A phase 2 study of cetuximab in combination with docetaxel in chemotherapy-refractory/resistant patients with advanced nonsmall cell lung cancer.

abstract：:Patients with advanced head and neck cancer have significant reduction in their circulating lymphocyte mass which is reflected in decreased numbers of T cells, Fc receptor cells, and in derangements of T lymphocyte functions, i.e., decreased responsiveness to several dilutions of phytohemagglutinin and lack of develop...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Zighelboim J,Dorey F,Parker NH,Calcaterra T,Ward P,Fahey JL

更新日期：1979-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The authors evaluated the efficacy of adjuvant chemotherapy with 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) plus doxorubicin in gastric carcinoma after D2-3 curative resection. They also evaluated the effect of dose-related factors (delivered total dose/m(2), actual dose intensity [ADI], relative dose intensity [RDI]) of this re...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Jeung HC,Rha SY,Noh SH,Min JS,Kim BS,Chung HC

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Increasingly, the quality of life (QOL) of women diagnosed with breast carcinoma is being studied. However, there is little information regarding long term survivors among ethnic minority women. The purpose of this study was to describe the QOL of long term breast carcinoma survivors (BCS) and to examine the...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Ashing-Giwa K,Ganz PA,Petersen L

更新日期：1999-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:This report identifies five general conclusions that emerged from the Second Workshop on Methodology in Behavioral and Psychosocial Cancer Research. These conclusions address diverse topics, including a focus on areas other than methodology; an emphasis on the transfer of technology and knowledge to applied settings; ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Burish TG

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ninety-five patients with non-oat cell lung cancer underwent resection of all apparent disease and were followed for a minimum of 36 months. Incidence of recurrence was 34% in 47 patients with N0 disease, 65% in 32 patients with N1 disease, and 81.3% in 16 patients with N2 disease (P less than 0.02 and P less than 0.0...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Iascone C,DeMeester TR,Albertucci M,Little AG,Golomb HM

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Strumal carcinoids (SC) are ovarian tumors containing thyroid parenchyma admixed with carcinoid elements. Microscopically, the carcinoid component of SC usually presents a ribbon or trabecular pattern similar to the pattern exhibited by hindgut carcinoids. The authors designed an immunohistochemical study to...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Sidhu J,Sánchez RL

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Flow cytometric analysis of trophoblastic tissue has shown that most partial hydatidiform moles (PMs) are triploid, whereas most complete moles (CMs) are diploid or tetraploid. Ploidy analysis can support a diagnosis of CM or PM. However, in some cases, a precise diagnosis cannot be rendered. METHODS:This s...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Bocklage TJ,Smith HO,Bartow SA

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During 6375 patient-years of observation, 136 new cancers developed in 117 of 1429 patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity. The risk of multiple cancers was excessive in the upper digestive or respiratory tract in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity, accounting for 87 (64%) of the...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Shibuya H,Hisamitsu S,Shioiri S,Horiuchi J,Suzuki S

更新日期：1987-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Individualization of treatment using judicious combinations of external and intracavitary irradiation remains the cornerstone of the radiation management of carcinoma of the cervix. The inherent propensity of this cancer to either confine itself to the pelvis or else spread in a systematic and predictable manner throu...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Rotman M,John M,Boyce J

更新日期：1981-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Extrapulmonary inflammatory pseudotumor (plasma cell granuloma) is an uncommon lesion in adults and children, and little is known either of its etiology or clinical characteristics. However, it remains a significant source of morbidity to patients and confusion to clinicians. METHODS:Case reports are presen...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Treissman SP,Gillis DA,Lee CL,Giacomantonio M,Resch L

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Metastatic adenocarcinoma in the liver with an unidentified primary tumor site is a common clinical problem. Pathologists often are asked to identify the primary tumor site. The histologic picture itself usually is not helpful, because the histology may be similar in the metastases of tumors with different p...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Tot T

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 52-year-old female presented with an extensive retroperitoneal sarcoma and intraluminal inferior vena caval extension. Presumably during resection, embolization of a tumor fragment occurred to the right pulmonary hilum. The patient was asymptomatic for 16 months until a right hilar mass developed on a follow-up ches...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Arbeit JM,Flye MW,Mundinger GH Jr,Webber BL

更新日期：1980-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of the current study was to determine the frequency of 'probably benign' interpretations at breast magnetic resonance (MR) imaging screening of high-risk women and the frequency of subsequent malignancy in these women. METHODS:The authors performed a retrospective review of the records of 367 as...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Liberman L,Morris EA,Benton CL,Abramson AF,Dershaw DD

更新日期：2003-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:As resources become increasingly scarce, oncology professionals and consumers of oncology services are increasingly engaging in advocacy efforts to achieve goals in cancer control. Effective advocacy includes both legislative and direct educational efforts. ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Berkman B,Stevenson E,Cravedi KG,Davis A,Lawrence W Jr,Mor V,Ostrander V,Rubenstein LJ,Speers M,Wilson K

