Gianturco expandable wire stents in the treatment of superior vena cava syndrome recurring after maximum-tolerance radiation.

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the current national debate regarding private insurance versus Medicaid expansion, understanding how insurance is associated with racial disparities in prostate cancer (CaP) outcomes has broad policy implications. In the current study, the authors examined the association between insurance status, race, a...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Mahal AR,Mahal BA,Nguyen PL,Yu JB

更新日期：2018-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Medical records of 50 patients with malignant mesothelioma were reviewed to determine the clinical features and factors influencing survival. METHODS:Charts of all patients whose conditions were diagnosed as malignant mesothelioma were abstracted and analyzed by statistical software. RESULTS:The male-to-fe...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Sridhar KS,Doria R,Raub WA Jr,Thurer RJ,Saldana M

更新日期：1992-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Monoclonal antibodies have not been evaluated in metastasizing endocrine tumors, even though these lesions may induce severe morbidity of hormone excess in absence of considerable tumor burden. METHODS:A murine monoclonal antibody of the IgG2a subtype was generated by immunization with dispersed tumor cells...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Juhlin C,Papanicolaou V,Arnberg H,Klareskog L,Lörelius LE,Rastad J,Oberg K,Akerström G

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, an increased understanding of T-cell-regulatory mechanisms has led to the development of a novel class of immune-checkpoint inhibitors that have robust clinical activity against a broad array of malignancies-even those that historically were not believed to be sensitive to immune therapy. With this, t...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Salama AK,Postow MA,Salama JK

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A Phase I/II accelerated fractionation study for high-grade cerebral astrocytomas began in October 1987. Forty-two patients, 25 men and 17 women, were entered in the study. Median age was 58.5 years of age (range, 32 to 78 years). Performance status was 0, 1, 2, and 3 on Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) scale...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Shenouda G,Souhami L,Freeman CR,Hazel J,Lehnert S,Joseph L

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six hundred fifty-eight cases of previously untreated non-Hodgkin's lymphoma seen between 1970 and 1979 at the Medical Department, the Finsen Institute, were the basis for a comparative study of the prognostic value of the Rappaport, Kiel, and Lukes & Collins classifications and the new translation system, the Working...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Ersbøll J,Schultz HB,Hougaard P,Nissen NI,Hou-Jensen K

更新日期：1985-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The authors have noted that in cervical cytology specimens from perimenopausal and postmenopausal women, the diagnosis of atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ASC-US), as defined in the Bethesda system, is often not associated with a clinically evident lesion on follow-up. Reflex human papil...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Johnston EI,Logani S

更新日期：2007-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Proviral DNA of adult T-cell leukemia virus (HTLV-I) was examined by the standard Southern blotting method in lymph nodes of 45 patients with anti-HTLV-I antibody (ATLA)-positive adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL). Six of these patients revealed no monoclonal proviral HTLV-I DNA in tumor cells. These six patients s...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Yoshida T,Kikuchi M,Ooshima K,Takeshita M,Kimura N,Kozuru M,Satoh H

更新日期：1989-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Treatment with traditional cytotoxic chemotherapy regimens containing streptozocin or dacarbazine has resulted in only marginal benefit for patients with metastatic neuroendocrine tumors. The use of these regimens has been further limited by their potential toxicity. Gemcitabine is generally well tolerated a...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Kulke MH,Kim H,Clark JW,Enzinger PC,Lynch TJ,Morgan JA,Vincitore M,Michelini A,Fuchs CS

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The current study was conducted to evaluate severe mucocutaneous toxicity during treatment with hydroxyurea (HU) in a large cohort of patients with Philadelphia chromosome-negative myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN). METHODS:Among 993 consecutive patients newly diagnosed with MPN at 4 centers in Rome betwee...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Latagliata R,Spadea A,Cedrone M,Di Giandomenico J,De Muro M,Villivà N,Breccia M,Anaclerico B,Porrini R,Spirito F,Rago A,Avvisati G,Alimena G,Montanaro M,Andriani A,Gruppo Laziale SMPC Ph1 neg.

更新日期：2012-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Assessment of the responses of osteosarcoma patients to preoperative chemotherapy is of clinical importance. The purpose of this study was to estimate the accuracy of angiography and thallium-201 scintigraphy, compared with histology, in assessing the responses of patients with osteosarcoma to preoperative c...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Kunisada T,Ozaki T,Kawai A,Sugihara S,Taguchi K,Inoue H

更新日期：1999-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Meticulous selection of patients for esophageal cancer surgery is critical, because major surgical intervention can cause considerable consequences. For this study, the authors explored their institution's large surgical experience to examine the impact of age on long-term patient survival and surgical compl...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Braiteh F,Correa AM,Hofstetter WL,Rice DC,Vaporciyan AA,Walsh GL,Roth JA,Mehran RJ,Swisher SG,Ajani JA

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignant sweat gland neoplasms are rare tumors. Historically, the principal mode of treatment has been local surgical excision. Eight published studies show that greater than 50% of patients develop either local tumor recurrence after surgery or regional lymph node metastases. Most patients have evidence of locoregio...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Harari PM,Shimm DS,Bangert JL,Cassady JR

更新日期：1990-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of eight plasma cell granulomas of the lung were examined. Their clinical, pathologic, and immunohistochemical characteristics as well as the ultrastructural features of one case are in agreement with those found in the literature. One patient died after a surgical intervention complicated by invasion of pulm...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Warter A,Satge D,Roeslin N

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixty-one patients with essential thrombocythemia (ET) were followed from 1974 through 1987 at the Medizinische Poliklinik. Fifty-one patients (84%) presented with thromboembolic complications, and eight patients (13%) with hemorrhages. In seven patients (12%), a thrombocytosis was detected accidentally. Disturbances ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Hehlmann R,Jahn M,Baumann B,Köpcke W

