Racial differences in time from prostate cancer diagnosis to treatment initiation: a population-based study.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Screening is effective in reducing the incidence and mortality of colorectal cancer. Rates of colorectal cancer test use continue to be low. METHODS:The authors analyzed data from the National Health Interview Survey concerning the use of the home-administered fecal occult blood test (FOBT) and sigmoidoscop...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Seeff LC,Nadel MR,Klabunde CN,Thompson T,Shapiro JA,Vernon SW,Coates RJ

更新日期：2004-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Circulating prostate cells can be detected in the venous blood of patients with clinically localized prostate carcinoma by applying reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) techniques using primers specific for the prostate specific antigen (PSA) gene. This study evaluates whether the detecti...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Ennis RD,Katz AE,de Vries GM,Heitjan DF,O'Toole KM,Rubin M,Buttyan R,Benson MC,Schiff PB

更新日期：1997-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Four cases of an ulcero-proliferative lesion of putative histiocytic origin, arising in the oral cavity, are described. This lesion, which has not been defined previously, is easily confused histologically with a malignant process of lymphoid origin, thereby representing a pseudolymphomatous proliferation. Light micro...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Eversole LR,Leider AS,Jacobsen PL,Kidd PM

更新日期：1985-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lung cancer (LC) is the most common fatal malignancy, but there are no useful tumor markers for diagnosis or monitoring. Mucin 1 has an established role as a marker in other malignancies, but has undergone limited assessment in LC. METHODS:Serum from 86 patients with LC and 24 with benign pulmonary disease ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Willsher PC,Xing PX,Clarke CP,Ho DW,McKenzie IF

更新日期：1993-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Two human Burkitt's lymphoma cell lines (HBL-4 and HBL-5) were established individually from two patients with small noncleaved cell lymphoma (Burkitt's type). The HBL-4 cell line is Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-negative, and the HBL-5 cell line is EBV-positive. Cytogenetically, both cell lines had the same chromosomal tr...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Abe M,Tasaki K,Tominaga K,Fukuhara S,Imai S,Osato T,Wakasa H

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purine analogs pentostatin and cladribine have revolutionized the treatment of hairy cell leukemia (HCL) with overall responses in greater than 85% of patients and a median progression-free survival of up to 15 years. They continue to be effective at second- and even third-line therapy; however, alternat...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Else M,Osuji N,Forconi F,Dearden C,Del Giudice I,Matutes E,Wotherspoon A,Lauria F,Catovsky D

更新日期：2007-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Examination was performed on pathologic material from patients enrolled in the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast Project (NSABP) protocol B-18, in which the clinical effects of preoperative (preop) and postoperative (postop) doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide (AC) were compared. METHODS:Of the total number of...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Fisher ER,Wang J,Bryant J,Fisher B,Mamounas E,Wolmark N

更新日期：2002-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital self-healing histiocytosis (CSHH) is a rare primary histiocytic skin disorder. Only a few cases have been studied by ultrastructure and immunohistochemistry. Here we report a new case that was investigated using an electron microscope and a panel of monoclonal (MCA) and polyclonal (PCA) antibodies. CSHH cel...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Kanitakis J,Zambruno G,Schmitt D,Cambazard F,Jacquemier D,Thivolet J

更新日期：1988-02-01 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：:During the period 1955 to 1975, 63 consecutive cases of apical lung carcinoma were treated in the Radiation Therapy Division of the University of Michigan Medical Center (UMMC). Supervoltage external radiation alone or combination of radiation and surgery were the main modalities of treatment used in these patients. O...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Ahmad K,Fayos JV,Kirsh MM

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The experience of one institution in treating soft tissue sarcomas of the head and neck in a pediatric population is presented. METHODS:Case materials of 134 patients younger than 20 years who were referred to the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center between 1970 and 1989 for treatment of sarcom...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Lyos AT,Goepfert H,Luna MA,Jaffe N,Malpica A

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carcinoma of the breast is a disease that is associated with 10-year recurrence rates of 25% in operable patients with no spread to the axillary nodes and 75% in patients in whom the tumor has extended to the axillary nodes. Locoregional recurrence rates of close to 50% have been reported in patients with Stage III di...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Marcial VA

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine whether the referral of lung cancer patients to university cancer centers was related to nonclinical factors, the medical charts were reviewed for almost all lung cancer patients diagnosed during the period of 1973-1976 in New Hampshire and Vermont. Greater distance from a cancer center, lower functional ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Greenberg ER,Dain B,Freeman D,Yates J,Korson R

更新日期：1988-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A 29-year-old man with metastatic extraadrenal pheochromocytoma developed paraplegia which reversed completely after megavoltage irradiation of the dorsolumbar spine. Later, treated with cyclophosphamide, vincristine, and dacarbazine, he had a temporary decrease in plasma norepinephrine concentration, a partial recalc...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Siddiqui MZ,Von Eyben FE,Spanos G

更新日期：1988-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The nitroblue tetrazolium test (NBT) was evaluated in 111 patients with cancer. Patients were placed into control and "presumed infected" groups. The mean NBT score for the control group, 6.3, was significantly greater than the mean for a group of normal volunteers, 3.1, but the mean score for the "presumed infected" ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Lehane DE,Watson S,Lane M

更新日期：1975-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diagnostic advances currently have exceeded therapeutic gain. The present, however, is a transition phase. Chemotherapy, for example, has become curative for some tumors in recent years, rather than merely palliative, due to the precision permitted by advances in molecular biology. At this time, acceleration in the ba...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Gusberg SB

