Prognosis for primary retroperitoneal sarcoma survivors: a conditional survival analysis.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cetuximab in combination with docetaxel was examined in chemotherapy-refractory/resistant patients with advanced nonsmall-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) to determine response rate, survival, safety, and pharmacokinetics (PK). METHODS:Patients had evidence of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) expression (> o...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Kim ES,Mauer AM,William WN Jr,Tran HT,Liu D,Lee JJ,Windt P,Hong WK,Vokes EE,Herbst RS

更新日期：2009-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The serious import of breast cancer lies in its potential for metastatic spread, which probably starts early in the course of the disease. Detection of the lesion when immunocompetence can control the metastases leads to long-term survival. This usually involves detection of unsuspected, preclinical disease. This is t...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Strax P

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is currently no adequate staging system for cerebral astrocytomas. A scheme for acquiring data that can be used to stage cerebral hemisphere tumors is suggested. This data base, in conjunction with treatment and survival information, may be useful in the management of childhood hemispheric tumors. ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Edwards MS,Klein DM

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three patients with carcinoid tumors of the anterior mediastinum are described. Study of these patients and an analysis of previously reported cases indicates that the thymus is the primary site of these tumors, which are probably related to the presence of Kulchitsky cells in normal thymus. These neoplasms differ cli...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Salyer WR,Salyer DC,Eggleston JC

更新日期：1976-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Interferon-alpha (IFN-alpha) has shown significant activity in the treatment of BCR-ABL-negative myeloproliferative disorders (MPDs), particularly essential thrombocythemia (ET) and polycythemia vera (PV). PEG-IFN-alpha-2b is a pegylated IFN-alpha-2b with a significant advantage over nonpegylated form in tha...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Jabbour E,Kantarjian H,Cortes J,Thomas D,Garcia-Manero G,Ferrajoli A,Faderl S,Richie MA,Beran M,Giles F,Verstovsek S

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have tested methyl glyoxal bis-guanyl hydrazone (NSC 32946) for antitumor activity in patients with colorectal carcinoma and non-small cell bronchogenic carcinoma. The drug dose was 500 mg/m2 administered by single weekly injection, and with a provision dose escalation. No responses were seen in 38 evaluable patien...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Killen JY,Mitchell EP,Hoth DF,Willis LL,Gullo JJ,Smith FP,Schein PS,Woolley PV

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Treatment with traditional cytotoxic chemotherapy regimens containing streptozocin or dacarbazine has resulted in only marginal benefit for patients with metastatic neuroendocrine tumors. The use of these regimens has been further limited by their potential toxicity. Gemcitabine is generally well tolerated a...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Kulke MH,Kim H,Clark JW,Enzinger PC,Lynch TJ,Morgan JA,Vincitore M,Michelini A,Fuchs CS

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Results from the standpoint of survival rates and locoregional failures are compared in three series of patients having had a radical mastectomy for breast cancer: (1) radical mastectomy alone for the patients who had essentially outer quadrant lesions and a negative axilla; (2) postoperative irradiation when the axil...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Rodger A,Montague ED,Fletcher G

更新日期：1983-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The current study was performed to compare the value of sentinel lymph node dissection (SND) and axillary lymph node dissection (AND) in improving the utility-adjusted survival for early-stage breast carcinoma patients. METHODS:A number needed to treat (NNT) analysis was used to compare SND with AND. In the...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Jani AB,Basu A,Heimann R,Hellman S

更新日期：2003-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The relationships between psychological and behavioral variables and patient outcomes after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) are not known definitively but have great potential importance, since this lifesaving procedure is used increasingly to treat a variety of malignancies. The objective of ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Chang G,Orav EJ,McNamara T,Tong MY,Antin JH

更新日期：2004-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Earlier literature suggests a high incidence of multicentricity and bilaterality, with an overall poor prognosis, in patients with invasive lobular carcinoma of the breast. Consequently, there is considerable disagreement regarding appropriate local management of this disease. To determine the influence of invasive lo...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Poen JC,Tran L,Juillard G,Selch MT,Giuliano A,Silverstein M,Fingerhut A,Lewinsky B,Parker RG

