Patterns of Care Study quantitative evaluation of the quality of radiotherapy in Japan.

abstract：:Forty seven patients with early gastric cancer received a 30-minute intravenous injection of bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU), 1000 mg each 1 hour before laparotomy, to label tumor cells in the S phase. In 13 of 47 patients, specimens obtained by endoscopic biopsy were cultured in vitro at 37 degrees C for 1 hour under three ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Kamata T,Yonemura Y,Sugiyama K,Ooyama S,Kosaka T,Yamaguchi A,Miwa K,Miyazaki I

更新日期：1989-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although >70% of younger women with nonmetastatic breast cancer (BC) received adjuvant chemotherapy, only approximately 15% to 20% of elderly women with BC received chemotherapy. The decision to treat may be associated with nonmedical factors, such as patient, physician, or practice characteristics. In the c...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Hershman DL,Buono D,McBride RB,Tsai WY,Neugut AI

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A comprehensive immunologic and serologic analysis was performed on 31 untreated patients with Hodgkin's disease. Immune evaluations stressed T-cell functional activity and included traditional parameters (PHA responsiveness and delayed hypersensitivity skin reactivity), as well as newer functional assays (T-cell colo...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Schulof RS,Bockman RS,Garofalo JA,Cirrincione C,Cunningham-Rundles S,Fernandes G,Day NK,Pinsky CM,Incefy GS,Thaler HT,Good RA,Gupta S

更新日期：1981-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The optimal imaging for the staging of oropharyngeal cancer is not well defined. METHODS:The linked Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER)-Medicare database for 2006 through 2011 was used to compare patient characteristics and hospital region by the initial imaging modality used for patients wit...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Morgan RL,Eguchi MM,Mueller AC,Daugherty SL,Amini A,Karam SD

更新日期：2019-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient is presented who developed a peritoneal malignant mesothelioma in association with severe persistent and recurrent diverticulitis. The case is unusual in that a spectrum of mesothelial proliferation was documented beginning initially as benign foci of mesothelial proliferation and passing through a stage of ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Riddell RH,Goodman MJ,Moossa AR

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To the authors' knowledge, the empiric identification of agents and interventions to mitigate chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) has resulted in only 1 agent that modestly mitigates it and no agents or interventions that prevent its development. This speaks to the need for a mechanistic unders...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： St Germain DC,O'Mara AM,Robinson JL,Torres AD,Minasian LM

更新日期：2020-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A study of primary epithelial neoplasms of the appendix (with the exception of classical carcinoids), produced 24 adenocarcinomas and 42 benign lesions from the files of the Laboratory of Surgical Pathology of Columbia University. Invasive adenoarcinomas were often complicated by appendicitis and were then unexpectedl...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Wolff M,Ahmed N

更新日期：1976-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cellular DNA content in colorectal biopsies from 51 patients with chronic ulcerative colitis has been studied with flow-cytometric technique. The DNA pattern has been related to the duration of the disease, and to histopathology. Aneuploid cell lines were found in eight patients, two of which had histopathological...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Hammarberg C,Slezak P,Tribukait B

更新日期：1984-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Interleukin-18 (IL-18) is a novel immunoregulatory cytokine that was known previously as interferon-gamma-inducing factor. IL-18 levels can be used as a serum indicator for monitoring the clinical course of patients with hematologic malignancies and gastric carcinoma. Nitric oxide (NO) is a pleiotropic molec...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Günel N,Coşkun U,Sancak B,Günel U,Hasdemir O,Bozkurt S

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The authors examined whether survivors from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study were less likely to be in higher-skill occupations than a sibling comparison and whether certain survivors were at higher risk for lower-skill jobs. METHODS:The authors created 3 mutually exclusive occupational categories for pa...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Kirchhoff AC,Krull KR,Ness KK,Park ER,Oeffinger KC,Hudson MM,Stovall M,Robison LL,Wickizer T,Leisenring W

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A feasibility study examining the effects of supervised aerobic exercise training on cardiopulmonary and quality of life (QOL) endpoints among postsurgical nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients was conducted. METHODS:Using a single-group design, 20 patients with stage I-IIIB NSCLC performed 3 aerobic c...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Jones LW,Eves ND,Peterson BL,Garst J,Crawford J,West MJ,Mabe S,Harpole D,Kraus WE,Douglas PS

更新日期：2008-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A collaborative study of the humoral and cellular immune status of patients with carcinoma of the Head and Neck (H&N) was conducted at the West Virginia University (WVU) hospital. In addition, blind-coded serum panels were supplied on H&N cancer patients being treated at the National Cancer Institute (NCI). Serum prot...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Veltri RW,Rodman SM,Maxim PE,Baseler MW,Sprinkle PM

更新日期：1986-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes a patient with small-cell carcinoma of the lung associated with blindness. The serum of this patient was tested for immunoreactivity with retinal sections because there was no evidence of tumor metastasis to the central nervous system and because neuroendocrine cells of the lung share common anti...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Kornguth SE,Klein R,Appen R,Choate J

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is a relatively rare cutaneous malignancy that occurs predominantly in the older white population. The incidence of MCC appears to have tripled during the past 20 years; an increase that is likely to continue because of the growing number of older Americans. The pathogenesis of MCC remains ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Bichakjian CK,Lowe L,Lao CD,Sandler HM,Bradford CR,Johnson TM,Wong SL

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is responsible for an increasing number of infections, especially in hospitalized patients. Therapy options are limited and trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole (TMP/SMX) is often the main treatment option for this infection. In the current study, the risk factors were determined for th...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Ansari SR,Hanna H,Hachem R,Jiang Y,Rolston K,Raad I

