS:Results of screening 50,653 women of lower SES were compared with those of screening 45,923 more socioec...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Dershaw DD,Loring L,True SJ,Momrow DC,Liberman L,Morris EA

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The objective of this study was to establish the incidence and risk factors for the development of second solid cancers after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT). METHODS:The authors reviewed the case files of 926 consecutive patients who underwent allo-HSCT at their institution b...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Gallagher G,Forrest DL

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim was to determine the long-term outcome for patients with FIGO stage IV epithelial ovarian carcinoma (EOC) treated with intraperitoneal (IP) chemotherapy after second-look assessment. METHODS:By using data from a retrospective cohort of 433 patients who received IP therapy after second-look assessmen...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Zivanovic O,Barakat RR,Sabbatini PJ,Brown CL,Konner JA,Aghajanian CA,Abu-Rustum NR,Levine DA

更新日期：2008-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patient navigation may reduce cancer disparities associated with socioeconomic status (SES) and household factors. This study examined whether these factors were associated with delays in diagnostic resolution among patients with cancer screening abnormalities and whether patient navigation ameliorated these...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Rodday AM,Parsons SK,Snyder F,Simon MA,Llanos AA,Warren-Mears V,Dudley D,Lee JH,Patierno SR,Markossian TW,Sanders M,Whitley EM,Freund KM

更新日期：2015-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection has been implicated in the pathogenesis of certain subtypes of salivary gland tumors in the adult population. However, to the authors' knowledge its role in pediatric salivary gland tumors, a rare disease, has not been explored previously. METHODS:Thirteen cases of primary...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Venkateswaran L,Gan YJ,Sixbey JW,Santana VM

更新日期：2000-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with metastatic islet cell carcinoma of the pancreas, recurrent peptic ulcer disease, and hypergastrinemia (Zollinger-Ellison syndrome) developed symptomatic hypercalcemia and renal insufficiency; she was treated with streptozotocin after parathyroidectomy failed to control her hypercalcemia. Shortly after s...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Cryer PE,Hill GJ II

更新日期：1976-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The current study evaluated whether the risk of developing thyroid cancer in Asian women was associated with infertility and the use of fertility drugs. METHODS:The authors conducted a large, retrospective cohort study using Taiwan's National Health Insurance Research Database. From the insurance claims dat...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Ding DC,Chen W,Wang JH,Lin SZ,Sung FC

更新日期：2019-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cirrhosis of viral etiology due to hepatitis B virus (HBV) or hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a risk factor for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The current study evaluated the rate of incidence of HCC in patients with compensated cirrhosis of viral etiology. METHODS:Two hundred fifty-nine cirrhotic pat...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Chiaramonte M,Stroffolini T,Vian A,Stazi MA,Floreani A,Lorenzoni U,Lobello S,Farinati F,Naccarato R

更新日期：1999-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The risk of endometrial cancer in relation to nutrition and frequency of consumption of a few selected dietary items was evaluated in a case-control study of 206 patients with endometrial cancer and 206 control subjects with acute conditions unrelated to any of the established or potential risk factors for endometrial...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： La Vecchia C,Decarli A,Fasoli M,Gentile A

更新日期：1986-03-15 00:00:00