Accelerated fractionation for high-grade cerebral astrocytomas. Preliminary treatment results.

abstract：:Two cases of extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma are reported. The patients presented with metastasis to the lung, 10 years and 2 years, respectively, prior to discovery of the primary neoplasms in the soft tissues of the lower extremities. ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： D'Ambrosio FG,Shiu MH,Brennan MF

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with hereditary leiomyomatosis and renal cell carcinoma (HLRCC) resulting from fumarate hydratase (FH) mutations may present with skin, uterine, and renal tumors, with each having unique pathologic features. This study investigated the association between prospectively identified suspicious patholog...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Kopp RP,Stratton KL,Glogowski E,Schrader KA,Rau-Murthy R,Russo P,Coleman JA,Offit K

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The goal of the current study was to investigate the prognostic impact of proliferative activity, together with the other classic clinicopathologic prognostic factors (tumor size, tumor grade, receptor status, ploidy, and lymph node status), in breast carcinoma by counting mitoses and evaluating S phase frac...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Michels JJ,Marnay J,Delozier T,Denoux Y,Chasle J

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-four patients with various solid tumors including metastatic liver cancer and cancer of the lung, gallbladder, and pancreas were treated with a lipophilic macromolecular drug, copoly(styrene-maleic acid) conjugated neocarzinostatin (SMANCS). The drug was dissolved in a lipid contrast medium Lipiodol and adminis...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Konno T,Maeda H,Iwai K,Maki S,Tashiro S,Uchida M,Miyauchi Y

更新日期：1984-12-01 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：BACKGROUND:The results of a Phase II study of concurrent chemotherapy and accelerated fractionation radiation therapy followed by surgical resection for patients with both adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus are presented. Pretreatment and postinduction staging were correlated with pathologic fi...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Adelstein DJ,Rice TW,Becker M,Larto MA,Kirby TJ,Koka A,Tefft M,Zuccaro G

更新日期：1997-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The survival of cervical carcinoma patients with paraaortic/high common iliac nodal metastases was evaluated by retrospective chart review during a 13-year interval. Thirty-three patients with cervical carcinoma and surgically documented nodal metastases received primary, extended-field radiation therapy. Overall 2-ye...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Podczaski E,Stryker JA,Kaminski P,Ndubisi B,Larson J,DeGeest K,Sorosky J,Mortel R

更新日期：1990-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability to noninvasively discriminate the most common types of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) based on their magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) appearances or their magnetic resonance phenotypes is achievable. Intracellular lipids, a histologic characteristic of the clear cell RCC, can be identified on chemical shift MR...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Pedrosa I,Alsop DC,Rofsky NM

更新日期：2009-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Glembatumumab vedotin is an antibody-drug conjugate that produced preliminary clinical activity against advanced melanoma in a phase 1 dose-escalation trial. The objective of the current study was to investigate further the antitumor activity of glembatumumab vedotin at the recommended phase 2 dose in heavil...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Ott PA,Pavlick AC,Johnson DB,Hart LL,Infante JR,Luke JJ,Lutzky J,Rothschild NE,Spitler LE,Cowey CL,Alizadeh AR,Salama AK,He Y,Hawthorne TR,Bagley RG,Zhang J,Turner CD,Hamid O

更新日期：2019-04-01 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:There is a need for guidelines on patient navigation activities to promote both the quality of patient navigation and the standards of reimbursement for these services because a lack of reimbursement is a major barrier to the implementation, maintenance, and sustainability of these programs. METHODS:A broad...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Freund KM,Haas JS,Lemon SC,Burns White K,Casanova N,Dominici LS,Erban JK,Freedman RA,James TA,Ko NY,LeClair AM,Moy B,Parsons SK,Battaglia TA

更新日期：2019-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tobacco smoking, alcohol abuse, and high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) are risk factors in the etiology of oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinomas (SCCs). The TP53 polymorphism, in which an arginine (R) is changed to proline (P) at codon 72, is functionally significant and could therefore be a predisposing ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Perrone F,Mariani L,Pastore E,Orsenigo M,Suardi S,Marcomini B,DaRiva L,Licitra L,Carbone A,Pierotti MA,Pilotti S

更新日期：2007-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Immunophenotypic analysis is an established tool in the diagnosis and classification of many hematolymphoid disorders; however, the role of flow cytometry (FC) in detecting bone marrow involvement during the staging of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) has yet to be defined. METHODS:The authors retrospectively ana...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Duggan PR,Easton D,Luider J,Auer IA

更新日期：2000-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:An association between laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR) and laryngeal carcinoma has been suggested, but remains unproven. The current pilot study was performed to determine the incidence of LPR among patients with early laryngeal carcinomas or dysplasia and to examine the associations between levels of LPR and...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Lewin JS,Gillenwater AM,Garrett JD,Bishop-Leone JK,Nguyen DD,Callender DL,Ayers GD,Myers JN

更新日期：2003-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A spontaneous complete remission of 34 months' duration was observed in an adult patient with acute myeloblastic leukemia. The remission occurred after a severe febrile pneumonia, which was treated with leukocyte transfusions. At relapse, chromosomal abnormalities reappeared slowly. Such spontaneous complete remission...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Ifrah N,James JM,Viguie F,Marie JP,Zittoun R

