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AIM:To evaluate the role of radiotherapy alone or combined with chemotherapy in the treatment of recurrent vulvar cancer, emphasising the prognostic factors and outcomes. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Twenty women with loco-regional recurrence of vulvar carcinoma were retrospectively reviewed. Eleven patients were managed with a combination of chemotherapy and radiotherapy, seven out of these with concomitant radio-chemotherapy and four with neo-adjuvant chemotherapy. Nine patients were submitted to radiotherapy alone. The total dose of radiation therapy ranged from 30 Gy to 70 Gy. RESULTS:The median follow-up was 6 months (range 2-70 months). The 5-year overall and disease-free survival for the entire cohort was 20%. The outcomes included 6 complete response (CR), 10 partial response (PR) and 4 no change (NC). Patients with one site of recurrence and size of lesion < or = 3 cm were long survivors and disease-free at 5 years; all these women received a total dose of radiation therapy > or = 6480 cGy. CONCLUSION:We emphasize the importance of the number, site and diameter of recurrences as prognostic indicators; the outcomes of these patients were also affected by the total dose of radiation therapy.
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Anticancer Resjournal_title
Anticancer researchauthors
Raffetto N,Tombolini V,Santarelli M,Valeriani M,Galla DA,Enrici RMsubject
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2003-05-01 00:00:00pages
3105-8issue
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0250-7005issn
1791-7530journal_volume
23pub_type
杂志文章abstract：BACKGROUND:We have previously shown that human metallopanstimulin (MPS-1) is a 9.4-kDa multifunctional ribosomal S27/nuclear "zinc finger" protein which is expressed in a wide variety of actively proliferating cells and tumor tissues. Furthermore, we have shown that detection of MPS-N immunoreactive material in sera co...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Trastuzumab is used for the adjuvant (postoperative) treatment of (HER2)-positive early breast cancer. The duration of treatment is set at one year. The goal of our study was to examine the effective duration of trastuzumab treatment in routine clinical practice. PATIENTS AND METHODS:We performed a retrospe...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Previous reports suggest that age, household income and travel distance from residence to treatment facility are barriers which influence access to radiotherapy. The purpose of this study was to analyse the utilisation of palliative radiotherapy in a health care system where the main goal is equal access despite place...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND/AIM:Adenoid cystic carcinoma (SGC) is a common type of salivary gland cancer (SGC). Surgery is the first treatment choice because chemoradiotherapy is usually not effective. Therefore, new treatment modalities are urgently needed. In this study, it was investigated whether the estrogen axis could be a treatm...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Regulation of apoptosis by extracellular molecules binding to cell death receptors has received much attention in recent years. Fas, a member of the tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily, is a transmembrane protein whose extracellular domain binds its cognate ligand (FasL), which can induce apoptosis in sensitive...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：AIM:To evaluate the efficacy and toxicities of cisplatin and daily oral etoposide in patients with recurrent cervical cancer. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Treatment was initiated with oral etoposide 25 mg/day for 21 consecutive days, with intravenous cisplatin at 50 mg/m², on day 1, every 4 weeks, then the etoposide dose was ...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi：
更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Studies on taurine transport in MDR (multidrug resistant) and non-MDR KB cancer cells show that both cell types contain Na(+)- and Cl(-)-dependent high-affinity and low-affinity transport systems selective for beta-amino acids and a taurine diffusion component. Good buffers, such as HEPES or MOPS, interfered with taur...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Colorectal cancers are often preceded by noninvasive neoplasias arising in the surface epithelium, namely tubular, tubulovillous and villous adenomas. That neoplasias may also arise in the colorectal crypts is less well known. Between 1998 and 2002, colonoscopies, rectoscopies and colorectal surgical specimens from 86...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The effect of treatment schedule on the antitumor activity of a new platinum derivative, glycolate-0,0'-diammineplatinum (II) (254S) compared with cis- diamminedichloroplatinum (II) (CDDP) was investigated using ascites L1210 leukemia and solid Lewis lung carcinoma. The drugs were given i.p. by three treatments: as a ...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Dendritic cell (DC) mono-immunotherapy has not been successful so far in ovarian cancer. The addition of a toll-like receptor (TLR) agonist has the potential to boost the innate immune system, in addition to the adoptive immune response initiated by DCs. MATERIALS AND METHODS:ID8-fLuc C57BL/6 mice were inje...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.21873/anticanres.11162
更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：:In an attempt to characterize a Peanut Agglutinin (PNA) autoantigen widely expressed in common human adenocarcinomas, monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) were made against PNA-affinity purified glycoproteins from pooled breast cancer membrane biopsy materials. Two IgM MAbs, 167H.1 and 167H.4, were found to react strongly wit...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Whether high energy shock waves (HESW), generated by a piezoelectric generator, were able to activate a sonosensitizer, 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) and induce inhibition of cell growth in HT-29 human colorectal cancer cells was investigated. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Cell survival and cell death pathways were i...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：AIM:The American thyroid association (ATA) recommends that additional imaging procedures supplement cervical ultrasonography (US) in any patient with a basal calcitonin value above 150 pg/ml in the follow-up of medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC). The aim of the present study was to reaffirm or challenge this cut-off for...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Colorectal cancers with high microsatellite instability (MSI-H) have distinct clinical features in terms of their prognosis, recurrence patterns, and sensitivity to immunotherapeutic agents. We present the case of a woman with a left-sided MSI-H colon cancer who had repeated recurrences concentrated exclusively in the...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.21873/anticanres.11739
