Developing quality indicators for cancer end-of-life care: proceedings from a national symposium.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Papanicolaou smear sensitivity for cervical adenocarcinoma (CVCA) is not well established. Also uncertain are the relative contributions to falsely negative diagnoses of sampling, screening, and interpretive errors. METHODS:Papanicolaou smears were identified from all patients at our institutions with biops...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Krane JF,Granter SR,Trask CE,Hogan CL,Lee KR

更新日期：2001-02-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Aryl hydrocarbon hydroxylase (AHH) inducibility was determined in a lymphoblast test system in 2,000 consecutive middle-aged male smokers, 304 ex-smokers, and 218 never-smokers in the same birth-year cohorts. Intraindividual, intraobserver, and interobserver, as well as temporal, reproducibility was checked in a speci...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Trell L,Korsgaard R,Janzon L,Trell E

更新日期：1985-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The widespread use of anthracycline chemotherapy has contributed to improved outcomes in children with cancer. The most feared complication of the anthracyclines is cardiotoxicity. Routine echocardiographic monitoring typically is used before, during, and after treatment to minimize cardiotoxicity. The ideal...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Watts RG,George M,Johnson WH Jr

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Little is known about genetic aberrations associated with development and progression of biliary tract carcinomas. METHODS:To study chromosomal aberrations associated with development and progression of biliary tract carcinomas, the authors used comparative genomic hybridization to examine 50 such carcinoma...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Shiraishi K,Okita K,Harada T,Kusano N,Furui T,Kondoh S,Oga A,Kawauchi S,Fukumoto Y,Sasaki K

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Obesity has been associated with inferior outcomes in operable breast cancer, but the relation between body mass index (BMI) and outcomes by breast cancer subtype has not been previously evaluated. METHODS:The authors evaluated the relation between BMI and outcomes in 3 adjuvant trials coordinated by the Ea...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Sparano JA,Wang M,Zhao F,Stearns V,Martino S,Ligibel JA,Perez EA,Saphner T,Wolff AC,Sledge GW Jr,Wood WC,Fetting J,Davidson NE

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is unclear whether palliative endourologic or percutaneous urinary diversion in the treatment of advanced cancer provides significant improvement in quality or duration of life. The purpose of this study was to evaluate survival and performance status after endourologic palliative urinary diversion in pat...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Shekarriz B,Shekarriz H,Upadhyay J,Banerjee M,Becker H,Pontes JE,Wood DP Jr

更新日期：1999-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Infection is a significant cause of death in patients with aplastic anemia (AA). However, few recent studies have examined infectious complications in patients with AA. METHODS:The authors retrospectively evaluated the type of infections, associated pathogens, and outcome of infectious episodes (IEs) in pat...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Torres HA,Bodey GP,Rolston KV,Kantarjian HM,Raad II,Kontoyiannis DP

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 55-year-old man is reported who initially developed chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Seven years later, after chemotherapy with chlorambucil, chronic myelogenous leukemia was diagnosed in addition to the chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Four previously reported cases with the same sequence of events are reviewed as well a...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Schreiber ZA,Axelrod MR,Abebe LS

更新日期：1984-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is a rare myeloid neoplasm characterized by the presence of abnormal CD1a-positive (CD1a+ )/CD207+ histiocytes. Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) represents a spectrum of hyperinflammatory syndromes typified by the dysregulated activation of the innate and adaptive ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Chellapandian D,Hines MR,Zhang R,Jeng M,van den Bos C,Santa-María López V,Lehmberg K,Sieni E,Wang Y,Nakano T,Williams JA,Fustino NJ,Astigarraga I,Dunkel IJ,Abla O,van Halteren AGS,Pei D,Cheng C,Weitzman S,Sung L,N

更新日期：2019-03-15 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:Young adults have historically been the least likely to have health insurance in the United States. Previous studies of survivors of childhood cancer found lower rates of insurance and less access to medical care compared with siblings; however, to the authors' knowledge, no studies to date have examined con...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Parsons HM,Schmidt S,Harlan LC,Kent EE,Lynch CF,Smith AW,Keegan TH,AYA HOPE Collaborative.

更新日期：2014-08-01 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：:A case-control study was conducted to assess the risk factors associated with the development of a contralateral primary breast cancer among women who had had a first primary breast cancer. Hospital records were reviewed for 292 women with an incident contralateral breast cancer, diagnosed in one of eight hospitals be...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Horn PL,Thompson WD

更新日期：1988-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Desmoid tumors are mesenchymal nonmetastasizing neoplasms. Although rare in the general population, they are a common extracolonic manifestation of familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP). Because of high tumor recurrence rates, surgery has been less than satisfactory in the treatment of desmoid tumors. In the ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Hansmann A,Adolph C,Vogel T,Unger A,Moeslein G

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fas-expressing cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) are important antitumor immune effector cells in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The role of transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGF-beta1) in modulating the expression of Fas by CTLs is not known in HCC. The objectives of this study were to characte...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Yuen MF,Hughes RD,Heneghan MA,Langley PG,Norris S

更新日期：2001-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Myelofibrosis occurs in various hematologic neoplasias, including myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), with a relatively low incidence. To gain insight into the clinical and cytogenetic implications of MDS patients in whom myelofibrosis develops, statistical analysis was done on 82 primary MDS patients with successful cyto...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Ohyashiki K,Sasao I,Ohyashiki JH,Murakami T,Iwabuchi A,Tauchi T,Saito M,Nakazawa S,Serizawa H,Ebihara Y

