Phase II study of doxorubicin plus ifosfamide/mesna in patients with advanced breast cancer.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cisplatin has been reported to enhance the cell-killing effect of radiation. The current study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy and toxicity of radiotherapy combined with cisplatin in patients with locally advanced pancreatic carcinoma. METHODS:Forty-one patients with pancreatic carcinoma that was unr...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Okusaka T,Okada S,Tokuuye K,Wakasugi H,Saisho H,Ishikawa O,Matsuno S,Sato T,Sato K,Non-surgical Treatment Group for Pancreatic Cancer in Japan.

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activities of glucosephosphate isomerase, lactate dehydrogenase, and NADP-isocitrate dehydrogenase were significantly elevated in breast cancer specimens from patients who responded favorably to combination cytotoxic chemotherapy regimens compared with those in carcinomas from patients failing to respond to the same c...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Hilf R,Savlov ED,Rector WD,Wittliff JL

更新日期：1976-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The objective of this study was to compare the quality of life (QOL) of younger (< or =50 years) versus older (>50 years) women on recent completion of treatment of breast carcinoma. METHODS:Data reported herein were obtained from a baseline assessment of 304 breast carcinoma patients. These patients were e...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Wenzel LB,Fairclough DL,Brady MJ,Cella D,Garrett KM,Kluhsman BC,Crane LA,Marcus AC

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Among patients with core-needle biopsy (CNB)-diagnosed ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), the guidelines for the selection of patients to undergo sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy are not well defined, and many patients with no invasion undergo an unnecessary SLN biopsy. The objective of this study was to ident...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Huo L,Sneige N,Hunt KK,Albarracin CT,Lopez A,Resetkova E

更新日期：2006-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Atypia of undetermined significance is a controversial category in thyroid fine-needle aspiration (FNA), not only for its questioned clinical utility, but also for its very existence as an expression of uncertainty. The current study was performed to investigate the potential impact of eliminating this categ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Shi Y,Ding X,Klein M,Sugrue C,Matano S,Edelman M,Wasserman P

更新日期：2009-10-25 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：:In a series of 643 patients with small cell lung cancer (SCLC), 55 patients (8.6%) had signs or symptoms of superior vena caval obstruction syndrome (SVCO). Relatively long intervals from the onset of the first symptoms of SVCO to the start of therapy were observed, and invasive diagnostic procedures were safely perfo...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Sculier JP,Evans WK,Feld R,DeBoer G,Payne DG,Shepherd FA,Pringle JF,Yeoh JL,Quirt IC,Curtis JE

更新日期：1986-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Fourteen patients with advanced salivary gland malignancies were treated with combination chemotherapy. Five of 13 patients responded to cyclophosphamide and adriamycin and two patients in the responding groups underwent further potentially curable treatment, rendering them disease-free. Three patients with mucoepider...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Posner MR,Ervin TJ,Weichselbaum RR,Fabian RL,Miller D

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The polyamine system is a promising target for anticancer therapy. Ideally, an antineoplastic compound affecting this system should inhibit both ornithine decarboxylase and the polyamine transporter, and toxicity should be mild. Agmatine, decarboxylated L-arginine, appears to be such a compound. METHODS:Ade...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Molderings GJ,Kribben B,Heinen A,Schröder D,Brüss M,Göthert M

更新日期：2004-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chemotherapy is known to cure a small minority of patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Less is known about the risk of such patients developing subsequent cancers or about their ability to return to work. METHODS:The authors analyzed outcomes among 1892 patients who received treatment for newly diagn...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Estey E,deLima M,Strom S,Pierce S,Freireich EJ,Keating MJ

更新日期：1997-12-01 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：:Alpha Heavy Chain Disease has generally been described in the Mediterranean area in young people with a diffuse gastrointestinal lymphoma and malabsorption. We describe a patient from the United States with polypoid lymphoma of the gastrointestinal tract and a prolonged clinical course, who had the characteristic alph...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Cohen HJ,Gonzalvo A,Krook J,Thompson TT,Kremer WB

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) have an increased risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE), particularly when they are receiving treatment. Blood or marrow transplantation (BMT) is recommended for relapsed/refractory NHL, and the risk of VTE after these patients undergo BMT is uncertain. METHODS:Patien...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Gangaraju R,Chen Y,Hageman L,Wu J,Francisco L,Kung M,Ness E,Parman M,Weisdorf DJ,Forman SJ,Arora M,Armenian SH,Bhatia S

更新日期：2019-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:PC-SPES is an herbal supplement whose mechanisms of action are poorly understood, but may be estrogenic. The objective of the current report is to describe the effects of discontinuing PC-SPES treatment in four patients with androgen-independent prostate carcinoma. METHODS:Patient charts were retrospectivel...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Oh WK,George DJ,Kantoff PW

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Nb rat prostatic adenocarcinoma is a well-characterized, hormonally induced family of tumors that are all readily transplantable into congenitally athymic (nude) mice. Because of this versatile heterotransplantation model, multiple replicate copies of individual tumors can be studied "in rodent." We have extended ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Drago JR,Maurer RE,Gershwin ME,Eckels D,Palmer JM

