Single, high-dose intravenous dexamethasone as an antiemetic in cancer chemotherapy.

abstract：PURPOSE:This phase I study (EudraCT No. 2006-001177-25) investigated aflibercept, a vascular endothelial growth factor decoy receptor protein (VEGF Trap), in combination with docetaxel, cisplatin, and 5-fluorouracil in patients with advanced solid tumors. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Patients received 2, 4, or 6 mg/kg of intr...

journal_title：Oncology

authors： Bahleda R,Baker J,Massard C,Gadgeel SM,Rogers JE,Izzedine H,Deutsch E,Garris JL,Khan A,Boelle E,Assadourian S,Soria JC,Ajani JA

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the relationship between neoplastic transformation and increased genetic instability, spontaneous and induced mutation rates were compared in a nontumorigenic, immortalized human bronchial epithelial cell line (NL20) and a tumorigenic cell line (NL20T) spontaneously derived from the NL20 line. Using the h...

journal_title：Oncology

authors： Wittenkeller JL,Storer B,Bittner G,Schiller JH

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES AND METHODS:Tumor dormancy and resistance to cytotoxic agents are key limiting events in the treatment of malignant diseases. To determine whether both are influenced by the extracellular milieu in which tumors reside, HT1080 human fibrosarcoma, MCF-7 breast carcinoma and OSCORT osteosarcoma cell proliferati...

journal_title：Oncology

authors： Pogány G,Timár F,Oláh J,Harisi R,Polony G,Paku S,Bocsi J,Jeney A,Laurie GW

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:There are a few long-term follow-up studies of patients with stage I ovarian carcinoma. The objective of this study was to evaluate prognostic factors for long-term survival. METHODS:Two hundred fourteen stage I ovarian carcinomas (registered by the Tokai Ovarian Tumor Study Group from 1988 to 1999) were ana...

journal_title：Oncology

authors： Mizuno M,Kikkawa F,Shibata K,Kajiyama H,Suzuki T,Ino K,Kawai M,Mizutani S

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:A phase II study was performed to investigate the safety and efficacy of concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT) combined with an orally active fluoropyrimidine, S-1, plus cisplatin for locally advanced esophageal cancer (LAEC). METHODS:CCRT comprised 2 courses, a 30-Gy radiotherapy over 3 weeks plus daily oral...

journal_title：Oncology

authors： Iwase H,Shimada M,Tsuzuki T,Hirashima N,Okeya M,Hibino Y,Ryuge N,Yokoi M,Kida Y,Kuno T,Tanaka Y,Kato B,Esaki M,Urata N,Kato E

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neurotoxicity is a major problem because it represents the dose-limiting side effect of a significant number of antineoplastic drugs, such as vinca alkaloids. Hereditary neuropathies usually predispose to severe vincristine neurotoxicity. Here, we report the case of a 56-year-old man wi...

journal_title：Oncology

authors： Colpo A,Wilson FH,Nardi V,Hochberg E

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nontumor-bearing C3H/He mice were splenectomized and intravenously inoculated 7 days later with Streptococcus pneumoniae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, or Escherichia coli. The survival rate was reduced by splenectomy in the animals inoculated with S. pneumoniae, but did not change in those inoculated with P. aeruginosa or ...

journal_title：Oncology

authors： Ando T,Motokawa I,Sakurai K,Ohmura Y,Matsunaga K,Fujii T,Yoshikumi C,Taguchi T

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase (HSVtk)/ganciclovir suicide gene therapy system has been considered as one of the most promising therapeutic strategies for malignant gliomas. We have been using HSVtk gene-transduced neural stem cells (NSCtk) that possess an ability to migrate toward a tumor mass for...

journal_title：Oncology

authors： Li S,Tokuyama T,Yamamoto J,Koide M,Yokota N,Namba H

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Clinical significance of immunohistochemically detectable level of p53 protein has been reported, but with some limitation as a prognosticator of bladder cancer patients. Whether or not simultaneous evaluation of mdm2 and p53 expression in bladder cancer exceed the prognostic significance of conventional his...

journal_title：Oncology

authors： Shiina H,Igawa M,Shigeno K,Yamasaki Y,Urakami S,Yoneda T,Wada Y,Honda S,Nagasaki M

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coagulation disorders are frequently detected in patients affected by different tumours even though clinical symptoms occur in a very small percentage of such subjects. Coagulation processes are probably involved in the mechanism of metastatic spread. We assayed the plasma levels of thrombin-antithrombin III (TAT) com...

