Early referral to supportive care specialists for symptom burden in lung cancer patients: a comparison of non-Hispanic whites, Hispanics, and non-Hispanic blacks.

abstract：:A squamous cell carcinoma arising in intralobar bronchopulmonary sequestration of the right lower lobe is described in a 69-year-old man. One other reported case was found. Other complications of bronchopulmonary sequestration include nonspecific infections and tuberculosis. ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Bell-Thomson J,Missier P,Sommers SC

更新日期：1979-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Current salvage therapy for recurrent high-risk neuroblastoma is rarely curative. Assessment of the effectiveness of new, primarily cytostatic agents requires the redefinition of study endpoints to reflect disease stabilization rather than tumor response or regression. The intervals of disease control in the...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Santana VM,Furman WL,McGregor LM,Billups CA

更新日期：2008-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:From 1949 to 1972, 4732 patients with carcinomas of the lung were seen. Of these, 118 patients were found alive at 10 years from their initial diagnosis and treatment. This number represents only 2.5% of all lung cancers seen because many have been lost to follow-up within the first ten years, and their true status is...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Temeck BK,Flehinger BJ,Martini N

更新日期：1984-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Breast cancer is the most common cancer and the second leading cause of cancer death among women in the United States; annual breast cancer deaths are exceeded only by those for lung cancer. METHODS:Data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) program registry of the National Cancer Inst...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Berg JW,Hutter RV

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The continuity that exists between Hodgkin's disease and the fibrohistiocytoses has only recently been recognized. Four cases are presented that illustrate this phenomenon. The fibrohistiocytic component of the Hodgkin's lesion may lag behind the lymphoreticular component, may be present in equal proportion, or may as...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Suster S

更新日期：1986-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The echinoderm microtubule-associated protein-like 4-anaplastic lymphoma kinase (EML4-ALK) fusion gene resulting from the chromosome inversion inv(2)(p21;p23) recently was identified in nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The authors of this study investigated the frequency, genetic and clinicopathologic prof...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Wong DW,Leung EL,So KK,Tam IY,Sihoe AD,Cheng LC,Ho KK,Au JS,Chung LP,Pik Wong M,University of Hong Kong Lung Cancer Study Group.

更新日期：2009-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with ER positive primary tumors usually have initial metastases at the more favorable sites. Twelve out of 14 patients with ER positive had first site of metastases in either bone or soft tissue. In contrast, 13 of 17 patients with negative ER developed first metastases in viscera. ER positive patients respon...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Singhakowinta A,Saunders DE,Brooks SC,Samal B,Vaitkevicius VK

更新日期：1980-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies of calcium metabolism in 38 patients with cancer indicated that: 1) intestinal absorption of calcium was reduced in patients with skeletal metastases and in those with hypercalcemia; 2) calcium-47 space (a measurement of bone turnover rate) was high in the patients with skeletal metastases; 3) hypercalcemic pa...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Coombes RS,Ward MK,Greenberg PB,Hillyard CJ,Tulloch BR,Morrison R,Joplin GF

更新日期：1976-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many clinicians use group support to reduce the psychosocial difficulties of persons with cancer. This study compared the long-term benefits of a thematic counseling model used both as a structure for group support and for counseling patients individually. The thematic model included eight counseling sessions focused ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Cain EN,Kohorn EI,Quinlan DM,Latimer K,Schwartz PE

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The author reviewed the question of late side effects of cancer treatment. A late side effect was defined as an unwanted and deleterious effect observed for the first time 12 months or longer after treatment. In a survey of articles published by The New England Journal of Medicine and The Lancet from 1968 to 1988, nin...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Boivin JF

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Since the introduction of the TNM residual tumor (R) classification, the involvement of resection margins has been defined either as a microscopic (R1) or a macroscopic (R2) demonstration of tumor directly at the resection margin ("tumor transected"). METHODS:The recognition of the importance of the circumf...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Wittekind C,Compton C,Quirke P,Nagtegaal I,Merkel S,Hermanek P,Sobin LH

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Distant nontraumatic clostridial myonecrosis in association with malignancy is an uncommon disorder, with only 14 well-documented cases previously reported in the English literature. Clostridium perfringens and C. septicum are the most common organisms, usually gaining access to the circulation through an ulcerated le...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Kaiser CW,Milgrom ML,Lynch JA

更新日期：1986-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prostate adenocarcinoma is predominantly a disease of older men. Males younger than 50 years account for 1% of all patients with prostate cancer. The authors retrospectively examined cases of prostate adenocarcinoma in patients younger than 50 years of age to determine the natural history and prognosis of th...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Aprikian AG,Zhang ZF,Fair WR

