Developing epidemic of melanoma in the Hispanic population of California.

abstract：:A case of Turcot's syndrome (colonic polyposis plus a malignant central nervous system tumor) occurring in a kindred with autosomal dominant colonic polyposis is presented. It is proposed that Turcot's syndrome patients can be classified into Type I where only siblings are affected and Type II where two or more genera...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Lewis JH,Ginsberg AL,Toomey KE

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The role of transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) or transcatheter arterial chemoinfusion (TACI) for unresectable intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) has recently been questioned. The aim of the study was to evaluate the clinical efficacy of TACE or TACI in patients with unresectable ICC and to i...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Kim JH,Yoon HK,Sung KB,Ko GY,Gwon DI,Shin JH,Song HY

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effective screening for occult ovarian cancer will require a strategy that is both sensitive and specific. Preliminary data suggest that CA 125 is elevated at diagnosis in a majority of patients with ovarian cancer. Although CA 125 is sufficiently specific to prompt its evaluation as one component of a strategy to det...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Bast RC Jr,Knauf S,Epenetos A,Dhokia B,Daly L,Tanner M,Soper J,Creasman W,Gall S,Knapp RC

更新日期：1991-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report the case of a patient with malignant thymoma unresponsive to combination chemotherapy (cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, and prednisone [CHOP] and cisplatin/VP-16) who subsequently achieved clinical response to continuous daily prednisone. A review of the literature indicates that predniso...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Hu E,Levine J

更新日期：1986-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue in a 26-year-old man developing nine years after renal transplantation is presented. This is the first such case to be reported. Within seven months, widespread tumor metastases resulted in death. Pathologic examination of the transplanted kidney demonstrated neither re-...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Lee YW,Gisser SD

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood vessel invasion and axillary lymph node involvement were examined in 175 breast cancer patients. The incidence of blood vessel invasion was 35%. The presence of blood vessel invasion was highly associated with early disease recurrence. The association of poor prognosis with blood vessel invasion was independent ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Weigand RA,Isenberg WM,Russo J,Brennan MJ,Rich MA

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Solitary extramedullary plasmacytomas are rare tumors, reported to occur most commonly in the upper respiratory passages, but which also are rarely seen in the middle and lower gastrointestinal system. This report documents the first primary plasmacytoma of the esophagus. A 67-year-old Caucasian man complained of dysp...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Ahmed N,Ramos S,Sika J,LeVeen HH,Piccone VA

更新日期：1976-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The treatment of advanced, inoperable, or recurrent parotid tumors represents a clinical challenge. The results obtained with conventional radiotherapy are disappointing. To improve the early response and local control of parotid tumors, local microwave hyperthermia was used in combination with ionizing radi...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Gabriele P,Amichetti M,Orecchia R,Valdagni R

更新日期：1995-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Uveal melanomas of the choroid and ciliary body are aggressive tumors causing the death of approximately 50% of patients. In contrast, iris melanomas only infrequently metastasize; why these differences exist is not known. The local environment can regulate cancer growth and development, and it is probable t...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Canovas D,Rennie IG,Nichols CE,Sisley K

更新日期：2008-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum immunoglobulin levels IgA, IgG, and IgM have been estimated in 92 patients with breast cancer and 50 control patients, 40 of whom had benign disease of the breast. In patients with breast cancer, IgA was significantly raised at all stages and IgG was significantly reduced, but the two abnormalities were not nece...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Roberts MM,Bathgate EM,Stevenson A

更新日期：1975-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined public attitudes toward pain associated with cancer and its treatment. A variety of issues were assessed, including the extent to which pain is associated with cancer, fear of pain as a factor in the decision to delay seeking treatment, and concerns about the use of narcotic analgesics for pain con...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Levin DN,Cleeland CS,Dar R

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are several well known but rare syndromes of inherited colonic cancer. Genetic epidemiologic studies also have demonstrated that relatives of individuals with colonic cancer in general exhibit an excess risk for this malignancy. METHODS:This report reviews the literature pertinent to genetic and famil...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Burt RW,Bishop DT,Cannon-Albright L,Samowitz WS,Lee RL,DiSario JA,Skolnick MH

更新日期：1992-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Trimetrexate is an antifol that differs from methotrexate in ways that may be clinically important. Because methotrexate has activity in advanced bladder cancer, this trial was initiated. METHODS:Ambulatory patients with advanced urothelial carcinoma were treated with the nonclassic antifol trimetrexate at ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Witte RS,Elson P,Khandakar J,Trump DL

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of an acute myocardial infarction occurring in a 19-year-old woman, 27 months after mantle radiotherapy for Stage II-A Hodgkin's disease is described. The coronary arteriogram demonstrated patent and normal coronary arteries, but the echocardiogram revealed pericarditis. The clinical course was further complica...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Yahalom J,Hasin Y,Fuks Z

