Measuring the significance of workload on performance of cytotechnologists in gynecologic cytology: a study using rapid prescreening.

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：:Six patients with breast cancer developed pulmonary toxicity following mitomycin therapy. The presenting symptoms were shortness of breath and a dry cough. The radiological pictures varied from a normal chest x-ray to extensive bilateral pneumonitis. The histological findings consisted of diffuse alveolar damage progr...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Buzdar AU,Legha SS,Luna MA,Tashima CK,Hortobagyi GN,Blumenschein GR

更新日期：1980-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of pancreatoblastoma, arising in the tail of the pancreas with metastases to the right radius, in an 8-year-old boy is reported. The serum alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) level was over 13 times the normal value before surgery, but returned to normal after removal of the primary tumor. Furthermore, AFP was detected in ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Iseki M,Suzuki T,Koizumi Y,Hirose M,Laskin WB,Nakazawa S,Ohaki Y

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：METHODS:Between 1983 and 1989, 42 patients with Stage II, III, and IV, node-negative, squamous cell head and neck cancer were treated with concurrent 5-fluorouracil, cisplatin, and radiation therapy. Two courses of chemotherapy with 30 Gy of concurrent radiation therapy were to be followed in all patients by definitive...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Adelstein DJ,Sharan VM,Damm C,Earle AS,Shah AC,Haria CD,Trey JE,Carter SG,Hines JD

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radiation therapy alone, surgery alone, or the combination of these two modalities, remain the accepted treatments in the management of epidermoid carcinomas of the mucosa of the head and neck. These modalities of therapy produce comparable results; but, radiotherapy alone has the advantage that it can conserve anatom...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Marcial VA,Pajak TF

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It has previously been shown that heparanase-1 (HPR1), an endoglycosidase, is up-regulated in pancreatic carcinoma. The purpose of this study was to test whether serum HPR1 levels in pancreatic carcinoma patients are elevated, and whether higher serum HPR1 levels are associated with a shortened survival. ME...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Quiros RM,Rao G,Plate J,Harris JE,Brunn GJ,Platt JL,Gattuso P,Prinz RA,Xu X

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Stepwise progression of peripheral-type lung adenocarcinoma was characterized morphologically and was related to prognosis. Expression of the tumor suppressor gene p16 in pulmonary adenocarcinoma decreased, mainly as a result of aberrant methylation of the CpG islands of the promoter region. METHODS:Aberran...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Tanaka R,Wang D,Morishita Y,Inadome Y,Minami Y,Iijima T,Fukai S,Goya T,Noguchi M

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In malignant melanoma, using Sephadex G-200 chromatography and polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE), it has been possible to separate two types of skin reactive antigens. The first, found in Sephadex fraction II and PAGE region a appears specific for melanoma. Allogeneic extracts have produced positive reactions ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Hollinshead AC

更新日期：1975-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article describes two patients with hepatic metastases from colorectal cancer in whom a reversible enteropathy developed during the administration of hepatic artery infusion chemotherapy with 5-fluoro-2-deoxyuridine (5-FUdR) via an Infusaid Series 400 pump (Infusaid Corp., Sharon, MA). Both patients had severe di...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Gluck WL,Akwari OE,Kelvin FM,Goodwin BJ

更新日期：1985-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:There are three principal disturbances in bone remodelling that occur in neoplasia affecting the skeleton. The first is an increase in bone turnover that in solid tumors may be confined to sites of metastases or be a generalized phenomenon, most likely related to the secretion of parathyroid hormone-related protein. I...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Kanis JA,McCloskey EV

更新日期：1997-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A 12-year-old boy with primary reticulum cell sarcoma of the testis who is alive and free of tumor 32 months after orchiectomy, radiation therapy to inguinal, iliac and retroperitoneal lymph nodes and chemotherapy is reported. Seven previously documented cases of childhood primary testicular lymphoma are reviewed. The...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Weitzner S,Gropp A

