Applicability of randomized trials in radiation oncology to standard clinical practice.

abstract：:On the basis of previous findings at this institution, VM-26 and Cytosine Arabinoside (ara-C) were used in combination to treat 33 children with refractory acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL). Chemotherapy was given by vein twice a week for four weeks at dosage of 300 mg/m2 for ara-C and 50, 75, 110, 165, or 200 mg/m2 fo...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Rivera G,Aur RJ,Dahl GV,Pratt CB,Wood A,Avery TL

更新日期：1980-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunoblastic sarcoma is a malignancy of transformed lymphocytes with a high association of occurrence in patients with immune disorders. The youngest previously reported case occurred in a 6-year-old child with immunoblastic lymphadenopathy. The authors report the finding of immunoblastic sarcoma of B-cells in a prev...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Larson T,Katz DA,Mailliard JA

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) values in 529 patients treated in two consecutive adjuvant chemotherapy protocols were analyzed to determine if CEA values correlated with disease-free status or prognostic utility. CEA values were evaluated preoperatively, before chemotherapy, at the conclusion of chemotherapy, and duri...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Theriault RL,Hortobagyi GN,Fritsche HA,Frye D,Martinez R,Buzdar AU

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-six examples of carcinoma cuniculatum, a rare variant of squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, were studied by means of light and electron microscopy and immunoperoxidase techniques. The tumors usually presented as ulcerated, fungating, and polypoid masses with openings of sinus tracts onto the skin surface that ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Kao GF,Graham JH,Helwig EB

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The clinical significance of atypical glandular cells of undetermined significance (AGUS) remains poorly understood, and patient management is not standardized. The authors evaluated the rate, qualification, and follow-up (FU) findings of AGUS patients. METHODS:Computerized records from the authors' institu...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Soofer SB,Sidawy MK

更新日期：2000-08-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The results of an international, multicenter, randomized, double-blind, controlled study assessing the efficacy and safety of lenalidomide treatment in patients with refractory stage IV metastatic malignant melanoma are reported. METHODS:The study compared treatment with lenalidomide (25 mg/d on Days 1-21 o...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Eisen T,Trefzer U,Hamilton A,Hersey P,Millward M,Knight RD,Jungnelius JU,Glaspy J

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ovarian surface epithelial cells are positionally organized as a single cell layer by a sheet of basement membrane. It is believed that the contact of the ovarian surface epithelial cells with the basement membrane regulates cell growth and ensures the organization of the epithelium. Disabled-2 (Dab2), a sig...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Capo-Chichi CD,Smith ER,Yang DH,Roland IH,Vanderveer L,Cohen C,Hamilton TC,Godwin AK,Xu XX

更新日期：2002-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A 20-year-old man with previously treated lymphoblastic lymphoma, a known T-cell disorder, developed progressive disease despite intensive combination chemotherapy with doxorubicin, vincristine, and prednisone. He was subsequently treated with a 21-day course of intravenous antithymocyte globulin at a dose of approxim...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Wong KK Jr,Sweet DL,Variakojis D

更新日期：1982-07-01 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：:Pulmonary fibrosis is a well-recognized complication of bleomycin therapy. Detection of bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis by computed axial tomographic scanning (CT) has not been reported. We report on a patient in whom the development of lesions on chest CT scan following cessation of chemotherapy (including bleom...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Nachman JB,Baum ES,White H,Cruissi FG

更新日期：1981-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The records were reviewed for all patients hospitalized at a pediatric oncology center for complications of leukemia (n = 822) or lymphoma (n = 290) during an 8-year period. The results of surveillance cultures (throat, rectal, and urine) and blood cultures were analyzed to identify cases of Candida tropicalis and C. ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Marina NM,Flynn PM,Rivera GK,Hughes WT

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) has proven and presumable benefits for women desiring postmenopausal health preservation. Among HRT-associated risks, the fear of breast carcinoma intimidates women and physicians contemplating hormonal treatment and limits long-term compliance. Identifying effective alterna...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Diamanti-Kandarakis E,Sykiotis GP,Papavassiliou AG

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The serial technetium 99 (99Tc) bone scans of 76 patients with Stage D-2 prostate cancers were reviewed. Sites of metastases in skeletal areas in decreasing order were vertebrae, ribs, pelvis, long bones, and skull. Patients with one or two involved skeletal areas had a significantly longer progression-free interval a...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Knudson G,Grinis G,Lopez-Majano V,Sansi P,Targonski P,Rubenstein M,Sharifi R,Guinan P

更新日期：1991-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Age-specific incidence curves, cumulative rates, and relative risks were estimated for selected malignancies among male veterans utilizing the Veterans Administration (VA) medical system during 1970 to 1982. Relative risks for malignant tumors of the lung, bronchus, larynx, oral cavity, and esophagus in males using VA...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Harris RE,Hebert JR,Wynder EL

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-three adult patients (ages greater than 15 years) and 75 children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia were treated with similar intensive, sequential cytotoxic protocols (L-2). The adult patients have lower remission rate (78%) than the children (98%). The duration of remission and the length of survival are also...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Gee TS,Haghbin M,Dowling MD,Cunningham I,Middleman MP,Clarkson BD

