Small bore catheter drainage and sclerotherapy for malignant pleural effusions.

abstract：:From 1977, 29 patients with inoperable non-small cell lung carcinoma due to locally far-advanced disease underwent lung resection after receiving two to eight courses of chemotherapy. After the surgery was performed, three additional courses of chemotherapy were given. The overall median survival from onset of the che...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Takita H,Regal AM,Antkowiak JG,Rao UN,Botsoglou NK,Lane WW

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantitative counts of ferruginous bodies were performed on digests of lungs from 100 control and 30 lung cancer patients. It was found that the lung cancer group had significantly higher levels, although only 1 patient was known to be occupationally exposed to asbestos. It is suggested that even extremely low levels ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Warnock ML,Churg AM

更新日期：1975-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fatigue is a common and distressing symptom for patients with gynecologic cancers. Few studies have empirically examined whether it spontaneously resolves. This study was aimed at identifying longitudinal patterns of fatigue and predictors of clinically significant fatigue 1 year after treatment completion. ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Poort H,de Rooij BH,Uno H,Weng S,Ezendam NPM,van de Poll-Franse L,Wright AA

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A feasibility study examining the effects of supervised aerobic exercise training on cardiopulmonary and quality of life (QOL) endpoints among postsurgical nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients was conducted. METHODS:Using a single-group design, 20 patients with stage I-IIIB NSCLC performed 3 aerobic c...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Jones LW,Eves ND,Peterson BL,Garst J,Crawford J,West MJ,Mabe S,Harpole D,Kraus WE,Douglas PS

更新日期：2008-12-15 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：:The hepatic histopathology was studied in 125 patients with Hodgkin's disease to determine whether there are any features other than Reed-Sternberg (RS) cells that might aid in the diagnosis of hepatic involvement by the neoplastic process. Liver biopsy specimens from 41 patients with Hodgkin's disease in the liver we...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Dich NH,Goodman ZD,Klein MA

更新日期：1989-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The objective of this analysis was to evaluate the role of autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) in prolonging disease free survival (DFS) and overall survival (OS) in patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) who received autografts of Philadelphia chromosome (Ph) positive or Ph negative cell harve...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Koziner B,Dengra C,Lucero G,Klein G,Cánepa C,Milovic V,Milone G,Robinson A,Cerutti I,Saporito G,Kusminsky G,Milone J,Bordone J,Lastiri F,Argentine Group of Bone Marrow Transplantation.

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data from the Cancer Registry in the Netherlands Antilles made clear that the incidence rate of cancer of the upper digestive tract in this country was among the highest in the world. To study the long-term trends in the incidence rate a retrospective population-based case-finding survey was performed. The author pres...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Freni SC

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seventy-eight patients with metastatic cancer to the lungs underwent flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopy for diagnosis. The patients were divided into two groups by presenting radiographic pattern as: (I) diffuse linear interstitial infiltrations (55 patients); and (II) localized or multiple nodular opacities (23 patient...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Chuang MT,Padilla ML,Teirstein AS

更新日期：1983-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies have suggested that the prognosis in patients with extremity soft-tissue sarcomas (ESTS) with isolated lymph node (LN) metastases (stage IV) is comparable to that of patients with high-risk ESTS without metastases (stage III). This study was performed to determine the outcomes of patients wh...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Al-Refaie WB,Andtbacka RH,Ensor J,Pisters PW,Ellis TL,Shrout A,Hunt KK,Cormier JN,Pollock RE,Feig BW

更新日期：2008-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To propose 'never-smoking nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC)' as a separate entity, the clinicopathologic differences of operable NSCLC between never-smoking patients and patients with a history of smoking were investigated. METHODS:The medical records of 1405 patients with primary NSCLC who underwent a comp...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Yano T,Miura N,Takenaka T,Haro A,Okazaki H,Ohba T,Kouso H,Kometani T,Shoji F,Maehara Y

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The objective of this study was to evaluate changes in clinical and pathologic characteristics of prostate cancer in patients who underwent surgery at a large tertiary care center in the context of increased use of active surveillance (AS) and minimally invasive surgery (MIS). METHODS:The authors retrospect...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Silberstein JL,Vickers AJ,Power NE,Fine SW,Scardino PT,Eastham JA,Laudone VP

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Modern cancer treatments can cure or prolong patients' lives. However, the associated physical and psychosocial problems can detrimentally affect patients' compliance with treatment and, ultimately, their outcomes. Therefore, oncologists need to recognize the problems experienced by their patients and, when ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Newell S,Sanson-Fisher RW,Girgis A,Bonaventura A

更新日期：1998-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of a glomus tumor arising in an unusual site, the trachea, is described. The tumor was composed of a mixture of glomus cells and mast cells. At the ultrastructural level, the glomus cells exhibited features of modified smooth-muscle cells. ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Fabich DR,Hafez GR

更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND METHODS:The antiemetic activity of ondansetron (Zofran, Glaxo Pharmaceuticals, Research Triangle Park, NC) was evaluated in 25 patients with recurrent melanoma who were treated sequentially with dacarbazine (DTIC), vinblastine, and cisplatin. The antiemetic regimen included ondansetron alone in 11 patien...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Legha SS,Hodges C,Ring S

