Utilization and expense of adjuvant cancer therapies following radical prostatectomy.

abstract：:Fifty-eight patients with 62 pathologic fractures secondary to metastatic disease were admitted to a rehabilitation hospital during a 5-year period. Thirty-four patients were discharged home, 7 were transferred to other facilities, and 17 died. The average hospital stay for the patients who went home (37 days) was onl...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Bunting RW,Boublik M,Blevins FT,Dame CC,Ford LA,Lavine LS

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred twenty two children with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma were studied from January 1966 to December 1975. The first group (1966-1972) did not receive an uniform treatment. The second group (1973-1975) entered in a G.A.T.L.A. protocol consisting of: vincristine-prednisone plus surgery and/or radiotherapy as inductio...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Cebrian-Bonesana A,Schvartzman E,Roca-Garcia C,Pependieck C,Sackmann-Muriel S,Ojeda FG,Kvicala R,Pavlovsky S,Lein JM,Penchansky L

更新日期：1978-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prognostic factors for patients with stage III melanoma are still controversial. METHODS:Two hundred eighty-six patients with solitary cutaneous malignant melanoma of the skin in Stage III (International Union Against Cancer [UICC]) were followed up for as long as 11 years. RESULTS:Patients in risk group p...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Drepper H,Biess B,Hofherr B,Hundeiker M,Lippold A,Otto F,Padberg G,Peters A,Wiebelt H

更新日期：1993-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:K-ras gene mutation in colorectal tumors from patients with familial polyposis coli were investigated using oligonucleotide probes specific for a mutation at codon 12, 13, or 61 of the K-ras gene. The authors examined 22 colorectal carcinomas and 51 colorectal adenomas from 41 familial polyposis coli patients and obse...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Sasaki M,Sugio K,Sasazuki T

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:For this report, the authors comprehensively summarized the existing literature on patients with pineoblastoma and identified the variables and treatments that had an impact patient on outcomes. METHODS:A comprehensive search identified 109 studies that collectively described the outcomes of patients with p...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Tate M,Sughrue ME,Rutkowski MJ,Kane AJ,Aranda D,McClinton L,McClinton L,Barani IJ,Parsa AT

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of assay for estrogen receptor (ER) in the tumor cytosol and thymidine labeling indices (TLI) of 63 primary invasive carcinomas of the breast were analyzed. The ER assay was performed by using dextran-charcoal to adsorb unbound tritiated estradiol-17beta (E2) in cytosol. The TLI was measured as the number ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Meyer JS,Rao BR,Stevens SC,White WL

更新日期：1977-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum trace elements (STE) were measured in 50 patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and 100 normal subjects. Copper was higher in patients than in controls (1.50 +/- 0.06 versus 1.10 +/- 0.02 micrograms/ml, P less than 0.001), increased steadily from Stage 0 to Stage 4 (P = 0.002), and correlated with the ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Beguin Y,Brasseur F,Weber G,Bury J,Delbrouck JM,Roelandts I,Robaye G,Fillet G

更新日期：1987-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Reported are six cases of meningocerebral astrocytomas attached to dura, involving the superficial cortex, in infants under 1 year of age. They represent 1.25% of 483 intracranial tumors in infancy studied at the Children's Hospital in the last 12 years. Five were located in the frontal lobes, with variable extension ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Taratuto AL,Monges J,Lylyk P,Leiguarda R

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifteen cases of pure supradiapragmatic lymphoma with initial prominent antero-superior mediastinal involvement displaying a B-cell pattern of reactivity were studied. These cases occurred in six men and nine women with a median age of 33 years at diagnosis (range, 23 to 75 years). Supradiapragmatic peripheral lymphad...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Lavabre-Bertrand T,Donadio D,Fegueux N,Jessueld D,Taib J,Charlier D,Rousset T,Emberger JM,Baldet P,Navarro M

