Cancers associated with BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations other than breast and ovarian.

abstract：BACKGROUND:An estimated 5-10% of all pancreatic adenocarcinomas have a hereditary association. The objective of the current study was to characterize the clinical and pathologic features of familial pancreatic carcinoma and to determine potential differences in demographics, risk factors, and outcomes between familial ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： James TA,Sheldon DG,Rajput A,Kuvshinoff BW,Javle MM,Nava HR,Smith JL,Gibbs JF

更新日期：2004-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lesions of the thyroid gland composed of Hurthle cells encompass pathologic entities ranging from hyperplastic nodules with Hurthle cell metaplasia to Hurthle cell carcinomas. The cytologic distinction between these entities can be diagnostically challenging. Many cytologic features of Hurthle cell lesions t...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Elliott DD,Pitman MB,Bloom L,Faquin WC

更新日期：2006-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-two patients with cancer of the colon and rectum were studied: preoperative and postoperative cell-mediated and humoral immune factors were assessed, and local concentration of immunoglobulins in tumor tissue and in normal mucosa were measured. Lymphocyte function was found to be reduced in 50% of stage A and B...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Shafir M,Bekesi JG,Papatestas A,Slater G,Aufses AH Jr

更新日期：1980-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Clinical guidelines recommend against routine prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening for older men and for those with lower life expectancies. The authors of this report examined providers' decision-making regarding discontinuing PSA screening. METHODS:A survey of primary providers from a large, universi...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Pollack CE,Platz EA,Bhavsar NA,Noronha G,Green GE,Chen S,Carter HB

更新日期：2012-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) as a screening test remains controversial. There have been several attempts to refine PSA measurements to improve its predictive value. These modifications, including PSA density, PSA kinetics, and the measurement of PSA isoforms, have met with limited success. Therefore, com...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Herman MP,Dorsey P,John M,Patel N,Leung R,Tewari A

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective study of all cases of seminoma treated at Roswell Park Memorial Institute from 1970 through 1979 was conducted. Fifty-six evaluable patients treated initially with radiation therapy were seen during this period, and the overall survival rate at an average follow-up period of 52 months was 82%. The surv...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Huben RP,Williams PD,Pontes JE,Panahon AM,Murphy GP

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of receptors for estrogen, glucocorticoid and progesterone was determined in the cytosol of two breast angiosarcomas. Estrogen and glucocorticoid receptors were present in both of them. Progesterone receptors were present in one of the two tumors assayed. Occupied nuclear estrogen receptors have been foun...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Brentani MM,Pacheco MM,Oshima CT,Nagai MA,Lemos LB,Góes JC

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A previously unreported high incidence of endoscopically identifiable, diffuse, largely nonulcerative esophagitis, is described in a selected population of Southern African blacks at risk of cancer of the esophagus. This is comparable with findings in similar groups in Iran and China. The incidence of dysplasia and "e...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Oettlé GJ,Paterson AC,Leiman G,Segal I

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A previous study found that medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) delayed the in vivo growth of three (AsPC-1, Capan-2, and MiaPaCa-2) of nine human pancreatic carcinoma cell lines transplanted into nude mice (Cancer 1995; 75:1263-72). The current study was undertaken to evaluate the basis for this inhibitor. M...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Abe M,Yamashita J,Ogawa M

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five patients with hepatocellular carcinoma in the caudate lobe were evaluated. Computed tomography (CT) scan and/or angiography clearly demonstrated multiple intrahepatic metastases in four (80%), and tumor thrombi in the portal vein in two (40%), and in the inferior vena cava in one. Even though there was no recogni...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Takayasu K,Muramatsu Y,Shima Y,Goto H,Moriyama N,Yamada T,Makuuchi M,Kaneko A,Itabashi M,Shimamura Y

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cis-diamminedichloride platinum II (DDP) was administered to eight patients with epidermoid carcinoma of the penis. Three of six adequately treated patients had an objective response: one patient achieved complete remission of 7 months duration and 2 patients had partial remissions of 8 and 2 months, respectively. DDP...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Sklaroff RB,Yagoda A

更新日期：1979-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myelography was performed on 78 patients with breast cancer who had signs or symptoms compatible with spinal cord compression. Of 42 patients (54%) with extradural defects, 21 (50%) had a complete block. All patients with positive myelograms (M+) had a positive bone scan and 41 of 42 (97%) had positive skeletal x-rays...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Harrison KM,Muss HB,Ball MR,McWhorter M,Case D

更新日期：1985-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The incidence of metastasis to the thyroid gland in autopsy series varies from 1.25% to 24%. Metastasis to the thyroid gland is usually considered a terminal event, and the effectiveness of conventional treatment has been questioned. The authors assessed the effects of current methods of diagnosis and treatm...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Nakhjavani MK,Gharib H,Goellner JR,van Heerden JA

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report identifies five general conclusions that emerged from the Second Workshop on Methodology in Behavioral and Psychosocial Cancer Research. These conclusions address diverse topics, including a focus on areas other than methodology; an emphasis on the transfer of technology and knowledge to applied settings; ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Burish TG

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since November 1973, intraoperative radiotherapy has been performed on five patients with unresectable, advanced carcinoma of the bile duct at the hepatic hilus and six patients with unresectable carcinoma of the gallbladder. A treatment cone with a diameter ranging from 4--10 cm was directly applied at the lesion. A ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Todoroki T,Iwasaki Y,Okamura T,Nagoshi K,Asakura H,Nakano M,Inada T,Tsunemoto H,Umegaki Y,Nishimura A,Nakano M,Sato H