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Screening for the early detection of cancer offers the potential of increasing the number of patients whose cancer is diagnosed in a localized, curable stage. The operation of an efficient and effective early detection program requires that a number of conditions be fulfilled, some of which are difficult to attain. Fi...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Miller DG

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1982, more than 125,000 cancer cases in the United States should be preventable. Every physician should advise all patients to eliminate all tobacco use, moderate alcohol use, avoid the use of drugs which are carcinogenic, minimize sun and x-ray exposure, maintain an ideal weight, and follow a "prudent" diet. Secon...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： McKenna RJ

更新日期：1983-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Benign and malignant pancreatic mucinous tumors differ in proliferative activity, production of tumor markers, and expression of growth factors. DNA ploidy is a useful index of aggressiveness and poor survival in ductal adenocarcinoma, but has not been studied in pancreatic cystic tumors. METHODS:The DNA pl...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Southern JF,Warshaw AL,Lewandrowski KB

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-nine patients with transitional urothelial tract tumors received methotrexate: 0.5-1.0 mg/kg I.V. Q W (40 patients) or 250 mg/M2 in a 2-hour infusion with citrovorum factor rescue 24 hours later (nine patients). Eleven (26%, 95% confidence limits 13-39%) of 42 patients with bidimensionally measurable metastases ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Natale RB,Yagoda A,Watson RC,Whitmore WF,Blumenreich M,Braun DW Jr

更新日期：1981-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of fulminant hepatic failure leading to death in a patient receiving DTIC for metastatic melanoma is presented. Autopsy revealed widespread centrilobular necrosis secondary to a veno-occlusive process. There was no evidence of a similar process in other organs, and common causes of similar pathology were ruled ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Asbury RF,Rosenthal SN,Descalzi ME,Ratcliffe RL,Arseneau JC

更新日期：1980-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-four patients with advanced carcinoma of the head and neck were treated with cyclophosphamide, 400 mg/m2 plus BCNU, 100 mg/m2 day 1 followed by adriamycin 40 mg/m2 day 2, with therapy repeated every 4 weeks. Of 31 evaluable patients, there were 1 complete response, and 10 partial responses (35%). Four of 8 patie...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Presant CA,Ratkin G,Klahr C,Brown C

更新日期：1979-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Optimal treatments for vulvar and vaginal melanomas (VVMs) have not been identified. Herein, the authors compare molecular profiles between VVM and nongynecologic melanoma (NGM) subtypes with the objective of identifying novel, targetable biomarkers. METHODS:In total, 2304 samples of malignant melanoma that...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Hou JY,Baptiste C,Hombalegowda RB,Tergas AI,Feldman R,Jones NL,Chatterjee-Paer S,Bus-Kwolfski A,Wright JD,Burke WM

更新日期：2017-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In colorectal carcinoma, venous invasion has been related to patient survival. Liver metastasis develops more frequently when venous invasion is present. However, the histologic features and clinical significance of venous invasion are not well understood. METHODS:A histologic study of venous invasion in co...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Ouchi K,Sugawara T,Ono H,Fujiya T,Kamiyama Y,Kakugawa Y,Mikuni J,Tateno H

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Data suggest that vitamin D plays a role in the treatment and prevention of prostate cancer. The combination of high-dose, intermittent calcitriol (1,25 dihydroxyvitamin D3) plus dexamethasone was studied based on evidence that dexamethasone potentiates the antitumor effects of calcitriol and ameliorates hyp...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Trump DL,Potter DM,Muindi J,Brufsky A,Johnson CS

更新日期：2006-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The results and consequences of genetic testing in a family with familial medullary thyroid carcinoma (FMTC) are described. METHODS:In the screening of relatives, serum calcitonin is replaced by RET mutation analysis that was performed in families suspected of hereditary medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC). I...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Hansen HS,Torring H,Godballe C,Jäger AC,Nielsen FC

更新日期：2000-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of coexisting lymphangiosarcoma and Kaposi's sarcoma that occurred in a female renal transplant recipient is presented. Both sarcomas were localized to the skin and were slowly progressive over several years. The coexistence of these two sarcomas may indicate that they arose from a common precursor endothelial ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Studniberg HM,Rivers JK,Cooke BE,Barnetson RS

更新日期：1991-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Since 1972 plasma CEA levels of 25 cancer patients have been assayed to evaluate the reliability of CEA as an early indicator of recurrent gastrointestinal cancer. Identification of significant elevations in CEA levels required definition of exactly what a given value meant. Intraassay and interassay accuracy was dete...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Martin EW Jr,James KK,Hurtubise PE,Catalano P,Minton JP

更新日期：1977-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer tissues from 30 patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity were examined immunohistopathologically as to the responsiveness of the host against its own cancer cells in both biopsy and surgically resected specimens from the same patients. Subpopulations of the infiltrating lymphocytes in cancer tis...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Hiratsuka H,Imamura M,Ishii Y,Kohama G,Kikuchi K

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMP) induce ectopic bone formation in vivo and may play a role in normal bone development. In addition, bone morphogenetic activity, as measured in a bone-forming assay in immunodeficient, athymic nu/nu mice, is present in a proportion of osteosarcomas; this activity, which may b...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Yoshikawa H,Rettig WJ,Takaoka K,Alderman E,Rup B,Rosen V,Wozney JM,Lane JM,Huvos AG,Garin-Chesa P

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00