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prostate specific antigen (PSA) is useful as a tumor marker for monitoring patients with prostate cancer after definitive therapy. Limitations have been noted when PSA was used for the early detection of prostate cancer. The use of prostate specific antigen density [PSAD = PSA (ng/ml)/prostate volume (cc)] h...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Bretton PR,Evans WP,Borden JD,Castellanos RD

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bladder cancer is one of the malignancies for which considerable information is available regarding molecular pathogenesis and genetic predictors of natural history, as well as response to treatment. Loss of heterozygosity of chromosome 9 appears to be essential to the genesis of superficial bladder cancer, and mutati...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Raghavan D

更新日期：2003-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors estimated cancer risk among 589 patients hospitalized with Crohn's disease between 1960-1976 by calculating the ratios of observed number of cancers (O) in our hospital sample to the expected number of cancers (E) based on the age- and sex-specific cancer rates of a standard population. The authors then co...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Greenstein AJ,Sachar DB,Smith H,Janowitz HD,Aufses AH Jr

更新日期：1981-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A National Institutes of Health (NIH) Consensus Development Conference on the treatment of patients with early stage invasive breast carcinoma, held in June 1990, recommended breast conservation therapy for the majority of women with Stage I or II breast carcinoma. The authors evaluated the national use of b...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Lazovich D,Solomon CC,Thomas DB,Moe RE,White E

更新日期：1999-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Twelve cases of thymic carcinoid were studied by electron microscopy and immunohistochemistry. Clinically, all of them presented either as asymptomatic, radiographically detected mediastinal masses or as neoplasms producing symptoms of thoracic structural displacement or Cushing's syndrome. By light microscopic examin...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Wick MR,Scheithauer BW

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tamoxifen is a prototypic cancer chemopreventive agent, yet clinical trials have not evaluated its effect on mortality or the impact of drug pricing on its cost-effectiveness. METHODS:A state-transition Markov model for a hypothetical cohort of women age 50 years was used to evaluate the effects of tamoxife...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Melnikow J,Kuenneth C,Helms LJ,Barnato A,Kuppermann M,Birch S,Nuovo J

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Excessive risk of cutaneous melanoma as a second cancer has been associated with benign or malignant tumors of the nervous system. Cutaneous melanoma and nervous system tumors may independently aggregate in families. There are, however, no previous reports of increased likelihood of tumors of the nervous sys...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Azizi E,Friedman J,Pavlotsky F,Iscovich J,Bornstein A,Shafir R,Trau H,Brenner H,Nass D

更新日期：1995-11-01 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：:A case report is presented, believed to be the first documented example of pleomorphic rhabdomyosarcoma developing in the larynx of a child. A review of the literature then follows, with evaluation of the epidemiology, treatment options, and survival of patients with this disease. Cure of this malignancy is more likel...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Dodd-o JM,Wieneke KF,Rosman PM

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies and those of the authors have reported about raised levels of lipid-bound sialic acid (LSA) in sera of patients with various neoplasms. Most authors have used the method of Katopodis and Stock for isolating serum LSA. Because of the discrepancy of the amount of extracted LSA with the content of pure g...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Voigtmann R,Pokorny J,Meinshausen A

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It has been postulated that different biologic characteristics of a tumor might account for at least a portion of the disparity in breast cancer survival for patients across racial and ethnic groups. The hormone receptor status of breast tumors is one characteristic with prognostic significance. Results of s...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Gapstur SM,Dupuis J,Gann P,Collila S,Winchester DP

更新日期：1996-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A sedentary life style has been consistently associated with an increased risk of colon cancer, but the evidence for its association with breast and other gynecologic cancers is limited. METHODS:Occupational information for 3783 incident patients with cancer (breast, 2736; corpus uteri, 452; and ovary, 595)...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Zheng W,Shu XO,McLaughlin JK,Chow WH,Gao YT,Blot WJ

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The clinical value of DNA flow cytometry of colorectal cancer is unclear. The purpose of this retrospective study was to evaluate the relationship between tumor flow cytometry, histopathologic parameters, and survival. METHODS:Flow cytometry was performed on paraffin embedded specimens from 653 patients who...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Tang R,Ho YS,You YT,Hsu KC,Chen JS,Changchien CR,Wang JY

更新日期：1995-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tumor volume in radical prostatectomies can be determined by several different techniques and appears to predict clinical progression. Greatest tumor dimension and area are easily obtained measures that are both correlated with tumor volume. The authors sought to determine whether greatest tumor dimension an...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Renshaw AA,Richie JP,Loughlin KR,Jiroutek M,Chung A,D'Amico AV

更新日期：1998-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this article was to evaluate the utility of a pharmacokinetically modeled measure of regional contrast access, based on dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies after preoperative chemotherapy, as a predictor of disease free survival in osteosarcoma. METHODS:The kine...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Reddick WE,Wang S,Xiong X,Glass JO,Wu S,Kaste SC,Pratt CB,Meyer WH,Fletcher BD

更新日期：2001-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Men who receive androgen-deprivation therapy (ADT) for prostate cancer experience several side effects from this treatment. A few recent studies have examined the cognitive implications of ADT and how they impact a patient's treatment decision-making, occupational pursuits, and quality of life. For this repo...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Nelson CJ,Lee JS,Gamboa MC,Roth AJ

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00