What do transplant physicians think about palliative care? A national survey study.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of the current study was to examine patient selection for an aromatase inhibitor in breast cancer patients who were free from adverse events 5 years after treatment with tamoxifen. METHODS:In all, 471 women were treated with breast-conserving surgery, axillary lymph node dissection, and radiatio...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Freedman GM,Anderson P,Li T,Ross E,Swaby R,Goldstein L

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of basosquamous or so-called transitional cloacogenic carcinoma of the sigmoid colon, which arose above the pelvic brim at the peritoneal reflection, is reported. We were not able to find a report of this histologic type of tumor arising this far from the pectinate line of the anus, which is the most common pri...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Strate RW,Richardson JD,Bannayan GA

更新日期：1977-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum ferritin levels were monitored in nine patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), nine patients with acute nonlymphoblastic leukemia (ANLL), four patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML), three patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL), and three patients with severe aplastic anemia (SAA) undergo...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Or R,Matzner Y,Konijn AM

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apart from choriocarcinoma, involvement of the central nervous system (CNS) by gynecologic malignancy is rare. A 10-year retrospective review at the University of Washington Medical Center (Seattle, WA) and Swedish Hospital and Medical Center Tumor Registry (Seattle, WA) identified 14 patients with cerebral metastases...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： LeRoux PD,Berger MS,Elliott JP,Tamimi HK

更新日期：1991-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracardiac rhabdomyomas are rare benign neoplasms that in the past have been divided by histologic criteria into adult and fetal types. In this series, 15 previously unpublished cases are presented and analyzed in combination with 51 acceptable cases from the literature. The adult type of rhabdomyoma occurs almost e...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Di Sant'Agnese PA,Knowles DM 2nd

更新日期：1980-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A new approach using anthropometric, radiographic, biochemical, and ultrasonic methods allowed partition of body weight into fat, fat-free mass, skeletal muscle, and volume of heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, and tumor. These methods were used to evaluate body composition longitudinally in a pilot group of nine cancer p...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Heymsfield SB,McManus CB

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eighty-one female patients with phyllodes tumors of the breast, surgically treated from 1974 to 1983, were studied. Their age ranged from 9 to 88 years. According to histology, the series was divided into three groups, of 28 (34.5%) benign tumors, 32 (39.5%) border-line tumors, and 21 (25.9%) malignant tumors. Because...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Salvadori B,Cusumano F,Del Bo R,Delledonne V,Grassi M,Rovini D,Saccozzi R,Andreola S,Clemente C

更新日期：1989-06-15 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

abstract：:The histologic types of lung cancer in 855 patients (747 men and 107 women) from three hospitals and one international study of insulation workers were evaluated. Of these, 196 cases had asbestos exposure. About one half of the cases were diagnosed from surgical slides and one half from autopsy slides. Squamous cell c...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Auerbach O,Garfinkel L,Parks VR,Conston AS,Galdi VA,Joubert L

更新日期：1984-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This year, the 7th edition of the AJCC staging manual has for the first time attributed a unique pTNM staging to intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (IHCC) that is intended to replace the 2 Western and ideally also the 2 Eastern systems currently in use. This proposal, which has not yet been validated, was teste...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Farges O,Fuks D,Le Treut YP,Azoulay D,Laurent A,Bachellier P,Nuzzo G,Belghiti J,Pruvot FR,Regimbeau JM

更新日期：2011-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:This prospective evaluation of 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) and methyl-CCNU administered in combination to patients with surgery for histologically proved gastric adenocarcinoma is based upon 312 patients randomized between August 1974 and May 1980. Patients were stratified into three categories of resectability, (1) complet...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Higgins GA,Amadeo JH,Smith DE,Humphrey EW,Keehn RJ

更新日期：1983-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The entire colonic mucosa of 51 cases of colorectal carcinoma was examined histologically. Mucosal lesions including goblet cell hyperplasia, crypt dilatation, ulceration with regeneration, basal cell hyperplasia, metaplastic lesions, and adenomas were encountered. Goblet cell hyperplasia (80.4%) was most prominent ad...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Lee YS

更新日期：1988-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-three leukemic children were studied prospectively to detect chronic effects of therapy. All patients received CNS prophylaxis, including 2400 R cranial irradiation, and intermittent maintenance therapy with intravenous methotrexate, cyclophosphamide and cytosine arabinoside. Neurologic symptoms were observed i...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： McIntosh S,Klatskin EH,O'Brien RT,Aspnes GT,Kammerer BL,Snead C,Kalavsky SM,Pearson HA

更新日期：1976-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite an increasing interest in the clinical application of positron emission tomography (PET) in tumors of the adult patient as a diagnostic and prognostic tool, only a few studies have been concerned with the usefulness of PET with [18F]2-deoxy-2-fluoro-D-glucose (FDG) in childhood tumors. METHODS:Fifte...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Holthoff VA,Herholz K,Berthold F,Widemann B,Schröder R,Neubauer I,Heiss WD

更新日期：1993-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients developed extremely bizarre (pseudomalignant) granulation-tissue reactions in the larynx and facial sinuses, following radiation therapy for carcinoma. Containing pleomorphic spindle cells and numerous (sometimes atypical) mitotic figures, both tumefactive lesions simulated high grade malignancies. While ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Weidner N,Askin FB,Berthrong M,Hopkins MB,Kute TE,McGuirt FW

