Squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck heterotransplanted to nude mice. Take rate in relation to patient survival.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Reports utilizing data from the Commission on Cancer's National Cancer Data Base (NCDB) have previously contained evaluations of time trends for stage of disease at diagnosis, treatment, and survival for multiple tumor sites. Data collected from 1989, 1990, 1994, and 1995 for carcinoma of the gallbladder are...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Donohue JH,Stewart AK,Menck HR

更新日期：1998-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A rare case of malignant fibrous histiocytoma of the aorta is reported. Review of the literature revealed that primary tumors of the aorta are exclusively mesenchymal tumors that almost invariably pursue a fatal course. ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Chen KT

更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clofarabine is a new-generation nucleoside analog that has been synthesized to combine the most favorable pharmacokinetic properties of its congeners fludarabine and cladribine. In addition to inhibition of DNA polymerases and DNA synthesis, clofarabine acts as a strong inhibitor of ribonucleotide reductase (RnR), an ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Faderl S,Gandhi V,Keating MJ,Jeha S,Plunkett W,Kantarjian HM

更新日期：2005-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The presentation, growth patterns, and response to therapy of 11 consecutive children with choroid plexus carcinomas were analyzed, and the results were compared with the outcome reported in other series. Patients were a median of 26 months of age at diagnosis. Two patients had thalamic tumors, one had a posterior fos...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Packer RJ,Perilongo G,Johnson D,Sutton LN,Vezina G,Zimmerman RA,Ryan J,Reaman G,Schut L

更新日期：1992-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective study of computerized tomography (CT) of the liver using a liver contrast agent compared to conventional CT was undertaken. CT scanning without contrast agents (NC-CT), CT with water-soluble contrast (WSC-CT), and CT with ethiodized oil emulsion (EOE-CT) were performed on patients with possible or probab...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Sugarbaker PH,Vermess M,Doppman JL,Miller DL,Simon R

更新日期：1984-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:This is a statistical analysis of the use of mammography in the symptomatic patient. Eighty-eight percent of women older than 50 years who had a palpable cancer of the breast had a positive mammogram; only 57% of women younger than 51 years of age had a positive mammogram. When the cancer presented as nipple discharge...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Edeiken S

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pancreatic-duodenal homeobox 1 (PDX-1) is a transcription factor that regulates embryologic pancreas development and insulin expression in the adult islet; however, it is overexpressed in many types of cancer, including pancreatic cancer. The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of PDX-1 in tumo...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Liu SH,Patel S,Gingras MC,Nemunaitis J,Zhou G,Chen C,Li M,Fisher W,Gibbs R,Brunicardi FC

更新日期：2011-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Familial polyposis is a genetically-transmitted disease characterized by multiple adenomatous colorectal polyps and a high risk for development of adenocarcinoma. Familial polyposis and Gardner's syndrome should be differentiated from other penetically-linked polyposis syndromes lacking a predisposition for cancer. To...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： DeCosse JJ,Adams MB,Condon RE

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Interleukin-2 (IL-2) has immunomodulatory effects, including stimulating the activity of cytotoxic T cells and natural killer cells, and inducing the generation of lymphokine-activated killer cells. The authors investigated whether IL-2 may improve the duration of complete remission (CR) and survival in acut...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Cortes JE,Kantarjian HM,O'Brien S,Giles F,Keating MJ,Freireich EJ,Estey EH

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of angiosarcoma of the breast with a fatal outcome is reported, and the world literature on this rare type of breast tumor is reviewed. Familiarity with the clinical and pathologic features of this entity is essential in avoiding underdiagnosis and delay of definitive treatment. The three-year survival rate of ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Chen KT,Kirkegaard DD,Bocian JJ

更新日期：1980-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Synovial sarcoma usually arises in the extremities and in close proximity to large joints. Reported examples arising in the anterior abdominal wall are rare. Because most accounts from this location consist of case reports, neither clinical nor prognostic features have been well delineated. METHODS:Twenty-s...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Fetsch JF,Meis JM

更新日期：1993-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Seventeen patients with cancer or aplastic anemia received demeclocycline as treatment for hyponatremia. Prior to demeclocycline therapy no patients showed clinical signs of fluid overload or saline depletion. In all patients inappropriately concentrated urine (mean urine osmolality = 548 mOSM/kg H2O) or increased uri...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Trump DL

更新日期：1981-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors reviewed clinical features, surgical extent of resection, histologic parameters, and DNA content in 55 children with medulloblastomas and found that complete or near total resection, absence of tumor dissemination, tumor DNA aneuploidy, and low proliferative index correlated with a favorable clinical outco...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Schofield DE,Yunis EJ,Geyer JR,Albright AL,Berger MS,Taylor SR

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Notwithstanding some controversy regarding the benefits of screening mammography, it is generally assumed that the effects are the same for women of all race/ethnic groups. Yet evidence for its efficacy from clinical trial studies comes primarily from the study of white women. It is likely that mammography i...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Jones BA,Patterson EA,Calvocoressi L

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The authors had previously reported preliminary results of a treatment regimen of concurrent hyperfractionated radiation therapy and chemotherapy in patients with locally advanced head and neck carcinoma that demonstrated both feasibility and high local control. In an attempt to reduce acute mucosal and hema...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Abitbol AA,Sridhar KS,Lewin AA,Schwade JG,Raub W Jr,Wolfson A,Gonzalez-Angulo C,Adessa A,Goodwin WJ,Markoe AM

