Soft-tissue sarcomas in children and adolescents with neurofibromatosis type 1.

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is challenging for clinicians to foster coping and allow hope when discussing prognosis and end-of-life (EOL) issues with terminally ill cancer patients and their caregivers. To the authors' knowledge, little research evidence is currently available to guide clinical practice. METHODS:The authors conduct...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Clayton JM,Butow PN,Arnold RM,Tattersall MH

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with superficial (mucosal or submucosal) esophageal carcinoma (SEC) have significantly better survival rates than patients with advanced carcinoma. Some patients with advanced esophageal carcinoma have been reported to test positive for serum p53 antibodies (Abs). Because very few patients with supe...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Shimada H,Takeda A,Arima M,Okazumi S,Matsubara H,Nabeya Y,Funami Y,Hayashi H,Gunji Y,Suzuki T,Kobayashi S,Ochiai T

更新日期：2000-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A case report is presented, believed to be the first documented example of pleomorphic rhabdomyosarcoma developing in the larynx of a child. A review of the literature then follows, with evaluation of the epidemiology, treatment options, and survival of patients with this disease. Cure of this malignancy is more likel...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Dodd-o JM,Wieneke KF,Rosman PM

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Carcinoid tumors are unusual and most reports are anecdotal or limited in number. A series of 2837 cases was published in 1975. No recent large series is available. METHODS:The authors evaluated 5468 cases identified by the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) program of the National Cancer In...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Modlin IM,Sandor A

更新日期：1997-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The concept of second-look surgery was introduced by Wangensteen 25 years ago, and 17% of patients were reported to be converted to a cancer-free state. Instead of an arbitrary time interval for reoperation, serial CEA values were used as the indicator of colon cancer recurrence and second-look operation. Twenty-two r...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Minton JP,Martin EW Jr

更新日期：1978-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite published reports regarding the association of elevated circulating CD44 and CD54 levels with unfavorable outcome in non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) and chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), little is known about therapy-related changes in either adhesion molecule. In an attempt to evaluate the effect of in...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Beksaç M,Arat M,Akan H,Koç H,Ilhan O,Ozcan M

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of cases of sinusoidal hematolymphoid malignancy ("malignant histiocytosis") in which early lymph node biopsies have not allowed clear separation from benign histiocytic disorders have been observed. Nine such cases in which only a follow-up lymph node biopsy documented their malignant nature are reported. Se...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Weiss LM,Azzi R,Dorfman RF,Warnke RA

更新日期：1986-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective study of 702 patients with clinically positive nodes associated with squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity, supraglottic larynx, and hypopharynx observed from 1954 to 1968 was done. The policies of treatment for the neck were not standardized during those years. Three hundred eleven patients who s...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Jesse RH,Fletcher GH

更新日期：1977-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prognostic significance of the pretreatment growth characteristics of marrow blasts was examined in 37 patients with acute nonlymphocytic leukemia (ANLL) treated with a similar therapeutic regimen. Initial mitotic index (MI) and in vitro 3H-thymidine labeling index (LI) were broadly distributed showing no correlat...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Amadori S,Petti MC,De Francesco A,Chierichini A,Mastrovincenzo C,Testa MG,Mandelli F

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Occult hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection frequently occurs in patients with HBV surface antigen (HBsAg)-negative chronic liver disease, and much evidence suggests that it is a risk factor for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) development. However, to the authors' knowledge, no follow-up study has been performed...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Squadrito G,Pollicino T,Cacciola I,Caccamo G,Villari D,La Masa T,Restuccia T,Cucinotta E,Scisca C,Magazzu D,Raimondo G

更新日期：2006-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined resected specimens from 40 cases of advanced rectal cancer to determine the extent of microtubular cancer nests and undifferentiated cancer cells (budding). We investigated the relationship between this budding and lymphatic invasion (ly), venous invasion (v), and lymph node metastasis (n), respectively. M...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Morodomi T,Isomoto H,Shirouzu K,Kakegawa K,Irie K,Morimatsu M

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A National Institutes of Health (NIH) Consensus Development Conference on the treatment of patients with early stage invasive breast carcinoma, held in June 1990, recommended breast conservation therapy for the majority of women with Stage I or II breast carcinoma. The authors evaluated the national use of b...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Lazovich D,Solomon CC,Thomas DB,Moe RE,White E

更新日期：1999-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Front loading chemotherapy using methotrexate (200 mg/m2) alone or methotrexate (200 mg/m2) with cisplatin (20 mg/m2 daily for 5 days) was used in epidermoid carcinoma of esophagus. Evaluation after two courses showed objective response of 50% or greater in 48% of patients with methotrexate alone. Response rate was in...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Advani SH,Saikia TK,Swaroop S,Ramakrishnan G,Nair CN,Dinshaw KA,Sharma S,Vyas JJ,Desai PB

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:For patients who have chondrosarcoma with unresectable disease, because of tumor location, tumor size, or extensive metastatic disease, treatment options are very limited because of their relative resistance to radiotherapy and chemotherapy. The overall survival of this patient population is poor; however, s...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： van Maldegem AM,Gelderblom H,Palmerini E,Dijkstra SD,Gambarotti M,Ruggieri P,Nout RA,van de Sande MA,Ferrari C,Ferrari S,Bovée JV,Picci P

更新日期：2014-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Categories of objective response to chemotherapy for 460 advanced relapsing prostate cancer patients evaluated in the initial first four randomized clinical trials of the National Prostatic Cancer Project were compared by survival and other patient and disease characteristics. The response criteria for stable were sho...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Slack NH,Mittelman A,Brady MF,Murphy GP