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study was to identify biologic differences between ovarian clear cell carcinoma and other ovarian adenocarcinomas by comparing the expression of cell cycle regulatory molecules and by analyzing the survival of the patients. METHODS:In 51 cases of epithelial ovarian carcinoma, the express...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Shimizu M,Nikaido T,Toki T,Shiozawa T,Fujii S

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Historically coal mining populations have been reported to have elevated stomach cancer incidence rates. To identify which factors might be associated with cases who reside in these high risk areas, and specifically if particulate exposures from coal mining and coal utilization are associated with risk, a mining area ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Weinberg GB,Kuller LH,Stehr PA

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A single-institution, prospective, randomized open trial was performed to compare ondansetron and granisetron in the prevention of chemotherapy-related nausea and vomiting. The effect of antemetic drugs was analyzed indipendently for patients treated with highly emetogenic chemotherapy (Study 1), and those t...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Gebbia V,Cannata G,Testa A,Curto G,Valenza R,Cipolla C,Latteri MA,Gebbia N

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixteen patients with metastatic neuroendocrine tumors and the malignant carcinoid syndrome were treated with cyproheptadine (Periactin, Merck, Sharp & Dohme, West Point, PA) at maximum tolerable doses that ranged from 12 to 48 mg daily. Usual side effects were mild sedation and dry mouth, but three patients found it ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Moertel CG,Kvols LK,Rubin J

更新日期：1991-01-01 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:The objective of this article was to assess the clinimetric properties of the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) staging system of cervical carcinoma to determine whether it is an adequate prognostic tool for the survival of patients with cervical carcinoma. METHODS:The FIGO stagin...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Kupets R,Covens A

更新日期：2001-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The current study examines 1) the sensitivity of detection and 2) sampling and screening/diagnostic error in the cytologic diagnosis of adenocarcinoma in situ (AIS) of the cervix. The data were taken from public and private sector screening laboratories reporting 25,000 and 80,000 smears, respectively, each ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Schoolland M,Segal A,Allpress S,Miranda A,Frost FA,Sterrett GF

更新日期：2002-12-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The authors analyzed the outcomes of patients treated with radiotherapy (RT) alone or combined with surgery for carcinoma of the salivary glands. METHODS:Between October 1964 and June 2003, 224 previously untreated patients were treated with curative intent with RT alone (n = 64) or combined with surgery (n...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Mendenhall WM,Morris CG,Amdur RJ,Werning JW,Villaret DB

更新日期：2005-06-15 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：:A humoral microcytotoxicity assay has been used to study the immune response to human malignant astrocytic tumors. Two series are described. When the assay was performed under uniform, ideal conditions, the sera from 36 of 45 patients with these tumors (80%) produced significant cytotoxicity against allogeneic astrocy...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Wood WC,Kornblith PL,Quindlen EA,Pollock LA

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Children of different racial/ethnic backgrounds have varying risks of cancer. However, to the authors' knowledge, few studies to date have examined cancer occurrence in children of mixed ancestry. METHODS:This population-based case-control study examined cancer among children aged <15 years using linked can...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Chow EJ,Puumala SE,Mueller BA,Carozza SE,Fox EE,Horel S,Johnson KJ,McLaughlin CC,Reynolds P,Von Behren J,Spector LG

更新日期：2010-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of radiotherapy on immune status in patients with localized carcinoma of the cervix have been assessed serially up to 5 years remission by a wide range of methods. Neutrophil function and serum immunoglobulins were essentially normal throughout. Peripheral blood neutrophil and lymphocyte counts and the pro...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Hancock BW,Bruce L,Whitham MD,Ward AM

更新日期：1984-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:This study is based on 38 patients, each of whom had a malignant lymphoma in which the gonad was the site of the main tumor mass at the time of diagnosis. Histiocytic lymphoma was the predominant type in the 27 male patients; in the 11 female patients, poorly differentiated lymphocytic lymphoma was the most frequent t...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Paladugu RR,Bearman RM,Rappaport H

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Risk factors associated with local recurrences were analyzed from a series of 3445 clinical Stage I melanoma patients. In single-factor analysis, tumor thickness, ulceration, and increasing age were highly significantly predictive of recurrence (p less than 0.00001). After 5 years of follow-up, local recurrence rates ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Urist MM,Balch CM,Soong S,Shaw HM,Milton GW,Maddox WA

更新日期：1985-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors retrospectively searched for human papillomavirus (HPV) types 16 and 18 in 60 cases of carcinoma arising from the nasal cavities (NC) and paranasal sinuses (PS) by using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) on DNA extracted from formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissues. In cases of SCC (n = 49), the author...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Furuta Y,Takasu T,Asai T,Shinohara T,Sawa H,Nagashima K,Inuyama Y

更新日期：1992-01-15 00:00:00