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although grading has prognostic significance for many tumor types, a prognostically significant grading system for lung adenocarcinoma has not yet been established. The aim of this study was to evaluate histologic characteristics included in tumor grading systems, establish optimal cutoff values that have th...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Barletta JA,Yeap BY,Chirieac LR

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In a previous clinical trial, the authors disclosed that the expression of tumor cell motility factor gp78hAMFR correlates with tumor progression in patients with bladder carcinoma. This study was initiated to evaluate whether the combination of cytostatic drugs with an antimotility factor has an effect on c...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Otto T,Bex A,Krege S,Walz PH,Rübben H

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data on patients with gallbladder cancer listed in the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program of the National Cancer Institute were reviewed. Between 1977 and 1986, 3038 patients were recorded in the Program. Histologic grade, histologic type, stage of disease, and vascular invasion were correlated...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Henson DE,Albores-Saavedra J,Corle D

更新日期：1992-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Monozygotic twins developed gastric cancers that were found almost simultaneously. A 47-year-old man complained of nausea and vomiting; an upper gastrointestinal series and endoscopy revealed advanced gastric cancer invading the serosa. Palliative subtotal gastrectomy was performed. In his asymptomatic twin a gastric ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Matsukura N,Onda M,Tokunaga A,Yoshiyuki T,Shimizu Y,Nishi K,Furukawa K,Yoshiyasu M,Kiyama T,Tanaka N

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective study was done of all patients who were seen for definitive treatment of adenocarcinoma of the pancreas at the Massachusetts General Hospital from 1963 to 1973. There were a total of 145 patients. Thirty-one patients were treated with radical surgery, with a 16% operative mortality, a 5-year crude surv...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Tepper J,Nardi G,Sutt H

更新日期：1976-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignant sweat gland neoplasms are rare tumors. Historically, the principal mode of treatment has been local surgical excision. Eight published studies show that greater than 50% of patients develop either local tumor recurrence after surgery or regional lymph node metastases. Most patients have evidence of locoregio...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Harari PM,Shimm DS,Bangert JL,Cassady JR

更新日期：1990-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Pleural fluid and serum protein electrophoresis and quantitative immunoglobulin measurements were carried out in patients with pleural effusions. The mean pleural fluid/serum ratios of IgA, IgG, and IgM were elevated in patients with malignant pleural effusions compared with patients with nonmalignant pleural effusion...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Desai SD,Sackett DL

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Small cell carcinoma is primarily a pulmonary neoplasm that rarely arises in extrapulmonic sites including salivary glands of the head and neck. Twelve cases of small cell carcinoma of salivary gland origin were retrieved from the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology files. Six tumors occurred in the parotid gland and ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Gnepp DR,Corio RL,Brannon RB

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of trials testing combined surgery and chemotherapy in lung cancer are reviewed. Fifteen adjuvant trials using various chemotherapeutic agents were analyzed to determine reasons for their lack of success. Current trials with adjuvant therapy in lung cancer are briefly outlined. In addition, analysis of the...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Legha SS,Muggia FM,Carter SK

更新日期：1977-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The objective of this study was to evaluate the long-term survival and late toxicities of concurrent-adjuvant chemotherapy in patients with stage III through IVB nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) from endemic regions of China. METHODS:Patients with stage III to IVB NPC were assigned randomly to receive radioth...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Chen Y,Sun Y,Liang SB,Zong JF,Li WF,Chen M,Chen L,Mao YP,Tang LL,Guo Y,Lin AH,Liu MZ,Ma J

更新日期：2013-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to characterize the clinical features of laboratory-confirmed influenza in 20 children and young adults with cancer who were receiving immunosuppressive therapy. Viruses isolated from pharyngeal and nasopharyngeal cultures were identified as the A/Hong Kong/1/68 strain or one of its varia...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Feldman S,Webster RG,Sugg M

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Breast cancer is serious public health problem in countries of all resource levels. Although major advances in the detection and treatment of the disease have occurred in higher income settings, similar progress has been slow or scarce in most low- and middle-income countries (LMCs). The poorer outcomes in LMCs may re...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Harford J,Azavedo E,Fischietto M,Breast Health Global Initiative Healthcare Systems Panel.

更新日期：2008-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The objective of this study was to compare the quality of life (QOL) of younger (< or =50 years) versus older (>50 years) women on recent completion of treatment of breast carcinoma. METHODS:Data reported herein were obtained from a baseline assessment of 304 breast carcinoma patients. These patients were e...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Wenzel LB,Fairclough DL,Brady MJ,Cella D,Garrett KM,Kluhsman BC,Crane LA,Marcus AC

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of the current study was to examine the surgical management of women with borderline ovarian tumors and the adequacy of initial staging according to the guidelines of the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics; to evaluate the impact of restaging operations; and to identify risk fa...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Fauvet R,Boccara J,Dufournet C,David-Montefiore E,Poncelet C,Daraï E

更新日期：2004-03-15 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