更新日期：1976-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-two patients received specific active immunotherapy (TAA vaccine once per month for 3 months), with the duration of follow-up, as of July 1984, ranging from 3 months to 36 months (median, 21 months). Of these, seven had Dukes B2, seven had Dukes C, and eight had Dukes D lesions. All received surgical resection,...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Hollinshead A,Elias EG,Arlen M,Buda B,Mosley M,Scherrer J

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many clinicians use group support to reduce the psychosocial difficulties of persons with cancer. This study compared the long-term benefits of a thematic counseling model used both as a structure for group support and for counseling patients individually. The thematic model included eight counseling sessions focused ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Cain EN,Kohorn EI,Quinlan DM,Latimer K,Schwartz PE

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We detected cytoplasmic estrogen receptors (ER) in only 4 of 34 (12%) patients with malignant melanoma. The titers as assayed by the dextran-coated charcoal method were 3, 3, 4, and 5 fmol/mg, respectively. Our data indicate that the incidence of melanoma with detectable ER is low, which suggests that any potential cl...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Creagan ET,Ingle JN,Woods JE,Pritchard DJ,Jiang NS

更新日期：1980-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The sensitivity of the intraoperative diagnosis of sentinel lymph node (SLN) micrometastases and the metastases of invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC) is low. The goal of the current study was to assess whether the use of intraoperative, rapid immunohistochistochemistry (IHC) enhances the intraoperative detecti...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Leikola JP,Toivonen TS,Krogerus LA,von Smitten KA,Leidenius MH

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Endometrial carcinoma is one of the most frequent malignancies in the female genital tract, and its incidence has been increasing in Japan. Histologic grade is an important factor for organizing treatment strategies, including hormone therapy, and for predicting the prognosis of the patient. The objective of...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Nishimura Y,Watanabe J,Jobo T,Hattori M,Arai T,Kuramoto H

更新日期：2005-02-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies have shown that matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2) (a 72-kilodalton Type IV collagenase/gelatinase A) is associated with breast carcinoma, but to the authors' knowledge there are no reports showing that it is prognostic for overall survival. METHODS:Expression of the immunoreactive protein ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Talvensaari-Mattila A,Pääkkö P,Höyhtyä M,Blanco-Sequeiros G,Turpeenniemi-Hujanen T

更新日期：1998-09-15 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

abstract：BACKGROUND:The advantage of whole-body imaging for distribution studies is that it accounts for all activities. The problem, however, is that the classic approach to determining distribution from planar images does not accommodate overlapping structures. That approach assumes implicitly that the sampling region is a pr...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Goris ML,Knox SA,Nielsen KR,Bouillant O

更新日期：1994-02-01 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：:The value of image analysis in predicting the malignant potential of oral epithelial lesions showing either hyperplasia or dysplasia was investigated; 5-micron formalin-fixed sections of 16 oral epithelial lesions, of which eight had later transformed to carcinoma and eight had not transformed during a follow-up of 10...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Abdel-Salam M,Mayall BH,Chew K,Silverman S Jr,Greenspan JS

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Aprotinin has been used to decrease blood loss with complicated cardiac surgery but has not been investigated in extrapleural pneumonectomy, an operation that does not use cardiopulmonary bypass. In this prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial, the authors investigated whether aprotin...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Norman PH,Thall PF,Purugganan RV,Riedel BJ,Thakar DR,Rice DC,Huynh L,Qiao W,Wen S,Smythe WR

更新日期：2009-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Late side effects of chemotherapy were studied in 51 women who had received at least 300 mg of melphalan for ovarian cancer and had survived for at least three years. Hematologic, statistical, and cytogenetic methods were employed. Six cases of iatrogenic leukemia were found. They appeared to represent a hematologic e...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Einhorn N,Eklund G,Franzén S,Lambert B,Lindsten J,Söderhäll S

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parathyroid adenomas are subdivided into chief cell and oxyphil cell variants. However, the parathyroid carcinomas described thus far have been only of the chief cell type. Two cases of oxyphil cell carcinoma of the parathyroid gland are reported, with light and electron microscopic study. The patients presented appar...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Obara T,Fujimoto Y,Yamaguchi K,Takanashi R,Kino I,Sasaki Y

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The development of new chelating agents and radiolabeling protocols is essential to progress in radioimmunotherapy with antibody-chelate conjugates. METHODS:Immunoconjugates of four polyazamacrocycles with N-bonded acetate groups were prepared by conjugation via 2-iminothiolane to Lym-1, a murine antilympho...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Kukis DL,Diril H,Greiner DP,DeNardo SJ,DeNardo GL,Salako QA,Meares CF

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) describes the presence of extracapsular spread and/or positive margins in oropharynx cancer (OPC) as an indication for the addition of chemotherapy to postoperative radiation. The guideline's category 1 consensus is based on what they term high-level evidence. For this ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Sinha P,Piccirillo JF,Kallogjeri D,Spitznagel EL,Haughey BH

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00