更新日期：1988-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Histologic examination of bone-marrow from the posterior iliac crest was routinely done as a pretreatment staging procedure in 203 consecutive patients with small-cell anaplastic carcinoma of the lung. Subtyping of the patients according to the WHO classification included 27.8% with "fusiform" cell type (WHO II,1), 28...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Hirsch F,Hansen HH,Dombernowsky P,Hainau B

更新日期：1977-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidermoid cancer accounts for 81% of the malignancies of the vulva. Although the etiology has not been delineated, chronic vulvitis is associated with cancer in almost one-third of the patients. The staging system should utilize the most precise and accurate parameters delineated for improved treatment. A new staging...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Krupp P,Bohm JW,Lee FY,Collins JH

更新日期：1976-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study of pneumococcal bacteremia in 56 patients with neoplastic disease from January 1, 1972 to June 30, 1980 is presented and compared to an earlier study between 1955 and 1971. Patients at highest risk were those with Hodgkin's disease who had been splenectomized, multiple myeloma and chronic lymphocytic leukemia ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Chou MY,Brown AE,Blevins A,Armstrong D

更新日期：1983-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with ER positive primary tumors usually have initial metastases at the more favorable sites. Twelve out of 14 patients with ER positive had first site of metastases in either bone or soft tissue. In contrast, 13 of 17 patients with negative ER developed first metastases in viscera. ER positive patients respon...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Singhakowinta A,Saunders DE,Brooks SC,Samal B,Vaitkevicius VK

更新日期：1980-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A case report of a metastasizing basal cell carcinoma is presented, primary in the leg with regional inguinal lymph node metastasis, followed by extensive metastasis to skin and bone marrow with myelophthisic anemia and terminal splenohepatic and unilateral adrenal metastasis. ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Coletta DF,Haentze FE,Thomas CC

更新日期：1968-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The AJCC staging system and post-operative nomograms use patient and tumor characteristics to provide prognostic estimates after resection of retroperitoneal sarcoma (RPS). While these variables help to predict survival at the time of diagnosis and resection, the applicability of these prognostic factors to ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Abbott AM,Habermann EB,Parsons HM,Tuttle T,Al-Refaie W

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical trials are becoming increasingly difficult to carry out in the face of a changing health care delivery system. The reluctance of third party payers to reimburse for experimental therapy and the growing practice of providers to limit resources allocated for the care of cancer patients undergoing such therapies...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Engelking C

更新日期：1991-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) is an intranuclear protein that is linked closely to the cell cycle. An immunohistochemical study was performed on the expression of PCNA in various sized hepatocellular carcinomas (HCCs) to determine the relation between the proliferative activity of cancer cells an...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Suehiro T,Matsumata T,Itasaka H,Yamamoto K,Kawahara N,Sugimachi K

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Results of 567 thin-needle aspiration biopsies of head and neck lesions are reviewed. Cases included lymph nodes, salivary glands, thyroid, soft tissue and bone lesions. For the entire series, 17 patients had unsatisfactory aspirations. There were 12 false negative reports and 4 false positive reports, rates of 2.1% a...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Frable WJ,Frable MA

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Childhood cancer survivors have been reported to be vulnerable to psychiatric morbidities and risky health behavior. Suicides, substance abuse, accidents, and violence as causes of death can be regarded as an extreme manifestation of risky health behavior. In the current study, the authors studied the risk o...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Korhonen LM,Taskinen M,Rantanen M,Erdmann F,Winther JF,Bautz A,Feychting M,Mogensen H,Talbäck M,Malila N,Ryynänen H,Madanat-Harjuoja L

更新日期：2019-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Approximately 5-10% of patients with rhabdomyosarcomas (RMS) are diagnosed during the first year of life, and their clinical characteristics have been well documented. However, because RMS rarely occurs during the neonatal period, little is known about neonatal RMS. METHODS:Four patients with neonatal RMS w...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Rodriguez-Galindo C,Hill DA,Onyekwere O,Pin N,Rao BN,Hoffer FA,Kun LE,Pappo AS,Santana VM

更新日期：2001-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A 1-year-old infant with von Recklinghausen's neurofibromatosis was seen because of increasing clitoral enlargement over a 7-month period. The mother, who also had neurofibromatosis, was treated 2 years beforehand for an acoustic neuroma. The child was treated by radical clitorectomy. Pathologic examination revealed m...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Thomas WJ,Bevan HE,Hooper DG,Downey EJ

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Breast conservation surgery (BCS) and mastectomy have equivalent survival outcomes for women with breast carcinoma, but treatment decisions are affected by many factors. The current study evaluated the impact of patient and physician factors on surgical decision-making. METHODS:Statistical analyses were per...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Chagpar AB,Studts JL,Scoggins CR,Martin RC 2nd,Carlson DJ,Laidley AL,El-Eid SE,McGlothin TQ,Noyes RD,McMasters KM

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The therapeutic impact of tumor resection is poorly defined. Therefore the current study was conducted. METHODS:A retrospective, 2-institutional study was conducted (1991-1994) to compare the treatment results of stereotactic biopsy plus radiation therapy (99 patients; tumor dose: 60 gray [Gy]) with those o...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Kreth FW,Berlis A,Spiropoulou V,Faist M,Scheremet R,Rossner R,Volk B,Ostertag CB

更新日期：1999-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:From 1973 to 1991, the incidence of kidney cancer in the United States increased by 35.4%. METHODS:A multicenter, hospital-based case-control study was conducted from 1977 to 1993 through an interview of 788 patients with renal cell carcinoma and 779 control subjects. RESULTS:Compared with those who never ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Muscat JE,Hoffmann D,Wynder EL

更新日期：1995-05-15 00:00:00