更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Smoking is the primary factor responsible for the epidemic of squamous cell lung cancer (SqLC) and small cell lung cancer (SCLC), however, there have been few studies which reported the relationship between smoking and SCLC in female patients. To examine the relationship between smoking and SCLC and SqLC in female pat...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：AIM:The aim of the study was to evaluate the long-term oncology outcomes of prostate cancer patients receiving robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP). PATIENTS AND METHODS:We retrospectively evaluated 111 patients with clinically-localized prostate cancer receiving RARP with a mean follow-up of 103.43 months. ...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.21873/anticanres.11803
更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Proteolytic enzymes are believed to be necessary for tumor cell invasion. We have studied the effects of the cysteine proteinase inhibitor E-64 and the serine and cysteine proteinase inhibitor leupeptin, on the ability of human malignant melanoma cells (LOX) to pass through an artificial basement membrane. Transwell c...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Tumor cells expressing excessive anionic-charged sialic acid can be potentially targeted by cationic polymers which may inhibit tumor growth. In the present study, three new families of cationic polymers were synthesized to assess their effects on prostate cancer cells. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Cationic polyme...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) ranks as a leading cause of cancer-related death globally. Brain metastases are a frequent complication of NSCLC, with 25-40% of patients developing brain metastases during the course of the disease, often within the first 2 years after diagnosis of the primary tumor. Improvements in...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Due to their estrogen-mimicking ability, pesticides are considered as prime etiological suspects of increasing tumor incidence, although a direct link is still undefined. The present study aimed to identify the effect of xenoestrogens (lindane, propoxur and endosulfan) at 20 mg/l each on tumorigenesis, by evaluating e...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The androgen-signaling pathway plays a critical role in prostate cancer development and progression. We have recently demonstrated that the Wilms' tumor suppressor gene product, WT1, binds to multiple sites in the androgen receptor (AR) promoter and transcriptionally represses the AR gene promoter in vitro. We asked w...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Proteoglycan epitopes recognized by poly- or monoclonal antibodies were studied at the cell surface of 3LL murine tumor cell lines with different metastatic capacity. A decreased expression of heparan sulphate and chondroitin sulphate core protein epitopes was observed in the highly metastatic variant HM compared to t...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND/AIM:Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (pNETs) are rare pancreatic neoplasms, and therapeutic options for pNETs are limited. Metformin is an anti-hypoglycemic drug that appears to have anticancer effects. However, little is known about the effect of metformin on pNETs. In this study, we investigated the anti-p...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.21873/anticanres.13933
更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:BRCA1 acts as a tumour suppressor and germ-line mutations within this gene are found in a large proportion of families with breast cancer. The aim of our study was to unravel the mechanism of action of genistein, the major soy phytoestrogen, in BRCA1-mutant human breast cancer cell lines. Four breast cancer cell lines...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Understanding the molecular basis of human disease has been the corner-stone of rationally designed molecular therapies. Medicine has a long history of treating patients with cell therapies (i.e., blood transfusions) and protein therapies (i.e., growth factors and cytokines). Gene therapies are the newest therapeutic ...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Nogo-B was recently shown to be involved in proliferation, apoptosis and invasiveness of cancer cells, whereas its specific receptor (NgBR) was found to be up-regulated in estrogen receptor-α positive breast cancer. No data are currently available concerning their expression in non-small cell lung carcinomas...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Prostate cancer treated with androgen ablation eventually becomes resistant. Because the androgen receptor (AR) signaling axis affects disease progression, AR coactivator molecules could provide clinical prognostic value. This study investigates the association between AR coactivator molecules and clinical o...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:The prognostic significance of mutant p53 protein, p-glycoprotein (P-gp) and glutathione S-transferase-pi (GST-pi) in patients with unresectable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) has not been established. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We performed immunohistochemical staining of p53, P-gp and GST-pi using transbro...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Prolonged exposure to asbestos, a potent carcinogen, has been the generally accepted factor responsible for the development of human mesotheliomas. Recent reports documenting the detection of SV40 DNA in human mesotheliomas suggest the possibility that this known tumor virus may be an additional factor invol...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00