更新日期：1997-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although breast-conserving therapy (tumor excision, axillary node dissection, and postoperative radiation) for women with breast cancer yields survival and local recurrence rates comparable with those of modified radical mastectomy, studies suggest that postoperative radiation leads to capsular contractures ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Guenther JM,Tokita KM,Giuliano AE

更新日期：1994-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite optimal therapy with surgery and radiotherapy, the prognosis of patients with glioblastomas remains poor. Stereotactic brachytherapy involves the accurate placement of radioactive isotopes within brain tumors, significantly increasing the dose of radiation that can be delivered to the tumor bed witho...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Wen PY,Alexander E 3rd,Black PM,Fine HA,Riese N,Levin JM,Coleman CN,Loeffler JS

更新日期：1994-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Why are older black women screened less for breast cancer? What can be done to narrow the racial gap in mammography screening? These are the questions addressed by the Save Our Sisters (SOS) Project, a pilot demonstration study funded by the National Cancer Institute in a rural county of North Carolina. The target pop...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Eng E

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prognostic significance of histologic tumor grade has been evaluated in 1537 women entered into the Ludwig Trials I-IV of adjuvant therapy for node-positive breast cancer. Tumor grade was determined on histologic review of primary tumor sections by two central review pathologists using a modification of the Bloom ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Davis BW,Gelber RD,Goldhirsch A,Hartmann WH,Locher GW,Reed R,Golouh R,Säve-Söderbergh J,Holloway L,Russell I

更新日期：1986-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Research suggests that patients' end-of-life (EOL) care is determined primarily by the medical resources available, and not by patient preferences. The authors examined whether patients' desire for life-extending therapy was associated with their EOL care. METHODS:Coping with Cancer is a multisite, prospect...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Wright AA,Mack JW,Kritek PA,Balboni TA,Massaro AF,Matulonis UA,Block SD,Prigerson HG

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nine human hybridoma cell lines were established from a fusion of axillary lymph node lymphocytes of a patient with breast ductal carcinoma with a human lymphoblastoid cell line. The human hybridoma nature of the fusion products was confirmed by chromosomal analysis and HLA typing. The hybridomas are stable over a yea...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Shoenfeld Y,Hizi A,Tal R,Smorodinsky NI,Lavie G,Mor C,Schteren S,Mammon Z,Pinkhas J,Keydar T

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:As we approach the 21st century, clinically useful predictive models for prostate carcinoma are urgently needed to stratify patients reliably for future treatment strategies. Recently, many investigators have developed models that employ prostate specific antigen (PSA)-based constructs or groupings in an att...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Movsas B,Hanlon AL,Teshima T,Hanks GE

更新日期：1997-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Thymic malignancies are rare tumors. The insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1)/IGF-1 receptor (IGF-1R) system is involved in the development of the thymus. IGF-1R expression in thymic epithelial malignancies is unknown. METHODS:The authors investigated the expression of IGF-1R and phosphorylated AKT serine 4...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Zucali PA,Petrini I,Lorenzi E,Merino M,Cao L,Di Tommaso L,Lee HS,Incarbone M,Walter BA,Simonelli M,Roncalli M,Santoro A,Giaccone G

更新日期：2010-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patient safety is a critical concern in clinical oncology, but the ability to measure adverse events (AEs) across cancer care is limited by a narrow focus on treatment-related toxicities. The objective of this study was to assess the nature and extent of AEs among cancer patients across inpatient and outpati...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Lipitz-Snyderman A,Pfister D,Classen D,Atoria CL,Killen A,Epstein AS,Anderson C,Fortier E,Weingart SN

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Peritoneal metastases are one reason for the poor prognosis of scirrhous gastric cancer. However, the mechanism of peritoneal metastasis remains unclear. We therefore investigated the interaction between gastric cancer cells and peritoneal fibroblasts, in vivo and in vitro. METHODS:A human scirrhous gastric...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Yashiro M,Chung YS,Nishimura S,Inoue T,Sowa M

更新日期：1996-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although state Medicaid programs cover cancer screening, Medicaid beneficiaries are less likely to be screened for cancer and are more likely to present with tumors of an advanced stage than are those with other insurance. The current study was performed to determine whether state Medicaid eligibility and re...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Halpern MT,Romaire MA,Haber SG,Tangka FK,Sabatino SA,Howard DH

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A useful approach to establishing the biologic actions, in vivo, of granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) is to assess the consequences of long-term elevation of the factor in transgenic mice. Two lines of transgenic GM-CSF mice were analyzed. The major abnormality exhibited was an elevation in the...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Metcalf D

更新日期：1991-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with testicular cancer can be cured by cisplatin-based chemotherapy in many cases. Thus, concern about possible late toxicities of treatment is warranted. METHODS:In this investigation, the absolute number of natural killer (NK) cells according to their CD56+ phenotype, NK cell activity, and antibo...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Krainer M,Wolf H,Michl I,Wiltschke C,Budinsky A,Kaider A,Kratzik C,Eibl MM,Zielinski CC

更新日期：1995-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hepatic artery administration of iodine-131-Lipiodol serves as a modality that delivers targeted radiation therapy to hepatocellular carcinoma. Its efficacy has been promising according to trials conducted in the adjuvant setting after hepatic resection. Further investigation of its role in the palliative se...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Chua TC,Chu F,Butler SP,Quinn RJ,Glenn D,Liauw W,Morris DL

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cross-sectional imaging is often a useful complement to clinical examination in patients with gynecologic malignancies. Patients with ovarian cancer will benefit less from the use of computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); however, extensive intraperitoneal disease may be evaluated and followed with ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Bragg DG,Hricak H

更新日期：1993-02-15 00:00:00