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:National Cancer Institute (NCI)/National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN)-designated cancer centers (CCs) offer patients state-of-the-art treatment, but their impact on multiple myeloma (MM) patient outcomes has not been evaluated. METHODS:Adult MM patients diagnosed between 1973 and 2011 were identified...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Ailawadhi S,Advani P,Yang D,Ghosh R,Swaika A,Roy V,Foran J,Colon-Otero G,Chanan-Khan A

更新日期：2016-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The serum lactase dehydrogenase (LDH) of 56 patients with Ewing's sarcoma was examined to determine the use of LDH as a tumor marker. The initial LDH level was used to determine its ability to predict survival. The follow-up LDH level also was examined, as an indicator of recurrent disease. The initial LDH level was f...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Farley FA,Healey JH,Caparros-Sison B,Godbold J,Lane JM,Glasser DB

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carcinoembryonic antigen is only a tumor assoicated antigen and is less clinically useful than the original report suggested. However, the CEA assays in clinical use utilize reagents operationally defined by old criteria. There is now abundant evidence that "CEA" consists of a heterogenous family of related glycoprote...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Alpert E

更新日期：1978-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients who are diagnosed with osteosarcoma (OS) today receive the same therapy that patients have received over the last 4 decades. Extensive efforts to identify more effective or less toxic regimens have proved disappointing. As we enter a postgenomic era in which we now recognize OS not as a cancer of mutations bu...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Roberts RD,Lizardo MM,Reed DR,Hingorani P,Glover J,Allen-Rhoades W,Fan T,Khanna C,Sweet-Cordero EA,Cash T,Bishop MW,Hegde M,Sertil AR,Koelsche C,Mirabello L,Malkin D,Sorensen PH,Meltzer PS,Janeway KA,Gorlick R,Cro

更新日期：2019-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Small areas unstained with Lugol's iodine are often observed in the mucosa surrounding esophageal carcinomas. METHODS:For light microscopic evaluation, the histologic features of 131 small areas unstained by Lugol's iodine in 12 selected cases were investigated. For clinicopathologic evaluation, the numbers...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Nakanishi Y,Ochiai A,Yoshimura K,Kato H,Shimoda T,Yamaguchi H,Tachimori Y,Watanabe H,Hirohashi S

更新日期：1998-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sipuleucel-T is an investigational active cellular immunotherapy product designed to stimulate an immune response against prostate cancer. The safety and efficacy of sipuleucel-T was evaluated in 2 identically designed, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trials (D9901 and D9902A) conducted in men w...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Higano CS,Schellhammer PF,Small EJ,Burch PA,Nemunaitis J,Yuh L,Provost N,Frohlich MW

更新日期：2009-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:RAS/RAF/mitogen-activated protein kinase activation is common in myeloid malignancies. Trametinib, a mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 1 (MEK1)/MEK2 inhibitor with activity against multiple myeloid cell lines at low nanomolar concentrations, was evaluated for safety and clinical activity in patients wi...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Borthakur G,Popplewell L,Boyiadzis M,Foran J,Platzbecker U,Vey N,Walter RB,Olin R,Raza A,Giagounidis A,Al-Kali A,Jabbour E,Kadia T,Garcia-Manero G,Bauman JW,Wu Y,Liu Y,Schramek D,Cox DS,Wissel P,Kantarjian H

更新日期：2016-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The etiology of cancer resembles that of many other diseases in that multiple factors may be required. Because of this, the role or viruses in the etiology of human cancers is especially difficult to assess. When animal tumor systems were used as models, the roles of various predisposing characteristics in virus oncog...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Rapp F,Reed CL

更新日期：1977-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Akt/mammalian target of the rapamycin (mTOR) signaling pathway represents a promising target for cancer therapy. The phosphorylation status of Akt and of mTOR's phosphorylation target eukaryotic initiation factor 4E-binding protein 1 (4E-BP1) is often used to assess the activity of Akt and mTOR signaling...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Akcakanat A,Sahin A,Shaye AN,Velasco MA,Meric-Bernstam F

