Methodologic approaches to quality care evaluation.

abstract：:One hundred eighty-nine patients received a four-drug combination consisting of cyclophosphamide, Oncovin (vincristine), methyl CCNU, and bleomycin (COMB), according to three different drug regimens, performed sequentially. Of the 189, 62 had a partial response (33%) including 11/33 with squamous lung cancer, 11/32 wi...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Livingston RB,Einhorn LH,Bodey GP,Burgess MA,Freireich EJ,Gottlieb JA

更新日期：1975-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The specific volatile organic compounds (VOCs) exhaled by lung cancer cells in the microenvironment are the source biomarkers of lung cancer and also serve as direct evidence that the diagnosis of lung cancer by breath is possible. However, to the authors' knowledge, few articles published to date have provi...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Chen X,Xu F,Wang Y,Pan Y,Lu D,Wang P,Ying K,Chen E,Zhang W

更新日期：2007-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:This study is a clinicopathologic evaluation of seven patients with endometrial stromal sarcoma of pure homologous type. Histologic distinction from endometrial stromatosis was based on the presence of high mitotic activity and nuclear anaplasia. One sarcoma appeared to have originated from invasive stromatosis. All p...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Yoonessi M,Hart WR

更新日期：1977-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have used immunohistology and radioimmunoassay procedures to study Chromogranin A (CgA) in human neuroendocrine tumor cell lines, especially small cell lung cancers (SCLC). By immunohistology, CgA could be detected in 11 of 18 classical SCLC cell lines, in a medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) cell line, and in only ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Deftos LJ,Linnoila RI,Carney DN,Burton DW,Leong SS,O'Connor DT,Murray SS,Gazdar AF

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of postmastectomy breast reconstruction on the timing of chemotherapy. METHODS:: The authors included stage I-III breast cancer patients from 8 National Comprehensive Cancer Network institutions for whom guidelines recommended chemotherapy. Surgery type...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Alderman AK,Collins ED,Schott A,Hughes ME,Ottesen RA,Theriault RL,Wong YN,Weeks JC,Niland JC,Edge SB

更新日期：2010-04-01 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：:To determine the efficacy of adjuvant chemotherapy in patients with advanced head and neck squamous carcinoma, the National Cancer Institute initiated a multi-institutional, prospective randomized trial termed the Head and Neck Contracts Program. Between 1978 and 1982, 462 patients with resectable Stage III or IV canc...

journal_title：Cancer

authors：

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood was obtained on 414 occasions from 106 children with acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) or solid tumors. Resting and stimulated hexose monophosphate shunt (HMPS) activity and unstimulated and stimulated nitroblue tetrazolium (NBT) dye reduction were assessed on each sample. The values obtained were compared to sim...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Pickering LK,Anderson DC,Choi S,Feigin RD

更新日期：1975-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report is to make the general scientific community aware of availability of human tissues through this network. During the short period of its existence, this network has developed useful procedures for distributing human tumor tissue in a rapid, scientifically useful, cost-effective manner to investigators to wh...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Clausen KP,Grizzle WE,Livolsi V,Newton WA Jr,Aamodt R

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Grilled or fried meat and fish contain various mutagenic heterocyclic amines, and structures of at least 19 compounds have already been determined. Among these, 10 have been examined for long term carcinogenicity, all proving to be positive. 2-Amino-1-methyl-6-phenylimidazo[4,5-b]pyridine (PhIP), for example, preferen...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Nagao M,Ushijima T,Wakabayashi K,Ochiai M,Kushida H,Sugimura T,Hasegawa R,Shirai T,Ito N

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone marrow trephine biopsies were performed on 107 previously untreated patients with Hodgkin's disease (HD). Fifteen patients (14%) exhibited bone marrow involvement. These consisted of two of three patients (67%) with lymphocyte depletion, six of 27 patients (22%) with mixed cellularity, five of 64 patients (8%) wi...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： O'Carroll DI,McKenna RW,Brunning RD

更新日期：1976-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) biopsy allows the detailed imaging and FNA not only of both intramural and extramural structures and lesions of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract but also of various intraabdominal organs. Thus, EUS-FNA biopsy offers a novel opportunity to evaluate ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Jhala NC,Jhala D,Eloubeidi MA,Chhieng DC,Crowe DR,Roberson J,Eltoum I

更新日期：2004-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Because increased effects have been achieved when murine tumors are irradiated after a period of hypoxia and because of anecdotal clinical experiences of an improved result after irradiation of previously anemic patients in hyperbaric oxygen, the relationship between irradiation and increased survival was investigated...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Sealy R,Jacobs P,Wood L,Levin W,Barry L,Boniaszczuk J,Blekkenhorst G

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:During the last decade, an inverse stage migration has been observed in radical prostatectomy series at tertiary centers. However, it remains unclear whether similar trends can also be observed in solely robotic practices, including nonreferral centers. The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical a...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Albisinni S,Joniau S,Quackels T,De Coster G,Dekuyper P,Van Cleynenbreugel B,Van Damme N,Van Eycken E,Ameye F,Roumeguère T,Be-RALP Registry (Belgian Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopic Prostatectomy Registry).

