Ethnic patterns of childhood cancer in Hawaii between 1960 and 1984.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Conditional survival (CS) has emerged as a clinically relevant measure of prognosis for cancer survivors. The objective of this analysis was to provide melanoma-specific CS estimates to help clinicians promote more informed patient decision making. METHODS:Patients with melanoma and at least 5 years of foll...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Xing Y,Chang GJ,Hu CY,Askew RL,Ross MI,Gershenwald JE,Lee JE,Mansfield PF,Lucci A,Cormier JN

更新日期：2010-05-01 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:The use of neoadjuvant and adjuvant chemotherapy in soft tissue sarcomas is controversial. This is a report of long-term (≥5 years) follow-up in patients with high-grade, high-risk soft tissue sarcomas treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy, preoperative radiotherapy (RT), and adjuvant chemotherapy. METHODS:...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Kraybill WG,Harris J,Spiro IJ,Ettinger DS,DeLaney TF,Blum RH,Lucas DR,Harmon DC,Letson GD,Eisenberg B

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It was shown previously that invasive human transitional cell carcinoma cell line EJ, but not the noninvasive RT4 cells, can degrade basement membrane laminin and that the degradation of basement membrane laminin was a result of a redistribution of activated cysteine proteinase cathepsin B to the plasma membrane of th...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Redwood SM,Liu BC,Weiss RE,Hodge DE,Droller MJ

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A large lipoma and a large angiomyolipoma of the liver, one case each, are described. In the first case, a 24 X 14-cm homogeneous mass demonstrated a fatty density (-96H) on computed tomography (CT), echogenicity on sonography, and fine neovascular vessels on angiography in the right lobe of the liver. Histopathologic...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Takayasu K,Shima Y,Muramatsu Y,Moriyama N,Yamada T,Makuuchi M,Hirohashi S

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifteen patients developed acute nonlymphocytic leukemia (ANLL) 31 to 182 months following chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy for various malignancies and one non-neoplastic disorder. The ANLL was commonly heralded by a brief preleukemic phase consisting of cytopenias and a variety of morphologic abnormalities. At diagn...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Foucar K,McKenna RW,Bloomfield CD,Bowers TK,Brunning RD

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with hereditary leiomyomatosis and renal cell carcinoma (HLRCC) resulting from fumarate hydratase (FH) mutations may present with skin, uterine, and renal tumors, with each having unique pathologic features. This study investigated the association between prospectively identified suspicious patholog...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Kopp RP,Stratton KL,Glogowski E,Schrader KA,Rau-Murthy R,Russo P,Coleman JA,Offit K

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a series of 25 patients with head and neck cancer who had severe pain, the type and cause of the pain were analyzed. There were two types of pain: nociceptive and non-nociceptive. Nineteen (76%) patients had nociceptive pain that could be subdivided into actual nociceptive pain (9 patients), nociceptive nerve pain ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Vecht CJ,Hoff AM,Kansen PJ,de Boer MF,Bosch DA

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Massachusetts vital event data for 1969--1972 were used to develop correlations between mortality rates for malignant diseases and other causes of death over the 34 health planning subdivisions of the state. A significant correlation was found between the mortality rates for cancer of the colon and rectum and ischemic...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Lipworth LL,Rice CA

更新日期：1979-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent advances in the treatment of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) have transpired into better treatment outcomes for patients with locoregionally advanced NPC, and have broadened the chemotherapeutic options for patients with metastatic disease. METHODS:Data for this review were identified through searches...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Ma BB,Chan AT

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The importance of the bone marrow microenvironment in multiple myeloma is receiving increasing attention. Recent studies have suggested the importance of cytokine production and cell-cell contact by bone marrow stromal cells in the survival of myeloma cells. METHODS:In the current study, the authors examine...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Wallace SR,Oken MM,Lunetta KL,Panoskaltsis-Mortari A,Masellis AM

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Granulocyte-macrophage-colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF) administration stimulates the proliferation of hemopoietic progenitors. Shortly (48-96 hours) after its discontinuation, feedback phenomena occur and the progenitor proliferation rate drops below baseline levels. As the quiescence of hyperplastic bone...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Aglietta M,Montemurro F,Fagioli F,Volta C,Botto B,Cantonetti M,Racanelli V,Teofili L,Ferrara R,Amadori S,Castoldi GL,Dammacco F,Levis A

更新日期：2000-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To assess the ability of [(18)F]fluorodeoxyglucose (F-18 FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) to predict the viability of residual masses after chemotherapy in patients with metastatic nonseminomatous germ cell tumors (GCT), PET results were compared in a blinded analysis with computed tomography (CT) sca...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Kollmannsberger C,Oechsle K,Dohmen BM,Pfannenberg A,Bares R,Claussen CD,Kanz L,Bokemeyer C

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relative value of each lactic dehydrogenase isoenzyme (iso LDH) was measured by electrophoretic separation in the serum and the pleural fluid of 100 patients. In each case, the cause of the pleural effusion was known. Two types of LDH isoenzyme pattern were found in the serum: a normal type with a low value of LDH...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Vergnon JM,Guidollet J,Gateau O,Ripoll JP,Collet P,Louisot P,Brune J

