Salivary gland malignancies in children.

abstract：:Two female patients with desmoid tumors (aggressive fibromatosis) showed tumor regression after endocrine therapy. In one patient, tumor response to tamoxifen has been maintained over several years of treatment. In the second patient, who had inoperable mesenteric fibromatosis, the tumor progressed on tamoxifen but re...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Wilcken N,Tattersall MH

更新日期：1991-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In a cohort of 254,417 male Swedish farmers (4,330,717 person-years) the incidence of cancer of the respiratory organs was compared to a reference cohort of 1,725,845 men (30,131,664 person-years) employed in other economic activities than agriculture or forestry. In the study cohort 1450 cases of cancer in the respir...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Wiklund K,Steineck G

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:hMLH1, the human MutL homologue, has been linked to microsatellite instability (MSI) in gastrointestinal tumors. However, to the authors' knowledge, the role of hMLH1, the other mismatch repair genes (MMR), and MSI in ovarian carcinoma has not been well defined. The purpose of the current study was to determ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Geisler JP,Goodheart MJ,Sood AK,Holmes RJ,Hatterman-Zogg MA,Buller RE

更新日期：2003-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to determine whether high-dose combination chemotherapy was active in chemotherapy resistant patients, 19 patients, (9 with small cell bronchogenic carcinoma, 6 with embryonal cell carcinoma, 2 with diffuse histiocytic lymphoma, 1 with Hodgkin's disease and 1 with chondrosarcoma), 18 of whom had had extensive...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Spitzer G,Dicke KA,Litam J,Verma DS,Zander A,Lanzotti V,Valdivieso M,McCredie KB,Samuels ML

更新日期：1980-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This Phase III trial was performed to compare the roles of oral etoposide and intravenous (i.v.) vinblastine in the treatment of Mediterranean Kaposi's Sarcoma (MEKS) in elderly patients with severe disease (Stages II, Ac/B, III, and IV). PATIENTS AND METHODS:Sixty-five patients were randomized to receive e...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Brambilla L,Labianca R,Boneschi V,Fossati S,Dallavalle G,Finzi AF,Luporini G

更新日期：1994-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the United States, incidence rates for malignant tumors of the uterine corpus are lower among blacks than among whites, whereas mortality rates are higher among blacks. Reasons for the higher level of mortality among blacks have been debated. METHODS:Using data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and En...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Sherman ME,Devesa SS

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The 5-year survival rate of patients with submucosal (sm) esophageal carcinoma continues to be much worse than that with intramucosal (m) lesions. The reasons are unclear, but matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and membrane type matrix metalloproteinases (MT-MMPs) are known to be involved in degradation of ext...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Ohashi K,Nemoto T,Nakamura K,Nemori R

更新日期：2000-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are currently no systemic treatments for stage IV melanoma, which have been proven in randomized trials to benefit overall survival (OS). Lenalidomide has efficacy against melanoma in animal models and safety in phase 1 trials. The authors reported the results of a phase 2/3 study comparing the safety ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Glaspy J,Atkins MB,Richards JM,Agarwala SS,O'Day S,Knight RD,Jungnelius JU,Bedikian AY

更新日期：2009-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Insular thyroid carcinoma was described originally as a tumor with aggressive behavior. However, whether a predominant insular component is an independent factor for poor prognosis is unclear. METHODS:The authors compared the clinical behavior of tumors in three groups of patients with thyroid carcinoma--13...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Pellegriti G,Giuffrida D,Scollo C,Vigneri R,Regalbuto C,Squatrito S,Belfiore A

更新日期：2002-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Increased pretreatment serum interleukin (IL)-6 levels among patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) have been shown to correlate with poor prognosis, but sample sizes in prior studies have been small and thus unable to control for other known prognostic variables. METHODS:A longitudinal...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Duffy SA,Taylor JM,Terrell JE,Islam M,Li Y,Fowler KE,Wolf GT,Teknos TN

更新日期：2008-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin-6 (IL-6) plays a major role in the response to injury or infection and is involved in the immune response, inflammation, and hematopoiesis. Its deregulation impacts numerous disease states, including many types of cancer. Consequently, modulating IL-6 may be an innovative therapeutic strategy in several di...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Hong DS,Angelo LS,Kurzrock R

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study was designed to assess the toxicity of pelvic radiation therapy, 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) administered by protracted venous infusion, and leucovorin. METHODS:Pelvic radiation therapy consisted of 50.4-54 gray (Gy) administered in 28-30 fractions. Systemic treatment consisted of leucovorin (10 mg dai...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Martenson JA,Shanahan TG,O'Connell MJ,Cobau CD,Schroeder G,Burch PA,Levitt R,Rowland KM Jr

更新日期：1999-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Helicobacter pylori infection is a risk factor for gastric carcinogenesis. High dietary vitamin C intake appears to protect against gastric carcinoma. It has been suggested that vitamin C exerts the protective effect by scavenging free radicals that may be enhanced by H. pylori. However, vitamin C has not be...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Zhang HM,Wakisaka N,Maeda O,Yamamoto T

更新日期：1997-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sixty percent of patients with stage IV melanoma may develop brain metastases, which result in significantly increased morbidity and a poor overall prognosis. Phase 3 studies of melanoma usually exclude patients with untreated brain metastases; therefore, clinical data for intracranial responses to treatment...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Holbrook K,Lutzky J,Davies MA,Davis JM,Glitza IC,Amaria RN,Diab A,Patel SP,Amin A,Tawbi H