journal_title：Oncology

authors： Bartoloni C,Guidi L,Tricerri A,Patriarca F,Pili R,Cursi F,Canetta M,Cappelli A,Vangeli M,Salvati F

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To report the outcomes of surgical resection of borderline resectable (BL) and locally advanced (LA) 'unresectable' pancreatic cancer after neoadjuvant chemotherapy. METHODS:A review of a prospectively maintained database for pancreatic resections was undertaken to identify patients undergoing resection for ...

journal_title：Oncology

authors： Addeo P,Rosso E,Fuchshuber P,Oussoultzoglou E,De Blasi V,Simone G,Belletier C,Dufour P,Bachellier P

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A transplantable transitional cell murine bladder tumor induced by N-[4-(5-nitro-2-furyl)-thiazolyl] formamide (FANFT) was characterized by tumor growth, survival time and response to chemotherapy drugs, cis-dichloro-trans-dihydroxy-bis-iso-propylamine platinum IV (CHIP), cis- diaminedichloro platinum II (DDP), cyclop...

journal_title：Oncology

authors： Murphy GP,Pontes JE,Williams PD

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:MicroRNA (miR)-503 is downregulated in several cancers and plays a tumor-suppressive role in carcinogenesis. However, the miR-503 expression pattern, its clinical significance and its molecular mechanism in colorectal cancer (CRC) have not been investigated. METHODS:We analyzed miR-503 expression in normal ...

journal_title：Oncology

authors： Noguchi T,Toiyama Y,Kitajima T,Imaoka H,Hiro J,Saigusa S,Tanaka K,Inoue Y,Mohri Y,Toden S,Kusunoki M

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Recently, it has been reported that expression of the HRK gene was significantly reduced by hypermethylation in astrocytic tumors. Our aim is to verify the alterations in the HRK gene in primary central nervous system lymphomas (PCNSLs). METHODS:We analyzed the hypermethylation status and expression of the ...

journal_title：Oncology

authors： Nakamura M,Ishida E,Shimada K,Nakase H,Sakaki T,Konishi N

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is well recognized that distinguishing benign from malignant papillary lesions of the breast may pose challenging diagnostic problems. To prospectively evaluate the potential role of mammography, ultrasound and image-guided core biopsy in the diagnosis of papillary lesions of the breast. METHODS:1,442 wo...

journal_title：Oncology

authors： Puglisi F,Zuiani C,Bazzocchi M,Valent F,Aprile G,Pertoldi B,Minisini AM,Cedolini C,Londero V,Piga A,Di Loreto C

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of the blood-brain barrier and of tumor-specific antibodies to concentrate boron selectivity in gliomas for neutron capture therapy is considered experimentally and theoretically. The time-dependent concentration of two anionic boranes, B12 H11 SH2- and B12 H11 SOSB12 H114-, in the blood, brain, and tumor of ...

journal_title：Oncology

authors： Tolpin EI,Wellum GR,Dohan FC Jr,Kornblith PL,Zamenhof RG

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Magnetic resonance imaging-guided laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT) is a minimally invasive treatment modality with recent increasing use to ablate brain tumors. When originally introduced in the late 1980s, the inability to precisely monitor and control the thermal ablation limited the adoption of LITT in neu...

journal_title：Oncology

authors： Rahmathulla G,Recinos PF,Kamian K,Mohammadi AM,Ahluwalia MS,Barnett GH

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Standard therapy for postoperative pain after laparoscopic colorectal surgeries at the Tan Tock Seng Hospital consists of intravenous morphine via patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) for the first 24-48 h, followed by oral analgesics. We compared the efficacy and safety of oral controlled-release (CR) oxycodo...

journal_title：Oncology

authors： Ho HS

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study reports the percentage of breast cancer survivors receiving ongoing benzodiazepines and the circumstances surrounding their usage. METHODS:The medical records of 1,000 consecutive breast cancer survivors who were no longer receiving adjuvant chemotherapy were reviewed. RESULTS:Among those patient...

journal_title：Oncology

authors： Vaidya R,Sood R,Karlin N,Jatoi A

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have demonstrated a rise in serum alpha-1-antitrypsin at advanced stages of malignancy. These, together with results of animal experiments with another anti-proteinase, aprotinin, have prompted studies of the plasma alpha-1-antitrypsin in the early stages of malignancy, using cervical carcinoma as a m...

journal_title：Oncology

authors： Latner AL,Turner GA,Lamin MM

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-eight patients with metastatic renal-cell carcinoma (RCC) and 1 patient with a second primary RCC were treated with coumarin and cimetidine. Patients received 400 mg cimetidine p.o. daily and after 1 week 100 mg coumarin p.o. daily in addition until tumour progression. Two complete remission (30 and 50+ months)...