更新日期：1976-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The plasma levels of the immunoglobulins IgA, IgG and IgM have been measured in 55 patients with benign breast disease, 28, 68 and 22 patients with early breast cancer one day before, 10-14 days after and three-six months after mastectomy, respectively, and 35 normal healthy control women. The mean levels of IgA, IgG ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Wang DY,Goodwin PR,Bulbrook RD,Hayward JL

更新日期：1977-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The urinary neopterin excretion was measured by high-performance liquid chromatography in 417 healthy subjects and in 76 patients with clinically and pathohistologically verified neoplasias of the urinary tract (bladder tumor, carcinoma of the prostate, and renal cell carcinoma). The patients with early tumor stages b...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Aulitzky W,Frick J,Fuchs D,Hausen A,Reibnegger G,Wachter H

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Because of morphologic similarities, the differential diagnosis of granulocytic sarcoma (GS) in fine-needle aspiration (FNA) specimens includes non-Hodgkin or Hodgkin lymphoma, extramedullary hematopoiesis, poorly differentiated carcinoma, and infection. METHODS:Twenty-six FNAs and 1 pleural effusion fluid ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Suh YK,Shin HJ

更新日期：2000-12-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report the accuracy of mammographically guided fine-needle aspiration (FNA) for the diagnosis of nonpalpable breast lesions in a series of 71 patients. Each mammographically guided FNA was immediately followed by hookwire localization and open biopsy. Seven malignancies were identified cytologically, but t...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Layfield LJ,Parkinson B,Wong J,Giuliano AE,Bassett LW

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous reports based on small patient numbers suggested that changes in serum HER-2/neu levels may predict response or lack of response to trastuzumab-based therapies in metastatic breast cancer (MBC). The objectives of this study were to pool data from 307 patients with MBC from 7 medical institutions to ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Ali SM,Carney WP,Esteva FJ,Fornier M,Harris L,Köstler WJ,Lotz JP,Luftner D,Pichon MF,Lipton A,Serum HER-2\/neu Study Group.

更新日期：2008-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Studies regarding different ethnic populations of children with Wilms' tumor (WT) in the U. S. have shown differences between age and gender incidence and the type of its precursor lesions (nephrogenic rests). To the authors' knowledge there are few reports in the literature regarding nephrogenic rests in a ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Mishra K,Mathur M,Logani KB,Kakkar N,Krishna A

更新日期：1998-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:After 12 cycles of MOPP therapy for Hodgkin's Disease, an adolescent black male developed hemorrhagic cystitis, which clinically and histologically was similar to that induced by cyclophosphamide. At that time he had a normal platelet count and had never been irradiated below the diaphram. The markedly contracted blad...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Royal JE,Seeler RA

更新日期：1978-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with invasive breast carcinoma who are ages 35-40 years or younger at the time of diagnosis have been found in several studies to have worse prognosis and higher local failure rates after breast-conserving therapy (BCT) compared with older patients. However, it is uncertain whether specific clinical...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Zhou P,Recht A

更新日期：2004-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Many investigators have regarded Stage III lymphomas as a generalized form of disease and have accordingly recommended systemic treatment programs. Between 1961 and 1973, 68 patients with clinical or pathologic Stage III non-Hodgkin's lymphomas were seen in the Division of Radiation Therapy at Stanford University Medi...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Glatstein E,Fuks Z,Goffinet DR,Kaplan HS

更新日期：1976-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To eliminate cranial irradiation (CrRT)-related sequelae and to minimize the adverse impact of traumatic lumbar puncture (TLP) with blasts, the Taiwan Pediatric Oncology Group (TPOG) introduced a modified central nervous system (CNS)-directed regimen characterized by delayed triple intrathecal therapy (TIT) ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Yeh TC,Liang DC,Hou JY,Jaing TH,Lin DT,Yang CP,Peng CT,Hung IJ,Lin KH,Hsiao CC,Jou ST,Chiou SS,Chen JS,Wang SC,Chang TK,Wu KH,Sheen JM,Yen HJ,Chen SH,Lu MY,Li MJ,Chang TT,Huang TH,Chang YH,Chen SH,Yang Y