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cancer of the pancreas is a highly malignant illness with a very poor prognosis. Unfortunately, there has been little in the way of improvement in prognosis over the past 20 years. It is feared by patients because of its reputation as a deadly and often painful disease. Given these realities, it is not surpr...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Passik SD,Breitbart WS

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lymph node involvement is an important prognostic factor in gallbladder carcinoma (GBC). The lymph node involvement pattern, extent, and indications for systematic lymph node dissection for patients with advanced GBC were investigated. METHODS:Forty-one patients with GBC who underwent radical resection with...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Shimada H,Endo I,Togo S,Nakano A,Izumi T,Nakagawara G

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wolfe has suggested that the mammographic parenchymal patterns can be used to identify a group with high incidence of breast cancer. To evaluate this claim, mammograms of women with breast cancer that was detected at the University of Michigan Breast Cancer Detection Demonstration Project have been classified and comp...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Threatt B,Norbeck JM,Ullman NS,Kummer R,Roselle P

更新日期：1980-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Breast carcinoma survivors are the largest segment of the expanding cancer survivor community. As a result, there has been increasing discussion of the safety and efficacy of hormone replacement therapy for women with a past history of breast carcinoma. Little is known about the willingness of older breast c...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Ganz PA,Greendale GA,Kahn B,O'Leary JF,Desmond KA

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：METHODS:Between 1983 and 1989, 42 patients with Stage II, III, and IV, node-negative, squamous cell head and neck cancer were treated with concurrent 5-fluorouracil, cisplatin, and radiation therapy. Two courses of chemotherapy with 30 Gy of concurrent radiation therapy were to be followed in all patients by definitive...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Adelstein DJ,Sharan VM,Damm C,Earle AS,Shah AC,Haria CD,Trey JE,Carter SG,Hines JD

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because Forssman antigen, one of the most well-known heteroantigens, has been noted in certain cancerous tissues, it would seem that the serum levels of the Forssman antibody of patients with these cancers would be low, owing to the absorption of the naturally occurring antibody by the Forssman antigen-containing canc...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Hirayama R,Hirokawa K,Takagi Y,Utsuyama M,Maejima S,Takemura K,Mishima Y,Makinodan T

更新日期：1989-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The development of novel therapies for the myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) is hampered by inadequate trial recruitment. Factors contributing to low trial accrual are incompletely understood. METHODS:This study analyzed a pooled patient database from institutions of the US MDS Clinical Research Consortium to...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Brierley CK,Zabor EC,Komrokji RS,DeZern AE,Roboz GJ,Brunner AM,Stone RM,Sekeres MA,Steensma DP

更新日期：2020-11-01 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：:A series of 108 prospectively collected human pancreata were evaluated histologically for the presence of acinar cell and ductal lesions. Foci of dysplastic acinar cells were present in 44% of the series. Some of the focal acinar cell abnormalities were similar to atypical acinar cell nodules which have been described...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Longnecker DS,Shinozuka H,Dekker A

更新日期：1980-02-01 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:Tobacco smoking, alcohol abuse, and high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) are risk factors in the etiology of oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinomas (SCCs). The TP53 polymorphism, in which an arginine (R) is changed to proline (P) at codon 72, is functionally significant and could therefore be a predisposing ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Perrone F,Mariani L,Pastore E,Orsenigo M,Suardi S,Marcomini B,DaRiva L,Licitra L,Carbone A,Pierotti MA,Pilotti S

更新日期：2007-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Primary lymphomas of the uterus or cervix are so rare that treatment series of single institutions consist of very small numbers of patients, making standard treatment difficult to define. The outcome of patients treated with a combination of chemotherapy and radiation therapy was analyzed for all but patien...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Stroh EL,Besa PC,Cox JD,Fuller LM,Cabanillas FF

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:MYCN gene amplification (MNA) is a hallmark of aggressive neuroblastoma. This study was performed to determine univariate and multivariate predictors of tumor MNA. METHODS:Data from the International Neuroblastoma Risk Group were analyzed for a subset of 7102 patients with known MYCN status. Chi-square test...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Thompson D,Vo KT,London WB,Fischer M,Ambros PF,Nakagawara A,Brodeur GM,Matthay KK,DuBois SG

更新日期：2016-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) determinations performed in the milk of a nursing mother with an inoperable breast cancer revealed a 10-15-fold higher level compared with CEA levels in the milk of healthy nursing women. CEA was highly elevated in the milk of the tumor-bearing breast (1100 +/- 100 ng/ml) and moderately ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Bartal AH,Kahana L,Yarom J

更新日期：1980-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of the current analysis was to evaluate the impact of local recurrence (LR) on the development of distant metastases (DM), overall survival (OS), and cause specific survival (CSS) in patients with early-stage breast carcinoma who underwent conservative surgery (CS) and received postoperative radi...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Vicini FA,Kestin L,Huang R,Martinez A

更新日期：2003-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several studies have shown that lysophosphatidic acid (LPA), a phospholipidic chemical mediator, is relevant to the pathogenesis of ovarian carcinoma. Higher plasma levels of LPA have been reported in patients with ovarian carcinoma than in healthy patients, and LPA is known to activate ovarian carcinoma cel...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Tokumura A,Tominaga K,Yasuda K,Kanzaki H,Kogure K,Fukuzawa K

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00