Abstract：
:Anemia is a multi-symptom syndrome involving both physical and emotional problems that can be evaluated for their impact on quality of life. Fatigue is the cardinal symptom of anemia, reported by three of four cancer patients using the general version of the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy (FACT-G) questionnaire. A subscale of the FACT-G, consisting of the FACT-Fatigue (FACT-F) and the FACT-Anemia (FACT-An), has been developed to specifically address this problem. The FACT-F is comprised of the FACT-G plus 13 questions related to fatigue, while the FACT-An is comprised of the FACT-F plus an additional set of seven miscellaneous (non-fatigue) questions relevant to anemia in cancer patients. The FACT-An subscale was initially validated in a cohort of 50 cancer patients. Tests of internal consistency and stability confirmed the reliability of the fatigue component, as well as that of the FACT-G (27 items), the FACT-F (FACT-G plus 13 fatigue items), and the FACT-An (FACT-G plus 20 anemia subscale items) measurement systems. Quality of life scores on these FACT scales significantly decline as patient performance status worsens, and the scales correlate well with other questionnaires (Profile of Mood States and Piper Fatigue Scale) purported to measure the same thing. The scores on the FACT-An subscale also clearly differentiate between patients with low and high hemoglobin levels. Low hemoglobin levels are associated with greater fatigue, poorer overall quality of life, and decreased ability to work (beyond that related directly to fatigue). Interventions that reverse fatigue and other anemia-related symptoms should have a positive effect on quality of life.
journal_name
Semin Oncoljournal_title
Seminars in oncologyauthors
Cella Dsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
1998-06-01 00:00:00pages
43-6issue
3 Suppl 7eissn
0093-7754issn
1532-8708journal_volume
25pub_type
杂志文章abstract：:This phase I/II study was done to evaluate the safety and feasibility of two schedules of paclitaxel (Taxol; Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Princeton, NJ) administered by 1-hour infusion in the outpatient setting. Fifty-six patients with advanced, refractory malignancies received one of two paclitaxel schedules by rand...
journal_title：Seminars in oncology
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi：
更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：:A phase II study was performed to investigate the tolerance and efficacy of the combination of docetaxel (Taxotere; Rhône-Poulenc Rorer, Antony, France) and gemcitabine in chemotherapy-naive patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). To date, 24 patients (five with stage IIIB and 19 with stage IV NSCLC...
journal_title：Seminars in oncology
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章,多中心研究
doi：
更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Myeloid neoplasms are characterized by acquired somatic mutations and epigenetic alterations in genes that are crucial for hematopoietic differentiation and cellular proliferation and survival pathways. The heterogeneity and genetic complexity of these disorders is daunting, but the improvement in our knowledge of the...
journal_title：Seminars in oncology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1053/j.seminoncol.2011.01.010
更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Approximately 25% of all lung cancer cases diagnosed in 1993 were due to small cell lung cancer (SCLC). Approximately one third of all SCLC patients present with limited disease. Efforts to improve treatment results for patients with limited-stage SCLC include two recent meta-analyses of combined-modality treatment in...
journal_title：Seminars in oncology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Therapy for metastatic breast cancer can palliate disease and prolong life, but cannot cure. New drugs will be required if this is to change. Cisplatin and its analogue carboplatin offer new approaches to the treatment of metastatic breast cancer. Cisplatin has significant single-agent, front-line activity in metastat...
journal_title：Seminars in oncology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Transitional cell carcinoma of the urothelium is a highly chemosensitive tumor. Combination chemotherapy can provide both palliation and a modest survival advantage in patients with advanced disease. As shown in a recent phase III trial, the new gold standard should be considered gemcitabine/cisplatin, although toxici...
journal_title：Seminars in oncology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1053/sonc.2001.22537
更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The current study was conducted to determine the risk of adverse outcomes among patients with monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) of the IgM class. Two hundred thirteen patients with IgM MGUS were identified in southeastern Minnesota from 1960 to 1994. The primary end point was progression to lym...
