Chemotherapy of malignant thymoma. Case report and review of the literature.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Uveal melanomas of the choroid and ciliary body are aggressive tumors causing the death of approximately 50% of patients. In contrast, iris melanomas only infrequently metastasize; why these differences exist is not known. The local environment can regulate cancer growth and development, and it is probable t...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Canovas D,Rennie IG,Nichols CE,Sisley K

更新日期：2008-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cancer patients and their oncologists often report differing perceptions of consultation discussions and discordant expectations regarding treatment outcomes. CONNECT, a computer-based communication aid, was developed to improve communication between patients and oncologists. METHODS:CONNECT includes assess...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Meropol NJ,Egleston BL,Buzaglo JS,Balshem A,Benson AB 3rd,Cegala DJ,Cohen RB,Collins M,Diefenbach MA,Miller SM,Fleisher L,Millard JL,Ross EA,Schulman KA,Silver A,Slater E,Solarino N,Sulmasy DP,Trinastic J,Weinfurt K

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many experienced oncologists have encountered patients with proven non-small cell lung cancer (NCLC) who received modest doses of palliative radiotherapy (RT) and who unexpectedly survived for > 5 years; some were apparently cured. We used a very large prospective database to estimate the frequency of this p...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Mac Manus MP,Matthews JP,Wada M,Wirth A,Worotniuk V,Ball DL

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To the authors' knowledge, little is known to date regarding the prognostic relevance of measuring serum levels of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), a potent stimulator of angiogenesis, in patients with colon carcinoma who undergo surgery. METHODS:Preoperative and postoperative VEGF serum levels we...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： De Vita F,Orditura M,Lieto E,Infusino S,Morgillo F,Martinelli E,Castellano P,Romano C,Ciardiello F,Catalano G,Pignatelli C,Galizia G

更新日期：2004-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To the authors' knowledge, there is no standard treatment for patients with T-cell large granular lymphocyte (LGL) leukemia. Available data are limited by patient numbers and coexisting pathologies. METHODS:The authors report on the use of immunosuppressants (cyclosporin A [CSA] and low-dose oral methotrexa...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Osuji N,Matutes E,Tjonnfjord G,Grech H,Del Giudice I,Wotherspoon A,Swansbury JG,Catovsky D

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-one patients with bilateral Wilms' tumor are reviewed and the details of diagnosis, therapy, and survival presented. All patients had an abdominal mass at the time of diagnosis. Associated findings included hypertension, aniridia, and genitourinary anomalies. Favorable histologic features were found in all simu...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Asch MJ,Siegel S,White L,Fonkalsrud E,Hays D,Isaacs H

更新日期：1985-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To the authors' knowledge, the potential prognostic value of DNA ploidy in vulvar melanoma has not been evaluated in previous series. METHODS:Clinical data and follow-up information were retrieved from the hospital records of 75 patients treated from 1956 to 1987. Histopathologic specimens were reviewed for...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Scheistrøen M,Tropé C,Koern J,Pettersen EO,Abeler VM,Kristensen GB

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To the authors' knowledge, comprehensive human pathologic investigations that explore fundamental radiosurgical effects on metastatic brain tumors are sparse in the literature. The objective of this study was to analyze histopathologic findings in a set of clinically recurrent cerebral metastases after patie...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Szeifert GT,Atteberry DS,Kondziolka D,Levivier M,Lunsford LD

更新日期：2006-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Akt/mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathway mediates cell survival and proliferation and contributes to tumor progression. Soft tissue leiomyosarcoma continues to show poor prognosis, and little is known about its mechanisms of tumor progression. Here the authors investigated the significance of act...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Setsu N,Yamamoto H,Kohashi K,Endo M,Matsuda S,Yokoyama R,Nishiyama K,Iwamoto Y,Dobashi Y,Oda Y

更新日期：2012-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The possibility that urinary pepsinogen I is a tumor marker of stomach cancer after total gastrectomy was examined. To decide the cutoff level of urinary pepsinogen I after total gastrectomy, urine samples from 15 patients who had undergone total gastrectomy for stomach cancer in the early or advanced stages and had b...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Yamaguchi T,Takahashi T,Yokota T,Kitamura K,Noguchi A,Kamiguchi M,Doi M,Ahn T,Sawai K,Yamane T

