The single palpable thyroid nodule: evaluation by 99mTc-pertechnetate imaging.

abstract：:Clinicians can shed new light on the genetic and environmental origins of cancer, particularly multiple primary malignancies, by asking additional questions at the bedside. Areas to explore include occupational history, personal habits, residence, and medical and family histories with emphasis on subtle clues of disor...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Mulvihill JJ,McKeen EA

更新日期：1977-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The role of prophylactic cranial irradiation (PCI) for patients with limited-stage small cell lung cancer (LSSCLC) remains a controversial issue. This study evaluated PCI in patients with LSSCLC who achieved a complete response to initial chemotherapy. METHODS:A retrospective case study of all nonprotocol p...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Liengswangwong V,Bonner JA,Shaw EG,Foote RL,Frytak S,Richardson RL,Creagan ET,Eagan RT,Su JQ

更新日期：1995-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper discusses the imaging methods available for the detection and diagnosis of colon cancer, concentrating on endoscopy and barium radiology. Effective utilization of these two methods may be facilitated by using flexible sigmoidoscopy to direct further investigation. There is a need for educational efforts to ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Stevenson GW

更新日期：1993-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Elevated circulating CEA levels occur in patients with benign gastrointestinal and hepatic disorders. These are usually less than 10 ng/ml. Of clinical importance is the influence of liver disease on the interpretation of CEA. At least 50% of patients with severe benign hepatic disease have elevated CEA levels, most o...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Loewenstein MS,Zamcheck N

更新日期：1978-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Female genital tract involvement by hematologic neoplasms is uncommon and is usually associated with disseminated disease. Lymphoid neoplasms, which involve the cervix and uterus primarily, are usually of either diffuse large cell or small cleaved cell type, and rarely Burkitt's (small non-cleaved) lymphoma or granulo...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Zutter MM,Gersell DJ

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:African-American (AA) and white patients with early-stage disease who were treated with breast conservation therapy (BCT) were examined to detect differences in clinicopathologic features and outcomes as a function of race. METHODS:Clinical data from the charts of 2164 white and 207 AA patients treated with...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Moran MS,Yang Q,Harris LN,Jones B,Tuck DP,Haffty BG

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This prospective evaluation of 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) and methyl-CCNU administered in combination to patients with surgery for histologically proved gastric adenocarcinoma is based upon 312 patients randomized between August 1974 and May 1980. Patients were stratified into three categories of resectability, (1) complet...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Higgins GA,Amadeo JH,Smith DE,Humphrey EW,Keehn RJ

更新日期：1983-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The current study was performed to compare the value of sentinel lymph node dissection (SND) and axillary lymph node dissection (AND) in improving the utility-adjusted survival for early-stage breast carcinoma patients. METHODS:A number needed to treat (NNT) analysis was used to compare SND with AND. In the...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Jani AB,Basu A,Heimann R,Hellman S

更新日期：2003-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Elevated serum levels of carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) were found in 70% of 141 patients with advanced gastrointestinal (GI) cancers. Serial CEA measurements were performed on 70 patients before and during chemotherapy. The majority were treated with 5-FU and Methyl-CCNU (33 patients), 5-FU (19 patients), or 5-FU and...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Al-Sarraf M,Baker L,Talley RW,Kithier K,Vaitkevicius VK

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lesions that contain abundant myoepithelial cells may present as a diagnostic challenge in fine-needle aspiration (FNA) specimens. Potential diagnostic problems may arise due to morphologic heterogeneity of myoepithelial cell-rich lesions and difficulty in predicting malignancy in FNA specimens. An accurate ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Darvishian F,Lin O

更新日期：2004-12-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) describes the presence of extracapsular spread and/or positive margins in oropharynx cancer (OPC) as an indication for the addition of chemotherapy to postoperative radiation. The guideline's category 1 consensus is based on what they term high-level evidence. For this ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Sinha P,Piccirillo JF,Kallogjeri D,Spitznagel EL,Haughey BH

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the past decade, one of the major changes in the field of oncology has been in the surgical approach to primary and secondary cancer of the liver. As a result of data and experience gained in liver transplantation programs and with the application of vascular surgical principles, resectability rates have been i...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Fortner JG,MacLean BJ,Kim DK,Howland WS,Turnbull AD,Goldiner P,Carlon G,Beattie EJ Jr

更新日期：1981-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The current study examines 1) the sensitivity of detection and 2) sampling and screening/diagnostic error in the cytologic diagnosis of adenocarcinoma in situ (AIS) of the cervix. The data were taken from public and private sector screening laboratories reporting 25,000 and 80,000 smears, respectively, each ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Schoolland M,Segal A,Allpress S,Miranda A,Frost FA,Sterrett GF

更新日期：2002-12-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The response to antifungal therapy alone often is suboptimal in patients with cancer who have therapy-refractory neutropenia, and even donor-derived granulocyte transfusions (GTX) are not always successful. The authors evaluated the safety and efficacy of immune enhancement using recombinant interferon gamma...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Safdar A,Rodriguez GH,Lichtiger B,Dickey BF,Kontoyiannis DP,Freireich EJ,Shpall EJ,Raad II,Kantarjian HM,Champlin RE

更新日期：2006-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In this report, the authors describe an innovative antitobacco advertising campaign in Arizona that was aimed at youth. The campaign utilizes traditional as well as non-traditional methods of research to determine the attitudes, behavior and values of today's adolescents. These creative methodologies led to rigorously...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Riester T,Linton M

