Interleukin-6 predicts recurrence and survival among head and neck cancer patients.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Studies of colorectal adenocarcinoma (CRC) indicate a higher mortality rate for African Americans compared with Caucasians in the United States. In the current study, the authors evaluated the racial differences in survival based on tumor location and pathologic stage between African-American patients and Ca...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Alexander D,Chatla C,Funkhouser E,Meleth S,Grizzle WE,Manne U

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Treatment of localized prostate carcinoma (LPC) using radiotherapy (RT) can induce disturbances in a patient's quality of life (QOL) and urinary and intestinal function. Late symptoms and QOL were evaluated in a randomized trial between RT and deferred treatment (DT). METHODS:Quality of life was evaluated w...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Fransson P,Damber JE,Tomic R,Modig H,Nyberg G,Widmark A

更新日期：2001-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study was conducted to evaluate whether estramustine (estrogen mustard [EM]) is a promising alternative in the treatment of patients with epithelial ovarian carcinoma (OVCA). EM is a microtubule-associated protein (MAP) specific antimicrotubule agent with low toxicity. METHODS:The authors investigated ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Chen Z,Fadiel A,Jia JF,Sakamoto H,Carbone R,Naftolin F

更新日期：1999-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:hMLH1, the human MutL homologue, has been linked to microsatellite instability (MSI) in gastrointestinal tumors. However, to the authors' knowledge, the role of hMLH1, the other mismatch repair genes (MMR), and MSI in ovarian carcinoma has not been well defined. The purpose of the current study was to determ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Geisler JP,Goodheart MJ,Sood AK,Holmes RJ,Hatterman-Zogg MA,Buller RE

更新日期：2003-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The molecular genetic alterations in colorectal carcinoma are among the best understood of any common human cancer. Identified abnormalities include both dominant-acting oncogenes (ras, myc, src) and suppressor genes which undergo inactivation or deletion (deleted in colorectal carcinoma gene [DCC], p53, adenomatous p...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Hamilton SR

更新日期：1992-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:High-dose methotrexate (MTX) is an important component of current protocols for the treatment of osteosarcoma. Although MTX uptake proceeds primarily through the reduced folate carrier (RFC) protein and efflux occurs via multidrug resistance protein 1 (MRP1), RFC protein expression in osteosarcoma remains un...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Ifergan I,Meller I,Issakov J,Assaraf YG

更新日期：2003-11-01 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:The current study was performed to describe patient characteristics, treatment patterns, survival, health care resource use (HRU), and costs among older women in the United States with advanced (American Joint Committee on Cancer stage III/IV) triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) in the Surveillance, Epidemi...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Schwartz KL,Simon MS,Bylsma LC,Ruterbusch JJ,Beebe-Dimmer JL,Schultz NM,Flanders SC,Barlev A,Fryzek JP,Quek RGW

更新日期：2018-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical findings in 262 patients with melanoma were correlated with an assessment of their cellular-mediated immunity by delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH) skin tests, by lymphocyte blastogenesis, and by leukocyte enumerations. Patients with systemic metastases (stage IV) and those with evidence of tumor burden ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Pritchard DJ,Ritts RE Jr,Taylor WF,Miller GC

更新日期：1978-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The majority of patients with advanced ovarian cancer progress after first-line therapy and require further treatment. Tumor biology, prior chemotherapy, responses to previous therapy, performance status, and toxicity are the characteristics that influence treatment choice. These criteria have been linked to the time ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Pignata S,Pisano C,Di Napoli M,Cecere SC,Tambaro R,Attademo L

更新日期：2019-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Oat-cell carcinoma of the thymus gland is exceedingly rare as a primary lesion, and only a few cases have been reported. We report a case in which a neoplasm interpreted as an oat-cell carcinoma was intimately associated with and arose in transition from a carcinoid tumor of the thymus. Ultrastructural features of thi...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Wick MR,Scheithauer BW

更新日期：1982-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The hematologic factors of 16 female patients with breast carcinoma who had received adjuvant chemotherapy with L-phenylalanine-based programs for two years were compared with those for 13 normal female volunteers of similar age. The findings include significant suppression of the mean hemoglobin level, of leukocyte c...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Corder MP,Jochimsen PR

更新日期：1982-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Seventeen cases of pulmonary scar carcinomas were found in 112 surgically resected pulmonary carcinomas from 1985 through 1988 in a hospital situated in a histoplasmosis endemic area. These carcinomas can be divided into two types: Type I, mucinous; and Type II, non-mucinous (Clara cell). Each type of carcinoma consti...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Yoneda K

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seven hundred ninety-five patients were adenocarcinomas of the proximal colon were reviewed. Two hundred forty-five patients presented with disseminated disease at the time of diagnosis, and were analyzed to identify mechanisms and sites of disease spread. Five hundred fifty patients underwent radical resection, and w...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Russell AH,Tong D,Dawson LE,Wisbeck W

更新日期：1984-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The quality of randomized radiotherapy studies investigating the palliation of painful bone metastases has been questioned, with some authors recognizing the potential impact of bias on result interpretation. However, there has been no published comprehensive evaluation of quality assessment. The goals of th...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Shakespeare TP,Thiagarajan A,Gebski V

