Molecular targeting and pharmacogenomics in the management of advanced bladder cancer.

abstract：:An unusual case of myeloproliferative disorder in which mature and immature myeloid cells were found to contain unusual cytoplasmic inclusions is reported. By light microscopy, these inclusions could be observed with Wright's stain. By electron microscopy they appeared to consist of a pale, finely granular material wi...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Coppola A,O'Connor J

更新日期：1977-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the clinical and pathologic features of two cases of adenosarcoma. Our first case occurred in the ovary of a 51-year-old woman with extensive pelvic involvement. She was treated vigorously with radiation and chemotherapy and at the present time almost 9 years later the patient is free of disease. This repres...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Valdez VA,Planas AT,Lopez VF,Goldberg M,Herrera NE

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinicopathologic correlations were made in 50 patients with follicular large cell (FLC) lymphoma to better define the influence of a variety of clinical and pathologic features on survival and the potential for continuous freedom from disease. The 5- and 10-year actuarial survivals for the entire group of patients ar...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Horning SJ,Weiss LM,Nevitt JB,Warnke RA

更新日期：1987-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pancreatic-duodenal homeobox 1 (PDX-1) is a transcription factor that regulates embryologic pancreas development and insulin expression in the adult islet; however, it is overexpressed in many types of cancer, including pancreatic cancer. The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of PDX-1 in tumo...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Liu SH,Patel S,Gingras MC,Nemunaitis J,Zhou G,Chen C,Li M,Fisher W,Gibbs R,Brunicardi FC

更新日期：2011-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:For men diagnosed with clinically localized prostate cancer, definitive therapy with radical prostatectomy, external beam radiation therapy, or brachytherapy offers a high chance of cure. Currently, there are insufficient data to recommend 1 treatment approach over another, leaving physicians and patients to decide ba...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Nguyen CT,Zelefsky MJ,Kattan MW

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent scientific advances provide the opportunity to identify women in the general population at increased breast cancer risk and to offer effective early detection and disease prevention interventions. METHODS:A pedigree assessment tool (PAT) was designed to identify women in primary care settings who are...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Hoskins KF,Zwaagstra A,Ranz M

更新日期：2006-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Two studies were performed to evaluate the safety, tolerability, and efficacy of irinotecan (CPT-11) in the treatment of adults with malignant glioma. Patients with progressive or recurrent malignant gliomas were enrolled. In the first study, CPT-11 was administered once every 3 weeks as a 90-minute intravenous infusi...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Cloughesy TF,Filka E,Kuhn J,Nelson G,Kabbinavar F,Friedman H,Miller LL,Elfring GL

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two hundred-eighty patients were randomized to receive either BCNU, hydroxyurea and imidazole carboxamide (BHD), BHD plus levamisole, or high-dose DTIC plus actinomycin D. There was no difference in response rate in the three groups (24%, 25% and 22%). Females responded better than males and, as expected, those with a...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Costanzi JJ,Fletcher WS,Balcerzak SP,Taylor S,Eyre HJ,O'Bryan RM,Al-Sarraf M,Frank J

更新日期：1984-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Human papillomavirus (HPV) causes greater than 5% of cancers worldwide, including all cervical cancers and an alarmingly increasing proportion of oropharyngeal cancers (OPCs). Despite markedly reduced cervical cancer incidence in industrialized nations with organized screening programs, cervical cancer remains the sec...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Berman TA,Schiller JT

更新日期：2017-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It has previously been shown that heparanase-1 (HPR1), an endoglycosidase, is up-regulated in pancreatic carcinoma. The purpose of this study was to test whether serum HPR1 levels in pancreatic carcinoma patients are elevated, and whether higher serum HPR1 levels are associated with a shortened survival. ME...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Quiros RM,Rao G,Plate J,Harris JE,Brunn GJ,Platt JL,Gattuso P,Prinz RA,Xu X

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Inactivation of the tumor suppressor gene PTEN/MMAC1/TEP1, located on chromosome 10q23, is a common event in advanced stages of diverse human malignancies. However, the prognostic role of PTEN expression in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) has not been characterized. METHODS:One hundred five res...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Hu TH,Huang CC,Lin PR,Chang HW,Ger LP,Lin YW,Changchien CS,Lee CM,Tai MH

更新日期：2003-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Akt/mammalian target of the rapamycin (mTOR) signaling pathway represents a promising target for cancer therapy. The phosphorylation status of Akt and of mTOR's phosphorylation target eukaryotic initiation factor 4E-binding protein 1 (4E-BP1) is often used to assess the activity of Akt and mTOR signaling...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Akcakanat A,Sahin A,Shaye AN,Velasco MA,Meric-Bernstam F

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Black females have lower breast carcinoma survival rates compared with white females. One possible reason is that black females have more advanced-stage breast disease. Another factor may be racial differences in the utilization of cancer treatments. METHODS:The authors determined racial differences in 6-ye...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Chu KC,Lamar CA,Freeman HP

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case report of a metastasizing basal cell carcinoma is presented, primary in the leg with regional inguinal lymph node metastasis, followed by extensive metastasis to skin and bone marrow with myelophthisic anemia and terminal splenohepatic and unilateral adrenal metastasis. ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Coletta DF,Haentze FE,Thomas CC

更新日期：1968-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of bronchogenic carcinoma with polyostotic metastatasis to the phalanges is presented. The literature has also been extensively reviewed. ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Nagendran T,Patel MN,Gaillard WE,Imm F,Walker M