journal_title：Oncology

authors： Kokron O,Maca S,Gasser G,Schmidt PR

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1-beta-D-Arabinofuranosylcytosine-5'-stearylphosphate (fosteabine) was administered orally to patients with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS); refractory anemia with excess of blasts (RAEB), RAEB in transformation, acute leukemia derived from RAEB and chronic myelomonocytic leukemia, in an early phase II study in a mult...

journal_title：Oncology

authors： Ohno R,Tatsumi N,Hirano M,Imai K,Mizoguchi H,Nakamura T,Kosaka M,Takatsuki K,Yamaya T,Toyama K

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Growth-regulated oncogene-1 (GRO-1) is an autocrine growth factor in melanoma and is a member of the CXC family of chemokines which promote chemotaxis of granulocytes and endothelia through binding to CXC receptor 2. A previous article noted that GRO-1 was upregulated in oral cancer using a genome-wide microarray appr...

journal_title：Oncology

authors： Shintani S,Ishikawa T,Nonaka T,Li C,Nakashiro K,Wong DT,Hamakawa H

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autoantibodies (AAb) directed against the nuclear phosphoprotein p53 can be detected in patients with various forms of cancer. The objective was to determine the prevalence of p53 AAb at the time of diagnosis in ovarian cancer patients and to correlate the presence of p53 AAb with clinicopathological parameters. Sera ...

journal_title：Oncology

authors： Vogl FD,Stickeler E,Weyermann M,Köhler T,Grill HJ,Negri G,Kreienberg R,Runnebaum IB

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Variations in the incidence of cancer can be influenced by diet and specific lifestyles. In the last years, diet has been evaluated as an important factor in the development of ovarian cancer, even though the results have not been consistent. Dietary factors related to the risk of ovarian cancer in Mexican w...

journal_title：Oncology

authors： Salazar-Martinez E,Lazcano-Ponce EC,Gonzalez Lira-Lira G,Escudero-De los Rios P,Hernandez-Avila M

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We evaluated the efficacy and safety of bolus 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) and leucovorin combined with weekly paclitaxel (FLTAX) in advanced gastric cancer (GC) patients. METHODS:Patients with untreated stage IV GC received paclitaxel 80 mg/m(2) as a 1-hour infusion, followed by 5-FU 600 mg/m(2) as a bolus infusio...

journal_title：Oncology

authors： Matsubara J,Shimada Y,Kato K,Nagai Y,Iwasa S,Nakajima TE,Hamaguchi T,Yamada Y,Takagi S,Kobayashi K,Yoshioka A,Nakayama N,Tsuji A

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ifosfamide is relatively well tolerated but it can be associated occasionally with life-threatening complications such as arrhythmias and heart failure, severe encephalopathy and hemorrhagic cystitis. Mesna administration can control the urothelial toxicity of ifosfamide, but it is without effect on the other complica...

journal_title：Oncology

authors： Klastersky J

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The aim of this study was to assess the molecular subtype profiles of male breast cancer (MBC) and subsequent clinical outcome using a validated 6-marker immunohistochemical panel. METHODS:A total of 43 cases of MBC were examined retrospectively using a semiquantitative immunohistochemical analysis of estrogen rec...

journal_title：Oncology

authors： Sánchez-Muñoz A,Román-Jobacho A,Pérez-Villa L,Sánchez-Rovira P,Miramón J,Pérez D,Sáez MI,de Luque V,Medina L,Ramírez-Tortosa CL,Vicioso L,Medina JA,Ribelles N,Alba E

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression of pro-gastrin-releasing peptide (proGRP) in medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) and other histological types of thyroid carcinoma was studied by an immunohistochemical technique, using polyclonal anti-proGRP antiserum. Immunoreactivity for proGRP was detected exclusively in MTC (n = 7); other histologica...

journal_title：Oncology

authors： Inaji H,Komoike Y,Motomura K,Higashiyama M,Ohtsuru M,Funai H,Kasugai T,Koyama H

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CA 19-9 and tissue polypeptide antigen (TPA) were determined in the sera of 28 control subjects, 29 patients with pancreatic cancer, 26 with chronic pancreatitis and 62 with benign and malignant extra pancreatic diseases in order to compare their usefulness in diagnosing pancreatic cancer, to verify whether the combin...

journal_title：Oncology

authors： Basso D,Fabris C,Del Favero G,Panucci A,Plebani M,Angonese C,Leandro G,Dodi G,Burlina A,Naccarato R

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00