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin-2 (IL2) is essential for the expansion of antigen-triggered lymphocytes and cytotoxic T-cells, processes necessary for tumor control that are frequently depressed in malignancy. The authors measured certain aspects of IL2 function in cancer patients and controls and correlated the findings with the general...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Wanebo HJ,Pace R,Hargett S,Katz D,Sando J

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of trials testing combined surgery and chemotherapy in lung cancer are reviewed. Fifteen adjuvant trials using various chemotherapeutic agents were analyzed to determine reasons for their lack of success. Current trials with adjuvant therapy in lung cancer are briefly outlined. In addition, analysis of the...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Legha SS,Muggia FM,Carter SK

更新日期：1977-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A residual mediastinal mass after treatment represents a common diagnostic problem in the management of patients with Hodgkin lymphoma (HD). Conventional diagnostic radiology, computed tomography (CT), or ultrasonography (US) do not adequately reflect changes as fibrosis or necrosis. Gallium-67 (67Ga) imagin...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Gasparini MD,Balzarini L,Castellani MR,Tesoro Tess JD,Maffioli LS,Petrillo R,Ceglia E,Musumeci R,Buraggi GL

更新日期：1993-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:An intensive in-patient Phase II study of continuous infusion recombinant human interleukin-2 (rhIL-2) 3 X 10(6) Roche units (9 MIU/m2)/day plus intramuscular injection of interferon-alpha-2a (rIFN-alpha-2a) 5 x 10(6) U/m2/day, four consecutive days per week, was performed to determine whether four consecuti...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Eton O,Talpaz M,Lee KH,Rothberg JM,Brell JM,Benjamin RS

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Measurement of the alpha 1 (fast liver) fraction of alkaline phosphatases in the serum for 217 cancer patients, 92 patients with nonmalignant hepatic affections and 131 controls, revealed that the alpha 1 fraction offers better global value (94%), sensitivity (96%), and specificity (93%) than gamma GT or total alkalin...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Viot M,Thyss A,Schneider M,Viot G,Ramaioli A,Cambon P,Lalanne CM

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) 7th edition introduced major changes in the staging of lung cancer, including the tumor (T), node (N), metastasis (M)-TNM-system and new stage/prognostic site-specific factors (SSFs), collected under the Collaborative Stage Version 2 (CSv2) Data Collection System...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Chen VW,Ruiz BA,Hsieh MC,Wu XC,Ries LA,Lewis DR

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Conditional survival (CS) has emerged as a clinically relevant measure of prognosis for cancer survivors. The objective of this analysis was to provide melanoma-specific CS estimates to help clinicians promote more informed patient decision making. METHODS:Patients with melanoma and at least 5 years of foll...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Xing Y,Chang GJ,Hu CY,Askew RL,Ross MI,Gershenwald JE,Lee JE,Mansfield PF,Lucci A,Cormier JN

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:While acute pancreatitis is a recognized complication of numerous drugs, cytarabine's role in causing this complication is controversial. Approximately 15 cases have been reported to the Food and Drug Administration linking cytarabine with pancreas-related toxicities. Previous case reports have been complica...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： McBride CE,Yavorski RT,Moses FM,Robson ME,Solimando DA Jr,Byrd JC

更新日期：1996-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Oral premalignant lesions (OPLs) are precursors of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). Short telomeres in peripheral blood leukocytes (PBLs) are associated with increased risks of several cancers. However, it is unclear whether short leukocyte telomere length (LTL) predisposes individuals to OPL and OSCC. ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Bau DT,Lippman SM,Xu E,Gong Y,Lee JJ,Wu X,Gu J

更新日期：2013-12-15 00:00:00