Facing a prostate cancer diagnosis: who is at risk for increased distress?

abstract：BACKGROUND:The National Pediatric Oncology Unit (UNOP) is the only pediatric hemato-oncology center in Guatemala. METHODS:Patients ages 1 to 17 years with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) were treated according to modified ALL Intercontinental Berlin-Frankfurt-Münster (IC-BFM) 2002 protocol. Risk classification was ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Antillón FG,Blanco JG,Valverde PD,Castellanos M,Garrido CP,Girón V,Letona TR,Osorio EJ,Borrayo DA,Mack RA,Melgar MA,Lorenzana R,Ribeiro RC,Metzger M,Conter V,Rossi E,Valsecchi MG

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 20-year-old man with previously treated lymphoblastic lymphoma, a known T-cell disorder, developed progressive disease despite intensive combination chemotherapy with doxorubicin, vincristine, and prednisone. He was subsequently treated with a 21-day course of intravenous antithymocyte globulin at a dose of approxim...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Wong KK Jr,Sweet DL,Variakojis D

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Information regarding prognostic factors and survival in elderly women with metastatic breast cancer treated with tamoxifen is limited. METHODS:The data from 4 prospective clinical trials were analyzed, including information on 396 postmenopausal women with advanced breast cancer who received tamoxifen as i...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Dhodapkar MV,Ingle JN,Cha SS,Mailliard JA,Wieand HS

更新日期：1996-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Radiotherapy (RT) plays a major role in the management of hemangiopericytomas (HAP). The present analysis evaluates the role of precision RT in the management of HAP of the central nervous system (CNS) and represents one of the largest series of HAP treated with RT that can be found in the literature. METHO...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Combs SE,Thilmann C,Debus J,Schulz-Ertner D

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The majority of patients with astrocytomas of the cerebellum have an excellent prognosis; however, a small percentage of patients continue to do poorly. To clarify the clinical, pathologic, and treatment characteristics that determine prognosis and therapeutic recommendations, a large group of patients with ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Hayostek CJ,Shaw EG,Scheithauer B,O'Fallon JR,Weiland TL,Schomberg PJ,Kelly PJ,Hu TC

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-negative lymphoma line (JBL) was established in vitro from pleural effusion of an EBV-seropositive 29-year-old Japanese female with Burkitt's lymphoma. JBL cells as well as her original lymphoma cells bore monoclonal surface IgM with lambda light chains. The JBL line grew in single cell sus...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Miyoshi I,Hiraki S,Kubonishi I,Matsuda Y,Kishimoto H,Nakayama T,Tanaka T,Masuji H,Kimura I

更新日期：1977-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A pulmonary blastoma in a 52-year-old Japanese man was serially transplanted into athymic nude mice. This report emphasizes the characteristics of the neoplasm seen on light and electron microscopic examination. The original tumor consisted of branching tubular structures and primitive mesenchymal components with a fe...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Tamai S,Kameya T,Shimosato Y,Tsumuraya M,Wada T

更新日期：1980-09-15 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 AND METHODS:The antiemetic activity of ondansetron (Zofran, Glaxo Pharmaceuticals, Research Triangle Park, NC) was evaluated in 25 patients with recurrent melanoma who were treated sequentially with dacarbazine (DTIC), vinblastine, and cisplatin. The antiemetic regimen included ondansetron alone in 11 patien...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Legha SS,Hodges C,Ring S

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the United States, detection of squamous carcinoma in situ (CIS) by screening has led to reduced rates for invasive squamous carcinoma and lower mortality. Adenocarcinoma in situ (AIS) rates also have increased, but invasive cervical adenocarcinoma rates have not declined similarly. To make inferences abo...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Sherman ME,Wang SS,Carreon J,Devesa SS

更新日期：2005-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus is endemic in parts of South Africa. Previous case-control studies have shown many associations but no clear etiologic pathway has been established. METHODS:A case-control study of dietary and social factors was performed for 130 patient/control pairs matched for age...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Sammon AM

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This case-referent study was conducted to elucidate the role of selected exogenous agents in the etiology of head and neck cancer. The factors studied were tobacco smoking, alcohol intake, the use of moist oral snuff, dietary factors, occupational exposures, and oral hygiene. In this first report, the author...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Lewin F,Norell SE,Johansson H,Gustavsson P,Wennerberg J,Biörklund A,Rutqvist LE

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Because patients with germ cell tumors expect an additional life span of around 50 years after successful treatment, attention is now focused on potential long term toxicity. Limited data are available on Leydig cell function in long term survivors. METHODS:The authors measured testosterone, sex hormone bin...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Gerl A,Mühlbayer D,Hansmann G,Mraz W,Hiddemann W

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypercalcemia is very uncommon in small cell (oat cell) carcinoma of the lung. Two cases of this neoplasm associated with symptomatic hypercalcemia are described. Despite normal skeletal roentgenograms, metastatic bone disease was demonstrated by abnormal bone scans and bone biopsies in both patients. The combination ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Bowman DM,Dubé WJ,Levitt M

更新日期：1975-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The incidence of bronchioloalveolar carcinoma of the lung (BAC), a pathologically distinct type of nonsmall cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC), appears to be rising. In this study, the authors compared data on the clinical presentation and clinical courses of patients with Stage IIIB and IV BAC with data on other t...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Breathnach OS,Ishibe N,Williams J,Linnoila RI,Caporaso N,Johnson BE