更新日期：1991-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A solitary tumor which by light microscopy was calssified as a neurofibroma was found by electron microscopic study to be composed of parallel, elongate cells with collagen rich intervening matrix. The cells showed thin, polar cytoplasmic processes which extended long distances, frequent junctional complexes between c...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Lazarus SS,Trombetta LD

更新日期：1978-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many trials submitted to scientific meetings are not reported in peer-reviewed journals. Results may vary substantially and the lack of final publication constitutes a form of reporting bias. The authors sought to determine the presentation and publication rates of Phase I trials submitted to a major oncolog...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Camacho LH,Bacik J,Cheung A,Spriggs DR

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Because of the structural and biochemical similarities between the antitumor p53 and p73 proteins, the authors hypothesized that individuals who carry high-risk genotypes of p53 codon 72 and p73 G4C14-to-A4T14 polymorphisms have a higher risk of developing second primary malignancy (SPM) after index squamous...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Zhang Y,Sturgis EM,Huang Z,Zafereo ME,Wei Q,Li G

更新日期：2012-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The identification of high risk patients with endometrial carcinoma is considered essential for individualized therapy to improve prognosis and avoid overtreatment. The goal of the current study was to investigate the prognostic value of nuclear morphometry, particularly for patients with localized endometri...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Salvesen HB,Iversen OE,Akslen LA

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The objective of this study was to investigate the patterns of recurrence, various prognostic factors, and the role of radioiodine in the treatment of patients with follicular thyroid carcinoma (FTC). METHODS:The clinical outcomes of 215 patients with FTC who were treated at a single institution were analyz...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Chow SM,Law SC,Mendenhall WM,Au SK,Yau S,Yuen KT,Law CC,Lau WH

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A marked increase in specific immunogenicity of tumor cells is induced upon incorporation of cholesteryl hemisuccinate (CHS) into the cell membrane, which presumably promotes the expression of latent tumor-associated antigens. Immunotherapy with CHS-treated and irradiated tumor cells as vaccine was found to be very ef...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Skornick YG,Rong GH,Sindelar WF,Richert L,Klausner JM,Rozin RR,Shinitzky M

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Papanicolaou smear sensitivity for cervical adenocarcinoma (CVCA) is not well established. Also uncertain are the relative contributions to falsely negative diagnoses of sampling, screening, and interpretive errors. METHODS:Papanicolaou smears were identified from all patients at our institutions with biops...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Krane JF,Granter SR,Trask CE,Hogan CL,Lee KR

更新日期：2001-02-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sunitinib has replaced interferon (IFN) as a first-line standard of care in the treatment of metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC). This study aimed to determine overall survival and to confirm effectiveness in a population that includes poor prognosis patients. METHODS:Data were collected on all patients i...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Heng DY,Chi KN,Murray N,Jin T,Garcia JA,Bukowski RM,Rini BI,Kollmannsberger C

更新日期：2009-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cyclin D1 expression has been reported in a subset of patients with diffuse large B-cell leukemia (DLBCL), but studies have been few and generally small, and they have demonstrated no obvious clinical implications attributable to cyclin D1 expression. METHODS:The authors reviewed 1435 patients who were diag...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Ok CY,Xu-Monette ZY,Tzankov A,O'Malley DP,Montes-Moreno S,Visco C,Møller MB,Dybkaer K,Orazi A,Zu Y,Bhagat G,Richards KL,Hsi ED,Han van Krieken J,Ponzoni M,Farnen JP,Piris MA,Winter JN,Medeiros LJ,Young KH

更新日期：2014-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:After the introduction of a mammography screening program, the incidence of late-stage breast cancer is expected to decrease. The objective of the current study was to evaluate variations in the total incidence of breast cancer and in the incidence of breast cancers with a pathologic tumor (pT) classificatio...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Foca F,Mancini S,Bucchi L,Puliti D,Zappa M,Naldoni C,Falcini F,Gambino ML,Piffer S,Sanoja Gonzalez ME,Stracci F,Zorzi M,Paci E,IMPACT Working Group.

