Survival results in adult patients treated for medulloblastoma.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fas-expressing cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) are important antitumor immune effector cells in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The role of transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGF-beta1) in modulating the expression of Fas by CTLs is not known in HCC. The objectives of this study were to characte...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Yuen MF,Hughes RD,Heneghan MA,Langley PG,Norris S

更新日期：2001-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：METHODS:Three-hundred seventy patients with borderline tumors treated between 1970 and 1982 at the Norwegian Radium Hospital were analyzed retrospectively for clinicopathologic features, treatment, and survival characteristics. RESULTS:One hundred seventy-eight patients had mucinous tumors, 174 patients had serous tum...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Kaern J,Tropé CG,Abeler VM

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred thirty-nine consecutive unselected adults with acute nonlymphoblastic leukemia were treated with a high-dose chemotherapeutic remission-induction regimen consisting of daunomycin (70 mg/m2 IV on days 1, 2, 3), cytosine arabinoside (100 mg/m2 IV every 12 hours), 6-thioguanine (100 mg/m2 orally every 12 hour...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Glucksberg H,Cheever MA,Farewell VT,Fefer A,Sale GE,Thomas ED

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prognostic value of nuclear DNA content was studied retrospectively using flow cytometry in 203 cases of resected hepatocellular carcinoma. The occurrence of DNA aneuploidy, which was detected in 50% of patients, correlated significantly with tumor size and the presence of vascular invasion or intrahepatic metasta...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Fujimoto J,Okamoto E,Yamanaka N,Toyosaka A,Mitsunobu M

更新日期：1991-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Between July 1951 and January 1984, 14 female patients (11 black and three white; average age, 58 years) were treated for primary urethral carcinoma. Five patients had radical surgery, six received preoperative radiotherapy (2000 cGy in five fractions) followed by anterior exenteration, and three had definitive radiot...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Moinuddin Ali M,Klein FA,Hazra TA

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to quantify the lymphocyte to epithelial cell ratio (L/E ratio of the thymoma, actual counting was performed. The L/E ratio was investigated in 25 specimens of 22 cases (22 initial tumors and 3 recurrent tumors). L/E ratios ranged from 0.27 to 4.10, and the mean value was 1.93 +/- 0.21. The mean L/E ratio of ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Masaoka A,Nagaoka Y,Maeda M,Monden Y,Seike Y

更新日期：1977-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prostate cancer (PC) mortality is much greater for African American than for Caucasian men. To identify patient factors that might account for some of this disparity, men within 6 months of diagnosis were surveyed about health attitudes and behavior. METHODS:Using Rapid Identification in the North Carolina ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Talcott JA,Spain P,Clark JA,Carpenter WR,Do YK,Hamilton RJ,Galanko JA,Jackman A,Godley PA

更新日期：2007-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:There is now considerable interest in gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) because it can be treated effectively with a targeted molecular agent. The majority of GISTs contain an activating mutation in the KIT protooncogene or, occasionally, in the platelet-derived growth factor-alpha (PDGFRA) gene. Five years ago, i...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： van der Zwan SM,DeMatteo RP

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To clarify the differences in angiogenesis between benign and malignant ovarian tumors, the authors examined the immunohistochemical characteristics and the density of tumor vessels in both tumor groups. Intratumoral vascularization was observed preoperatively by transvaginal color Doppler ultrasound. METHO...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Emoto M,Iwasaki H,Mimura K,Kawarabayashi T,Kikuchi M

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study was performed to evaluate the effect of positive margins, Gleason grade, and capsular penetration on progression after radical prostatectomy. METHODS:The authors followed 507 men with totally embedded retropubic prostatectomy specimens performed for clinical Stages A and B prostate cancer for a m...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Epstein JI,Pizov G,Walsh PC

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:p53 gene mutation and p53 protein accumulation are common in human cancer. However, their clinical significance is controversial and p53 accumulation may not correlate with gene mutation. The current study investigates the occurrence of p53 alterations in esophageal carcinoma, the correlation between the ana...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Coggi G,Bosari S,Roncalli M,Graziani D,Bossi P,Viale G,Buffa R,Ferrero S,Piazza M,Blandamura S,Segalin A,Bonavina L,Peracchia A

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The literature examining obesity as a barrier to screening for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer has not been evaluated systematically. With the increasing prevalence of obesity and its impact on cancer incidence and mortality, it is important to determine whether obesity is a barrier to screening so that cancer...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Cohen SS,Palmieri RT,Nyante SJ,Koralek DO,Kim S,Bradshaw P,Olshan AF

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The objective of this article was to assess the clinimetric properties of the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) staging system of cervical carcinoma to determine whether it is an adequate prognostic tool for the survival of patients with cervical carcinoma. METHODS:The FIGO stagin...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Kupets R,Covens A

更新日期：2001-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:EphA2 is overexpressed in the majority of ovarian cancers and predicts poor clinical outcome. Based on EphA2's emerging role in angiogenesis, we hypothesized that tumors overexpressing EphA2 demonstrate greater microvessel density (MVD) and matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) expression. METHODS:After Institutio...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Lin YG,Han LY,Kamat AA,Merritt WM,Landen CN,Deavers MT,Fletcher MS,Urbauer DL,Kinch MS,Sood AK

更新日期：2007-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Epidemiologic studies have recently related benzene hexachloride (BHC) to breast carcinoma risk. Experimental studies have also shown that beta-BHC is weakly estrogenic, hence supporting the alleged association. By directly comparing beta-BHC levels in breast adipose tissue from incident breast carcinoma cas...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Zheng T,Holford TR,Mayne ST,Owens PH,Ward B,Carter D,Dubrow R,Zahm SH,Boyle P,Tessari J