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prostate cancer (PC) mortality is much greater for African American than for Caucasian men. To identify patient factors that might account for some of this disparity, men within 6 months of diagnosis were surveyed about health attitudes and behavior. METHODS:Using Rapid Identification in the North Carolina ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Talcott JA,Spain P,Clark JA,Carpenter WR,Do YK,Hamilton RJ,Galanko JA,Jackman A,Godley PA

更新日期：2007-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several studies have shown that Ashkenazi Jews in the United States and Israel have a high prevalence of the founder mutations BRCA1 185delAG, BRCA1 5382insC, BRCA2 6174delT, and APC I1307K at frequencies of 1.0--1.1%, 0.2--0.3%, 0.6--1.4%, and 6.1--7.0%, respectively. The objective of this study was to comp...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Bahar AY,Taylor PJ,Andrews L,Proos A,Burnett L,Tucker K,Friedlander M,Buckley MF

更新日期：2001-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The malignant biological behavior of small-sized lung adenocarcinomas remains obscure, although understanding this feature is important for selecting appropriate treatment. In the current study, the authors evaluated malignancy grades of small adenocarcinomas using fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomogr...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Nakayama H,Okumura S,Daisaki H,Kato Y,Uehara H,Adachi S,Yoshimura M,Okada M

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Onycholysis has been reported in association with the use of several noncytotoxic drugs and with chemotherapy in 135 patients. Onycholysis may be precipitated by exposure to ultraviolet radiation. METHODS:The authors studied 91 patients who received paclitaxel and 187 patients who received doxorubicin. RES...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Hussain S,Anderson DN,Salvatti ME,Adamson B,McManus M,Braverman AS

更新日期：2000-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Kaiser Permanente (KP) is a large health maintenance organization (HMO) operating in 14 states and caring for 8,000,000 members in hundreds of facilities staffed by thousands of physicians and support personnel. Cancer care is provided to these KP members as part of the health care package. METHODS:KP insur...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Glass A

更新日期：1998-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The records of 12 patients with a diagnosis of pinealoma or ectopic pinealoma irradiated at Montefiore Hospital and Medical Center between 1961 and 1971 were reviewed. Diagnosis was made clinically and radiographically. Histology is available in three cases. Eight cases were treated with small fields (4 X 4 to 6 X 8 c...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Mincer F,Meltzer J,Botstein C

更新日期：1976-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Two types of correction for absorbed dose (D) estimates are described for clinical applications of internal emitters. The first is appropriate for legal and scientific reasons involving phantom-based estimates; the second is patient-specific and primarily intended for radioimmunotherapy (RIT). METHODS:The M...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Williams LE,Liu A,Yamauchi DM,Lopatin G,Raubitschek AA,Wong JY

更新日期：2002-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A feasibility study examining the effects of supervised aerobic exercise training on cardiopulmonary and quality of life (QOL) endpoints among postsurgical nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients was conducted. METHODS:Using a single-group design, 20 patients with stage I-IIIB NSCLC performed 3 aerobic c...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Jones LW,Eves ND,Peterson BL,Garst J,Crawford J,West MJ,Mabe S,Harpole D,Kraus WE,Douglas PS

更新日期：2008-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The specific activity of the non-receptor protein tyrosine kinase, Src, is increased in the majority of colon and rectal adenocarcinomas compared to normal mucosa. However, the prognostic significance of this difference is unknown. The objective of the current study was to determine if Src activity is a mark...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Aligayer H,Boyd DD,Heiss MM,Abdalla EK,Curley SA,Gallick GE

更新日期：2002-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatoid adenocarcinomas of the stomach are gastric carcinomas with both adenocarcinomatous and hepatocellular differentiations. They usually produce large amounts of alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) with a Concanavalin A-binding property of hepatic type. In this study, these carcinomas occurred in older persons, with the antr...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Ishikura H,Kirimoto K,Shamoto M,Miyamoto Y,Yamagiwa H,Itoh T,Aizawa M

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00