Wernicke's encephalopathy: an underrecognized and reversible cause of confusional state in cancer patients.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The present study evaluated the clinical relevance of an integrative preoperative assessment of inflammation-, nutrition-, and muscle-based markers for patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) undergoing curative radical cystectomy (RC). METHODS:The analysis enrolled 117 patients and the variables...

journal_title：Oncology

authors： Miyake M,Morizawa Y,Hori S,Marugami N,Iida K,Ohnishi K,Gotoh D,Tatsumi Y,Nakai Y,Inoue T,Anai S,Torimoto K,Aoki K,Tanaka N,Shimada K,Konishi N,Fujimoto K

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:HER2 positivity is reported to be <20% in gastric cancer. Clinicopathological characteristics will be helpful to understand the biological features of HER2-positive gastric cancer. METHODS:A total of 813 gastric cancer patients who underwent HER2 testing between January 2005 and December 2010 were included ...

journal_title：Oncology

authors： Park JS,Rha SY,Chung HC,Jung M,Kim KH,Jun HJ,Kim H,An JY,Kim HI,Cheong JH,Hyung WJ,Noh SH,Kim HS

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human papillomaviruses (HPVs) have been linked to a variety of human diseases, most notably cancer of the cervix. In the majority of cases, HPV proteins E6 and E7 are continuously expressed and bind a variety of cellular proteins. The precise mechanism of HPV-induced carcinogenesis has not been fully elucidated; there...

journal_title：Oncology

authors： Yaginuma Y,Yoda K,Ogawa K

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine the efficacy and prognostic benefits of radiotherapy (RT) in patients who have unresectable advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) with invasion to intrahepatic large vessels (IHLVs). METHODS:Sixty-eight patients who had advanced HCC with invasion to IHLVs were studied. Thirty-two consecutive pa...

journal_title：Oncology

authors： Nakazawa T,Adachi S,Kitano M,Isobe Y,Kokubu S,Hidaka H,Ono K,Okuwaki Y,Watanabe M,Shibuya A,Saigenji K

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:A novel delivery system for transdermal matrix patches of fentanyl has been developed. The new fentanyl tape consists of a backing layer, a drug-containing layer and a release liner that is originally made of rubber adhesive. This open-label prospective study investigated the pharmacokinetics and safety of t...

journal_title：Oncology

authors： Saito T,Fujii M,Saito S,Shimada K,Fujiwara K,Kobayashi K

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifteen patients, median age 64 years, presenting with advanced gastrointestinal adenocarcinomas, were included in this study. The treatment combination consisted of folinic acid (200 mg/m2, IV bolus injection) followed by 5-fluorouracil (5-FU; 400 mg/m2, 30-min infusion) for 5 consecutive days and mitomycin C (10 mg/...

journal_title：Oncology

authors： Becouarn Y,Brunet R,Bussières E,Marée D

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ethnic disparities in cancers are associated with variability in clinical outcomes. We present a Surveillance Epidemiology and End RESULTS (SEER)-based outcome analysis of multiethnic Waldenström's macroglobulinemia (WM) patients. METHODS:Adult WM patients diagnosed in 1992 or later (n = 3,175) were analyze...

journal_title：Oncology

authors： Ailawadhi S,Kardosh A,Yang D,Cozen W,Patel G,Alamgir MA,Chanan-Khan AA

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Preclinical studies indicated that imatinib may have single-agent activity in glioblastoma through inhibition of tyrosine kinase activity and also that it might enhance the efficacy of radiotherapy. We therefore sought to investigate clinical efficacy in patients with newly diagnosed and recurrent glioblastoma ...

journal_title：Oncology

authors： Sautter L,Hofheinz R,Tuettenberg J,Grimm M,Vajkoczy P,Groden C,Schmieder K,Hochhaus A,Wenz F,Giordano FA

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have provided an in-depth, longitudinal, clinical/genetic/pathologic investigation of a family consonant with the sarcoma, breast cancer and brain tumors, lung and laryngeal cancer, leukemia, lymphoma, and adrenalcortical carcinoma syndrome. The pattern of cancer expression involves all three germinal layers with t...

journal_title：Oncology

authors： Lynch HT,Radford B,Lynch JF

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To clarify the inhibitory effect of telomere-mimic oligonucleotides on human cancer cell lines, we synthesized 18-mers (18T; n = 3), 24-mers (24T; n = 4) and 30-mers (30T; n = 5) of telomere-mimic phosphorothioate oligodeoxy nucleotides [5'-d(TTA GGG)n-3'] and examined their effects on the proliferation of human tumor...