更新日期：1994-09-15 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:Response rates in chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) are now reported based on the cumulative incidence of a single-time best response. The study aim was to examine the significance of different response criteria for CML on imatinib therapy. METHODS:In all, 276 patients with chronic phase CML on imatinib therap...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Kantarjian H,O'Brien S,Shan J,Huang X,Garcia-Manero G,Faderl S,Ravandi-Kashani F,Verstovsek S,Beth Rios M,Cortes J

更新日期：2008-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The authors have noted that in cervical cytology specimens from perimenopausal and postmenopausal women, the diagnosis of atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ASC-US), as defined in the Bethesda system, is often not associated with a clinically evident lesion on follow-up. Reflex human papil...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Johnston EI,Logani S

更新日期：2007-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The feasibility of employing adjuvant topical mechlorethamine after electron beam therapy in the treatment of patients with mycosis fungoides is demonstrated. Patients treated with a planned adjuvant topical mechlorethamine schedule had a median disease-free interval of 25 months compared to 17 months for the group tr...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Price NM,Hoppe RT,Constantine VS,Fuks ZY,Farber EM

更新日期：1977-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Neurofibroma of the urinary bladder is rare. Only isolated case reports have appeared. Information regarding the long term follow-up of patients with neurofibroma is limited. METHODS:The authors studied 4 cases of neurofibroma of the bladder diagnosed at Mayo Clinic from 1965 through 1990. Immunostains for ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Cheng L,Scheithauer BW,Leibovich BC,Ramnani DM,Cheville JC,Bostwick DG

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although K-ras is the most frequently mutated protooncogene in colorectal carcinoma, the specific role and timing of K-ras mutations in colorectal carcinogenesis remains controversial. In the current study, the authors investigated associations with K-ras mutation in incident sporadic colorectal adenomas tha...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Barry EL,Baron JA,Grau MV,Wallace K,Haile RW

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the period from September, 1976 to June, 1979, 70 patients with locoregional or extensive epidermoid carcinoma of the esophagus were treated with the two-drug combination of cisplatin and bleomycin (DB). For the 43 patients with locoregional disease (LRD), DB was used prior to surgery and/or radiation therapy; ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Coonley CJ,Bains M,Hilaris B,Chapman R,Kelsen DP

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Models play a fundamental role in all sciences. Scientific theories can be understood as "intellectual models" of the relations and interrelations between the elements of the science. Such relational models consider the scientific topics as "systems," and may therefore be called "system models." The basic elements of ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Brock N,Schneider B

更新日期：1984-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have shown that magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is sensitive to white matter changes in children receiving cranial radiation of 3000 cGy or greater. The current study used MRI to investigate the integrity of white matter in children receiving 1800 to 2400 cGy of cranial radiation. Ten survivors of ac...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Kramer JH,Norman D,Brant-Zawadzki M,Ablin A,Moore IM

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Currently, there is a "divide" between cancer survivorship initiatives and minority participation. The level of participation is nearly nonexistent in many cancer support and control initiatives. Cancer survivorship resources that facilitate access to treatment, psychosocial interventions, clinical trials, and researc...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Guidry JJ,Torrence W,Herbelin S

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of the current study was to determine the prevalence of low bone mineral density (BMD) (ie, osteopenia) and identify factors associated with low BMD in young adult survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). METHODS:Dual energy x-ray absorptiometry was used to evaluate BMD in 74 r...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Thomas IH,Donohue JE,Ness KK,Dengel DR,Baker KS,Gurney JG

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL) is the most common brain tumor occurring in patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). After diagnosis of PCNSL, the median survival time is 2-5 months with treatment with whole brain irradiation (WBI). METHODS:Four (of approximately 40) patient...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Chamberlain MC

更新日期：1994-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-four patients with metastatic cancer of the choroid were seen in the Department of Therapeutic Radiology, Rush-Presbyterian--St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, between 1964 and 1975. One fourth of the patients had involvement in both eyes, for a total of 30 eyes involved with metastatic cancer. The most common...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Reddy S,Saxena VS,Hendrickson F,Deutsch W

更新日期：1981-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Postgastrectomy patients undergoing chemoradiation risk chemoradiation-induced liver disease (CRILD). The objectives of this study were to investigate dosimetric implications and assess biologic susceptibility to CRILD in these patients. METHODS:Sixty-two patients with Stage IB-IV gastric/gastroesophageal a...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Cheng JC,Liu MC,Tsai SY,Fang WT,Jer-Min Jian J,Sung JL

更新日期：2004-11-01 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：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：:The issue of how immunoglobulins are transported across the intestinal epithelium into the gut lumen was examined by immunohistocytochemical techniques. IgA, IgM, IgG and secretory component (SC) in human small intestine at light and electron microscopic levels were localized by the peroxidase-labeled antibody techniq...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Brown WR

更新日期：1977-11-01 00:00:00