Improving prognosis of glioblastoma in the 21st century: who has benefited most?

abstract：:An adequate operation for colorectal carcinoma involves removal of the primary tumor and wide excision of the mesentery with its contained regional lymph nodes and lymphovascular pathways. Enker and DeCosse state that radical resection, i.e., total mesenteric lymphadenectomy encompassing the origins of the complete ar...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Leffall LD Jr

更新日期：1983-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:During the last two decades, a rising incidence of adenocarcinoma of the esophagus has been observed in the Western world. The prognostic relevance of tumor-biological factors, such as DNA ploidy or c-erbB-2 overexpression, for overall survival following complete resection is still unknown. METHODS:In a ret...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Nakamura T,Nekarda H,Hoelscher AH,Bollschweiler E,Harbeck N,Becker K,Siewert JR,Harbec N corrected to Harbeck N

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) of the bladder displays an unpredictable biologic behavior and the morphologic methods of grading tumor malignancy are often insufficient to predict the clinical outcome of patients with TCC of the bladder. Thus, the new indicator should reliably reflect prognosis. In this s...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Shiina H,Igawa M,Nagami H,Yagi H,Urakami S,Yoneda T,Shirakawa H,Ishibe T,Kawanishi M

更新日期：1996-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Treatment of febrile neutropenia (FN) is costly, because it typically involves hospitalization. As cancer rates continue to increase, the number of patients suffering from FN will also increase, making it important to quantify the costs of treating this condition accurately and comprehensively. METHODS:A co...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Lathia N,Mittmann N,DeAngelis C,Knowles S,Cheung M,Piliotis E,Shear N,Walker S

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of ovarian cancer in Rochester, Minnesota over the 40-year period 1935 through 1974 was determined; and risk factors for epithelial ovarian cancer occurring in Rochester from 1945 to 1974 were examined in 116 patients and 464 controls. Among the characteristics studied, only nulliparity was found to be a...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Annegers JF,Strom H,Decker DG,Dockerty MB,O'Fallon WM

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pel-Epstein fever cycles, consisting of 1-2 weeks of high fever separated by afebrile periods of the same duration, are classically characteristic of Hodgkin's disease. Clinical observation has determined that the lymph nodes enlarge during periods of fever and reduce in size as the fever subsides. To our knowledge, t...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Scanlon GT,Castellino RA,Rudders R

更新日期：1975-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Current cervical cancer screening approaches are based on cytology supplemented by human papillomavirus (HPV) testing in some settings. Whereas cytology is laborious and depends on the cytologists' experience, HPV testing has limited specificity when it is used to detect high-grade lesions. A dichotomous tes...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Wentzensen N,Hampl M,Herkert M,Reichert A,Trunk MJ,Poremba C,Ridder R,von Knebel Doeberitz M

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixty-six consecutive cases of carcinoma of the lower lip were seen at the Indiana University Hospitals from 1960 to 1972. Each patient's records were reviewed as to age, sex, race, stage, stage by treatment modality, pathology, treatment methods used and cause of failure. Early lip cancer represents a highly curative...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Hornback NB,Shidnia H

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proviral DNA of adult T-cell leukemia virus (HTLV-I) was examined by the standard Southern blotting method in lymph nodes of 45 patients with anti-HTLV-I antibody (ATLA)-positive adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL). Six of these patients revealed no monoclonal proviral HTLV-I DNA in tumor cells. These six patients s...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Yoshida T,Kikuchi M,Ooshima K,Takeshita M,Kimura N,Kozuru M,Satoh H

更新日期：1989-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes a unique palliative approach of radical surgical debridement for uncontrollable, recurrent pelvic tumors ulcerating through the perineum. All conservative treatment attempts with radiotherapy and chemotherapy had failed. Seven patients have been treated with resection of the tumor including a por...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Temple WJ,Ketcham AS

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:CXC chemokine receptor 4 (CXCR4) is activated by phosphorylation (pCXCR4) and is essential for the migration of hematopoietic precursors to bone marrow. CXCR4 overexpression predicts a poor prognosis in patients with acute myeloid leukemia. Data regarding the prognostic impact of CXCR4 in patients with B-acu...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Konoplev S,Jorgensen JL,Thomas DA,Lin E,Burger J,Kantarjian HM,Andreeff M,Medeiros LJ,Konopleva M

更新日期：2011-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The current study was conducted to assess the efficacy and toxicity of sorafenib as front-line therapy in patients with stage IIIB (pleural effusion) or IV nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC). METHODS:Patients received sorafenib 400 mg twice daily by mouth continuously, and were evaluated every 2 weeks during...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Dy GK,Hillman SL,Rowland KM Jr,Molina JR,Steen PD,Wender DB,Nair S,Mandrekar S,Schild SE,Adjei AA,North Central Cancer Treatment Group Study N0326.

更新日期：2010-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Two studies were performed to evaluate the safety, tolerability, and efficacy of irinotecan (CPT-11) in the treatment of adults with malignant glioma. Patients with progressive or recurrent malignant gliomas were enrolled. In the first study, CPT-11 was administered once every 3 weeks as a 90-minute intravenous infusi...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Cloughesy TF,Filka E,Kuhn J,Nelson G,Kabbinavar F,Friedman H,Miller LL,Elfring GL

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) has been rising rapidly in the United States. California is an ethnically diverse state with the largest number of incident HCC cases in the country. Characterizing HCC disparities in California may inform priorities for HCC prevention. METHODS:By using data f...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Yang B,Liu JB,So SK,Han SS,Wang SS,Hertz A,Shariff-Marco S,Lin Gomez S,Rosenberg PS,Nguyen MH,Hsing AW

