Linked claims and medical records for cancer case management : evaluation of mammography abnormalities.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (EHE) is a rare neoplasm of vascular origin that occurs in the liver and other organs; its etiology is unknown. METHODS:The authors analyzed the clinicopathologic and immunohistochemical features of 137 patients with EHE of the liver in an attempt to identify features that m...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Makhlouf HR,Ishak KG,Goodman ZD

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum CEA levels were determined serially by the Hansen Z gel technique on 41 patients with carcinoma of the esophagus and compared to 276 controls. Seventy percent of patients with carcinomas of the esophagus had elevated CEA levels. CEA levels greater than 10.0 ng/ml after therapy correlated with significantly short...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Alexander JC Jr,Chretien PB,Dellon AL,Synder J

更新日期：1978-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:On the basis of previous findings at this institution, VM-26 and Cytosine Arabinoside (ara-C) were used in combination to treat 33 children with refractory acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL). Chemotherapy was given by vein twice a week for four weeks at dosage of 300 mg/m2 for ara-C and 50, 75, 110, 165, or 200 mg/m2 fo...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Rivera G,Aur RJ,Dahl GV,Pratt CB,Wood A,Avery TL

更新日期：1980-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatoblastoma differs from the adult type of hepatoma in clinical and pathologic features. The ratio of fucosylation of serum alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) was determined in seven patients with hepatoblastoma and in 21 infants and children with otherwise elevated serum AFP, using the improved technique of lentil agglutinin...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Tsuchida Y,Honna T,Fukui M,Sakaguchi H,Ishiguro T

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred seventeen postmenopausal advanced breast cancer patients previously untreated with chemotherapy were randomized to receive: cyclophosphamide, methotrexate, and 5-fluorouracil (CMF), CMF and tamoxifen (TMX), and CMF and medroxyprogesterone (MAP). Treatments B and C induced a greater proportion of responses ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Viladiu P,Alonso MC,Avella A,Beltrán M,Borrás J,Ojeda B,Bosch FX

更新日期：1985-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Two children with Wilms' tumor and prior thoracic radiation developed congestive heart failure at cumulative adriamycin doses of 350 mg/m2 and 400 mg/m2. Details of these two cases and a summary of previously reported adriamycin cardiotoxicity in children are presented. Dose recommendations and predictive tests are di...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Prout MN,Richards MJ,Chung KJ,Joo P,Davis HL Jr

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The antitumor activity of the chemical conjugate and recombinant forms of the mitotoxin basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) saporin (SAP) and the bFGF receptor-directed immunotoxin 11A8-SAP against human ovarian teratocarcinoma PA-1 was examined in athymic nude mice. Alternative administration schedules to...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Davol P,Beitz JG,Mohler M,Ying W,Cook J,Lappi DA,Frackelton AR Jr

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The prognostic relevance of activated oncogenes and oncoproteins has not been well studied in papillary thyroid cancer, which is slow-growing, with only regional spread in most cases. Therefore, the influence of some protein markers and tumor cell proliferation on disease progress in a series of patients wit...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Akslen LA,Varhaug JE

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ordinary craniopharyngiomas affecting sellar regions of children and preadolescents are composed of ameloblastomatous and/or squamous constituents. The authors encountered an autopsy case of a stillborn infant with a large craniopharyngioma with unusual manifestations. METHODS:The craniopharyngioma was anal...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Yamada H,Haratake J,Narasaki T,Oda T

更新日期：1995-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary splenic angiosarcomas are rare neoplasms. The diagnosis can only be made at surgery. Splenectomy prior to rupture prolongs survival. An unusual case report is presented and the literature reviewed. ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Smith VC,Eisenberg BL,McDonald EC

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Scarce data exist concerning the outcome of very elderly patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). METHODS:The clinical files of 316 patients aged > or = 80 years with HNSCC who were included in the authors' hospital database between 1987 and 2006 were reviewed retrospectively. RESULTS:A...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Italiano A,Ortholan C,Dassonville O,Poissonnet G,Thariat J,Benezery K,Vallicioni J,Peyrade F,Marcy PY,Bensadoun RJ

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the current study, the authors propose the quantitative Gleason score (qGS), a modification of the current Gleason grading system for prostate cancer, based on the weighted average of Gleason patterns present in the pathology specimen. They hypothesize that the qGS can improve prostate cancer risk stratif...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Reese AC,Cowan JE,Brajtbord JS,Harris CR,Carroll PR,Cooperberg MR

更新日期：2012-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Data are now available from two randomized trials showing that adjuvant irradiation of the internal mammary and supraclavicular nodes following a radical or modified radical mastectomy results in increased survival rates. A retrospective analysis of 1111 patients treated at M. D. Anderson Hospital with radical mastect...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Montague ED,Fletcher GH

更新日期：1980-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Various methods of detecting cancer with fluorescence have been developed. One type of fluorescence is based on the tumor-localizing properties of certain dyes. However, the phototoxicity of most known tumor-localizing dyes hinders the safe use of such diagnostic methods. The authors have developed a fluores...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Lazarev VV,Roth RA,Kazakevich Y,Hang J

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Racial disparity in the incidence of multiple myeloma is well established; however, to the authors' knowledge, little is known regarding the impact of racial differences on disease characteristics, response to therapy, and clinical outcome. METHODS:The authors studied 453 patients (174 of whom were black an...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Bhatnagar V,Wu Y,Goloubeva OG,Ruehle KT,Milliron TE,Harris CG,Rapoport AP,Yanovich S,Sausville EA,Baer MR,Badros AZ