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of fatal acute hepatic vein thrombosis occurred during treatment for Hodgkin's disease. At necropsy no evidence of Hodgkin's disease or obliterative venoocclusive disease of the liver was found. We speculate that Adriamycin, DTIC and/or vinblastine may have been responsible for this unusual disorder. ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Houghton AN,Shafi N,Rickles FR

更新日期：1979-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Radiofrequency (RF) ablation is an increasingly applied technique. Promising results of hepatic RF ablation raised expectations of its capabilities for treatment of primary and secondary lung tumors. Because of different thermal and electrical properties of lung tissue, compared with liver tissue, a simple a...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Clasen S,Krober SM,Kosan B,Aebert H,Fend F,Bomches A,Claussen CD,Pereira PL

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed the frequency of silent (i.e., clinically asymptomatic) cirrhosis among 305 patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and cirrhosis in relation to the patients' country of birth, the cause of the cirrhosis, clinical features, and hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) status. Overall, 56% of the patients h...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Zaman SN,Johnson PJ,Williams R

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biologicals and biological response modifiers (BRMs) represent a new class of agents for cancer therapy. Historically, there have been many attempts to stimulate the immune response with nonspecific immunomodulators in the form of bacterial extracts, viruses, and chemicals. Although these approaches have occasionally ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Oldham RK,Thurman GB,Talmadge JE,Stevenson HC,Foon KA

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies have reported additional cancers associated with BRCA mutations; however, the type, magnitude of risk, and sex differences remain to be clarified. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the incidence of cancers other than breast and ovarian cancer in known mutation carriers. METHODS:An i...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Mersch J,Jackson MA,Park M,Nebgen D,Peterson SK,Singletary C,Arun BK,Litton JK

更新日期：2015-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years a major focus in the delivery of cancer prevention services has been on the actions of physicians in ambulatory care practice. Whereas delivery of these services has increased markedly, it is likely that physician actions overall are not producing expected measurable benefits to whole populations. The ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Love RR

更新日期：1994-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A rigorous assessment of the risk of colorectal cancer (CRC) among prostate cancer (PC) survivors that controls for important confounding factors and competing risks is necessary to determine the risk of CRC in this population and to inform screening guidelines. METHODS:With data from Manitoba, Canada, subj...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Desautels D,Czaykowski P,Nugent Z,Demers AA,Mahmud SM,Singh H

更新日期：2016-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:To examine the relationship between smoking and stage of colorectal cancer at diagnosis, data on 2788 current smokers and 6313 nonsmokers with known stage at diagnosis were obtained from the Massachusetts Cancer Registry. The stage at diagnosis was treated as a polytomous response variable in a logit-type, log-linear ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Longnecker MP,Clapp RW,Sheahan K

更新日期：1989-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The relationships between psychological and behavioral variables and patient outcomes after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) are not known definitively but have great potential importance, since this lifesaving procedure is used increasingly to treat a variety of malignancies. The objective of ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Chang G,Orav EJ,McNamara T,Tong MY,Antin JH

更新日期：2004-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Werner's syndrome, a relatively rare and autosomal recessive disorder, is well known to be characterized by a high frequency of malignant neoplasm. The occurrence of familial neoplasm in patients with this condition, however, has been recorded only once before in the literature. Reported are the findings with regard t...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Usui M,Ishii S,Yamawaki S,Hirayama T

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seventeen patients with disseminated malignant melanoma received a daily oral regimen of tamoxifen, 100 mg/m2. All patients had prior chemotherapy and predominantly visceral involvement. None of the patients had an objective regression and most (71%) had progressive disease at the time of first reassessment. Moderate ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Creagan ET,Ingle JN,Ahmann DL,Green SJ

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Racial differences in the risk of cancer of the urinary bladder associated with cigarette smoking and alcohol consumption were examined in a study of 1663 cases (1534 whites and 129 blacks) and 4930 controls matched 3:1 by sex, race, and age to the cases. Significant increases in cancer risk associated with cigarette ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Harris RE,Chen-Backlund JY,Wynder EL

更新日期：1990-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Methionine-depleting total parenteral nutrition (methionine-depleting TPN), which infuses an amino acid solution devoid of L-methionine and L-cysteine as the sole protein source, showed enhancement of the effect of several anti-cancer agents. In this study, the combined effect of the methionine-depleting TPN with the ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Goseki N,Yamazaki S,Endo M,Onodera T,Kosaki G,Hibino Y,Kuwahata T

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The statistical analysis documented in this article was performed to determine the accuracy of mammography in diagnosing a palpable cancer of the breast. All of the women studied underwent mammography after the discovery of the cancer, which was proven by biopsy; the cancer did not involve the skin. All mammograms tha...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Edeiken S

更新日期：1988-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tumor-related temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) has a high likelihood of medical intractability and requires surgical treatment. The aims of this study were to analyze the long-term surgical outcomes of and to present appropriate surgical strategies for tumor-related TLE. METHODS:The clinical data of 87 consecut...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Phi JH,Kim SK,Cho BK,Lee SY,Park SY,Park SJ,Lee SK,Kim KJ,Chung CK

更新日期：2009-12-15 00:00:00