更新日期：1987-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The case of a 49-year-old man with the diagnosis of angioimmunoblastic lymphadenopathy is reported. The patient survived a stormy clinical course. The corticosteroids improved dramatically the clinical picture although the patient developed a staphylococcal septicemia. Before treatment immunological studies were done ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Kosmidis PA,Axelrod AR,Palacas C,Stahl M

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reports the prognosis results of a retrospective study of over 2000 cases of uterine cervix carcinoma totally treated at Institut Gustave-Roussy from 1950 to 1963. From the study of their long-term survival, an overall cure rate was estimated at 49% seven years after the start of primary treatment. A study ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Pejovic MH,Wolff JP,Kramar A,Goldfarb E

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The initial response and long-term follow-up of 74 evaluable patients who received combination chemotherapy for metastatic nonseminomatous testicular cancer are reported. Patients were treated with a protocol (VAB-3) including vinblastine, actinomycin-D, bleomycin, and cis-dichlorodiammine platinum (DDP). VAB-3 alone ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Reynolds TF,Vugrin D,Cvitkovic E,Cheng E,Braun DW Jr,O'Hehir MA,Dukeman ME,Whitmore WF Jr,Golbey RB

更新日期：1981-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ureteral lesions can be difficult to diagnose. The value of ureteral biopsy in addition to ureteral washings has not been defined clearly. METHODS:All ureteral washings and biopsies with follow-up that were performed at a single institution were reviewed. RESULTS:In total, 39 patients underwent ureteral wa...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Renshaw AA

更新日期：2006-02-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Various chemotherapy agents, especially of the alkylating category, have been associated with premature ovarian failure but there is no quantitative evidence of chemotherapy-induced ovarian damage in humans. The aim was to quantify the impact of chemotherapy on primordial follicle reserve and stromal functio...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Oktem O,Oktay K

更新日期：2007-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Thrombocytosis above 40.0 X 10(4)/mm3 occurred in five of six (83%) patients with malignant mesothelioma. In contrast, the incidence of thrombocytosis was 7.5% in patients with lung adenocarcinoma, 12.5% in squamous cell carcinoma, 5.1% in small cell carcinoma, and 41.7% in large cell carcinoma, respectively. The plat...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Nakano T,Fujii J,Tamura S,Hada T,Higashino K

更新日期：1986-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Seventeen cases of malignant melanoma of soft parts (clear cell sarcoma) are reported. The patients ranged from 9 to 70 years of age, but 13 were between 10 and 40 years of age. There were eight male patients and nine female patients. The most common tumor location (seven patients) was the foot, followed by the area a...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Sara AS,Evans HL,Benjamin RS

更新日期：1990-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this article was to evaluate the utility of a pharmacokinetically modeled measure of regional contrast access, based on dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies after preoperative chemotherapy, as a predictor of disease free survival in osteosarcoma. METHODS:The kine...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Reddick WE,Wang S,Xiong X,Glass JO,Wu S,Kaste SC,Pratt CB,Meyer WH,Fletcher BD

更新日期：2001-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Little is known about genetic aberrations associated with development and progression of biliary tract carcinomas. METHODS:To study chromosomal aberrations associated with development and progression of biliary tract carcinomas, the authors used comparative genomic hybridization to examine 50 such carcinoma...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Shiraishi K,Okita K,Harada T,Kusano N,Furui T,Kondoh S,Oga A,Kawauchi S,Fukumoto Y,Sasaki K

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although weight loss has an adverse impact on cancer patient survival, the ability of caloric provision via total parenteral nutrition (TPN) to favorably influence outcome in chemotherapy-treated populations is not established. In randomized trials, no significant improvement in either response or survival was associa...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Chlebowski RT

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intraoperative radiotherapy (IOR) or "direct view" irradiation permits the delivery of a single exposure of high-energy electrons to a surgically exposed tumor. Surgical exposure permits physical retraction of normal uninvolved tissues away from the IOR beam as well as the accurate assessment of the target volume. IOR...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Goldson AL,Streeter OE Jr,Ashayeri E,Collier-Manning J,Barber JB,Fan KJ

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This article reviews the salient pathologic and clinical features of 171 patients with Stage III-IV disease who were 60 years of age or older who were treated on four Hodgkin disease (HD) protocols from 1969 to 1988. METHODS:Pretherapy sections were reviewed centrally for correlation of the histologic class...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Mir R,Anderson J,Strauchen J,Nissen NI,Cooper MR,Rafla S,Canellos GP,Bloomfield CD,Gottlieb AJ,Peterson B

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty patients with inoperable squamous carcinoma of the lung. 38 with extensive, and 12 with limited disease, were treated with BACON. Tumor regression greater than 50% was observed in 17 patients (45%) with extensive, and four patients (33%) with limited disease. Stabilization of disease for greater than or equal to...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Livingston RB,Fee WH,Einhorn LH,Burgess MA,Freireich EJ,Gottlieb JA,Farber MO

更新日期：1976-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) is rare in the female genital tract. Although it is most common in the ovary, small series of cases in the cervix have been reported, with isolated cases described in the fallopian tube, adnexa uteri, and endometrium. METHODS:Eight cases of primary TCC involving the endomet...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Lininger RA,Ashfaq R,Albores-Saavedra J,Tavassoli FA

更新日期：1997-05-15 00:00:00