journal_title：Seminars in oncology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1053/sonc.2003.50062
更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The approval, in 2015, of the first poly (adenosine diphosphate-ribose) polymerase inhibitor (PARPi; olaparib, Lynparza) for platinum-sensitive relapsed high-grade ovarian cancer with either germline or somatic BRCA1/2 deleterious mutations is changing the way that BRCA1/2 testing services are offered to patients with...
journal_title：Seminars in oncology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1053/j.seminoncol.2017.08.004
更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Many patients with Hodgkin's and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) can be cured today with combination chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy. However, for patients with suboptimal responses to initial therapy or for patients with refractory or relapsed disease, salvage therapy alone is usually inadequate to achieve long-term su...
journal_title：Seminars in oncology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Imaging prostate cancer continues to represent a clinical challenge for both primary and recurrent disease. In the evaluation of the persistent/recurrent/metastatic prostate cancer, knowledge of cancer location (local v distant), size, and extent are essential in order to design a treatment, tailored to each patient's...
journal_title：Seminars in oncology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/s0093-7754(03)00359-2
更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Based on anecdotal cases of clinically important decreases in tumor size following initial evidence of disease progression when treating patients with anti-PD-1 therapies, investigators have conducted clinical trials in patients with metastatic non-small lung cancer (mNSCLC) receiving anti-PD-1 therapy allowing for tr...
journal_title：Seminars in oncology
pub_type： 杂志文章,多中心研究,评审
doi：10.1053/j.seminoncol.2017.01.001
更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Skin findings can serve as a clue to internal disease. In this article, cutaneous manifestations of underlying lung malignancy are reviewed. Paraneoplastic dermatoses are rare, but when recognized early, can lead to early diagnosis of an underlying neoplasm. Malignancy-associated dermatoses comprise a broad group of h...
journal_title：Seminars in oncology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1053/j.seminoncol.2016.02.025
更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Lung cancer represents the leading cause of cancer mortality worldwide. Its incidence has declined in men but is increasing in women, assuring that this largely preventable disease will continue to affect millions. In small cell lung cancer, the advent of chemotherapy in the 1970s and continued refinements in the 1980...
journal_title：Seminars in oncology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Thrombocytopenia is a significant problem for patients receiving prolonged or aggressive chemotherapy for malignancy. For carboplatin, it is the predominant dose-limiting toxicity and it is cumulative in nature. A number of agents have been evaluated for efficacy in reducing the problem of thrombocytopenia. Some have ...
journal_title：Seminars in oncology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：:As a result of the increasing effectiveness of cancer screening and preventive interventions, ethical issues, as well as legal liabilities, are increasingly associated with cancer genetic testing. These issues include the possible "duty to warn" relatives of inherited cancer risk, the appropriateness of testing of chi...
journal_title：Seminars in oncology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1053/j.seminoncol.2007.07.007
更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Etoposide phosphate (Etopophos; Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Princeton, NJ) is a water-soluble prodrug of etoposide that is converted in vivo by endogenous phosphatases to the active drug etoposide. This conversion process is efficient and not saturable in humans at doses between 50 and 1,600 mg/m2. The resultant eto...
journal_title：Seminars in oncology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The use of adjuvant radiation therapy and chemotherapy diminishes the likelihood of local-regional and distant recurrences and appears to prolong survival in patients who have undergone a complete surgical resection of a Dukes-Kirklin stage B2 or C rectal cancer. Patients with this malignant condition rarely develop p...
journal_title：Seminars in oncology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Locoregionally advanced unresectable non-small cell lung cancer is defined by bulky primary site disease and/or regionally advanced lymphadenopathy involving the contralateral mediastinum and/or supraclavicular lymph nodes. These tumors are not amenable to curative-intent surgical resection but can be approached with ...
journal_title：Seminars in oncology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) is a distinct subtype of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) characterized by a specific genetic alteration, affecting the retinoic acid receptor-alpha (RARalpha), and leading to a blockage in the differentiation of the granulocytic cells. The accumulation of the promyelocytic blasts in the...