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Radioimmunotherapy with radiolabeled monoclonal antibodies to CD20 produces a high response rate in patients with recurring non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), but the durability of those remissions is not well defined. METHODS:Data on patients with recurring NHL treated with yttrium Y 90 ibritumomab tiuxetan in 4 ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Witzig TE,Molina A,Gordon LI,Emmanouilides C,Schilder RJ,Flinn IW,Darif M,Macklis R,Vo K,Wiseman GA

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patient navigation programs are emerging that aim to address disparities in clinical trial participation among medically underserved populations, including racial/ethnic minorities. However, there is a lack of consensus on the role of patient navigators within the clinical trial process as well as outcome me...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Ghebre RG,Jones LA,Wenzel JA,Martin MY,Durant RW,Ford JG

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Black females have lower breast carcinoma survival rates compared with white females. One possible reason is that black females have more advanced-stage breast disease. Another factor may be racial differences in the utilization of cancer treatments. METHODS:The authors determined racial differences in 6-ye...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Chu KC,Lamar CA,Freeman HP

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A comprehensive immunologic and serologic analysis was performed on 31 untreated patients with Hodgkin's disease. Immune evaluations stressed T-cell functional activity and included traditional parameters (PHA responsiveness and delayed hypersensitivity skin reactivity), as well as newer functional assays (T-cell colo...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Schulof RS,Bockman RS,Garofalo JA,Cirrincione C,Cunningham-Rundles S,Fernandes G,Day NK,Pinsky CM,Incefy GS,Thaler HT,Good RA,Gupta S

更新日期：1981-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In three cases of oligodendrogliomas, atypical cells rich in eosinophilic cytoplasm, resembling plump astroyctic or astroblastic cells, were studied under the electron microscopy. These cells showed finely granular cytoplasm with routine hematoxylin-eosin preparation; ultrastructurally, they exhibited abundant, round ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Takei Y,Mirra SS,Miles ML

更新日期：1976-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Widespread disparities in care have been documented in women with gynecologic cancer in the United States. This study was designed to determine whether structural barriers to optimal care were present during the preoperative period for patients with gynecologic cancer. METHODS:A retrospective review was con...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Frey MK,Moss HA,Musa F,Rolnitzky L,David-West G,Chern JY,Boyd LR,Curtin JP

更新日期：2016-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Primary lymphomas of the uterus or cervix are so rare that treatment series of single institutions consist of very small numbers of patients, making standard treatment difficult to define. The outcome of patients treated with a combination of chemotherapy and radiation therapy was analyzed for all but patien...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Stroh EL,Besa PC,Cox JD,Fuller LM,Cabanillas FF

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is now often curable with chemotherapy. The International Prognostic Index (IPI) was recently developed to predict patient survival on the basis of pretreatment clinical features. However, classical multivariate regression models such as the IPI fail to detect time-dependent...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Mounier N,Morel P,Haioun C,Coiffier B,Tilly H,Chatelain C,Lederlin P,Thyss A,Herbrecht R,Gisselbrecht C,Lepage E

更新日期：1998-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pigmented villonodular synovitis (PVNS) (also known as diffuse-type giant cell tumor) and tenosynovial giant cell tumors (TGCT) are rare, usually benign neoplasms that affect the synovium and tendon sheaths in young adults. These tumors are driven by the overexpression of colony stimulating factor-1 (CSF1). ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Cassier PA,Gelderblom H,Stacchiotti S,Thomas D,Maki RG,Kroep JR,van der Graaf WT,Italiano A,Seddon B,Dômont J,Bompas E,Wagner AJ,Blay JY

更新日期：2012-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Aprotinin has been used to decrease blood loss with complicated cardiac surgery but has not been investigated in extrapleural pneumonectomy, an operation that does not use cardiopulmonary bypass. In this prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial, the authors investigated whether aprotin...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Norman PH,Thall PF,Purugganan RV,Riedel BJ,Thakar DR,Rice DC,Huynh L,Qiao W,Wen S,Smythe WR

更新日期：2009-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Early Lung Cancer Action Project (ELCAP) is designed to evaluate baseline and annual repeat screening by low radiation dose computed tomography (low-dose CT) in persons at high-risk for lung cancer. The authors report on the baseline screening experience. For full evaluation of screening, they await the ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Henschke CI

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For 52 patients with depressed adenomas of the stomach, histopathologic studies were done on 56 tumors and for 43 of them, histochemical and immunohistochemical features were examined. In addition, nondepressed adenomas (n = 57) and the depressed type of early gastric adenocarcinomas of the well-differentiated variety...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Xuan ZX,Ambe K,Enjoji M

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Extragonadal germ cell tumors (EGCT) are rare. They are biologically distinct from their testicular counterparts. Information regarding these tumors from the Far East is limited. More investigations are warranted to define the optimal treatment. METHODS:Retrospective review of the medical records of 59 pati...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Hsu YJ,Pai L,Chen YC,Ho CL,Kao WY,Chao TY

更新日期：2002-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors describe the results of a hospital-based incident case-control study of lung cancer conducted in a high-risk region of southern Louisiana from January 1979 through April 1982. Dietary intake of carotene, retinol, and vitamin C was estimated from food frequency questionnaires administered to 1253 cases and ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Fontham ET,Pickle LW,Haenszel W,Correa P,Lin YP,Falk RT

更新日期：1988-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study was performed to develop a sensitive method for the detection of circulating hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cells in peripheral blood, in advance of the diagnosis of distant metastasis of HCC by conventional means. METHODS:Peripheral blood (5 ml) samples were obtained from 64 patients with HCC an...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Komeda T,Fukuda Y,Sando T,Kita R,Furukawa M,Nishida N,Amenomori M,Nakao K

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00