Utilization and expense of adjuvant cancer therapies following radical prostatectomy.

abstract：:The multiple classifications of histiocytic disorders, and the lack of specificity in their application, have degraded the utility of such diagnostic terms as "Letterer-Siwe Disease" and "Malignant Histiocytosis". A case is presented of a systemic histiocytic proliferation with erythrophagocytosis and giant-cell forma...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Wolfson WL,Gossett T,Pagani J

更新日期：1976-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An unusual thyroid carcinoma is described, showing structural, histochemical and radioimmunologic features of both a follicular and a parafollicular cell carcinoma. Radioimmunoassay revealed high levels of thyroglobulin in the patient's serum and in extracts from metastatic tumor tissue. Immunoreactive thyroglobulin w...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Ljungberg O,Ericsson UB,Bondeson L,Thorell J

更新日期：1983-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Virilizing adrenocortical tumors are uncommon in adult women. These lesions generally secrete dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) and dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEAS), but not testosterone, which usually is produced by ovarian tumors. Exceptionally, adrenal growths may give off testosterone and no other asse...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Del Gaudio AD,Del Gaudio GA

更新日期：1993-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The objective of this study was to assess the rate and possible reasons for false-negative (FN) reflex human papillomavirus (HPV)-DNA tests. METHODS:The authors reviewed all ThinPrep cervical specimens that were submitted for reflex HPV-DNA testing using the Digene Hybrid Capture II (HC2) method from Januar...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Eltoum IA,Chhieng DC,Crowe DR,Roberson J,Jin G,Broker TR

更新日期：2007-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The health-related functioning of patients with cancer is compromised by several factors, including the disease process, treatment, and the various symptoms that are produced by both disease and treatment. This study was designed to specify the relationship between patients' pain severity and their self-repo...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Wang XS,Cleeland CS,Mendoza TR,Engstrom MC,Liu S,Xu G,Hao X,Wang Y,Ren XS

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Necropsy and clinical data show that primary hepatocellular carcinoma (PHC) is the commonest cancer among the Senoi (a Malaysian aboringine group). The other aboringine tribes do not appear to have this high predilection for liver cancer. In the necropsy series, PHS was present in 10 out of 22 Senoi patients with cirr...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Sumithran E,Prathap K

更新日期：1977-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The accumulation of large amounts of fluid in the pleural space is a common sequela of disseminated carcinomatosis. Traditional management has included therapeutic thoracentesis or the placement of a large bore chest tube for drainage with the subsequent installation of a sclerosing agent in an attempt to achieve pleu...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Parker LA,Charnock GC,Delany DJ

更新日期：1989-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Alpha-interferon and dexamethasone are each effective in patients with multiple myeloma and have a combined inhibitory effect on the in vitro growth of myeloma colonies. The effect of combined therapy in newly diagnosed patients is unknown. METHODS:Fifty-one consecutive patients with previously untreated mu...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Dimopoulos MA,Weber D,Delasalle KB,Alexanian R

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Characteristic alterations of marker enzymes and tumor-associated antigens have been detected in the preneoplastic lesions of experimental hepatocarcinogenesis. An identical pattern of enzyme activity (increased gammaglutamyl transferase, loss of glucose-6-phosphatase, and canalicular adenosine triphosphatase) was dem...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Thung SN,Gerber MA

更新日期：1981-04-01 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：:Studies of chemotherapy in advanced or recurrent gynecologic cancer have focussed on ovarian, cervical, and endometrial carcinoma. For celomic epithelial carcinomas of the ovary, a large number of cytotoxic agents have been shown to be active. Dramatic improvement in frequency of response with lesser improvement in su...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Thigpen T,Vance R,Lambuth B,Balducci L,Khansur T,Blessing J,McGehee R

更新日期：1987-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Retroperitoneal lymph node dissection is a fundamental step in the surgical management of patients with pelvic gynecologic malignancies, but its applicability to geriatric patients is controversial. The objective of this study was to evaluate whether pelvic and aortic lymphadenectomy in elderly patients with...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Giannice R,Susini T,Ferrandina G,Poerio A,Margariti PA,Carminati R,Marana E,Mancuso S,Scambia G

更新日期：2001-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Quality assurance (QA) of clinical practice is important for any medical specialty. Programs based on the Patterns of Care Study (PCS) have been developed to compare the quality of radiotherapeutic care at individual institutions, with the national average representing the process and outcome of radiotherapy...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Tanisada K,Teshima T,Ohno Y,Inoue T,Abe M,Ikeda H,Owen JB,Hanks GE,Masuda K,Honke Y

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aspergillus infection can be a major cause of morbidity in immunocompromised patients, especially when there is pulmonary involvement. Diagnosis of aspergillosis is often complicated by the varied clinical presentation and compromised medical status of such patients. Four cases of head and neck Aspergillus infections ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Schubert MM,Peterson DE,Meyers JD,Hackman R,Thomas ED

更新日期：1986-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The inherited, low-penetrance arginine-to-histidine substitution at codon 337 (R337H) of the tumor protein 53 gene (TP53) is clustered in southeast Brazil (estimated frequency, 0.3%). Although its tumorigenic effect initially appeared to be tissue-specific, recent evidence suggests its association with a bro...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Seidinger AL,Mastellaro MJ,Paschoal Fortes F,Godoy Assumpção J,Aparecida Cardinalli I,Aparecida Ganazza M,Correa Ribeiro R,Brandalise SR,Dos Santos Aguiar S,Yunes JA

