A Web-based communication aid for patients with cancer: the CONNECT Study.

abstract：:The cases of 189 patients treated at the Surgery Service for gastric carcinoma from January 1960 to December 1978 and followed until April 1984 were reviewed in terms of evolutive behavior. Correlations between sex, age, duration of symptoms, site of tumors, lymph node metastases, stage of tumors, operability, resecta...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Ziliotto A Jr,Kunzle JE,De Souza A,Colicchio-Filho O

更新日期：1987-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous data from the National Cancer Data Base have examined time trends in stage of disease, treatment patterns, and survival for selected cancers. The most current (1993) data for breast carcinoma are described here. METHODS:Five Calls for Data have yielded a total of 508,724 breast cancer cases diagnos...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Winchester DP,Osteen RT,Menck HR

更新日期：1996-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Chondrosarcoma of the foot is a very unusual entity. A case arising from a solitary osteocartilagenous exostosis is presented and the literature is reviewed and discussed. ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Lewis MM,Marcove RC,Bullough PG

更新日期：1975-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Historically coal mining populations have been reported to have elevated stomach cancer incidence rates. To identify which factors might be associated with cases who reside in these high risk areas, and specifically if particulate exposures from coal mining and coal utilization are associated with risk, a mining area ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Weinberg GB,Kuller LH,Stehr PA

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CEA-like material was found in 51 of 62 primary human breast carcinomas and in only 2 of 12 fibroadenomas. Levels of carcinoma CEA-like material correlated weakly with cytoplasmic estradiol receptor levels, total cytosol estrogens, and cytosol progesterone. Levels of CEA-like material showed no significant correlation...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Duffy MJ,O'Connell M,O'Sullivan F,McKenna B,Allen MA,McDonnell L

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A panel of Japanese and American pathologists reviewed existing histologic material used to study breast cancer risk among the A-bomb survivors in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, a population in which incidence studies have found a strong relationship between breast cancer risk and radiation dose. The primary charge to the pa...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Tokuoka S,Asano M,Yamamoto T,Tokunaga M,Sakamoto G,Hartmann WH,Hutter RV,Land CE,Henson DE

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ewing sarcoma family of tumors (ESFTs) are the second most common bone tumor, that most often affects persons ages 3-40 years. The ESFTs rely on signaling through the insulin-like growth factor-1 receptor (IGF-1R) for growth and transformation. The current studies were performed to determine the levels of IG...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Toretsky JA,Steinberg SM,Thakar M,Counts D,Pironis B,Parente C,Eskenazi A,Helman L,Wexler LH

更新日期：2001-12-01 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:Many studies have tried to identify prognostic factors to guide the selection of patients at high risk for metastases in penile carcinoma. The authors evaluated human papillomavirus (HPV) status with respect to clinical features, incidence of metastases, and prognosis of penile carcinoma. METHODS:Human papi...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Bezerra AL,Lopes A,Santiago GH,Ribeiro KC,Latorre MR,Villa LL

更新日期：2001-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Most patients with cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC) of the head and neck (HN) are at low-risk (<5%) of developing metastatic SCC to regional lymph nodes. However, patients with unfavorable clinicopathologic factors often are under appreciated by clinicians but remain at higher risk for developing met...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Veness MJ,Palme CE,Morgan GJ

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peripheral B- and T-lymphocyte counts were studied in 50 patients before they received any therapy for their conditions: 16 had carcinoma of the breast; 8 soft tissue sarcoma; and 26, benign disease. Among 11 males, the six patients with advanced soft tissue sarcoma had significantly lower percentages of T lymphocytes...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Lee YT,Marshall GJ,Weiner J,Bateman JR

更新日期：1977-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper discusses the imaging methods available for the detection and diagnosis of colon cancer, concentrating on endoscopy and barium radiology. Effective utilization of these two methods may be facilitated by using flexible sigmoidoscopy to direct further investigation. There is a need for educational efforts to ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Stevenson GW

更新日期：1993-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The diagnostic accuracy of technetium-99m methoxyisobutylisonitrile (Tc-MIBI) single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and computed tomography (CT) of the head and neck for differentiating recurrent or residual nasopharyngeal carcinomas (NPC) from benign lesions after radiotherapy was compared with...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Kao CH,Shiau YC,Shen YY,Yen RF

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of multiple myeloma is described that contained two morphologically identical but immunologically diverse subpopulations. One of the subclones produced only kappa chains, whereas the other contained only gamma chains. Additional immunohistologic investigations revealed production by one of the subpopulations of...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Metz K,Leder LD

更新日期：1985-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Seventeen patients were given DTIC, 200 mg/m2/day in five-day courses every four to six weeks. In four patients (stage II) treated on an adjuvant basis, tumor recurrence has been verified in three. Four of the palliatively treated patients were also given DTIC by regional intra-arterial infusion with minimal positive ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Jönsson PE,Agrup G,Arnbjörnsson E,Hafström L,Rorsman H

更新日期：1980-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of trials testing combined surgery and chemotherapy in lung cancer are reviewed. Fifteen adjuvant trials using various chemotherapeutic agents were analyzed to determine reasons for their lack of success. Current trials with adjuvant therapy in lung cancer are briefly outlined. In addition, analysis of the...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Legha SS,Muggia FM,Carter SK