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Artificial neural networks now are used in many fields. They have become well established as viable, multipurpose, robust computational methodologies with solid theoretic support and with strong potential to be effective in any discipline, especially medicine. For example, neural networks can extract new medical infor...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Dayhoff JE,DeLeo JM

更新日期：2001-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical, hematological, and cytogenetic characteristics of a male patient with AMMoL are described. Before treatment a clone with the complex karyotype 45,X,del(7)(q32), t(8;21)(q22;q22) was present in the bone marrow. During partial remission induced by cytostatics, the percentage of normal cells increased, and ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Hustinx TW,Burghouts JT,Scheres JM,Smits AP

更新日期：1980-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Menorrhagia is a serious complication in young female oncology patients who suffer from severe thrombocytopenia during myelosuppressive treatment. To the authors' knowledge, little is known regarding the incidence of this complication or the effectiveness of possible therapies for its prevention. METHODS:In...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Meirow D,Rabinovici J,Katz D,Or R,Shufaro Y,Ben-Yehuda D

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcriptional dysregulation induced by disease-defining genetic alterations of proteins in transcriptional machinery is a key feature of cancers. Mediator complex subunit 12 (MED12) is the central architectural subunit in the kinase module of Mediator, a large transcriptional regulatory complex that controls essenti...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Zhang S,O'Regan R,Xu W

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) of the head and neck (ACCHN) is a rare tumor of minor salivary, parotid, and submandibular glands. The biologic behavior of the disease is poorly understood, and nonsurgical treatment strategies have yet to be standardized. The long-term prognosis continues to be guarded, with ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Ellington CL,Goodman M,Kono SA,Grist W,Wadsworth T,Chen AY,Owonikoko T,Ramalingam S,Shin DM,Khuri FR,Beitler JJ,Saba NF

更新日期：2012-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure of tumor cells to reduced folates before or with the fluoropyrimidines, 5-fluorouracil or 5-fluoro-2'deoxyuridine, results in a substantial increase in the activity of these drugs. Available evidence suggests that the mechanism of this synergism is a kinetic stabilization of complex formed between thymidylate...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Morgan RG

更新日期：1989-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Active surveillance (AS) with deferred treatment is an established management option for patients with prostate cancer and favorable clinical parameters. The impact of repeat biopsy after diagnosis was examined in a cohort of men with prostate cancer on AS. METHODS:In all, 186 men with prostate cancer with ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Al Otaibi M,Ross P,Fahmy N,Jeyaganth S,Trottier H,Sircar K,Bégin LR,Souhami L,Kassouf W,Aprikian A,Tanguay S

更新日期：2008-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hepatectomy is the standard of care for patients with colorectal cancer who have isolated hepatic metastases; however, the long-term survival benefits of hepatectomy in this population have not been characterized well outside of case series. For the current study, a population-based database was used to comp...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Cummings LC,Payes JD,Cooper GS

更新日期：2007-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The glucocorticoid receptor (GR) quantitation by a whole-cell assay and/or cytosol technique and the in vitro sensitivity to steroids have been assessed in peripheral blood cells from normal donors and patients with chronic lymphatic leukemia (CLL), acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), lymphosarcoma cell leukemia (LSCL...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Nanni P,Nicoletti G,Prodi G,Galli MC,De Giovanni C,Grilli S,Lollini PL,Gobbi M,Cavo M,Tura S

更新日期：1982-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Several decades ago, it was reported that normal and malignant mesothelial cells were transformed into distinct cell types (epithelial to fibrous and fibrous to epithelial) when transferred to in vitro conditions. Those tissue culture data are still cited as evidence supporting that the mesothelial cell has multipoten...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Suzuki Y,Chahinian AP,Ohnuma T

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin (IL)-2 therapy leads to respiratory dysfunction due to increased vascular permeability. This study examines the role of the chemoattractant, immunomodulator, and permeability-promoting agent leukotriene (LT) B4 in this setting. Sheep with chronic lung lymph fistulae were given IL-2, 10(5) U/kg as an IV bol...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Klausner JM,Goldman G,Skornick Y,Valeri R,Inbar M,Shepro D,Hechtman HB

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor-specific DNA sequences or unique sequences have been found in a number of human cancer cells including gliomas but not in equivalent normal cells. In a continuing effort to further elucidate the nature of these sequences, thermal analysis using the hydroxyapatite technique was carried out on the various grades o...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Cuatico W

更新日期：1980-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultrasonographic examinations and measurements of CA 19-9 and elastase 1 were done simultaneously in 14 patients with resectable pancreatic cancer of less than 3.0 cm in longest diameter and 48 patients with pancreatitis. Although a pancreatic mass was detected ultrasonically in only six (42.9%) of the patients with t...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Iishi H,Yamamura H,Tatsuta M,Okuda S,Kitamura T

更新日期：1986-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This randomized pilot trial investigated whether primary chemotherapy was feasible in terms of efficacy, survival, toxicity profile, and quality of life compared with whole-brain radiotherapy (WBRT) given first in chemotherapy-naive patients nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with synchronous brain metastasis...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Lee DH,Han JY,Kim HT,Yoon SJ,Pyo HR,Cho KH,Shin SH,Yoo H,Lee SH,Lee JS

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:If some adenomas do not bleed over several years, they will cause systematic false-negative fecal immunochemical test (FIT) results. The long-term effectiveness of FIT screening has been estimated without accounting for such systematic false-negativity. There are now data with which to evaluate this issue. ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： van der Meulen MP,Lansdorp-Vogelaar I,van Heijningen EM,Kuipers EJ,van Ballegooijen M

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Multiple lymphomatous polyposis (MLP) results from gastrointestinal involvement by a B-cell lymphoma that originates from the mantle zone of lymphoid follicles. This well described clinicopathologic entity has a poor prognosis: the rate of complete response after conventional chemotherapy is very low. High d...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Mahé B,Moreau A,Moreau P,Le Tortorec S,Harousseau JL,Milpied N

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00