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The long-term cancer specific survival based on individual follow-up and analysis of prospectively collected data from 1061 patients undergoing resection for carcinoma of the rectum is presented. All patients were operated on and managed by one surgeon. Survival data for 978 cases were analyzed according to the method...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Pihl E,Hughes ES,McDermott FT,Milne BJ,Korner JM,Price AB

更新日期：1980-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Formal cancer survivorship care is a growing focus internationally. This article provides a broad overview of the national strategies currently in progress for the development of survivorship programs and care plans within the United States and across Europe. The different approaches taken in their implementation, sta...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： McCabe MS,Faithfull S,Makin W,Wengstrom Y

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The difficulties encountered in establishing a diagnosis of a malignant peritoneal mesothelioma are emphasized in a patient who developed the lesion 16 years after radiation therapy for a seminoma of the testis. Historically, histologically, electron microscopically, and by microincineration, there was no evidence of ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Stock RJ,Fu YS,Carter JR

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Amplification of DNA in certain chromosomal regions plays a crucial role in the development and progression of human malignancies, specifically when protooncogenic target genes within those amplicons are overexpressed. Comparative genomic hybridization studies have revealed frequent amplification at 20q in p...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Zhao C,Yasui K,Lee CJ,Kurioka H,Hosokawa Y,Oka T,Inazawa J

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autopsy data of 423 cases of primary tumor of the lung over a 36-year period were evaluated for the presence of gastrointestinal tract metastases. Fifty-eight cases (14%) were found and were analyzed for histologic nature of tumor, anatomic location, symptomatology and complications. The most common histologic type of...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Antler AS,Ough Y,Pitchumoni CS,Davidian M,Thelmo W

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Little is understood about the factors that influence survival in patients who undergo gamma-knife stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) for brain metastases. METHODS:Demographic, disease, treatment, and survival data on 334 patients with intracranial metastases who underwent initial SRS from 1998 to 2004 were ab...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： DiLuna ML,King JT Jr,Knisely JP,Chiang VL

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Laryngeal edema persisting for more than three months following radiotherapy developed in 38 of 247 (15.4%) patients irradiated for carcinoma of the vocal cord. In 17 (44.7%) of these patients, the laryngeal edema was associated with persistent or recurrent disease, although only 25.4% of the patients with uncontrolle...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Fu KK,Woodhouse RJ,Quivey JM,Phillips TL,Dedo HH

更新日期：1982-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Accelerated radiotherapy (RT) represents a promising method with which to improve the treatment outcome in patients with head and neck carcinoma. However, its applicability to elderly patients has not been well established. This study assessed treatment toxicities, patient compliance, and oncologic results i...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Allal AS,Maire D,Becker M,Dulguerov P

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:National Cancer Institute of Canada Clinical Trials Group PA.3 (NCIC CTG PA.3) was a phase 3 study (n = 569) that demonstrated benefits for overall survival and progression-free survival with the addition of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) erlotinib to gemcitabine ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： da Cunha Santos G,Dhani N,Tu D,Chin K,Ludkovski O,Kamel-Reid S,Squire J,Parulekar W,Moore MJ,Tsao MS

更新日期：2010-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Between July 1951 and January 1984, 14 female patients (11 black and three white; average age, 58 years) were treated for primary urethral carcinoma. Five patients had radical surgery, six received preoperative radiotherapy (2000 cGy in five fractions) followed by anterior exenteration, and three had definitive radiot...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Moinuddin Ali M,Klein FA,Hazra TA

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Oral leukoplakia is a premalignant lesion, but the genetic changes in the foci of early cancerization in leukoplakia have not been studied. METHODS:Loss of heterozygosity (LOH) was successively investigated in 13 cases in the leukoplakia and foci of early cancerization in the same leukoplakia. The authors m...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Jiang WW,Fujii H,Shirai T,Mega H,Takagi M

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Aggressive angiomyxoma is an uncommon mesenchymal tumor that preferentially involves the pelvic and perineal regions of females. Since its initial description in 1983, approximately 65 cases have been reported in the English literature. METHODS:The clinical and pathologic features of 29 cases of aggressive ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Fetsch JF,Laskin WB,Lefkowitz M,Kindblom LG,Meis-Kindblom JM

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oral submucous fibrosis (OSF) is a chronic disease of the oral mucosa characterized by inflammation and a progressive fibrosis of the lamina propria and deeper connective tissues. It is a condition predominantly seen among people of Indian origin, and an epidemiologic survey done a decade ago showed no less than 250,0...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Pillai R,Balaram P,Reddiar KS

更新日期：1992-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-five patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), with progressive inoperable tumors were treated. Twenty-three patients were of "limited" stage. Six patients had received previous thoracic radiotherapy. Patients with central nervous system (CNS) metastases, Karnofsky scores of less than 30 or more...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Thatcher N,Smith DB,Lind MJ,Anderson H,Barclay J,Chopra MP,Fitzgerald MD

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The authors suggested that the loss of collagen IV and laminin-containing basement membrane and the loss of Disabled-2 (Dab2) expression were two critical events associated with morphologic dysplastic changes of the ovarian surface epithelium as a step in tumorigenicity. Both the basement membrane and Dab2, ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Roland IH,Yang WL,Yang DH,Daly MB,Ozols RF,Hamilton TC,Lynch HT,Godwin AK,Xu XX

更新日期：2003-12-15 00:00:00