更新日期：1992-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:African Americans are diagnosed more frequently with colorectal carcinoma at a later stage compared with Caucasians. One potential reason for the disparity is a lower rate of screening examinations. METHODS:Using Outpatient and Physician-Supplier claims for all Medicare beneficiaries age > or = 65 years in ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Cooper GS,Koroukian SM

更新日期：2004-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Health insurance is a key mediator of health care disparities. Outcomes in bladder cancer, one of the costliest diseases to treat, may be especially sensitive to a patient's insurance status. METHODS:The Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results registry and the National Cancer Data Base were used to iden...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Fletcher SA,Cole AP,Lu C,Marchese M,Krimphove MJ,Friedlander DF,Mossanen M,Kilbridge KL,Kibel AS,Trinh QD

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Results of cytogenetic studies of a patient with acute granulocytic leukemia are described. The modal number of chromosomes in cells from bone marrow samples was 43; the karyotype was characterized by missing chromosomes in groups B, C, and E. According to successive studies of the same metaphases by fluorescent stain...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Sofuni T,Okada H

更新日期：1975-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The objective of this study was to characterize chronic disease, health-related quality of life (HRQOL), emotional distress, and social attainment among long-term survivors of neuroblastoma. METHODS:Chronic health conditions among 136 ≥10-year neuroblastoma survivors (median age, 31.9 years; range, 20.2-54....

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Wilson CL,Brinkman TM,Cook C,Huang S,Hyun G,Green DM,Furman WL,Bhakta N,Ehrhardt MJ,Krasin MJ,Robison LL,Ness KK,Hudson MM

更新日期：2020-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pericolorectal tumor deposits (TDs) are associated with adverse outcomes in patients with colorectal cancer, and the seventh edition of the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) staging system recently classified TDs without regional lymph node metastasis as category N1c. However, the definition of TDs h...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Song JS,Chang HJ,Kim DY,Kim SY,Baek JY,Park JW,Park SC,Choi HS,Oh JH

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:POEMS syndrome is a rare multisystem affliction known for its signs, from which it also takes its acronym name "peripheral neuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, monoclonal (M) protein, and skin lesions." Our study chronicles the course of this syndrome in a young woman with Castleman's disease (angiofollicular lym...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Mandler RN,Kerrigan DP,Smart J,Kuis W,Villiger P,Lotz M

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:At the time of diagnosis of colorectal carcinoma, 2-3% of patients are likely to be harboring brain metastases, and another 10% of patients will develop brain lesions during the course of their disease. The purpose of this study was to examine the clinical course of a group of patients with metastatic brain ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Wroński M,Arbit E

更新日期：1999-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several large studies have reported an extremely low incidence of MET gene amplification (GA) in patients with radically resected gastric cancer. This study was conducted to evaluate the prevalence and prognostic role of MET in patients with recurrent=metastatic gastric cancer who received chemotherapy. MET...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： An X,Wang F,Shao Q,Wang FH,Wang ZQ,Wang ZQ,Chen C,Li C,Luo HY,Zhang DS,Xu RH,Li YH

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hemangiopericytomas and malignant solitary fibrous tumors (HPC/SFT) are rare, closely related sarcomas with unpredictable behavior that respond infrequently to chemotherapy. An optimal systemic treatment strategy for advanced HPC/SFT has not yet been identified. METHODS:We retrospectively analyzed the recor...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Park MS,Patel SR,Ludwig JA,Trent JC,Conrad CA,Lazar AJ,Wang WL,Boonsirikamchai P,Choi H,Wang X,Benjamin RS,Araujo DM

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hispanic Americans have been shown to receive fewer cancer screening procedures than nonminority populations. Although lack of insurance or a regular source of care appear to be important determinants, cultural factors also have been suggested. This study examines whether Hispanic patients receive cancer scr...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Jacobs EA,Lauderdale DS

