The value of combined-modality therapy in elderly patients with stage III nonsmall cell lung cancer.

abstract：:International comparisons have provided striking correlations between fat consumption and risk of breast cancer, but these comparisons do not often consider variations in life style. Case-control studies carried out in several countries showed no real association between fat intake and breast cancer. There is some evi...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Kritchevsky D

更新日期：1990-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma TSH and thyroxine levels were measured in 74 early breast cancer patients and 53 with advanced disease, 77 patients with cancer arising in other organs and 67 healthy women of similar age. The mean plasma TSH levels were higher in the breast cancer cases than the other two groups; the difference was statistical...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Rose DP,Davis TE

更新日期：1978-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Quality assurance (QA) of clinical practice is important for any medical specialty. Programs based on the Patterns of Care Study (PCS) have been developed to compare the quality of radiotherapeutic care at individual institutions, with the national average representing the process and outcome of radiotherapy...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Tanisada K,Teshima T,Ohno Y,Inoue T,Abe M,Ikeda H,Owen JB,Hanks GE,Masuda K,Honke Y

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Examination was performed on pathologic material from patients enrolled in the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast Project (NSABP) protocol B-18, in which the clinical effects of preoperative (preop) and postoperative (postop) doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide (AC) were compared. METHODS:Of the total number of...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Fisher ER,Wang J,Bryant J,Fisher B,Mamounas E,Wolmark N

更新日期：2002-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To define the clinicopathologic and prognostic features of patients with human T-cell lymphotropic virus type-1 (HTLV-1)-associated adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL) in North America, standard criteria were used to identify patients with ATLL. METHODS:Statistical analyses used included descriptive stati...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Phillips AA,Shapira I,Willim RD,Sanmugarajah J,Solomon WB,Horwitz SM,Savage DG,Bhagat G,Soff G,Zain JM,Alobeid B,Seshan VE,O'Connor OA

更新日期：2010-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-two patients who previously responded to first-line hormonal therapy were evaluated for factors which would predict for response to second hormonal manipulation. Investigations performed at progression after initial hormone response included immunocytochemical estimation of estrogen and progesterone receptors a...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Seymour L,Bezwoda WR,Meyer K

更新日期：1990-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of osteosarcoma arising in the soft tissue of the larynx in an elderly man is presented with light and electron microscopic documentation. The patient developed chronic hoarseness and a recurring polypoid laryngeal tumor, causing acute airway obstruction. He was treated by total laryngectomy, but he died with m...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Dahm LJ,Schaefer SD,Carder HM,Vellios F

更新日期：1978-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred eighty-four patients with advanced measurable colorectal cancer not previously treated with chemotherapy were entered into a prospective randomized clinical trial by the Mid-Atlantic Oncology Program (MAOP) to assess the value of weekly cisplatin (20 mg/m2) when added to a protracted schedule of 5-fluorour...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Lokich JJ,Ahlgren JD,Cantrell J,Heim WJ,Wampler GL,Gullo JJ,Fryer JG,Alt DE

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:An increased understanding of the biology of prostate carcinoma has led to the clinical evaluation of mechanism-based and targeted therapies. Modulating the immune system has been pursued through the use of both active and passive immunity as well as the ex vivo genetic manipulation of effector cells. A vari...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Morris MJ,Scher HI

更新日期：2000-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Metastases to the breast from extramammary primary tumors are uncommon. Malignant melanoma is one of the most common neoplasms to secondarily involve the mammary parenchyma. METHODS:Seven cases of malignant melanoma metastatic to the breast diagnosed by fine-needle aspiration biopsy are presented. RESULTS:...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Cangiarella J,Symmans WF,Cohen JM,Goldenberg A,Shapiro RL,Waisman J

更新日期：1998-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Between February 1980 and December 1985, splenectomies were performed in 13 patients with advanced (Stage III and IV) chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). Patients had advanced disease for a median of 32 months at the time of splenectomy and all were refractory to chemotherapy. All patients were anemic with a median he...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Stein RS,Weikert D,Reynolds V,Greer JP,Flexner JM

更新日期：1987-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cancer patients with single tumors live longer today due to earlier detection and improved treatment methods. For this reason, the authors see more patients who develop a second primary tumor. The etiology of the second tumor can be the same as the first, whether treatment-induced or unknown. The prognoses o...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Robinson E,Segal R,Struminger L,Faraggi D,El'ad-Yarum R,Mekori T

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The possible association between ovarian carcinoma and ovulation-inducing drugs has led to renewed interest in the potential carcinogenic risks of these drugs. In vitro fertilization (IVF) has been linked to multiple pregnancies and possibly congenital malformations. However, to the authors' knowledge the as...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Lerner-Geva L,Toren A,Chetrit A,Modan B,Mandel M,Rechavi G,Dor J

更新日期：2000-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:There were no significant differences between the mean blood plasma (leukocyte-free) RNAase activity among 128 healthy women volunteers age 13-70 and 49 women with benign gynecological tumors. Exceptions to this finding were three apparently healthy women volunteers who had plasma enzyme activity which was higher than...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Sheid B,Lu T,Pedrinan L,Nelson JH Jr