更新日期：1980-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:False-positive cancer screening results may affect a patient's willingness to obtain future screening. METHODS:The authors conducted logistic regression analysis of 450,484 person-years of electronic medical records (2006-2015) in 92,405 individuals aged 50 to 75 years. Exposures were false-positive breast,...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Taksler GB,Keating NL,Rothberg MB

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Danish Breast Cancer Cooperative Group (DBCG) 77B trial examined the relative efficacy of levamisole, single-agent oral cyclophosphamide, and the classic combination of cyclophosphamide, methotrexate, and 5-fluorouracil (CMF) against no adjuvant systemic therapy in high-risk breast cancer patients. The a...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Ejlertsen B,Mouridsen HT,Jensen MB,Andersen J,Andersson M,Kamby C,Knoop AS,Danish Breast Cancer Cooperative Group.

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cervical cancer mortality rates have declined in the United States, primarily because of Papanicolaou testing. However, limited information is available about the incidence of the disease in the US-Mexico border region, where some of the poorest counties in the United States are located. This study was under...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Coughlin SS,Richards TB,Nasseri K,Weiss NS,Wiggins CL,Saraiya M,Stinchcomb DG,Vensor VM,Nielson CM

更新日期：2008-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nearly 50% of urothelial carcinoma patients with lymph node-negative invasive cancers recur after radical surgery. In many cases, occult local or lymph node disease may be present but undetectable by current approaches. Reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR)-detectable mRNA of Uroplakin II ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Copp HL,Chin JL,Conaway M,Theodorescu D

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Meningeal carcinomatosis can appear with a variety of neurologic signs and symptoms. Alterations in respiratory control have not been reported in this syndrome or in neurologic syndromes associated with systemic cancer. The authors report on a case of documented leptomeningeal carcinoma from breast cancer presenting a...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Marcus FS,Dandolos EM,Friedman MA

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pretreatment biopsy material of 82 cases of follicular lymphoma of lymph node origin was reviewed. According to the amount of small lymphocytes in the parafollicular lymphoid tissue (PSL), tumors were classified: PSL++, abundant lymphocytes with prominent postcapillary venules; PSL+, a number of lymphocytes readily re...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Ree HJ,Leone LA

更新日期：1978-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many cancer patients have elevated serum protein and sialic acid (N-acetyl neuraminic acid, NANA) levels. Serial determinations were performed, using serum treated with perchloric acid from 34 patients with widespread metastatic disease. Six of six patients who underwent debulking surgery had a drop in their serum NAN...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Harvey HA,Lipton A,White D,Davidson E

更新日期：1981-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Gonadal dosimetry and spermatogenic activity was monitored in patients given radiation therapy (RT) after unilateral orchiectomy for seminoma. The RT given was, with minor variations, 3200 rad in 16 fractions in four weeks to the para-aortic and ipsilateral pelvic inguinal lymphatics in order to include the orchiectom...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Hahn EW,Feingold SM,Simpson L,Batata M

更新日期：1982-07-15 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：:The reports of 240 gallium scans on 165 patients with Hodgkin's disease were reviewed to compare results with higher doses with those in earlier studies that employed lower doses. Tracer concentrations in specific sites were correlated with radiologic and pathologic reports and with the clinical courses of the patient...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Hagemeister FB,Fesus SM,Lamki LM,Haynie TP

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We measured des-gamma-carboxyglutamic acid prothrombin (protein induced by vitamin K absence or antagonist-Factor II: [PIVKA-II]) in plasmas of normal subjects, patients with thrombotic disease, those with hepatic disease including hepatocellular carcinoma, and those with carcinoma of other tissues, and compared the r...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Deyashiki Y,Nishioka Y,Takahashi K,Kosaka Y,Suzuki K

更新日期：1989-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies and those of the authors have reported about raised levels of lipid-bound sialic acid (LSA) in sera of patients with various neoplasms. Most authors have used the method of Katopodis and Stock for isolating serum LSA. Because of the discrepancy of the amount of extracted LSA with the content of pure g...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Voigtmann R,Pokorny J,Meinshausen A

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors present the case of a 40-year-old white man with an obstructing laryngeal mass. Despite considerable tumor size, results of repeated biopsies revealed widespread carcinoma in situ with chronic inflammation within the subcutaneous tissues, and only after extensive endoscopic "debulking" of the mass was a sm...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Eskinazi DP,Mihail R,Dichtel WG

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The current study was conducted to characterize the epidemiology, histology, and radiographic features of as well as the surgical approach to pediatric and adolescent renal cell carcinoma (pRCC). METHODS:pRCC cases prospectively enrolled on the Children's Oncology Group study AREN03B2 underwent central path...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Geller JI,Ehrlich PF,Cost NG,Khanna G,Mullen EA,Gratias EJ,Naranjo A,Dome JS,Perlman EJ

更新日期：2015-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The first analysis of the ATAC (Arimidex, Tamoxifen Alone or in Combination) trial (median follow-up, 33 months) demonstrated that in adjuvant endocrine therapy for postmenopausal patients with early-stage breast cancer, anastrozole was superior to tamoxifen in terms of disease-free survival (DFS), time to r...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Baum M,Buzdar A,Cuzick J,Forbes J,Houghton J,Howell A,Sahmoud T,ATAC (Arimidex, Tamoxifen Alone or in Combination) Trialists' Group.

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00