更新日期：1980-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Endometrial carcinoma is generally diagnosed only after the onset of postmenopausal bleeding. Although most patients with Stage I disease can be cured, the prognosis worsens significantly when the tumor is no longer confined to the uterine corpus. Serum CA 125 is elevated in only 10-20% cases of Stage I and ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Xu FJ,Yu YH,Daly L,Anselmino L,Hass GM,Berchuck A,Rodriguez GC,Soper JT,Clarke-Pearson DL,Hollis D

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Secondary acute myeloid leukemia (AML) after treatment with epipodophyllotoxins is being observed with increased frequency. Therapeutic options are limited for patients with secondary AML and the role of bone marrow transplantation is unclear. METHODS:The authors report the treatment outcome of a cohort of ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Sandler ES,Friedman DJ,Mustafa MM,Winick NJ,Bowman WP,Buchanan GR

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-eight cases of primary insular carcinoid of the ovary were analyzed from a clinicopathologic viewpoint. Sixteen (33%) were associated with preoperative clinical evidence of the carcinoid syndrome. At operation only one ovary was usually enlarged, but in 16% the contralateral ovary was also enlarged by either a d...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Robboy SJ,Norris HJ,Scully RE

更新日期：1975-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective study is reported of 120 consecutive cases of patients presenting with brain metastases as the primary sign of their malignancy. Primary site was found in 62 patients (53 while alive and 9 at postmortem examination) and remained unknown in 58. Lung was the most frequent primary site (45% of known sites...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Le Chevalier T,Smith FP,Caille P,Constans JP,Rouesse JG

更新日期：1985-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The distinction of sporadic from inherited medullary thyroid carcinomas (MTCs) is of clinical importance because of the differences in prognosis, and the need for family screening for genetic counseling required in the latter. Germline mutations in the RET protooncogene are associated with multiple endocrine...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Komminoth P,Kunz EK,Matias-Guiu X,Hiort O,Christiansen G,Colomer A,Roth J,Heitz PU

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) is a reliable, rapid, minimally invasive alternative to surgical biopsy when it is performed by physician specialists for the diagnosis of palpable masses. FNAB may be under-utilized in community hospitals in the U.S. because physicians without specialty training commonly...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Florentine BD,Staymates B,Rabadi M,Barstis J,Black A,Cancer Committee of the Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital.

更新日期：2006-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-one patients with bilateral Wilms' tumor are reviewed and the details of diagnosis, therapy, and survival presented. All patients had an abdominal mass at the time of diagnosis. Associated findings included hypertension, aniridia, and genitourinary anomalies. Favorable histologic features were found in all simu...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Asch MJ,Siegel S,White L,Fonkalsrud E,Hays D,Isaacs H

更新日期：1985-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A new approach using anthropometric, radiographic, biochemical, and ultrasonic methods allowed partition of body weight into fat, fat-free mass, skeletal muscle, and volume of heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, and tumor. These methods were used to evaluate body composition longitudinally in a pilot group of nine cancer p...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Heymsfield SB,McManus CB

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to evaluate the sensitivity of two methods for determining bone marrow involvement with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. These methods were histologic review of bone marrow aspirates, and clot sections versus in vitro growth of lymphoma colonies on soft agar. Forty-two bone marrow aspirates were...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Smith SD,Kisker S,Bush L,Trueworthy RC

更新日期：1984-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Approximately 5% of clear cell renal cell carcinomas contain components with sarcomatoid differentiation. It has been suggested that the sarcomatoid elements arise from the clear cell tumors as a consequence of clonal expansions of neoplastic cells with progressively more genetic alterations. Analysis of the...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Jones TD,Eble JN,Wang M,Maclennan GT,Jain S,Cheng L

更新日期：2005-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Testing for oral high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA may be useful for identifying individuals at increased risk for HPV-driven oropharyngeal cancer (OPC). However, positivity for HPV DNA provides no information on the transforming potential of the infection. In contrast, the detection of high-risk HPV ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Rollo F,Pichi B,Benevolo M,Giuliani M,Latini A,Lorenzon L,Colafigli M,Frasca M,Pellini R,Cristaudo A,Donà MG

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seventeen patients with carcinoma confined to the pancreas and the peripancreatic area received preoperative radiation therapy in an attempt to increase the resectability rate and to reduce the incidence of recurrence. The tumors were considered either unresectable or of borderline resectability. The radiation dose ra...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Pilepich MV,Miller HH

更新日期：1980-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Neovascularization reportedly is correlated with metastasis, recurrence, and prognosis in some types of tumors. Microvessel quantification in so-called "hot spots" has been studied extensively as the only factor reflecting angiogenesis in various malignant tumors. The objective of this report was to evaluate...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Pavlopoulos PM,Konstantinidou AE,Agapitos E,Kavantzas N,Nikolopoulou P,Davaris P

更新日期：1998-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Only three previous reports on the ultrastructural appearance of tibial adamantinoma have been found among some 120 cases of this tumor reported in the literature. The tumor in our case is less differentiated than the cases previously reported. We believe it is of epithelial character and the possibilities of its hist...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Yoneyama T,Winter WG,Milsow L

更新日期：1977-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The necessity to develop more effective chemotherapy regimens in advanced nonsmall cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) prompted the authors to evaluate the paclitaxel-ifosfamide-cisplatin (PIC) combination, developed on the basis of high individual single-agent activity, in vitro synergism, and tolerance as determin...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Kosmas C,Tsavaris NB,Polyzos A,Kalofonos HP,Sepsas E,Malamos NA,Vadiaka M,Dosios T,Antonopoulos MJ

更新日期：2000-08-15 00:00:00