更新日期：1977-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The usefulness of fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) for the histologic subtyping of specific sarcomas still is somewhat controversial but is becoming increasingly popular in the U.S. METHODS:To determine the accuracy and usefulness of FNAB in the differential diagnosis of myxoid sarcoma, the authors retr...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Kilpatrick SE,Ward WG,Bos GD

更新日期：2000-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteria-antibody complexes were used to study capping of receptors for the activated third component of complement on peripheral blood lymphocytes. The impairment of C3d receptor capping improves in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia responding to therapy, but this does not necessarily correspond to the fall ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Hendrick AM,Gormus BJ,Leech SH

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cyclins, cyclin dependent kinases (cdks), and their inhibitors act in combination to regulate progression through the cell cycle and often are dysregulated in carcinoma. The authors hypothesized that cyclin E plays an important role in ovarian carcinogenesis and that its overexpression may be an indicator of...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Rosen DG,Yang G,Deavers MT,Malpica A,Kavanagh JJ,Mills GB,Liu J

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three screening programs for early cervical cancer currently in use in Japan were evaluated according to the following criteria: (1) economic effectiveness; (2) screening efficiency; and (3) access to medical care. The mobile program has the highest benefit-cost ratio (BCR, 1.20) and is hence most cost-effective; its ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Takenaga N,Kai I,Ohi G

更新日期：1985-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:While the question of whether the trials of breast cancer screening have resulted in a reduction in breast cancer death has been the subject of much scrutiny, there has been less attention to the reduction in tumor size achieved by screening. METHODS:Size data for invasive breast tumors were assembled from ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Michaelson JS,Satija S,Kopans D,Moore R,Silverstein M,Comegno A,Hughes K,Taghian A,Powell S,Smith B

更新日期：2003-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nineteen patients with Ewing sarcoma of bone, each younger than 3 years of age at the time of initial presentation, are reported. These children represent an unusually young age group for documented Ewing sarcoma and represent 2.6% of all patients registered in the Intergroup Ewing's Sarcoma Study (IESS). M...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Maygarden SJ,Askin FB,Siegal GP,Gilula LA,Schoppe J,Foulkes M,Kissane JM,Nesbit M

更新日期：1993-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The objective of this study was to estimate the time to treatment failure and survival rate of the three-drug combination of doxorubicin, cisplatin, and ifosfamide as primary and postoperative, adjunctive treatment for teenagers and adults with osteosarcoma (OS). METHODS:Sixty-three eligible patients with n...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Zalupski MM,Rankin C,Ryan JR,Lucas DR,Muler J,Lanier KS,Budd GT,Biermann JS,Meyers FJ,Antman K

更新日期：2004-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with unresectable, previously untreated head and neck cancer were given cis-diamminedichloroplatinum (II) (DDP), 3 mg/kg, with mannitol diuresis (day 1), followed by a continuous infusion of bleomycin, 0.25 mg/kg/day, days 3 through 10, after an initial loading dose of 0.25 mg/kg by rapid IV injection on day ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Randolph VL,Vallejo A,Spiro RH,Shah J,Strong EW,Huvos AG,Wittes RE

更新日期：1978-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six patients with Hodgkin's disease who developed idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) are presented. In contrast to prior cases reported in the literature, none of these patients developed recurrent Hodgkin's disease at the time of or subsequent to their thrombocytopenia, with follow-up data available up to 10 y...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Cohen JR

更新日期：1978-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is unclear whether patients with Stage II colon carcinoma should be offered adjuvant chemotherapy. Therefore, the authors analyzed the risk factors of these patients to identify high-risk subgroups who may benefit from such treatment. METHODS:The data from 305 patients with Stage II colon carcinoma docum...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Merkel S,Wein A,Günther K,Papadopoulos T,Hohenberger W,Hermanek P

更新日期：2001-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Current adjuvant hormone therapy in postmenopausal women with breast cancer is debatable between upfront aromatase inhibitors (AIs) and sequential treatment with tamoxifen. A major concern is the higher rate of early recurrences observed with sequential treatment. The authors conducted a retrospective analys...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Debled M,MacGrogan G,Brouste V,Mathoulin-Pelissier S,Durand M,Mauriac L

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Endometrial cancer (EC) is the most common extraintestinal malignancy in Lynch syndrome (LS) and often is the sentinel malignancy, yet there is no consensus regarding LS-EC detection algorithms. In this study, the authors determined the efficacy of family/personal history and tumor morphology in predicting L...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Ryan P,Mulligan AM,Aronson M,Ferguson SE,Bapat B,Semotiuk K,Holter S,Kwon J,Kalloger SE,Gilks CB,Gallinger S,Pollett A,Clarke BA

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of variant alkaline phosphatase in the serum of 335 southern African blacks with hepatocellular carcinoma was determined using polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The isoenzyme was detected in 2% (seven of 335) of the patients: it could not be found in the serum of 300 matched, healthy individuals or in...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Bukofzer S,Kew MC,Rowe P

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Male patients with oral and oropharyngeal cancer are known to have high risk of concomitant esophageal cancer developing. Thus, mass screening programs are pursued to detect such esophageal cancer early, and in a mass screening trial of patients with early oral and oropharyngeal cancer, the efficacy of Lugol...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Ina H,Shibuya H,Ohashi I,Kitagawa M

更新日期：1994-04-15 00:00:00