Prognostic factors in the diagnosis and treatment of primary central nervous system lymphoma.

abstract：:Thirty-seven lymphomas of bone were studied, including 33 diffuse large cell lymphomas, three undifferentiated (small noncleaved cell) lymphomas, and one well-differentiated (small) lymphocytic lymphoma. The large cell lymphomas were subclassified as large cleaved, large noncleaved, multilobated cell, and immunoblasti...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Clayton F,Butler JJ,Ayala AG,Ro JY,Zornoza J

更新日期：1987-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of 99mTc-pertechnetate thyroid imaging in the preoperative assessment of patients with single palpable thyroid nodules was evaluated. The frequency of cancer in hypofunctional nodules was similar to that found in previous studies with 131I. The 99mTc-pertechnetate image allowed a reliable separation of pathol...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Alderson PO,Sumner HW,Siegel BA

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prognostic importance of various factors was analyzed for 347 patients registered by the Mycosis Fungoides Cooperative Group (MFCG). Extent of skin involvement at the time of registration and number of sites of clinically enlarged lymph nodes were clearly the most important prognostic variables, and were combined ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Green SB,Byar DP,Lamberg SI

更新日期：1981-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Asparaginase induced hemorrhagic pancreatitis is a rare but serious development occurring in less than 0.5% of patients treated with this drug. Severe pancreatitis with progressive abdominal distention, toxemia, hypotension and respiratory insufficiency occurred in an 18-year-old patient with acute lymphoblastic leuke...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Greenstein R,Nogeire C,Ohnuma T,Greenstein A

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:African Americans are diagnosed more frequently with colorectal carcinoma at a later stage compared with Caucasians. One potential reason for the disparity is a lower rate of screening examinations. METHODS:Using Outpatient and Physician-Supplier claims for all Medicare beneficiaries age > or = 65 years in ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Cooper GS,Koroukian SM

更新日期：2004-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors describe a new technique for the subcutaneous heterotopic transplantation of the ovary before pelvic irradiation to treat Hodgkin's disease. Creation of a cavity to receive the transplant and the use of two surgical teams and the surgical microscope during the operation ensured its successful outcome. The ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Leporrier M,von Theobald P,Roffe JL,Muller G

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new human lymphoblastic lymphoma cell line was established (designated HT-1) from the pleural fluid lymphoma cells of a patient with lymphoblastic lymphoma of T-cell type. The HT-1 cells expressed CD1, CD2, CD3, CD4, CD5, CD7, CD8, CD57, and terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase (TdT) but lacked B-cell-associated an...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Abe M,Tasaki K,Nozawa Y,Tominaga K,Fukuhara S,Ohsato T,Wakasa H

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Identification of BCR-ABL as the defining leukemogenic event in chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) revolutionized the treatment of the disease. Imatinib, a potent BCR-ABL inhibitor, is the standard of care for the first-line treatment of patients with chronic-phase CML because of its high long-term response rates and ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Kantarjian HM,Cortes J,La Rosée P,Hochhaus A

更新日期：2010-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Systemic anticancer therapies can produce acute and chronic organ damage, but the eye is usually considered a protected site. Nonetheless, the oculo-visual system has a potentially high degree of sensitivity to toxic substances. Ocular toxicity induced by cancer chemotherapy includes a broad spectrum of diso...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： al-Tweigeri T,Nabholtz JM,Mackey JR

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 42-year-old woman developed lower extremity weakness and sensory loss 1 year after external and intracavitary radiotherapy for Stage IB carcinoma of cervix. She has been followed for 5 years posttreatment, and the neurologic abnormalities have persisted, but no evidence of recurrent carcinoma has been found. We beli...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Stryker JA,Sommerville K,Perez R,Velkley DE

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a 3 1/2 year cytogenetic study of 107 leukemia patients diagnosed in childhood and adloescence, 8 presented with chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML). Seven of the 8 had chromosomal abnormalities. Six had the Ph1 chromosome; 5 had the usual 9;22 translocation. Two patients had involvement with chromosome 15; one had ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Hays T,Morse H,Peakman D,Rose B,Robinson A

更新日期：1979-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of Turcot's syndrome (colonic polyposis plus a malignant central nervous system tumor) occurring in a kindred with autosomal dominant colonic polyposis is presented. It is proposed that Turcot's syndrome patients can be classified into Type I where only siblings are affected and Type II where two or more genera...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Lewis JH,Ginsberg AL,Toomey KE

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Genes involved in the angiopoietin and pericyte pathways may become escape mechanisms under antivascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) therapy. The authors investigated whether variations within genes in these pathways are associated with clinical outcome in patients with colorectal liver metastases ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Stremitzer S,Zhang W,Yang D,Ning Y,Stintzing S,Sebio A,Sunakawa Y,Yamauchi S,Matsusaka S,El-Khoueiry R,Stift J,Wrba F,Gruenberger T,Lenz HJ

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Male urethral cancer is a rare neoplasm, with the published literature consisting of small single-institution retrospective series. As such, there is no objective analysis of prognostic factors and treatment outcome. The author sought to use the population-based Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (S...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Rabbani F

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Canada is a westernized, market-economy nation with a publicly funded health care and cancer control system and has health indices reflective of a high-resource economy. Provision of health services is in accord with the Canada Health Act and is implemented through federal, provincial, and territorial relations wherei...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Sutcliffe SB

更新日期：2011-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A subset of patients with diffuse gastric cancer harbor deleterious cancer-causing germline mutations in the type 1 E-cadherin (epithelial) gene (CDH1), which predisposes to the autosomal dominantly inherited hereditary diffuse gastric cancer (HDGC) syndrome. These mutations are associated with a 70% life-ti...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Lynch HT,Kaurah P,Wirtzfeld D,Rubinstein WS,Weissman S,Lynch JF,Grady W,Wiyrick S,Senz J,Huntsman DG