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) may progress to blast phase (BP) at the rate of 1% to 1.5% per year. With the use of single-agent tyrosine kinase inhibitors, median overall survival ranges between 7 and 11 months. METHODS:The outcome was analyzed for 42 patients with lymphoid BP-CML who were treated with hyp...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Strati P,Kantarjian H,Thomas D,O'Brien S,Konoplev S,Jorgensen JL,Luthra R,Abruzzo L,Jabbour E,Quintas-Cardama A,Borthakur G,Faderl S,Ravandi F,Cortes J

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to evaluate a regimen of sequential chemotherapy and radiotherapy for patients with Hodgkin disease. METHODS:The Cancer and Leukemia Group B conducted a Phase II study of three cycles of etoposide, vinblastine, and doxorubicin (EVA) chemotherapy followed by subtotal lymph node radi...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Wasserman TH,Petroni GR,Millard FE,Chung CT,Barcos M,Johnson JL,Canellos GP,Peterson BA

更新日期：1999-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Currently, there is a "divide" between cancer survivorship initiatives and minority participation. The level of participation is nearly nonexistent in many cancer support and control initiatives. Cancer survivorship resources that facilitate access to treatment, psychosocial interventions, clinical trials, and researc...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Guidry JJ,Torrence W,Herbelin S

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fourteen patients with adenocarcinoma of the gastrointestinal tract and pancreas treated with mitomycin C(MMC) and 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) had renal impairment 6-11 months from the beginning of MMC therapy. Two clinical entities were recognized: an acute fulminating renal failure that was rapidly fatal and a chronic slo...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Hanna WT,Krauss S,Regester RF,Murphy WM

更新日期：1981-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The frequency of mutant p53 in bone marrow metastases of patients with carcinoma of the prostate (CaP) and in matched sets of metastatic and primary lesions from the same patients was investigated. The data were examined in relation to prior treatment with androgen ablation (AA) therapy and were compared wit...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Meyers FJ,Gumerlock PH,Chi SG,Borchers H,Deitch AD,deVere White RW

更新日期：1998-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Medical adrenalectomy, consisting of aminoglutethimide plus either dexamethasone or hydrocortisone, was administered to 53 women with advanced breast cancer. Sixteen (30%) patients had an objective response, five patients had stabilization of disease, 26 patients demonstrated progression of disease, two patients did n...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Horsley JS 3rd,Newsome HH,Brown PW,Neifeld JP,Terz JJ,Lawrence W Jr

更新日期：1982-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) and immunohistochemistry (IHC) tests are commonly used to assess human epidermal growth factor 2 (HER2) status of tumors in patients with breast cancer. This analysis evaluates the likely cost-effectiveness of expanded retesting to assess HER2 tumor status in women w...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Garrison LP Jr,Lalla D,Brammer M,Babigumira JB,Wang B,Perez EA

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure of tumor cells to reduced folates before or with the fluoropyrimidines, 5-fluorouracil or 5-fluoro-2'deoxyuridine, results in a substantial increase in the activity of these drugs. Available evidence suggests that the mechanism of this synergism is a kinetic stabilization of complex formed between thymidylate...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Morgan RG

更新日期：1989-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the efficacy of performing both computed tomography (CT) of the thorax and upper abdomen and whole-body gallium scintigraphy for staging lung cancer, the results of each test were compared with those obtained by chest radiography and clinical examination in 100 patients. Clinical efficacy was defined in term...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： MacMahon H,Scott W,Ryan JW,Montner SM,Little AG,Hoffman PC,Ferguson MK,Golomb HM

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) is a novel approach to the planning and delivery of radiation therapy. The prevalence of IMRT use among radiation oncologists in the U.S. appears to be increasing, despite limited data evaluating its risks and benefits. METHODS:A random sample of radiation oncolo...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Mell LK,Mehrotra AK,Mundt AJ

更新日期：2005-09-15 00:00:00