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From 1977, 29 patients with inoperable non-small cell lung carcinoma due to locally far-advanced disease underwent lung resection after receiving two to eight courses of chemotherapy. After the surgery was performed, three additional courses of chemotherapy were given. The overall median survival from onset of the che...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Takita H,Regal AM,Antkowiak JG,Rao UN,Botsoglou NK,Lane WW

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuroendocrine small cell carcinoma is a lethal, but rare, tumor that arises most frequently in the lung. Small cell cancer also rarely may occur in the female genital tract, usually in the cervix. This article concerns the fourth reported case of neuroendocrine small cell carcinoma of the vulva. Previously, small cel...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Cliby W,Soisson AP,Berchuck A,Clarke-Pearson DL

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unnecessary, inappropriate, and futile care are given in all areas of health care including cancer care. Not only does such care increase costs and waste precious resources, but patients may have adverse outcomes when the wrong care is given. One of the ways to address this issue is to measure performance with the use...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Lazar GS,Desch CE

更新日期：1998-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There has been increasing interest in the primary surgical treatment of patients with early T classification (T1-T2) oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OPSCC), with the stated goal of de-escalating or avoiding adjuvant treatment. Herein, the authors sought to determine the degree to which this interest h...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Cracchiolo JR,Baxi SS,Morris LG,Ganly I,Patel SG,Cohen MA,Roman BR

更新日期：2016-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale (ESAS) is a nine-item patient-rated symptom visual analogue scale developed for use in assessing the symptoms of patients receiving palliative care. The purpose of this study was to validate the ESAS in a different population of patients. METHODS:In this prospective stu...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Chang VT,Hwang SS,Feuerman M

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The importance of the bone marrow microenvironment in multiple myeloma is receiving increasing attention. Recent studies have suggested the importance of cytokine production and cell-cell contact by bone marrow stromal cells in the survival of myeloma cells. METHODS:In the current study, the authors examine...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Wallace SR,Oken MM,Lunetta KL,Panoskaltsis-Mortari A,Masellis AM

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angioendotheliomatosis is a rare intravascular neoplastic process which has been presumed to be of endothelial origin. A 62-year-old woman had manifestations of this disorder which were initially localized to the nasal region, followed by fatal systemic dissemination. Electron microscopic examination of the neoplastic...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Wick MR,Banks PM,McDonald TJ

更新日期：1981-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over an 18-year period a distinctive large cell lymphoreticular neoplasm (Richter's transformation) developed in 9 patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Clinical findings at the onset of Richter's transformation were remarkably uniform and consisted of the abrupt onset of fever, marked asymmetric lymphadenopathy...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Foucar K,Rydell RE

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The recurrence or mortality rate of axillary lymph node-negative invasive breast cancer has been associated with the tumor S-phase fraction, which is measured by DNA flow cytometry. Because many of the studies that established this association were performed using frozen, pulverized tumor specimens, this ass...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Merkel DE,Winchester DJ,Goldschmidt RA,August CZ,Wruck DM,Rademaker AW

更新日期：1993-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Low-dose continuous infusion 5-fluorouracil (LDCI-FU) was administered to 28 women with advanced breast carcinoma. Daily doses ranged from 175 to 250 mg/m2. The LDCI-FU was delivered continuously until the appearance of toxicity and was reinstituted at a 20% dose reduction after toxicity completely resolved. Patients ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Huan S,Pazdur R,Singhakowinta A,Samal B,Vaitkevicius VK

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From the standpoint of chemotherapy, the first progress in the treatment of Hodgkin's disease was the identification of the activity of nitrogen mustard in the 1940's. The initial antitumor effect of the drug created a great excitement. However, when all patients later relapsed, there was subsequent dejection and skep...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： DeVita VT Jr,Lewis BJ,Rozencweig M,Muggia FM

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The relationship between serum levels of matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2) and MMP-3 and recurrence in patients with urothelial carcinoma after complete resection was studied to determine whether the enzymes could be a new predictor of recurrence. METHODS:Serum levels of MMP-2 and MMP-3 in 146 healthy cont...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Gohji K,Fujimoto N,Komiyama T,Fujii A,Ohkawa J,Kamidono S,Nakajima M

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patient navigation may reduce cancer disparities associated with socioeconomic status (SES) and household factors. This study examined whether these factors were associated with delays in diagnostic resolution among patients with cancer screening abnormalities and whether patient navigation ameliorated these...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Rodday AM,Parsons SK,Snyder F,Simon MA,Llanos AA,Warren-Mears V,Dudley D,Lee JH,Patierno SR,Markossian TW,Sanders M,Whitley EM,Freund KM

更新日期：2015-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:This study attempted to determine the relationship of nutritional status, menopausal status, presence of breast cancer, stage of disease, and tumor estrogen receptor levels to percent non-protein-bound estradiol (%NPBE) and percent distribution of estradiol on sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) and albumin in breast ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Ota DM,Jones LA,Jackson GL,Jackson PM,Kemp K,Bauman D

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was carried out to investigate a distinctive type of carcinoma of the uterine cervix categorized under the designation as circumscribed carcinoma with lymphocytic infiltration. Grossly this carcinoma is characterized by defined circumscription with a superficial ulceration. A microscropic feature cha...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Hasumi K,Sugano H,Sakamoto G,Masubuchi K,Kubo H

更新日期：1977-06-01 00:00:00