更新日期：2007-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intracystic papillary carcinoma (IPC) is an uncommon breast neoplasm. To the authors' knowledge there are limited data regarding its epidemiology and only small studies focusing on outcomes. By using a large, population-based database, this study aimed to identify specific characteristics of patients with IP...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Grabowski J,Salzstein SL,Sadler GR,Blair S

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:: Delirium has been the most frequent neuropsychiatric complication in patients with advanced cancer. This exploratory study aimed to determine the proportion of patients who were able to recall their experience of delirium and the level of distress experienced by patients, family caregivers, and healthcare ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Bruera E,Bush SH,Willey J,Paraskevopoulos T,Li Z,Palmer JL,Cohen MZ,Sivesind D,Elsayem A

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The specific activity of the non-receptor protein tyrosine kinase, Src, is increased in the majority of colon and rectal adenocarcinomas compared to normal mucosa. However, the prognostic significance of this difference is unknown. The objective of the current study was to determine if Src activity is a mark...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Aligayer H,Boyd DD,Heiss MM,Abdalla EK,Curley SA,Gallick GE

更新日期：2002-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The following case report describes a 22-year-old healthy man, non-smoker, non-drinker, who developed a squamous cell carcinoma of the buccal mucosa. The appearance of this unusual tumor in an unexpected clinical setting was unexplained until it was discovered that the patient had a lifetime habit of chewing plastic m...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Casterline CL,Casterline PF,Jaques DA

更新日期：1977-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The goal of the current study was to assess the toxicity, safety, and efficacy of pentostatin in patients with T-cell lymphoid malignancies. METHODS:Patients were eligible if they had biopsy-proven T-cell lymphoma or leukemia and failure to respond to previous therapy or an expected complete response rate t...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Tsimberidou AM,Giles F,Duvic M,Fayad L,Kurzrock R

更新日期：2004-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The prognostic significance and optimal care of children with differentiated thyroid cancer and pulmonary metastases are not well established. METHODS:Of 209 patients younger than 25 years of age who were treated at University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center between 1960 and 1990 and for whom there wa...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Vassilopoulou-Sellin R,Klein MJ,Smith TH,Samaan NA,Frankenthaler RA,Goepfert H,Cangir A,Haynie TP

更新日期：1993-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The efficacy of energy conservation and activity management (ECAM) for fatigue reduction and maintenance of functional performance has never been evaluated in adults with cancer who are undergoing treatment. METHODS:A randomized clinical trial compared an ECAM intervention with a control intervention focuse...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Barsevick AM,Dudley W,Beck S,Sweeney C,Whitmer K,Nail L

更新日期：2004-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study was to identify genome-wide single nucleotide variants and mutations in African American patients with colorectal cancer (CRC). There is a need of such studies in African Americans, because they display a higher incidence of aggressive CRC tumors. METHODS:We performed whole exome s...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Ashktorab H,Daremipouran M,Devaney J,Varma S,Rahi H,Lee E,Shokrani B,Schwartz R,Nickerson ML,Brim H

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The objective of this study was to define the effects of socioeconomic status (SES) and other demographic variables on outcomes for patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma. METHODS:Florida cancer registry and inpatient hospital data were queried for pancreatic adenocarcinoma diagnosed from 1998 to 2002. RE...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Cheung MC,Yang R,Byrne MM,Solorzano CC,Nakeeb A,Koniaris LG

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical and pharmacokinetic studies were performed regarding the toxicity of methyl 6-[3-(2-chloroethyl)-3-nitrosoureido]-6-deoxy-alpha-D-glucopyranoside (MCNU) with other drugs, in conjunction with a peripheral blood stem cell autograft (PBSCT), for treating 26 children with acute leukemia or lymphoma associated wit...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Takaue Y,Watanabe T,Hoshi Y,Abe T,Matsunaga K,Saito S,Hirao A,Kawano Y,Ninomiya T,Kuroda Y

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nearly 50% of urothelial carcinoma patients with lymph node-negative invasive cancers recur after radical surgery. In many cases, occult local or lymph node disease may be present but undetectable by current approaches. Reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR)-detectable mRNA of Uroplakin II ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Copp HL,Chin JL,Conaway M,Theodorescu D

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radiation therapy alone, surgery alone, or the combination of these two modalities, remain the accepted treatments in the management of epidermoid carcinomas of the mucosa of the head and neck. These modalities of therapy produce comparable results; but, radiotherapy alone has the advantage that it can conserve anatom...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Marcial VA,Pajak TF

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Elderly people constitute a heterogeneous group and are at an increased risk for the development of cancer. It is not clear whether comorbid conditions and functional status influence clinical decisions and the pattern of referral in elderly cancer patients. The current study investigated functional status m...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Repetto L,Venturino A,Vercelli M,Gianni W,Biancardi V,Casella C,Granetto C,Parodi S,Rosso R,Marigliano V

更新日期：1998-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The incidence and pattern of brain metastases was analyzed among patients who achieved a pathological complete response (pCR) after neoadjuvant chemotherapy or chemoradiotherapy for locally advanced nonsmall-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). METHODS:Between 1990 and 2004, 211 patients were treated with neoadjuvant ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Chen AM,Jahan TM,Jablons DM,Garcia J,Larson DA

更新日期：2007-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Up to now, the expression of the tumor-associated Thomsen-Friedenreich (TF) antigen in colorectal carcinoma has not been thoroughly investigated with particular emphasis on its correlation with established clinicopathologic characteristics and classifications as well as its prognostic relevance. METHODS:For...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Baldus SE,Zirbes TK,Hanisch FG,Kunze D,Shafizadeh ST,Nolden S,Mönig SP,Schneider PM,Karsten U,Thiele J,Hölscher AH,Dienes HP

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00