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deguelin is a rotenoid compound that exists in abundant quantities in the bark, roots, and leaves of the Leguminosae family of plants. An analysis of evidence from both in vitro and in vivo studies suggests that deguelin displays potent anticancer activity against multiple cancer types and exhibits chemopreventive pot...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Varughese RS,Lam WS,Marican AABH,Viganeshwari SH,Bhave AS,Syn NL,Wang J,Wong AL,Kumar AP,Lobie PE,Lee SC,Sethi G,Goh BC,Wang L

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A primary fibrosarcoma of the thyroid occurring in a patient with a nodular goiter is described. Light microscopy showed interwoven bundles of spindle cells admixed with plump ovoid cells, and foci of multinucleated giant cells. Remnants of distorted thyroid follicles were found only at the periphery of the tumor. "Tr...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Shin WY,Aftalion B,Hotchkiss E,Schenkman R,Berkman J

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective analysis of a series of 162 patients treated for isolated chest wall recurrence of breast cancer after mastectomy was undertaken. Cumulative survival, distant relapse-free survival, and freedom from local progression after 5 years from the diagnosis of recurrence were 34%, 28%, and 45% respectively. Fi...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Magno L,Bignardi M,Micheletti E,Bardelli D,Plebani F

更新日期：1987-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the fact that expression of Fas ligand (FasL) in cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) and in natural killer (NK) cells plays an important role in Fas-mediated tumor killing, During tumor progression FasL-expressing tumor cells are involved in counterattacking to kill tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs). Soluble Fa...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Kim R,Emi M,Tanabe K,Uchida Y,Toge T

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 79 cases of histologically verified anaplastic giant-cell carcinoma, symptoms, treatment, and prognosis were documented. Seventy-eight patients are dead, the mean survival time being 2.5 months. One patient is cured. It was concluded that surgery and/or radiotherapy alone are not sufficient. The results from an add...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Jereb B,Stjernswärd J,Löwhagen T

更新日期：1975-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The objective of this study was to create a nomogram model integrating clinical and multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (MP-MRI)-based variables to predict prostate cancer upgrading in a population of active surveillance (AS) patients. METHODS:Prostate cancer patients on AS who underwent MP-MRI with ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Lai WS,Gordetsky JB,Thomas JV,Nix JW,Rais-Bahrami S

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Turcot's syndrome is a rare, genetically transmittable disease in which patients with colonic polyposis (possibly complicated by the progression to adenocarcinoma) have malignant central nervous system neoplasms. Dominant, recessive, and sporadic cases have been described. A 26-year-old man is reported with no relevan...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Newton HB,Rosenblum MK,Malkin MG

更新日期：1991-10-01 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：:The poor postsurgical prognosis in patients with colorectal cancer of the Dukes' C classification has prompted a clinical trial of adjuvant immunotherapy versus chemoimmunotherapy intended to prolong either the disease-free interval or the overall survival or both. One hundred and twenty-one patients have been entered...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Mavligit GM,Gutterman JU,Malahy MA,Burgess MA,McBride CM,Jubert A,Hersh EM

更新日期：1977-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) have activity in solid tumors. The authors evaluated an oral EGFR TKI, erlotinib, in patients with previously treated esophageal cancer. METHODS:Thirty patients with measurable, metastatic cancer of the esophageal and gastroeso...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Ilson DH,Kelsen D,Shah M,Schwartz G,Levine DA,Boyd J,Capanu M,Miron B,Klimstra D

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nine patients with mixed müllerian tumors (MMT) of the uterus associated with a history of prior pelvic irradiation were compared clinically and pathologically with 8 nonirradiation-associated MMT control patients. Patients with postirradiation tumors presented at a younger age and with symptoms indicative of extensiv...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Varela-Duran J,Nochomovitz LE,Prem KA,Dehner LP

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemokines are chemoattractant cytokines that regulate the trafficking and activation of leukocytes and other cell types under a variety of inflammatory and noninflammatory conditions. Over the past few years, studies have increasingly shown that chemokines play an important role in several aspects of tumor progressio...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Ruffini PA,Morandi P,Cabioglu N,Altundag K,Cristofanilli M

更新日期：2007-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In a retrospective analysis of 166 patients with chronic hepatitis B followed for up to 8 years, 22 patients had 29 episodes of elevations in serum alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) levels. Twenty-five episodes were due to a transient exacerbation of the underlying hepatitis and 11 of these episodes were followed by a loss of h...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Di Bisceglie AM,Hoofnagle JH

更新日期：1989-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies have suggested that the prognosis in patients with extremity soft-tissue sarcomas (ESTS) with isolated lymph node (LN) metastases (stage IV) is comparable to that of patients with high-risk ESTS without metastases (stage III). This study was performed to determine the outcomes of patients wh...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Al-Refaie WB,Andtbacka RH,Ensor J,Pisters PW,Ellis TL,Shrout A,Hunt KK,Cormier JN,Pollock RE,Feig BW

更新日期：2008-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Men who undergo radical prostatectomy (RP) are at long-term risk of biochemical recurrence (BCR). In this report, the authors have described a model capable of predicting BCR up to at least 15 years after RP that can adjust predictions according to the disease-free interval. METHODS:Cox regression was used ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Suardi N,Porter CR,Reuther AM,Walz J,Kodama K,Gibbons RP,Correa R,Montorsi F,Graefen M,Huland H,Klein EA,Karakiewicz PI

更新日期：2008-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ovarian cancer patients frequently receive chemotherapy near the end of life. The purpose of the current study was to develop indicators that characterize those ovarian cancer patients who have a short life span. METHODS:The medical charts of deceased epithelial ovarian cancer patients were retrospectively ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： von Gruenigen V,Daly B,Gibbons H,Hutchins J,Green A

更新日期：2008-05-15 00:00:00