更新日期：1998-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-three adult patients (ages greater than 15 years) and 75 children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia were treated with similar intensive, sequential cytotoxic protocols (L-2). The adult patients have lower remission rate (78%) than the children (98%). The duration of remission and the length of survival are also...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Gee TS,Haghbin M,Dowling MD,Cunningham I,Middleman MP,Clarkson BD

更新日期：1976-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Currently, there is a "divide" between cancer survivorship initiatives and minority participation. The level of participation is nearly nonexistent in many cancer support and control initiatives. Cancer survivorship resources that facilitate access to treatment, psychosocial interventions, clinical trials, and researc...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Guidry JJ,Torrence W,Herbelin S

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with metachronous multiple colorectal carcinomas have been reported to have a higher frequency of a family history of colorectal carcinoma, associated colorectal adenomas, and extracolonic malignancies. These clinicopathologic factors also are considered to be related to the development of metachron...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Masubuchi S,Konishi F,Togashi K,Okamoto T,Senba S,Shitoh K,Kashiwagi H,Kanazawa K,Tsukamoto T

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although primary gastric lymphoma is the most common extranodal lymphoma, no specific staging system exists. METHODS:The authors reviewed 98 cases histologically classified according to the Working Formulation, including low grade B-cell lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue type. Survival rates wer...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Shimodaira M,Tsukamoto Y,Niwa Y,Goto H,Hase S,Hayakawa T,Nagasaka T

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The validity of current staging systems for malignant melanoma was analyzed in a prospective study on 220 patients with extremity melanoma. Patients were followed 2 to 9 years after a wide excision of the primary, regional cytostatic perfusion and dissection of regional lymph nodes. The "original three-stage" system y...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Ghussen F,Krüger I,Groth W

更新日期：1990-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor-bearing patients with breast cancer were assayed for their natural killer (NK) cell activity and for the function of activated cytotoxic T-cells, as assessed by lectin-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (LDCC). Tumor-bearing patients with breast cancer had a significant increase in NK activity and in LDCC, as compa...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Zielinski CC,Tichatschek E,Müller C,Kalinowski W,Sevelda P,Czerwenka K,Kubista E,Spona J

更新日期：1989-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It remains controversial whether modified radical neck dissection (MRND) for patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma improves prognosis. However, it is highly probable that the incidence of local recurrence is reduced by lymph node dissection. Sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy (SLNB) for patients with melan...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Fukui Y,Yamakawa T,Taniki T,Numoto S,Miki H,Monden Y

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The DNA stemline ploidy was assessed in paraffin-embedded, formalin-fixed primary tumor tissue from 68 patients with nonseminomatous germ cell cancer (NSCGT) clinical Stage I (CS I). Forty-three patients had a single aneuploid (greater than 1C) DNA stemline, whereas 24 patients had multiple aneuploid stemlines. In one...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Fosså SD,Nesland JM,Waehre H,Amellem O,Pettersen EO

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Systematic symptom assessment is not routinely performed in pediatric oncology. The objectives of the current study were to characterize the symptoms of pediatric oncology outpatients and evaluate agreement between patient and proxy reports and the association between children's ratings and oncologists' trea...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Zhukovsky DS,Rozmus CL,Robert RS,Bruera E,Wells RJ,Chisholm GB,Allo JA,Cohen MZ

更新日期：2015-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Axillary reverse mapping (ARM) is a novel technique to preserve upper extremity lymphatics that may reduce the incidence of lymphedema after axillary lymph node dissection. Early reports have suggested that ARM lymph nodes do not contain metastatic disease from breast cancer; however, these studies were cond...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Bedrosian I,Babiera GV,Mittendorf EA,Kuerer HM,Pantoja L,Hunt KK,Krishnamurthy S,Meric-Bernstam F

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Standard therapy for advanced head and neck carcinoma is surgery and radiation, and the subsequent 5-year survival with this treatment has been less than 50%. New combined modality treatment strategies are being tested to improve survival. New chemotherapy combinations are being developed and administered si...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Dunphy FR,Boyd JH,Kim HJ,Dunphy CH,Harrison BR,Dunleavy TL,Rodriguez JJ,McDonough EM,Minster JR,Hilton JG

更新日期：1997-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum CEA levels were determined serially by the Hansen Z gel technique on 41 patients with carcinoma of the esophagus and compared to 276 controls. Seventy percent of patients with carcinomas of the esophagus had elevated CEA levels. CEA levels greater than 10.0 ng/ml after therapy correlated with significantly short...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Alexander JC Jr,Chretien PB,Dellon AL,Synder J

更新日期：1978-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study was conducted to evaluate whether estramustine (estrogen mustard [EM]) is a promising alternative in the treatment of patients with epithelial ovarian carcinoma (OVCA). EM is a microtubule-associated protein (MAP) specific antimicrotubule agent with low toxicity. METHODS:The authors investigated ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Chen Z,Fadiel A,Jia JF,Sakamoto H,Carbone R,Naftolin F

更新日期：1999-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The pancreatographic appearance and the clinical presentation of ten patients presenting with adenocarcinoma of the head of the pancreas coexisting with chronic pancreatitis were compared with those of 45 patients with chronic pancreatitis (CP), without malignancy, investigated at the same time period. All ten patient...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Shemesh E,Czerniak A,Nass S,Klein E

更新日期：1990-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with renal masses are at risk for having or developing chronic kidney disease (CKD) stage 3 (glomerular filtration rate [GFR] <60 mL per minute/1.73 m2). In this study, the authors investigated whether the Screening for Occult Renal Disease (SCORED) model could identify patients with renal masses wh...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Lucas SM,Nuss G,Stern J,Lotan Y,Sagalowsky AI,Cadeddu JA,Raj GV

更新日期：2008-11-15 00:00:00