更新日期：1977-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The records of all 27 adult patients (age, greater than or equal to 16 years) diagnosed with cerebellar medulloblastoma between 1968 and 1986 were reviewed. Twenty-four patients (89%) were treated with postoperative megavoltage irradiation. Twenty of these patients underwent craniospinal irradiation. Sixteen patients ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Hazuka MB,DeBiose DA,Henderson RH,Kinzie JJ

更新日期：1992-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Deletion or loss of heterozygosity (LOH) at the polymorphic loci on the short arm of chromosome 3 has been reported in a large number of renal cell, small cell lung, non-small cell lung, and cervical carcinomas, suggesting the presence of one or more putative tumor suppressor genes at chromosome 3p. Similar ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： el-Naggar AK,Lee MS,Wang G,Luna MA,Goepfert H,Batsakis JG

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eighty-nine patients were studied for the incidence and nature of phantom breast sensations (PBS) after a modified mastectomy. Twenty-nine (33%) reported experiencing pain or itching in the breast or the more vague sensation that the breast was still present. Phantom breast sensations appeared generally within the fir...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Staps T,Hoogenhout J,Wobbes T

更新日期：1985-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationships between cigarette smoking, occupational exposures, dietary vitamin A and lung cancer is explored in a case-control study. The study is based on 1002 primary lung cancers among white men and 1119 white male controls between 35 and 79 years of age admitted to Roswell Park Memorial Institute from 1957 t...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Vena JE,Byers TE,Cookfair D,Swanson M

更新日期：1985-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Infection is a significant cause of death in patients with aplastic anemia (AA). However, few recent studies have examined infectious complications in patients with AA. METHODS:The authors retrospectively evaluated the type of infections, associated pathogens, and outcome of infectious episodes (IEs) in pat...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Torres HA,Bodey GP,Rolston KV,Kantarjian HM,Raad II,Kontoyiannis DP

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-one patients with metastatic breast cancer were randomly allocated to receive either a four drug combination consisting of cyclophosphamide, methotrexate, 5-fluorouracil, and prednisone (CMFP), or a combination of vincristine, Adriamycin, and cyclophosphamide (VAC) with cross-over on relapse. Objective responses...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Carmo-Pereira J,Costa FO,Henriques E

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of bronchial mucoepidermoid carcinoma is reported, the presentation of which was as cutaneous metastases. Histologic, histochemical, and ultrastructural features of the neoplasm are described, and the literature pertaining to bronchial mucoepidermoid carcinoma is reviewed. This case illustrates the potential fo...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Metcalf JS,Maize JC,Shaw EB

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Randomized breast cancer screening trials are helpful in establishing evidence of benefit when they yield statistically significant results. The results of individual randomized screening trials can vary greatly depending on the quality of the images, the frequency of screening, compliance, contamination, sample size,...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Smart CR

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:As androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) becomes a standard of treatment for men with recurrent or metastatic prostate cancer, evaluation of adverse effects associated with this treatment is needed. In this study, the authors evaluated the effect of ADT administered as monotherapy and in combination with local ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Sadetsky N,Greene K,Cooperberg MR,Hubbard A,Carroll PR,Satariano W

更新日期：2011-10-01 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:Recent advances in the early detection of prostatic adenocarcinoma have stimulated interest in the development of techniques for determining metastatic potential. METHODS:One hundred cases of adenocarcinoma, including 66 biopsy and radical prostatectomy specimens; 20 biopsies alone; and 14 transurethral res...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Ross JS,Nazeer T,Church K,Amato C,Figge H,Rifkin MD,Fisher HA

更新日期：1993-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Well differentiated (WD) and dedifferentiated (DD) retroperitoneal liposarcoma (RPLS) have distinct biologic behaviors. Consequently, the therapeutic approaches for these tumors differ and mandate an accurate preoperative diagnosis. The authors of this report evaluated whether computed tomography (CT) can be...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Lahat G,Madewell JE,Anaya DA,Qiao W,Tuvin D,Benjamin RS,Lev DC,Pollock RE

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-three patients with widely metastatic melanoma were studied. Visceral metastases were present in 79% of the patient group, including five patients with brain metastases. No patients were excluded because of "early death," etc., from analysis. All 43 patients received 24-hour DTIC infusions. Dosages for individua...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Thatcher N,Anderson H,James R,Davenport P,Craig P

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The differential diagnosis of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in patients with cancer can be challenging. Although diagnostic criteria for SARS have been issued by the World Health Organization (WHO), simple adoption of the established criteria may lead to overdiagnosis in patients with cancer or to...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Gu J,Wu A,Li J,Zhang X,Fang J,Li M,Yao Y,Ke Y,Gu J,Chen M,You W

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The authors have noted that in cervical cytology specimens from perimenopausal and postmenopausal women, the diagnosis of atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ASC-US), as defined in the Bethesda system, is often not associated with a clinically evident lesion on follow-up. Reflex human papil...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Johnston EI,Logani S

更新日期：2007-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:All patients with a diagnosis of cutaneous malignant melanoma (CMM) in Western Australia from 1980 to 1981 were observed for up to 6 years to determine vital status and to detect the development of local recurrences of the primary lesion. Approximately 35% of all patients had their tumors excised with surgical margins...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Heenan PJ,English DR,Holman CD,Armstrong BK

更新日期：1992-01-15 00:00:00