Determination of transforming growth factor activity in effusions from cancer patients.

abstract：:Forty-four cases of skin and soft tissue angiosarcoma seen at M. D. Anderson Hospital before 1976 were reviewed. The cases fell into six different clinical groups: scalp-face, 17 cases; postmastectomy, 14 cases; postradiation, 5 cases; leg with vascular stasis, 2 cases; breast, 2 cases; and miscellaneous, 4 cases. In ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Maddox JC,Evans HL

更新日期：1981-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Thalidomide is an antiangiogenic agent with immune modulating potential. The objective of this study was to determine response rates among women who were treated for recurrent ovarian cancer using topotecan with or without thalidomide. METHODS:Women were enrolled in this multicenter, prospective, randomized...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Downs LS Jr,Judson PL,Argenta PA,Ghebre R,Geller MA,Bliss RL,Boente MP,Nahhas WA,Abu-Ghazaleh SZ,Chen MD,Carson LF

更新日期：2008-01-15 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：:Werner's syndrome, a relatively rare and autosomal recessive disorder, is well known to be characterized by a high frequency of malignant neoplasm. The occurrence of familial neoplasm in patients with this condition, however, has been recorded only once before in the literature. Reported are the findings with regard t...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Usui M,Ishii S,Yamawaki S,Hirayama T

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphoid cells from two patients with hand-mirror variant of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) were studied with various monoclonal antibodies in attempts to determine their derivation and differentiation. The predominant feature of the malignant bone marrow cells was strong reactivity with antibody 3A1, which stains...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Gramatzki M,Strong DM,Duval-Arnould B,Morstyn G,Schumacher HR

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carcinoma of the breast is a disease that is associated with 10-year recurrence rates of 25% in operable patients with no spread to the axillary nodes and 75% in patients in whom the tumor has extended to the axillary nodes. Locoregional recurrence rates of close to 50% have been reported in patients with Stage III di...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Marcial VA

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many studies have tried to identify prognostic factors to guide the selection of patients at high risk for metastases in penile carcinoma. The authors evaluated human papillomavirus (HPV) status with respect to clinical features, incidence of metastases, and prognosis of penile carcinoma. METHODS:Human papi...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Bezerra AL,Lopes A,Santiago GH,Ribeiro KC,Latorre MR,Villa LL

更新日期：2001-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The majority of colorectal carcinomas, if not all, arise from a benign adenoma. The DNA of the carcinomatous cells frequently has mutations in several genes. However, it is not exactly clear when during the neoplastic process each mutation develops. An adenoma with an area of in situ carcinoma provides an op...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Zauber NP,Sabbath-Solitare M,Marotta SP,Bishop DT

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-nine untreated patients with either lymphocytic or nodular mixed/nodular histiocytic non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, stage II--IV, were randomized to treatment with total body irradiation (TBI), 100 rads in 10 fractions over 12 days, plus combination chemotherapy with either cyclophosphamide, vincristine and prednisone...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Brereton HD,Young RC,Longo DL,Kirkland LR,Berard CW,Jaffe ES,DeVita VT,Johnson RE

更新日期：1979-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Efficient quality assurance and improvement measures are essential ingredients in a well organized cytology-based program for cervical carcinoma screening. Various pap smear review procedures, aiming for optimization of accuracy, are described throughout the literature. Evaluation and synthesis of those meth...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Arbyn M,Schenck U,Ellison E,Hanselaar A

更新日期：2003-02-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The monitoring utility of serial patterns of a single marker (carcinoembryonic antigen) level and multiple marker (three carbohydrates-fucose, mannose and galactose) levels in patients with small cell carcinoma of the lung was investigated using a quantitative approach. A serial multiple regression (SMR) model was for...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Woo KB,Waalkes P,Abeloff MD,Ettinger DS,McNitt KL,Gehrke CW

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes a patient with small-cell carcinoma of the lung associated with blindness. The serum of this patient was tested for immunoreactivity with retinal sections because there was no evidence of tumor metastasis to the central nervous system and because neuroendocrine cells of the lung share common anti...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Kornguth SE,Klein R,Appen R,Choate J

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six patients with lymphomatoid granulomatosis were studied. Two patients had eye involvement, a rare manifestation of this disease. Both had complete disappearance of disease in this area after radiation therapy. One patient presented with an autoimmune hemolytic anemia, which remitted completely with chemotherapy. Th...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Sordillo PP,Epremian B,Koziner B,Lacher M,Lieberman P

更新日期：1982-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcal agent OK-432 was administered at maintenance levels with conventional inductive chemotherapeutic agents to stage III and IV lung cancer patients. Survival rates were longer in patients treated with OK-432 than in patients treated without OK-432. An enhancement of lymphocyte blastogenic activity and a del...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Kimura I,Ohnoshi T,Yasuhara S,Sugiyama M,Urabe Y

更新日期：1976-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To the authors' knowledge, outcomes and prognostic tools have yet to be clearly defined in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) who are treated with immuno-oncology (IO) checkpoint inhibitors (programmed death-ligand 1 [PD-L1] inhibitors). In the current study, the authors aimed to establish ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Yip SM,Wells C,Moreira R,Wong A,Srinivas S,Beuselinck B,Porta C,Sim HW,Ernst DS,Rini BI,Yuasa T,Basappa NS,Kanesvaran R,Wood LA,Canil C,Kapoor A,Fu SYF,Choueiri TK,Heng DYC

更新日期：2018-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Curative resection does not guarantee long term survival for the patient with extrahepatic bile duct carcinoma because of the possibility of metastases to the liver (LM). Expression of mucin core protein-1 (MUC1), sialyl-Le(x), and sialosyl-Tn in bile duct carcinoma was determined and compared with LM and pr...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Takao S,Uchikura K,Yonezawa S,Shinchi H,Aikou T