更新日期：1983-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although grading has prognostic significance for many tumor types, a prognostically significant grading system for lung adenocarcinoma has not yet been established. The aim of this study was to evaluate histologic characteristics included in tumor grading systems, establish optimal cutoff values that have th...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Barletta JA,Yeap BY,Chirieac LR

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Findings from 1665 women with primary breast cancer, treated at 34 NSABP institutions in Canada and the United States, have failed to demonstrate that patients with medial-central tumors had a greater probability of developing distant metastases or dying than did those with lateral tumors despite the greater incidence...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Fisher B,Wolmark N,Redmond C,Deutsch M,Fisher ER

更新日期：1981-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Radiotherapy (RT) has been a risk factor for development of soft tissue sarcomas (STS). The objective of the current study was to quantify the risk of STS after RT and surgery for breast cancer (BCa), assess time trends, and compare long-term survival of patients with RT-associated and non-RT-associated angi...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Mery CM,George S,Bertagnolli MM,Raut CP

更新日期：2009-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Fiberoptic endoscopic examination and biopsy of the nasopharynx was done in 130 patients as a prospective study. They all had elevated titers of antibodies against the viral capsid antigen of Epstein-Barr virus but no symptoms or signs of nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Each underwent a biopsy from six fixed sites in the na...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Wei WI,Sham JS,Zong YS,Choy D,Ng MH

更新日期：1991-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Three screening programs for early cervical cancer currently in use in Japan were evaluated according to the following criteria: (1) economic effectiveness; (2) screening efficiency; and (3) access to medical care. The mobile program has the highest benefit-cost ratio (BCR, 1.20) and is hence most cost-effective; its ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Takenaga N,Kai I,Ohi G

更新日期：1985-05-15 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：: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：BACKGROUND:The importance of the bone marrow microenvironment in multiple myeloma is receiving increasing attention. Recent studies have suggested the importance of cytokine production and cell-cell contact by bone marrow stromal cells in the survival of myeloma cells. METHODS:In the current study, the authors examine...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Wallace SR,Oken MM,Lunetta KL,Panoskaltsis-Mortari A,Masellis AM

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between January 1988 and June 1990, seven previously untreated patients with histologically confirmed and clinically staged IIIa invasive thymoma (IT) were enrolled in a prospective, single treatment arm study of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NC) followed by surgery and postoperative radiation therapy (4600 to 6000 cGy). ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Macchiarini P,Chella A,Ducci F,Rossi B,Testi C,Bevilacqua G,Angeletti CA

更新日期：1991-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Colonoscopic screening has increased detection of malignant colonic polyps (MPs). The goal of this study was to analyze trends and patterns in the surgical treatment of MPs and to assess outcomes as measured by lymph node retrieval and patient survival. METHODS:The Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Result...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Wasif N,Etzioni D,Maggard MA,Tomlinson JS,Ko CY

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The presence of tumor cells in peritoneal washing cytology specimens taken during surgery affects the staging of many gynecologic malignancies. Peritoneal washings are often collected routinely, even in cases of presumed benign disease. This study was designed to address whether evaluation of these specimens...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Sharifi S,Ducatman BS,Wang HH,Fraser JL

更新日期：1999-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The risk of endometrial cancer in relation to nutrition and frequency of consumption of a few selected dietary items was evaluated in a case-control study of 206 patients with endometrial cancer and 206 control subjects with acute conditions unrelated to any of the established or potential risk factors for endometrial...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： La Vecchia C,Decarli A,Fasoli M,Gentile A

更新日期：1986-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Meaning and purpose in life are associated with the mental and physical health of patients with cancer and survivors and also constitute highly valued outcomes in themselves. Because meaning and purpose are often threatened by a cancer diagnosis and treatment, interventions have been developed to promote meaning and p...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Park CL,Pustejovsky JE,Trevino K,Sherman AC,Esposito C,Berendsen M,Salsman JM

更新日期：2019-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemotherapy once relegated to end stage patients has markedly improved with the use of combinations. Response rates with single agents have improved from 15 to 35%, to 50 to 70%, using combinations with an increase in complete response rates to about 25%. A series of four studies completed by the Eastern Cooperative ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Carbone PP,Bauer M,Band P,Tormey D

更新日期：1977-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The multiple classifications of histiocytic disorders, and the lack of specificity in their application, have degraded the utility of such diagnostic terms as "Letterer-Siwe Disease" and "Malignant Histiocytosis". A case is presented of a systemic histiocytic proliferation with erythrophagocytosis and giant-cell forma...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Wolfson WL,Gossett T,Pagani J

更新日期：1976-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignant sweat gland neoplasms are rare tumors. Historically, the principal mode of treatment has been local surgical excision. Eight published studies show that greater than 50% of patients develop either local tumor recurrence after surgery or regional lymph node metastases. Most patients have evidence of locoregio...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Harari PM,Shimm DS,Bangert JL,Cassady JR

更新日期：1990-04-15 00:00:00