更新日期：2011-05-15 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:Molecular genetic studies of ovarian cancer have been limited by the inaccessible location of the ovary, the advanced stage of tumors available for analysis, and the lack of a well-defined precursor lesion. However, genetic alterations important in ovarian tumorigenesis have been identified recently. METHOD...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Gallion HH,Pieretti M,DePriest PD,van Nagell JR Jr

更新日期：1995-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The platinum-free interval is the most important predictive factor of a response to subsequent lines of chemotherapy and the most important prognostic factor for progression-free and overall survival in patients with recurrent epithelial ovarian cancer. A nonplatinum regimen is generally considered the most appropriat...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Tomao F,D'Incalci M,Biagioli E,Peccatori FA,Colombo N

更新日期：2017-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In late reproductive-aged breast cancer survivors, there is a need for real-time biomarkers of postchemotherapy ovarian function. The objective was to determine whether antimullerian hormone (AMH) and inhibin B are such biomarkers. The authors tested whether AMH and inhibin B were impacted by breast cancer t...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Su HI,Sammel MD,Green J,Velders L,Stankiewicz C,Matro J,Freeman EW,Gracia CR,DeMichele A

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The objective of this study was to establish the incidence and risk factors for the development of second solid cancers after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT). METHODS:The authors reviewed the case files of 926 consecutive patients who underwent allo-HSCT at their institution b...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Gallagher G,Forrest DL

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pain management often is difficult in patients with bone metastases. Metastatic disease represents >40% of oncologic practice, and >70% of patients with metastatic disease have uncontrolled cancer-related pain. Significant morbidity caused by pathologic fracture and spinal cord compression can result from untreated bo...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Janjan NA

更新日期：1997-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Univariate and multivariate regression methods were used to analyze 17 potential clinical prognostic factors among 138 patients with advanced breast cancer who received Adriamycin-cyclophosphamide combination chemotherapy between 1973 and 1977 at the University of Arizona. Follow-up of patients was through September 1...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Nash CH 3rd,Jones SE,Moon TE,Davis SL,Salmon SE

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Head and neck cancer (H&N CA) patients have known depression of cell-mediated immunity. There is suggestive evidence that prostaglandin (PGE2)-secreting cells may be a major factor. The authors have sought to determine the role of PGE2-releasing monocytes-macrophages in this immune depression by determining the effect...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Wanebo HJ,Riley T,Katz D,Pace RC,Johns ME,Cantrell RW

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effectiveness of combination therapy with diethylstilbestrol, cyclophosphamide, and 5-fluorouracil (DES + CTx + FU) was compared with DES alone or CTx + FU in 87 postmenopausal women with advanced breast cancer. Therapy was randomized according to the tumor estrogen-receptor (ER) status. In 30 patients with ER-ric...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Kiang DT,Frenning DH,Gay J,Goldman AI,Kennedy BJ

更新日期：1981-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The possibility that urinary pepsinogen I is a tumor marker of stomach cancer after total gastrectomy was examined. To decide the cutoff level of urinary pepsinogen I after total gastrectomy, urine samples from 15 patients who had undergone total gastrectomy for stomach cancer in the early or advanced stages and had b...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Yamaguchi T,Takahashi T,Yokota T,Kitamura K,Noguchi A,Kamiguchi M,Doi M,Ahn T,Sawai K,Yamane T

更新日期：1991-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although almost half of all incidents of breast carcinoma occur in women age > or = 65 years, not enough is known about appropriate care for patients in this age group. The objective of the current study was to evaluate the role of breast conservation therapy in the management of breast carcinoma in women ag...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Vlastos G,Mirza NQ,Meric F,Hunt KK,Kuerer HM,Ames FC,Ross MI,Buchholz TA,Hortobagyi GN,Singletary SE

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 26-year-old man with erythroleukemia was found to have circulating micromegakaryocytes . Megakaryocytic features were defined by morphologic and cytochemical studies using light and electron microscopy with platelet-megakaryocyte peroxidase staining. This appears to be the first reported instance of erythroleukemia ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Yamauchi K,Miyauchi J,Nagao T

更新日期：1984-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Pretreatment factors of prognostic value were sought in 54 consecutively treated cases of adult acute myelogenous leukemia. Twenty of 37 patients with a good (greater than 50%) pretreatment Karnofsky performance status (P.S.) achieved complete remission (C.R.), while only 1/17 with a poor P.S. achieved C.R. This diffe...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Kansal V,Omura GA,Soong SJ

更新日期：1976-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A growing body of research shows that a majority of patients with cancer report having religious and spiritual (R/S) beliefs, engaging in R/S behaviors, or deriving comfort from R/S experiences. These studies have been reviewed but not subjected to rigorous critical analysis. A meta-analytic approach is needed to prov...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Salsman JM,Fitchett G,Merluzzi TV,Sherman AC,Park CL

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Systemic anticancer therapies can produce acute and chronic organ damage, but the eye is usually considered a protected site. Nonetheless, the oculo-visual system has a potentially high degree of sensitivity to toxic substances. Ocular toxicity induced by cancer chemotherapy includes a broad spectrum of diso...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： al-Tweigeri T,Nabholtz JM,Mackey JR

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00