journal_title：Oncology

authors： Saeki T,Takashima S,Tachibana M,Koga M,Hiyama E,Salomon DS,Holland JF,Ohnuma T

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) is a standard therapy used in the treatment of intermediate hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Recently, balloon-occluded TACE (B-TACE) has been developed. PURPOSE:This study aimed to clarify the effects of B-TACE in patients with HCC, with a focus on which drug ...

journal_title：Oncology

authors： Shirono T,Iwamoto H,Niizeki T,Shimose S,Nakano M,Satani M,Okamura S,Noda Y,Kamachi N,Kuromatsu R,Sakai M,Nomiyama M,Kuwano T,Tanaka M,Koga H,Torimura T

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several reports have demonstrated an adverse effect of perioperative blood transfusions on the survival of patients with various solid tumors treated surgically. We retrospectively investigated the relationship between perioperative blood transfusions and the survival of 501 patients who underwent radical subtotal gas...

journal_title：Oncology

authors： Choi JH,Chung HC,Yoo NC,Lee HR,Lee KH,Kim JH,Roh JK,Min JS,Lee KS,Kim BS

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 103 patients with lung cancer was treated with CCNU 130 mg/m2 orally every 6 weeks; 65 patients survived at least 6 weeks. Partial responses occurred in 7 patients. Leukopenia, thrombocytopenia, and nausea were frequent toxic effects. CCNU has slight efficacy in advanced lung cancer. No increase in survival...

journal_title：Oncology

authors： Stolinsky DC,Bull FE,Pajak TF,Bateman JR

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated the influence of bile acid load on the DNA distribution pattern of proliferated bile ductules and cholangiocarcinoma induced by diisopropanolnitrosamine. Ninety hamsters were separated into control, tauro- and deoxycholic acid (DCA) groups. The DNA distribution pattern of intrahepatic lesions at 1...

journal_title：Oncology

authors： Kinami Y,Miyakoshi M,Fujikawa K

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the relationship between neoplastic transformation and increased genetic instability, spontaneous and induced mutation rates were compared in a nontumorigenic, immortalized human bronchial epithelial cell line (NL20) and a tumorigenic cell line (NL20T) spontaneously derived from the NL20 line. Using the h...

journal_title：Oncology

authors： Wittenkeller JL,Storer B,Bittner G,Schiller JH

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the incidence of gastric cancer has been declining in Western countries, it is still a major health problem and a leading cause of cancer mortality. Surgery is the mainstay of treatment for gastric adenocarcinoma. However, even among patients undergoing gastrectomy with curative intent, 5-year survival rates ...

journal_title：Oncology

authors： De Vita F,Vecchione L,Galizia G,Di Martino N,Fabozzi T,Catalano G,Ciardiello F,Orditura M

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Topotecan is indicated in the treatment of advanced-stage ovarian cancers refractory to prior platinum-based regimen. The aim of this study was to compare the standard therapeutic strategy with a novel strategy of weekly administration of topotecan. The primary endpoints were dose density and overall tolerance. This r...

journal_title：Oncology

authors： Largillier R,Valenza B,Ferrero JM,Novo C,Creisson A,Lesbats G,Mari V,Hebert C,Chamorey E

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the efficacy and safety of neoadjuvant treatment comprising weekly high-dose 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) as a 24-hour infusion, folinic acid (FA) and biweekly oxaliplatin (L-OHP), followed by metastatic resection in patients with primarily resectable liver metastases of colorectal cancer (CRC). PATIENTS ...

journal_title：Oncology

authors： Wein A,Riedel C,Brückl W,Merkel S,Ott R,Hanke B,Baum U,Fuchs F,Günther K,Reck T,Papadopoulos T,Hahn EG,Hohenberger W

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stem cell mimicry of cancer cells has been known for a long time and is considered to be responsible for ectopic gene expressions. The stem cell characteristics of tumor cells are shown to be involved in epithelial-mesenchymal transition and in the phenomenon of vascular mimicry. Certain cancer types acquire a geno-ph...

journal_title：Oncology

authors： Tímár J,Tóvári J,Rásó E,Mészáros L,Bereczky B,Lapis K

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After nearly four decades of clinical experience with the fluoropyrimidines, 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) remains an integral part of chemotherapy for colorectal cancer. A range of 5-FU treatment regimens with or without biochemical modulation are currently used and toxicity appears to be schedule dependent. The use of oral ...

journal_title：Oncology

authors： Brito RA,Medgyesy D,Zukowski TH,Royce ME,Ravandi-Kashani F,Hoff PM,Pazdur R