更新日期：2008-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Oral fluorouracil was administered weekly to 12 consecutive patients with unresectable hepatoma. Six patients showed an objective response with a significant increase in survival duration compared to nonresponders and to untreated patients. The clinical features of these cases are discussed, along with details of ther...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Kennedy PS,Lehane DE,Smith FE,Lane M

更新日期：1977-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two siblings who developed adult T-cell leukemia (ATL) are presented. The patient and 7 of 26 healthy family members examined had the serum antibodies against ATL-associated antigens (ATLA). This family study shows that two main routes of transmission of human T-cell leukemia virus (HTLV) may be involved: one is the r...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Miyamoto Y,Yamaguchi K,Nishimura H,Takatsuki K,Motoori T,Morimatsu M,Yasaka T,Ohya I,Koga T

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Retroperitoneal lymph node dissection is a fundamental step in the surgical management of patients with pelvic gynecologic malignancies, but its applicability to geriatric patients is controversial. The objective of this study was to evaluate whether pelvic and aortic lymphadenectomy in elderly patients with...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Giannice R,Susini T,Ferrandina G,Poerio A,Margariti PA,Carminati R,Marana E,Mancuso S,Scambia G

更新日期：2001-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Activating mutations in RAS are frequently present in patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML), but their overall prognostic impact is not clear. METHODS:A retrospective analysis was performed to establish the clinical characteristics of patients with RAS-mutated (RAS(mut) ) AML, to analyze their outcome ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Kadia TM,Kantarjian H,Kornblau S,Borthakur G,Faderl S,Freireich EJ,Luthra R,Garcia-Manero G,Pierce S,Cortes J,Ravandi F

更新日期：2012-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Between 1980-1990, 126 patients were treated with radiation therapy (RT) and hyperthermia using 915-MHz external microwave applicators. All but 11 patients had failed to respond to previous therapy. METHODS:The mean tumor volume was 73 +/- 13 cm3, and the mean radiation dose delivered was 45 +/- 1 Gy. Hyper...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Engin K,Leeper DB,Tupchong L,Waterman FM,Mansfield CM

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study aimed to evaluate prevalence and risk factors for emotional and behavioral problems in dependent children of cancer patients using a multinational research design. METHODS:The sample comprised 350 ill parents, 250 healthy partners, and 352 children. Parents assessed the child's psychological func...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Thastum M,Watson M,Kienbacher C,Piha J,Steck B,Zachariae R,Baldus C,Romer G

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of gastric cancer has declined markedly in Finland during the last 4 decades. To document the changes caused by that in the ratio of the intestinal type (IT) to the diffuse type (DT) of gastric carcinoma we compared the 367 cases diagnosed from southwestern Finland at the Department of Pathology, Turku U...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Laurén PA,Nevalainen TJ

更新日期：1993-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with invasive breast carcinoma who are ages 35-40 years or younger at the time of diagnosis have been found in several studies to have worse prognosis and higher local failure rates after breast-conserving therapy (BCT) compared with older patients. However, it is uncertain whether specific clinical...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Zhou P,Recht A

更新日期：2004-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Encouraging results from several recent trials have increased interest in the potential of chemoprevention in reducing the incidence of cancer. Treatment with 13-cis-retinoic acid has reversed oral leukoplakia, a premalignant lesion, and prevented the development of second primary carcinomas of the head and neck. Tamo...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Itri LM

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Benign and malignant pancreatic mucinous tumors differ in proliferative activity, production of tumor markers, and expression of growth factors. DNA ploidy is a useful index of aggressiveness and poor survival in ductal adenocarcinoma, but has not been studied in pancreatic cystic tumors. METHODS:The DNA pl...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Southern JF,Warshaw AL,Lewandrowski KB

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nonperioperative strokes are rare yet potentially devastating events for children with central nervous system (CNS) tumors. The incidence of and risk factors for nonperioperative strokes in children with CNS tumors is unknown. METHODS:The authors performed a retrospective review of children from their insti...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Bowers DC,Mulne AF,Reisch JS,Elterman RD,Munoz L,Booth T,Shapiro K,Doxey DL

更新日期：2002-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The activation of the clotting-fibrinolytic system in cancer patients is common and represents an unfavorable clinical sign. D-dimer (DD) is a sensitive marker of fibrinolysis. METHODS:The current study comprised 826 new lung carcinoma patients seen consecutively in a single institution over a 10-year perio...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Buccheri G,Torchio P,Ferrigno D

更新日期：2003-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The observed seasonal and geographic variations in the incidence of immunoproliferative small intestinal disease (IPSID) suggest that environmental factors contribute to its pathogenesis. One such environmental factor, the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), has been associated with other B-cell lymphoproliferative di...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Baddoura FK,Unger ER,Mufarrij A,Nassar VH,Zaki SR

更新日期：1994-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recently, a 23-gene signature was developed to produce a melanoma diagnostic score capable of differentiating malignant and benign melanocytic lesions. The primary objective of this study was to independently assess the ability of the gene signature to differentiate melanoma from benign nevi in clinically re...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Clarke LE,Flake DD 2nd,Busam K,Cockerell C,Helm K,McNiff J,Reed J,Tschen J,Kim J,Barnhill R,Elenitsas R,Prieto VG,Nelson J,Kimbrell H,Kolquist KA,Brown KL,Warf MB,Roa BB,Wenstrup RJ

更新日期：2017-02-15 00:00:00