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case-referent study on soft tissue sarcomas (STS) was conducted, to see if previous findings regarding an association between exposure to phenoxyacetic acids or chlorophenols and this tumor type could be reproduced. Fifty-five male STS patients were thereby compared with 220 living and 110 dead population-based refe...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Hardell L,Eriksson M

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Risk factors associated with local recurrences were analyzed from a series of 3445 clinical Stage I melanoma patients. In single-factor analysis, tumor thickness, ulceration, and increasing age were highly significantly predictive of recurrence (p less than 0.00001). After 5 years of follow-up, local recurrence rates ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Urist MM,Balch CM,Soong S,Shaw HM,Milton GW,Maddox WA

更新日期：1985-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Supratentorial gangliogliomas (GGs) are rare tumors of the central nervous system and are commonly associated with chronic seizures. To date, only case reports and small series of patients with short-term follow-up have been available for the assessment of the potential of GGs to recur and progress. METHODS...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Luyken C,Blümcke I,Fimmers R,Urbach H,Wiestler OD,Schramm J

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Validation of the prognostic indices for the recurrence-free interval of patients with parotid carcinoma, the development of which was described in a previous report, is needed to be confident of their generalizability and justified prospective use. METHODS:The Dutch Cooperative Group on Head and Neck Cance...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Vander Poorten VL,Hart AA,van der Laan BF,Baatenburg de Jong RJ,Manni JJ,Marres HA,Meeuwis CA,Lubsen H,Terhaard CH,Balm AJ

更新日期：2003-03-15 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：:The histologic types of lung cancer in 855 patients (747 men and 107 women) from three hospitals and one international study of insulation workers were evaluated. Of these, 196 cases had asbestos exposure. About one half of the cases were diagnosed from surgical slides and one half from autopsy slides. Squamous cell c...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Auerbach O,Garfinkel L,Parks VR,Conston AS,Galdi VA,Joubert L

更新日期：1984-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Aberrant expression of the facilitative glucose transporter, GLUT1, is found in a wide spectrum of epithelial malignancies. The current study describes an immunohistochemical study of GLUT1 expression in benign, hyperplastic, and malignant endometrial epithelia. METHODS:One hundred sixteen formalin fixed, p...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Wang BY,Kalir T,Sabo E,Sherman DE,Cohen C,Burstein DE

更新日期：2000-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors found metastases to the heart in 10.7% of 1029 autopsy cases in which a malignant neoplasm was diagnosed. The lung was the commonest primary site (36.4%) and adenocarcinoma was the most frequent cell type (36.4%) of neoplasms metastatic to heart. Nonepithelial tumors accounted for 22.7% of cardiac metastas...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Klatt EC,Heitz DR

更新日期：1990-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To evaluate the hearing preservation rate and to determine its prognostic factors after gamma knife (GK) stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) in patients with vestibular schwannoma, the authors used a prospective study design to analyze these patients. METHODS:Between December 1997 and January 2002, 25 patients ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Paek SH,Chung HT,Jeong SS,Park CK,Kim CY,Kim JE,Kim DG,Jung HW

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Active surveillance (AS) is an accepted means of managing low-risk prostate cancer. Because of the rarity of downstream events, data from existing AS cohorts cannot yet address how differences in surveillance intensity affect metastasis and mortality. This study projected the comparative benefits of differen...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Lange JM,Laviana AA,Penson DF,Lin DW,Bill-Axelson A,Carlsson SV,Newcomb LF,Trock BJ,Carter HB,Carroll PR,Cooperberg MR,Cowan JE,Klotz LH,Etzioni RB

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The histologic features of a malignant clear cell acrospiroma were those of infiltrative local growth, frequent mitoses and angiolymphatic invasion. The histochemical and ultrastructural findings were similar to those reported for benign clear cell acrospriomas. Amputation of the leg and regional node dissection were ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Headington JT,Niederhuber JE,Beals TF

更新日期：1978-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current results of trials testing combined surgery and chemotherapy in patients with breast cancer is reviewed. Information concerning eight trials utilizing nine single-agent regimens was obtained. The results at this time are conflicting. There appear to be differences among the regimens utilized in the various ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Tormey DC

更新日期：1975-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcriptional dysregulation induced by disease-defining genetic alterations of proteins in transcriptional machinery is a key feature of cancers. Mediator complex subunit 12 (MED12) is the central architectural subunit in the kinase module of Mediator, a large transcriptional regulatory complex that controls essenti...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Zhang S,O'Regan R,Xu W

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The objective of this study was to determine whether standardized treatment of germ cell tumors (GCTs) could overcome sociodemographic factors limiting patient care. METHODS:The records of all patients undergoing primary treatment for GCTs at both a public safety net hospital and an academic tertiary care c...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Chertack N,Ghandour RA,Singla N,Freifeld Y,Hutchinson RC,Courtney K,Bowman IA,Arafat W,Meng X,Moore JA,Aydin AM,Sagalowsky AI,Margulis V,Lotan Y,Woldu SL,Bagrodia A

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rising health care costs have caused providers to question the benefit of regular follow-up after treatment for patients with early stage cutaneous melanoma. The authors hypothesized that routine reassessment and careful education of these patients would facilitate earlier diagnosis of a subsequent second pr...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： DiFronzo LA,Wanek LA,Morton DL

更新日期：2001-04-15 00:00:00