更新日期：2020-02-01 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：:The International Breast Cancer Study Group (formerly the Ludwig Group) has conducted nine clinical trials since 1978 (see the Appendix for participants and authors). Biologic hypotheses related to the combined use of chemotherapy and endocrine therapy in women with operable breast cancer were tested. Questions of tim...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Goldhirsch A,Gelber RD,Castiglione M,Price KN,Rudenstam CM,Lindtner J,Collins J,Senn HJ,Brunner KW,Galligioni E

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bleomycin (BLM)-inactivating enzyme activity, which is probably a parameter for the efficacy of this antibiotic in cancer therapy, was determined in biopsies from human carcinomas in the head and neck region. Twenty-three cases were studied. It was found that highly differentiated as well as moderately differentiated ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Müller WE,Schmidseder R,Rohde HJ,Zahn RK,Scheunemann H

更新日期：1977-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study analyzed whether proliferative activity and expression of P-glycoprotein 170 (P-170) or glutathione S-transferase-pi (GST-pi) in human non-small cell lung carcinomas (NSCLC) represent independent factors in resistance to doxorubicin or whether an association exists between these factors. METHODS:...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Volm M,Mattern J,Samsel B

更新日期：1992-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A diagnosis of cancer provides a teachable moment in which a physician can counsel or teach the patient. The Cancer and Leukemia Group B hypothesized that this teachable moment could also be used to encourage counseling of the patients' relatives who smoke. The authors' first study sought to determine the fe...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Schilling A,Conaway MR,Wingate PJ,Atkins JN,Berkowitz IM,Clamon GH,DiFino SM,Vinciguerra V

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The greatest decrease in breast cancer mortality is likely to derive from applying globally existing therapies at an earlier stage. A high priority of the World Health Organization (WHO) cancer control program is the outreach approach that promotes worldwide access to cancer therapies of proven values. Therefore, the ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Koroltchouk V,Stanley K,Stjernswärd J

更新日期：1990-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Efforts to improve local control and survival by increasing the dose of once-daily radiation therapy beyond 70 Gray (Gy) for patients with malignant gliomas has yet been unsuccessful. Hyperfractionated radiation therapy (HF) should allow for delivery of a higher total dose without increasing normal tissue la...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Werner-Wasik M,Scott CB,Nelson DF,Gaspar LE,Murray KJ,Fischbach JA,Nelson JS,Weinstein AS,Curran WJ Jr

更新日期：1996-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A primary yolk-sac (endodermal sinus) tumor of the prostate occurring in a 51-year-old man is described, and the difficulties associated with classification of this tumor are discussed. Yolk-sac tumors have been reported to arise in several extragonadal sites, but to our knowledge this is the first documented case of ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Benson RC Jr,Segura JW,Carney JA

更新日期：1978-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Myoepithelial carcinoma, also know as malignant myoepithelioma, is rare in the salivary gland, and its cytologic features have rarely been reported. DESIGN:Four cases of myoepithelial carcinoma with cytology were retrieved from the archives of the Pathology Departments of two academic institutes. In three c...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Chhieng DC,Paulino AF

更新日期：2002-02-25 00:00:00

abstract：:In the past few years, the role of membrane-bound transport genes in human disease has been increasingly recognized and understood. Of these genes, the p170 membrane glycoprotein may function as an outward transport pump for many cancer chemotherapeutic drugs associated with the multidrug resistance phenotype. This ar...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Leyland-Jones B,Dalton W,Fisher GA,Sikic BI

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A short-term differential staining cytotoxicity (DiSC) assay was used to assess the sensitivity of tumor cells in vitro from patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma to various cytotoxic drugs. The results have been correlated with drug sensitivities of the tumors in vivo. The chemos...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Bird MC,Bosanquet AG,Forskitt S,Gilby ED

更新日期：1988-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study was conducted to determine the efficacy and safety of irinotecan (CPT-11) as second-line therapy in patients with advanced cervical carcinoma. METHODS:Sixteen patients with platinum-resistant squamous cell carcinoma were treated with CPT-11 as second-line therapy. CPT-11 was administered in repea...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Irvin WP,Price FV,Bailey H,Gelder M,Rosenbluth R,Durivage HJ,Potkul RK

更新日期：1998-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The evidence that various endogenous and exogenous sex hormones play a role in the etiology of breast cancer is reviewed. It is hypothesized that prolonged exposure to normal levels of ovarian estrogens and cyclic progesterone resulting from early menarche and late menopause, and primarily willful nulliparity and late...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Thomas DB

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) is rare in the female genital tract. Although it is most common in the ovary, small series of cases in the cervix have been reported, with isolated cases described in the fallopian tube, adnexa uteri, and endometrium. METHODS:Eight cases of primary TCC involving the endomet...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Lininger RA,Ashfaq R,Albores-Saavedra J,Tavassoli FA

更新日期：1997-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ifosfamide has previously been shown to be active as a single agent and in combination with doxorubicin, etoposide, and teniposide in pediatric solid tumors and adult acute leukemia. The authors performed a dose-escalation trial of ifosfamide with a fixed dosage of etoposide, with mesna uroprotection, in chi...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Bernstein ML,Whitehead VM,Devine S,Grier H,Kung F,Krischer J,Dreyer Z,Bell B,Land V,Buchanan GR

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although significant advances have been made in the treatment of some malignancies, the prognosis of patients with metastatic tumors remains poor. Differentiating agents redirect cells toward their normal phenotype and therefore may reverse or suppress evolving malignant lesions or prevent cancer invasion. I...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Miller WH Jr

更新日期：1998-10-15 00:00:00