Factors associated with local and distant recurrence and survival in patients with resected nonsmall cell lung cancer.

abstract：:Compliance in oncology clinic attendance was prospectively evaluated over a 12-month period at Harlem Hospital Center, an inner city municipal facility serving a predominantly black population. One hundred patients were followed (97 blacks, 2 Hispanics, 1 white) with an average age of 60 years. There were 41 men and 5...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Garrett TJ,Ashford A,Savage DG

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among 164 patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) (age greater than 11 years) induced into complete remission at four hospitals in Italy and The Netherlands between 1971-1977, 49 survived for more than three years in continuous complete remission. Features at diagnosis of the 49 long-term survivors were compa...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Amadori S,Meloni G,Baccarani M,Haanen C,Willemze R,Corbelli G,Drenthe-Schonk A,Cardozo PL,Tura S,Mandelli F

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Men who undergo radical prostatectomy (RP) are at long-term risk of biochemical recurrence (BCR). In this report, the authors have described a model capable of predicting BCR up to at least 15 years after RP that can adjust predictions according to the disease-free interval. METHODS:Cox regression was used ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Suardi N,Porter CR,Reuther AM,Walz J,Kodama K,Gibbons RP,Correa R,Montorsi F,Graefen M,Huland H,Klein EA,Karakiewicz PI

更新日期：2008-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Experience with high-dose cytosine arabinoside (HDAC) in pediatric solid tumors is limited. Sixteen children with solid tumors resistant to conventional therapies were registered in a pilot Pediatric Oncology Group (POG) study that required the administration of HDAC at 3 g/m2 every 12 hours for four doses. There were...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Tebbi CK,Krischer J,Fernbach DJ,Mahoney DH,Alvarado C,Camitta B

更新日期：1990-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The discovery that the human papilloma virus (HPV) is associated with a high and increasing percentage of oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinomas (SCCs) is among the most significant advances in the field of head and neck oncology. HPV-positive oropharyngeal cancer (HPVOPC) has clinical, etiologic, pathologic, and mole...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Urban D,Corry J,Rischin D

更新日期：2014-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although outcomes for patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the anus (SCCA) have improved, the gains in benefit may not be shared uniformly among patients of disparate socioeconomic status. In the current study, the authors investigated whether area-based median household income (MHI) is predictive of sur...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Lin D,Gold HT,Schreiber D,Leichman LP,Sherman SE,Becker DJ

更新日期：2018-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The oral cavity, oropharynx and nasopharynx are readily accessible to fine needle aspiration (FNA). This study reviews the author's experience with 93 FNA from these sites: 76 from the oral cavity, eight from the oropharynx, and eight from the nasopharynx. Thirty-nine (42%) of the FNA were positive for malignancy with...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Scher RL,Oostingh PE,Levine PA,Cantrell RW,Feldman PS

更新日期：1988-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The morphologic features, phenotype, and functions of OKM1+ leukemic T-cells were studied. The leukemic T-cells in two patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) had specific features of large granular lymphocytes (LGL), and those in two patients with acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) had L2 morphologic character...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Tagawa S,Taniguchi N,Tokumine Y,Tamaki T,Konishi I,Kanayama Y,Inoue R,Machii T,Kitani T

更新日期：1986-04-15 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

abstract：BACKGROUND:Increased pretreatment serum interleukin (IL)-6 levels among patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) have been shown to correlate with poor prognosis, but sample sizes in prior studies have been small and thus unable to control for other known prognostic variables. METHODS:A longitudinal...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Duffy SA,Taylor JM,Terrell JE,Islam M,Li Y,Fowler KE,Wolf GT,Teknos TN

更新日期：2008-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Central nervous system (CNS) recurrence is almost invariably fatal in patients with aggressive non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). Although some protocols are intended to prevent CNS disease, the value of CNS prophylaxis in patients with aggressive NHL remains to be determined. METHODS:We retrospectively analyzed a...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Tomita N,Kodama F,Kanamori H,Motomura S,Ishigatsubo Y

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Indirect data supporting a preexisting immunologic impairment in patients with Hodgkin's disease (HD) have been presented in recent years. These immunologic defects are supposed to be related to genetic and/or environmental factors. In this study, 65 first-degree relatives and 12 spouses of 21 consecutive patients wit...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Merk K,Björkholm M,Tullgren O,Mellstedt H,Holm G

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the efficacy and safety of Adriamycin (Adria Laboratories, Columbus, OH) in inoperable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), 60 patients were randomized to receive Adriamycin 60 to 75 mg/m2 at 3-week intervals and 46 patients to receive no antitumor therapy. The median survival rate of the Adriamycin group was 10....