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Nucleoside and nucleobase derivatives are currently used in the treatment of a variety of solid tumors; however, the role of plasma membrane transporters as biomarkers of drug metabolism has not been fully addressed. Thus, the purpose of this study was to determine whether the concentrative nucleoside transport...

journal_title：Oncology

authors： Gloeckner-Hofmann K,Guillén-Gómez E,Schmidtgen C,Porstmann R,Ziegler R,Stoss O,Casado FJ,Rüschoff J,Pastor-Anglada M

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peripheral blood T-cell subsets of 70 patients with untreated gastric cancer and 55 age- and sex-matched normal controls were studied by using monoclonal antibodies and flow cytometry. The number of T cells (Leu 4+ cells) was significantly decreased in stage IV patients. Statistically significant decreases in the numb...

journal_title：Oncology

authors： Watanabe T,Nakauchi H,Kitaoka H,Matsuki K,Okumura K,Nomura K,Takakura K

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coagulation disorders are frequently detected in patients affected by different tumours even though clinical symptoms occur in a very small percentage of such subjects. Coagulation processes are probably involved in the mechanism of metastatic spread. We assayed the plasma levels of thrombin-antithrombin III (TAT) com...

journal_title：Oncology

authors： Bartoloni C,Guidi L,Tricerri A,Patriarca F,Pili R,Cursi F,Canetta M,Cappelli A,Vangeli M,Salvati F

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The aim of this study was to assess the molecular subtype profiles of male breast cancer (MBC) and subsequent clinical outcome using a validated 6-marker immunohistochemical panel. METHODS:A total of 43 cases of MBC were examined retrospectively using a semiquantitative immunohistochemical analysis of estrogen rec...

journal_title：Oncology

authors： Sánchez-Muñoz A,Román-Jobacho A,Pérez-Villa L,Sánchez-Rovira P,Miramón J,Pérez D,Sáez MI,de Luque V,Medina L,Ramírez-Tortosa CL,Vicioso L,Medina JA,Ribelles N,Alba E

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 352 patients with colorectal carcinoma followed for a minimum of 5 years after surgery, 39 cases (11.1%; median age 60 years) had mucinous adenocarcinoma, and 4 (1.1%; median age 62 years) had signet-ring cell carcinoma. Mucinous carcinomas were most frequently located in the rectum (61.5%) and in the sigmoid colon...

journal_title：Oncology

authors： Secco GB,Fardelli R,Campora E,Lapertosa G,Gentile R,Zoli S,Prior C

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eleven postmenopausal patients with advanced breast cancer were assessed for their response and endocrine changes to low-dose aminoglutethimide (250 mg twice a day) therapy without steroid administration. In 7 cases an objective response was registered; 1 patient had a stabilization of the disease lasting for 9 months...

journal_title：Oncology

authors： Kahán Z,Tóth I,Vecsernyés M

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study was performed to investigate the activity and safety of high dose 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) given as a weekly 24-hour infusion in combination with folinic acid plus mitomycin C in patients with advanced gastric cancer. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Chemonaive patients with locally advanced inoperable, recurrent ...

journal_title：Oncology

authors： Kretzschmar A,Reichardt P,Thuss-Patience PC,Hohenberger P,Benter T,Dörken B,Köhne CH

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the prognostic value of pretreatment serum neuron-specific enolase (NSE) in nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC), levels were measured in 84 NSCLC patients, 40 healthy controls, and 20 patients with benign pulmonary diseases. NSE concentration was higher in NSCLC (11.7 +/- 10.8 ng/ml) (mean +/- SD; median = 9.7...

journal_title：Oncology

authors： Diez M,Torres A,Ortega L,Maestro M,Hernando F,Gomez A,Picardo A,Granell J,Balibrea JL

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Various oncogenic agents were employed in tumor susceptibility studies of an inbred subline of BALB/cGn mice, BALB/cGnDu, which carries a mutant gene that results in spontaneous thymic involution in homozygous recessive individuals. Of 18 transplantable tumors, 3 in vitro transformed cell lines, 2 oncogenic papovaviru...

journal_title：Oncology

authors： Morrison DG,Moyer MP,Lynd FT,Rogers W,Moyer RC

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the effects of cycloheximide on the amount of chromatin-bound and -unbound PCNA subpopulations in HeLa cells. The chromatin-bound PCNA content decreased rapidly in the presence of cycloheximide, whereas the reduction of the total amount of PCNA was minimal even 24 h after the treatment with cycloheximide. ...

journal_title：Oncology

authors： Sasaki K,Kurose A,Uesugi N,Kato A

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00