更新日期：1999-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The vast majority of soft tissue sarcomas spread initially to the lungs and then to other sites. The lung has been the most carefully monitored organ system during routine surveillance for a metastasis. Liposarcoma is one of the most common soft tissue sarcomas and has been noted to have extrapulmonary sites...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Cheng EY,Springfield DS,Mankin HJ

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors recently reported the antigenic phenotypes of three cases of so-called "malignant angioendotheliomatosis" and suggested that angiotropic large cell lymphoma (ALCL) is a more appropriate designation for this disease. The authors now report an additional seven cases of ALCL with unique clinical presentations...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Stroup RM,Sheibani K,Moncada A,Purdy LJ,Battifora H

更新日期：1990-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In oligodendroglial tumors, allelic losses on chromosome arms 1p and 19q are not only diagnostic molecular markers but also statistically significant predictors of both chemosensitivity and longer recurrence-free survival. In the current study, the authors attempted to analyze 21 patients genetically and cli...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Hashimoto N,Murakami M,Takahashi Y,Fujimoto M,Inazawa J,Mineura K

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 22-year-old man with malignant immunoblastic lymphoma had "locked-in" syndrome within 48 hours of receiving a single (100 mg) dose of intrathecal cytosine arabinoside (ara-C) in conjunction with intravenous ara-C, cisplatin, and doxorubicin. Eight hours after therapy, the patient had central hypoventilation and blur...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Kleinschmidt-DeMasters BK,Yeh M

更新日期：1992-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several large studies have reported an extremely low incidence of MET gene amplification (GA) in patients with radically resected gastric cancer. This study was conducted to evaluate the prevalence and prognostic role of MET in patients with recurrent=metastatic gastric cancer who received chemotherapy. MET...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： An X,Wang F,Shao Q,Wang FH,Wang ZQ,Wang ZQ,Chen C,Li C,Luo HY,Zhang DS,Xu RH,Li YH

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite recent advances in diagnosis and treatment, gastric carcinoma remains a major cause of death in the world. METHODS:The clinicopathologic profile of 10,000 consecutive patients who underwent primary gastrectomy during 1962-1989 were reviewed and prognostic factors influencing survival in those with g...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Nakamura K,Ueyama T,Yao T,Xuan ZX,Ambe K,Adachi Y,Yakeishi Y,Matsukuma A,Enjoji M

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The objective of this study was to determine the clinical characteristics, treatment response, and frequency of p53 overexpression in Ashkenazi Jewish women with hereditary ovarian carcinoma. METHODS:Seventy-one Jewish women with epithelial ovarian carcinoma (EOC) were tested for the three BRCA founder muta...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Cass I,Baldwin RL,Varkey T,Moslehi R,Narod SA,Karlan BY

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chondrosarcoma of the temporal bone is a rare lesion. Clinically it has been confused with multiple sclerosis, glomus jugulare tumors, meningioma, and chordomas. The cranial nerve palsies frequently observed with the tumors are related to the anatomic locations of the tumors. Thirteen patients with this entity are pre...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Coltrera MD,Googe PB,Harrist TJ,Hyams VJ,Schiller AL,Goodman ML

更新日期：1986-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Data from a hospital-based case-control study between 1985-1990 were used to examine the effects of tobacco, alcohol, asbestos, and other occupational exposures on laryngeal cancer risk in 194 white men with primary cancer of the larynx and 184 age-matched control subjects. A dose-dependent effect for current cigarett...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Muscat JE,Wynder EL

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although the biologic characteristics of papillary cystic tumors (PCT) generally indicate a good prognosis, a malignant form has been reported. METHODS:Twenty-two examples of PCT were examined to assess their malignant potential by histologic, flow cytometric, and immunohistochemical studies. RESULTS:Three...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Nishihara K,Nagoshi M,Tsuneyoshi M,Yamaguchi K,Hayashi I

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Skin cancers originating in areas of chronic injury (Marjolin's ulcers) are thought to behave in a more aggressive fashion than those due to other causes. The initial surgical treatment, especially the management of the regional lymph nodes, remains controversial. This review of 37 patients with Marjolin's ulcer evalu...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Barr LH,Menard JW

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The goal of this study was to examine the clinical significance of ZNF217 amplification and assess whether ZNF217 could be a potential therapeutic target in ovarian clear cell carcinoma (OCCC). METHODS:ZNF217 expression and amplification in OCCC was assessed by immunohistochemistry, fluorescence in situ hyb...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Rahman MT,Nakayama K,Rahman M,Nakayama N,Ishikawa M,Katagiri A,Iida K,Nakayama S,Otsuki Y,Shih IeM,Miyazaki K

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Reports utilizing data from the Commission on Cancer's National Cancer Data Base (NCDB) have previously contained evaluations of time trends for stage of disease at diagnosis, treatment, and survival for multiple tumor sites. Data collected from 1989, 1990, 1994, and 1995 for carcinoma of the gallbladder are...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Donohue JH,Stewart AK,Menck HR

更新日期：1998-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The relation of gastric acid-secreting function to the gross and histological types and locations of carcinomas was examined in 53 patients with early gastric carcinomas. Studies were made by the endoscopic Congo red test developed in this clinic. Results indicated a close correlation between the gross and histologica...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Tatsuta M,Okuda S,Taniguchi H,Tamura H

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:: Although patients with chronic pancreatitis (CP) have an increased risk of pancreatic cancer (PanCa), the timely detection of PanCa often is difficult, because the symptoms of CP and PanCa are very similar. Moreover, secondary inflammation may be identified in PanCa, further complicating diagnosis. To impr...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Liggett T,Melnikov A,Yi QL,Replogle C,Brand R,Kaul K,Talamonti M,Abrams RA,Levenson V

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00