更新日期：1999-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Fuhrman grading system is an established predictor of survival in patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC). The predictive accuracy of various Fuhrman grading schemes was tested with the intent of improving the prediction of RCC-specific survival (RCC-SS). METHODS:The analyses targeted 5453 patients fro...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Rioux-Leclercq N,Karakiewicz PI,Trinh QD,Ficarra V,Cindolo L,de la Taille A,Tostain J,Zigeuner R,Mejean A,Patard JJ

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Alveolar soft part sarcoma (ASPS), chondrosarcoma (CS), chordoma, epithelioid sarcoma, and solitary fibrous tumor (SFT) are malignant tumors that are relatively resistant to chemotherapy and for which more effective drug therapy is needed. METHODS:The 5 listed subtypes were enrolled into a single indolent s...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Schuetze SM,Bolejack V,Choy E,Ganjoo KN,Staddon AP,Chow WA,Tawbi HA,Samuels BL,Patel SR,von Mehren M,D'Amato G,Leu KM,Loeb DM,Forscher CA,Milhem MM,Rushing DA,Lucas DR,Chugh R,Reinke DK,Baker LH

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Early-phase trials in patients with recurrent neuroblastoma historically used an objective "response" of measureable disease (Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors [RECIST], without bone/bone marrow assessment) to select agents for further study. Historical cohorts may be small and potentially biased;...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： London WB,Bagatell R,Weigel BJ,Fox E,Guo D,Van Ryn C,Naranjo A,Park JR

更新日期：2017-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The authors conducted a comprehensive review of the efficacy of 2-deoxy-2-[F-18]fluoro-D-glucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) in the detection of primary tumors in patients with disseminated carcinoma of unknown primary site. METHODS:Ten studies (involving a total of 221 patients) tat were publish...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Sève P,Billotey C,Broussolle C,Dumontet C,Mackey JR

更新日期：2007-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The prognostic value of flow cytometric analysis of DNA content is contradictory in renal cell carcinoma (RCC). METHODS:Flow cytometric analysis was performed on 72 patients with RCC, and the relationship between the DNA content and pathologic or clinical features was investigated. RESULTS:Aneuploidy was o...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Nakano E,Kondoh M,Okatani K,Seguchi T,Sugao H

更新日期：1993-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:An autopsy case of prostaglandin E-producing hepatocellular carcinoma with hypercalcemia is presented in this article. A 72-year-old man showed high serum calcium levels (14.2 to 17.3 mg/100 ml) and hypophosphatemia. The plasma level of immunoreactive parathyroid hormone was below the normal range. Administration of o...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Ikeda T,Tozuka S,Hasumura Y,Takeuchi J

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The case of a European patient with a malignant lymphoepithelial lesion of epithelial type is presented. This type of tumor has an exceptionally high incidence among Eskimos. To the authors' knowledge this is the first case reported with an ultrastructural study that demonstrates the squamous nature of the tumor cells...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Redondo C,Garcia A,Vazquez F

更新日期：1981-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Current research is inconclusive regarding the relation between alcohol consumption and prostate cancer risk. In this study, the authors examined the associations of total alcohol, type of alcoholic beverage, and drinking pattern with the risk of total, low-grade, and high-grade prostate cancer. METHODS:Dat...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Gong Z,Kristal AR,Schenk JM,Tangen CM,Goodman PJ,Thompson IM

更新日期：2009-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In a retrospective review (1950-1975) of the Mayo Clinic experience with seminomas (483 cases), twelve patients (2.5%) were found to have a retroperitoneal seminoma without evidence of testicular involvement. The mean age was 47 years (range, 31-67). Eleven patients were treated by radiation alone, with doses ranging ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Buskirk SJ,Evans RG,Farrow GM,Earle JD

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of bronchial mucoepidermoid carcinoma is reported, the presentation of which was as cutaneous metastases. Histologic, histochemical, and ultrastructural features of the neoplasm are described, and the literature pertaining to bronchial mucoepidermoid carcinoma is reviewed. This case illustrates the potential fo...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Metcalf JS,Maize JC,Shaw EB

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The potential role of paraneoplastic Cushing's syndrome (CS) was assessed on the clinical course of patients with small cell lung cancer. A retrospective comparison was done of complications and survival rates according to the presence or absence of CS in patients with small cell lung cancer who died within 90 days of...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Dimopoulos MA,Fernandez JF,Samaan NA,Holoye PY,Vassilopoulou-Sellin R

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study was performed to develop a sensitive method for the detection of circulating hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cells in peripheral blood, in advance of the diagnosis of distant metastasis of HCC by conventional means. METHODS:Peripheral blood (5 ml) samples were obtained from 64 patients with HCC an...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Komeda T,Fukuda Y,Sando T,Kita R,Furukawa M,Nishida N,Amenomori M,Nakao K

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Low frequency epithelial cells in bone marrow from colorectal carcinoma patients are associated with an increased risk of recurrence and decreased survival. Current immunohistochemical approaches to detect epithelial cells in bone marrow aspirates rely on antibodies against cytokeratin 18 (CK18). The predict...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Litle VR,Warren RS,Moore D 2nd,Pallavicini MG

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study was undertaken to determine whether the use of intermediate dose methotrexate in combination with vinblastine, doxorubicin, and cisplatin as first-line therapy increases the proportion of major responders and overall survival in patients with unresectable or metastatic transitional cell carcinoma ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Dodd PM,McCaffrey JA,Mazumdar M,Scher H,Vlamis V,Higgins G,Herr H,Bajorin DF

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00