更新日期：1987-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The natural history of the development of neoplasia in experimental systems may be separated into at least three different stages, those of initiation, promotion and progression. Evidence for such distinct stages has been demonstrated in at least half a dozen different experimental systems. The stage of promotion is t...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Pitot HC

更新日期：1982-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In many areas of health care, whether patients receive specific medical interventions often is influenced heavily by the local availability of resources for delivering those services. However, relations between resource availability and utilization are relatively unexplored in cancer care, including perioper...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Wong SL,Wei Y,Birkmeyer JD

更新日期：2007-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hypothyroidism is a potential complication after radiation therapy (RT) when treatment fields include the thyroid. The authors assessed risk of hypothyroidism in breast cancer patients who were receiving RT to a supraclavicular field, which typically includes a portion of thyroid. METHODS:The authors identi...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Smith GL,Smith BD,Giordano SH,Shih YC,Woodward WA,Strom EA,Perkins GH,Tereffe W,Yu TK,Buchholz TA

更新日期：2008-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Some growth factors may promote tumor growth by affecting tumor angiogenesis. The angiogenic growth factor, pleiotrophin, was demonstrated previously in human breast carcinoma tissues; however, the pattern of pleiotrophin expression in normal breast tissues has not been established. METHODS:The expression o...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Garver RI Jr,Radford DM,Donis-Keller H,Wick MR,Milner PG

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A high prevalence of thrombocytosis in malignant mesothelioma has been reported, although its pathogenesis remains unknown. METHODS:The case of a patient with marked thrombocytosis in peritoneal malignant mesothelioma is reported. To investigate the cytokines responsible for thrombocytosis in this patient, ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Higashihara M,Sunaga S,Tange T,Oohashi H,Kurokawa K

更新日期：1992-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Six patients with breast cancer developed pulmonary toxicity following mitomycin therapy. The presenting symptoms were shortness of breath and a dry cough. The radiological pictures varied from a normal chest x-ray to extensive bilateral pneumonitis. The histological findings consisted of diffuse alveolar damage progr...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Buzdar AU,Legha SS,Luna MA,Tashima CK,Hortobagyi GN,Blumenschein GR

更新日期：1980-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although ascites cytology is important for therapeutic strategies, it is difficult to distinguish cancer infiltration from reactive mesothelial proliferation in some patients. In this study, the authors applied CDX2 immunocytochemistry to improve diagnostic accuracy. METHODS:The authors examined the distrib...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Kobayashi M,Ueyama Y,Nakanishi H,Ishida H,Takahashi E,Nakamura S,Koshikawa T,Yatabe Y

更新日期：2006-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with testicular cancer can be cured by cisplatin-based chemotherapy in many cases. Thus, concern about possible late toxicities of treatment is warranted. METHODS:In this investigation, the absolute number of natural killer (NK) cells according to their CD56+ phenotype, NK cell activity, and antibo...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Krainer M,Wolf H,Michl I,Wiltschke C,Budinsky A,Kaider A,Kratzik C,Eibl MM,Zielinski CC

更新日期：1995-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Increasingly, the quality of life (QOL) of women diagnosed with breast carcinoma is being studied. However, there is little information regarding long term survivors among ethnic minority women. The purpose of this study was to describe the QOL of long term breast carcinoma survivors (BCS) and to examine the...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Ashing-Giwa K,Ganz PA,Petersen L

更新日期：1999-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Carcinomas of the small intestine are rare, but the risk is greatly increased in patients with hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC) due to an inherited mismatch repair (MMR) gene mutation, most commonly affecting the genes MLH1 or MSH2. Defective MMR is characterized by microsatellite instabilit...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Planck M,Ericson K,Piotrowska Z,Halvarsson B,Rambech E,Nilbert M

更新日期：2003-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cancers of individual organs generally are composed of various histologic types, each with its own frequency and demographic patterns. For childhood cancers in particular, a classification of cancers by histologic type is important for understanding the etiology and progression of the disease. METHODS:Data ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Miller RW,Young JL Jr,Novakovic B

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Currently attention is focused on the testicle as a site of leukemic relapse. Leukemic involvement of the ovary has been described in several autopsy series with an incidence of 11-50% in patients with bone marrow relapse, but has rarely been reported during the clinical course of leukemia. In this report, four girls ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Cecalupo AJ,Frankel LS,Sullivan MP

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relation of gastric acid-secreting function to the gross and histological types and locations of carcinomas was examined in 53 patients with early gastric carcinomas. Studies were made by the endoscopic Congo red test developed in this clinic. Results indicated a close correlation between the gross and histologica...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Tatsuta M,Okuda S,Taniguchi H,Tamura H

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting remain common, distressing side effects of chemotherapy. It has been reported that acupressure prevents chemotherapy-induced nausea in adults, but it has not been well studied in children. METHODS:In this multicenter, prospective, randomized, single-blind, sham-contr...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Dupuis LL,Kelly KM,Krischer JP,Langevin AM,Tamura RN,Xu P,Chen L,Kolb EA,Ullrich NJ,Sahler OJZ,Hendershot E,Stratton A,Sung L,McLean TW

更新日期：2018-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Coagulopathies often are associated with malignant tumors. The pathogenesis of these complications in cancer is not clear. Host inflammatory (monocyte/macrophage) cell-mediated triggering of clotting activation has been suggested. METHODS:The objective of this study was to evaluate the role of neutrophil-de...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Gabazza E,Taguchi O,Yamakami T,Machishi M,Ibata H,Suzuki S

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00