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Monoclonal antibodies have not been evaluated in metastasizing endocrine tumors, even though these lesions may induce severe morbidity of hormone excess in absence of considerable tumor burden. METHODS:A murine monoclonal antibody of the IgG2a subtype was generated by immunization with dispersed tumor cells...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Juhlin C,Papanicolaou V,Arnberg H,Klareskog L,Lörelius LE,Rastad J,Oberg K,Akerström G

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:p53 plays a critical role in cellular anticancer mechanisms, and has been correlated with second primary malignancy (SPM) development. A common polymorphism in codon 72 of p53 results in an amino acid substitution and could influence p53 function. The authors hypothesized that p53 codon 72 polymorphism may b...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Li F,Sturgis EM,Chen X,Zafereo ME,Wei Q,Li G

更新日期：2010-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Standardized incidence ratio for cancer in Norwegian Seventh-Day Adventists compared with the general population was not significantly different from unity (men 91, women 97). Persons converting late in life had a higher incidence than those converting at an earlier age. Respiratory cancers (standardized incidence rat...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Fønnebø V,Helseth A

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred thirty-nine consecutive unselected adults with acute nonlymphoblastic leukemia were treated with a high-dose chemotherapeutic remission-induction regimen consisting of daunomycin (70 mg/m2 IV on days 1, 2, 3), cytosine arabinoside (100 mg/m2 IV every 12 hours), 6-thioguanine (100 mg/m2 orally every 12 hour...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Glucksberg H,Cheever MA,Farewell VT,Fefer A,Sale GE,Thomas ED

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Older adults are an important audience for smoking cessation programs. Over 4.5 million older adults (older than 65) continue to smoke, and the majority are long term, heavy smokers. There is evidence that smoking cessation programs tailored to older smokers can be effective. American Cancer Society (ACS) ma...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Rimer BK,Orleans CT

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignant thymoma is a relatively rare condition and a review of the literature reveals approximately 100 reported cases. Only a small percentage of these have been treated with megavoltage radiation therapy; therefore, it is difficult to find the necessary information to establish a proper time-dose relationship for ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Marks RD Jr,Wallace KM,Pettit HS

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Thyroid carcinomas historically have been divided into two groups according to their presumedly separate embryonic origins: those of neuroectodermal derivation (parafollicular or medullary carcinoma [MCT]) and those of foregut endodermal origin (follicular and papillary carcinomas). The validity of this conc...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Kovacs CS,Masé RM,Kovacs K,Nguyen GK,Chik CL

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lobular carcinoma may arise within the epithelial component of fibroadenoma of the breast, as evidenced by 5 cases reported from the files of the Mayo Clinic and 21 cases cited in the literature. The 5 cases reported here occurred in a series of 4000 cases of fibroadenoma during a 43-year period. Lobular carcinoma is ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Buzanowski-Konakry K,Harrison EG Jr,Payne WS

更新日期：1975-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Early stage lung cancer has a variable prognosis, and there are currently no markers that predict which patients will recur. This study examined the relation between tumor-regulatory T (Treg) cells and total tumor-infiltrating T-cell lymphocytes (TIL) to determine whether they correlated with recurrence. ME...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Petersen RP,Campa MJ,Sperlazza J,Conlon D,Joshi MB,Harpole DH Jr,Patz EF Jr

更新日期：2006-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The hematologic factors of 16 female patients with breast carcinoma who had received adjuvant chemotherapy with L-phenylalanine-based programs for two years were compared with those for 13 normal female volunteers of similar age. The findings include significant suppression of the mean hemoglobin level, of leukocyte c...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Corder MP,Jochimsen PR

更新日期：1982-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A 45-year-old man was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, IgA-kappa, in 1975. Thirteen years later he presented with obstructive jaundice. Computed tomography (CT) showed a 6-cm mass in the head of the pancreas. Needle aspiration showed myeloma. The jaundice resolved after treatment with radiotherapy. Extraosseous involv...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Fischer A,Suhrland MJ,Vogl SE

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00