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Lai CL,Wu PC,Chan GC,Lok AS,Lin HJ

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The diagnosis of malignant mesothelioma (MM) in serous effusions is difficult but may be achieved by the application of adjuvant methods. METHODS:The authors cytologically diagnosed 33 effusions as suspicious or positive for MM cells by using DNA-image cytometry (DNA-ICM), immunocytochemistry and AgNOR anal...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Onofre FB,Onofre AS,Pomjanski N,Buckstegge B,Grote HJ,Böcking A

更新日期：2008-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:This clinicopathologic study concerns 27 cases of "dedifferentiated" soft tissue sarcoma (DSTS), including 14 liposarcomas, six leiomyosarcomas, five chondrosarcomas, and two rhabdomyosarcomas. In addition, the authors conducted an immunohistochemical survey of 23 cases and an electron microscopic examination of three...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Hashimoto H,Daimaru Y,Tsuneyoshi M,Enjoji M

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Systemic anticancer therapies can produce acute and chronic organ damage, but the eye is usually considered a protected site. Nonetheless, the oculo-visual system has a potentially high degree of sensitivity to toxic substances. Ocular toxicity induced by cancer chemotherapy includes a broad spectrum of diso...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： al-Tweigeri T,Nabholtz JM,Mackey JR

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five-hundred-eighteen cases of primary epithelial tumors of the parotid gland were examined. The incidence of carcinomas in pleomorphic adenoma was 9.3% (48 cases). In addition to cellular atypism, the following histological findings were thought to be important criteria for the diagnosis of carcinomas: (1) capsular i...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Nagao K,Matsuzaki O,Saiga H,Sugano I,Shigematsu H,Kaneko T,Katoh T,Kitamura T

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The authors compared the relative efficacy and safety of low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH) and unfractionated heparin (UFH) for the initial treatment of venous thromboembolism (VTE) between patients with and without cancer. METHODS:By using Cochrane methodology for systematic reviews, separate meta-analys...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Akl EA,Rohilla S,Barba M,Sperati F,Terrenato I,Muti P,Bdair F,Schünemann HJ

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sixty percent of patients with stage IV melanoma may develop brain metastases, which result in significantly increased morbidity and a poor overall prognosis. Phase 3 studies of melanoma usually exclude patients with untreated brain metastases; therefore, clinical data for intracranial responses to treatment...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Holbrook K,Lutzky J,Davies MA,Davis JM,Glitza IC,Amaria RN,Diab A,Patel SP,Amin A,Tawbi H

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Idarubicin (IDR), an anthracycline that is a derivative of daunorubicin, was synthesized in an attempt to find new analogs of daunorubicin with an improved spectrum of activity and diminished acute or chronic toxicity. Because of the favorable pharmacokinetic profile of IDR (with the persistence of its activ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Arndt CA,Krailo MD,Steinherz L,Scheithauer B,Liu-Mares W,Reaman GH

更新日期：1998-08-15 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:Older age has historically been an adverse prognostic factor in pediatric acute myeloid leukemia (AML). To the authors' knowledge, the impact of age relative to that of other prognostic factors on the outcome of patients treated in recent trials is unknown. METHODS:Clinical outcome and causes of treatment f...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Rubnitz JE,Pounds S,Cao X,Jenkins L,Dahl G,Bowman WP,Taub JW,Pui CH,Ribeiro RC,Campana D,Inaba H

更新日期：2012-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A 17 year old man with a primary intracranial germ cell tumor in the pituitary region is reported. Both serum alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) and serum human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) were found elevated preoperatively. Normal levels of serum AFP and hCG were found after operation and radiotherapy. By indirect immunofluore...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Nørgaard-Pedersen B,Lindholm J,Albrechtsen R,Arends J,Diemer NH,Riishede J

更新日期：1978-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemotherapy of advanced stages of large bowel cancer has until recently made little progress since the introduction of 5-FU 16 years ago. While survival is improved for patients who respond, 5-FU alone has made little impact on life span of the overall population of patients. Mitomycin-C and the chloroethyl nitrosour...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Schein PS,Kisner D,MacDonald JS

更新日期：1975-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The presence of tumor cells in peritoneal washing cytology specimens taken during surgery affects the staging of many gynecologic malignancies. Peritoneal washings are often collected routinely, even in cases of presumed benign disease. This study was designed to address whether evaluation of these specimens...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Sharifi S,Ducatman BS,Wang HH,Fraser JL

更新日期：1999-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the United States, only approximately 0.4% of all melanomas are diagnosed in patients aged <20 years. To the authors' knowledge, melanoma in pediatric members of melanoma-prone families has not been fully investigated to date. The objective of the current study was to evaluate pediatric patients with mela...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Goldstein AM,Stidd KC,Yang XR,Fraser MC,Tucker MA

更新日期：2018-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Activity of Poly (C) avid ribonuclease was estimated in sera of 129 patients with different malignancies. All patients had histologically verified carcinomas, normal renal function, and no signs of acute catabolic condition. Activity values were compared with those of normal subjects (U-test, Mann and Whitney) separat...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Francesconi M,Meryn S,Rogan AM,Szalay S,Graninger W,Schmidbauer CP

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Histologic groups in 231 cases of malignant lymphoma were correlated with survival data at 100 months from the time of initiation of the study. Patients in the first two decades of life fared comparably with adults, but those over 60 years of age showed a poorer survival trend. Seven favorable and four unfavorable his...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Barcos M,Herrmann R,Pickren JW,Naeher C,Han T,Stutzman L,Henderson ES

更新日期：1981-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Virilizing adrenocortical tumors are uncommon in adult women. These lesions generally secrete dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) and dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEAS), but not testosterone, which usually is produced by ovarian tumors. Exceptionally, adrenal growths may give off testosterone and no other asse...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Del Gaudio AD,Del Gaudio GA

更新日期：1993-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The effect on prognosis of adding imatinib mesylate to the treatment of patients with Philadelphia chromosome (Ph)-positive chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) has not been explored fully. The objective of the current study was to evaluate the benefit of adding imatinib to the treatment sequence of patients w...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Kantarjian H,O'Brien S,Cortes J,Shan J,Giles F,Garcia-Manero G,Verstovsek S,Faderl S,Rios MB,Talpaz M

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00