journal_title：Seminars in oncology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1053/j.seminoncol.2008.04.010
更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Hepatic metastases are a major cause of morbidity and mortality for patients with colorectal cancer (CRC). The rationale for hepatic arterial chemotherapy has both an anatomical and pharmacological basis. Several randomized clinical studies of fluoropyrimidine showed higher response rates in all trials when the drug w...
journal_title：Seminars in oncology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The majority of patients with advanced prostatic cancer respond either to castration or estrogen therapy. In an attempt to identify an alternative hormonal therapy, 25 symptomatic stage D prostate cancer patients were treated with megestrol acetate as initial hormonal therapy. Thirty-three patients were evaluable for ...
journal_title：Seminars in oncology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The ability of dexrazoxane (DEX) to protect against doxorubicin (DOX)-induced cardiomyopathy has been demonstrated in mice, normotensive and hypertensive rats, rabbits, dogs, swine, and humans. These animal models of DOX-induced cardiomyopathy were found to be highly predictive of DEX activity clinically. In mice admi...
journal_title：Seminars in oncology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Session IV of the Second International Colloquium on Cardio-Oncology held in Kraków, focused on the cardiovascular risks of using hormone replacement therapy in breast cancer and androgen deprivation therapy in prostate cancer and continued the theme from Session 3 with a discussion of risk reduction strategies. The d...
journal_title：Seminars in oncology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1053/j.seminoncol.2019.01.006
更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The medical treatment of squamous cell cervical carcinoma is receiving increasing attention. Cisplatin and ifosfamide are known effective drugs. Paclitaxel has been tested with interesting results in cervical cancer. We evaluated the toxic effects and the antitumor activity of a multiagent regimen that included paclit...
journal_title：Seminars in oncology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Pancreatic cancer is the eighth most common cancer in Europe, accounting for 4.1% of cancer deaths in men and 4.8% in women. Standardized pancreatoduodenectomy and left pancreatectomy are the gold standard for routine surgical treatment of pancreatic cancer. Total pancreatectomy should be reserved for positive pancrea...
journal_title：Seminars in oncology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1053/sonc.2002.37379
更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Immune checkpoint molecules cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen-4 (CTLA-4) and programmed death-1 (PD-1), but also LAG-3 and TIM-3, are involved in regulation of peripheral tolerance in order to prevent autoimmunity. Blocking of these cell surface proteins by antibodies has resulted in remarkable anti-tumor immunity; howev...
journal_title：Seminars in oncology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1053/j.seminoncol.2015.02.011
更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Transitional cell carcinoma (TCC), which is the pathological diagnosis for the majority of bladder cancers, is a solid tumor entity that is responsive to immunotherapy as evidenced by a substantial cure rate documented with the use of intravesical bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) therapy in selected patients with high-g...
journal_title：Seminars in oncology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1053/j.seminoncol.2006.12.004
更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Inhibition of cellular DNA synthesis is the major action of gemcitabine. In cells, this drug is converted to its triphosphate (dFdCTP), which is incorporated into DNA and terminates DNA strand elongation. After incorporation of gemcitabine nucleotide into the DNA strand, one more deoxynucleotide is incorporated, and t...
journal_title：Seminars in oncology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the combination of gemcitabine, paclitaxel, and carboplatin in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer. Previously untreated patients with stage IIIB or IV non-small cell lung cancer were enrolled into this trial. Sixty-nine patients from the phase II portion and eig...
journal_title：Seminars in oncology
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章,多中心研究
doi：
更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：:A phase I/II study was conducted to determine the response rate and the toxicity of escalating doses of paclitaxel (Taxol; Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Princeton, NJ) plus cisplatin with granulocyte colony-stimulating factor support in patients with untreated advanced head and neck carcinoma. Twenty-eight patients wi...
journal_title：Seminars in oncology
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00
