Fournier's gangrene complicating aggressive therapy for hematologic malignancy.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this project was to develop the M. D. Anderson Symptom Inventory (MDASI), a brief measure of the severity and impact of cancer-related symptoms. METHODS:A list of symptoms was generated from symptom inventories and by panels of clinicians. Twenty-six symptoms and 6 interference items were rat...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Cleeland CS,Mendoza TR,Wang XS,Chou C,Harle MT,Morrissey M,Engstrom MC

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Idarubicin, a new anthracycline analogue, is available in an oral preparation, and responses have been observed using relatively aggressive therapy in patients with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS). The authors studied whether a chronic low-dose schedule would be effective but less myelotoxic. METHODS:Forty-...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Greenberg BR,Reynolds RD,Charron CB,Squillace KM,Lessin LS,Case DC Jr,Gams RA

更新日期：1993-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The increasing incidence of human papillomavirus (HPV)-related head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) highlights the need for simple and effective tools to evaluate head and neck lesions and their HPV status. The main objective of the current study was to investigate the association between abnormal c...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Donà MG,Giuliani M,Vocaturo A,Spriano G,Pichi B,Rollo F,Ronchetti L,Covello R,Pescarmona E,Benevolo M

更新日期：2014-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Circulating prostate cells can be detected in the venous blood of patients with clinically localized prostate carcinoma by applying reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) techniques using primers specific for the prostate specific antigen (PSA) gene. This study evaluates whether the detecti...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Ennis RD,Katz AE,de Vries GM,Heitjan DF,O'Toole KM,Rubin M,Buttyan R,Benson MC,Schiff PB

更新日期：1997-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cancer cell expression of costimulatory molecule B7-H1 has been implicated as a potent inhibitor of T-cell-mediated antitumoral immunity. The authors recently reported that B7-H1 is aberrantly expressed in primary renal cell carcinoma (RCC). Blockade of B7-H1, as demonstrated in several murine cancer models,...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Thompson RH,Gillett MD,Cheville JC,Lohse CM,Dong H,Webster WS,Chen L,Zincke H,Blute ML,Leibovich BC,Kwon ED

更新日期：2005-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The objective of the current study was to investigate the effects and the morbidities of single-fraction stereotactic radiation therapy (SRT) for lung tumors. METHODS:A Microtron device was modified to deliver stereotactic irradiation under respiratory gating. Between August 1998 and December 2004, 59 malig...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Hara R,Itami J,Kondo T,Aruga T,Uno T,Sasano N,Ohnishi K,Kiyozuka M,Fuse M,Ito M,Naoi K,Kohno Y

更新日期：2006-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors have shown previously that bone marrow transplant (BMT) patients who self-administered bolus doses of morphine gained equal oral mucositis pain relief while using less drug compared with similar patients receiving morphine by staff-controlled continuous infusion. In a follow-up study they compared the effi...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Hill HF,Mackie AM,Coda BA,Iverson K,Chapman CR

更新日期：1991-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-one cases of acinic cell carcinoma (ACC) arising in major and minor salivary glands are reported (primary sites: parotid 37, submandibular, six, and oral cavity, eight.) These lesions usually produced painless slowly growing masses. Of 49 patients with follow-up information, 17 (35%) developed local recurrences ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Perzin KH,LiVolsi VA

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From November 1987 to April 1989, 1000 women 40 years or older underwent screening vaginal sonography at the University of Kentucky Medical Center (Lexington, KY). Patients included in this investigation were all asymptomatic and had no known pelvic abnormalities. Each ovary was measured in three planes and ovarian vo...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： van Nagell JR Jr,Higgins RV,Donaldson ES,Gallion HH,Powell DE,Pavlik EJ,Woods CH,Thompson EA

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent advances in the early detection of prostatic adenocarcinoma have stimulated interest in the development of techniques for determining metastatic potential. METHODS:One hundred cases of adenocarcinoma, including 66 biopsy and radical prostatectomy specimens; 20 biopsies alone; and 14 transurethral res...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Ross JS,Nazeer T,Church K,Amato C,Figge H,Rifkin MD,Fisher HA

更新日期：1993-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A comprehensive immunologic and serologic analysis was performed on 31 untreated patients with Hodgkin's disease. Immune evaluations stressed T-cell functional activity and included traditional parameters (PHA responsiveness and delayed hypersensitivity skin reactivity), as well as newer functional assays (T-cell colo...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Schulof RS,Bockman RS,Garofalo JA,Cirrincione C,Cunningham-Rundles S,Fernandes G,Day NK,Pinsky CM,Incefy GS,Thaler HT,Good RA,Gupta S

更新日期：1981-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:From 1977, 29 patients with inoperable non-small cell lung carcinoma due to locally far-advanced disease underwent lung resection after receiving two to eight courses of chemotherapy. After the surgery was performed, three additional courses of chemotherapy were given. The overall median survival from onset of the che...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Takita H,Regal AM,Antkowiak JG,Rao UN,Botsoglou NK,Lane WW

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cytologic distinction between follicle center lymphoma (FCL) and mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) is difficult with cytomorphology alone and requires immunophenotyping. The current study describes the distinction between follicle center and mantle cell lymphoma made with fine-needle aspiration (FNA) material. MET...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Rassidakis GZ,Tani E,Svedmyr E,Porwit A,Skoog L

更新日期：1999-08-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemotherapy once relegated to end stage patients has markedly improved with the use of combinations. Response rates with single agents have improved from 15 to 35%, to 50 to 70%, using combinations with an increase in complete response rates to about 25%. A series of four studies completed by the Eastern Cooperative ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Carbone PP,Bauer M,Band P,Tormey D

更新日期：1977-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Antibacterial prophylaxis with quinolone antibiotics has resulted in an increase in streptococcal infections among bone marrow transplantation (BMT) recipients with myelosuppression. Oral ulceration (mucositis), which frequently occurs as a consequence of chemotherapy, has been implicated as a significant po...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Ruescher TJ,Sodeifi A,Scrivani SJ,Kaban LB,Sonis ST

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Increased pretreatment serum interleukin (IL)-6 levels among patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) have been shown to correlate with poor prognosis, but sample sizes in prior studies have been small and thus unable to control for other known prognostic variables. METHODS:A longitudinal...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Duffy SA,Taylor JM,Terrell JE,Islam M,Li Y,Fowler KE,Wolf GT,Teknos TN

更新日期：2008-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Four cases of childhood hepatic angiosarcoma (HAS), representing the malignant form of infantile hemangioendothelioma, are described. The morphologic appearance of childhood HAS differs from the adult form in the following features: the associated presence of benign infantile hemangioendothelioma; the presence of dyso...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Falk H,Herbert JT,Edmonds L,Heath CW Jr,Thomas LB,Popper H

更新日期：1981-01-15 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：:Twenty-two children with acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) who had relapsed while on therapy and for whom remissions were successfully reinduced were maintained with a combination of methotrexate, daunomycin, 6-mercaptopurine, prednisone, and vincristine (Djerassi-methotrexate with BOMB). The median duration of remissi...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Kimball JC,Herson J,Sullivan MP

更新日期：1980-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Results from numerous trials have indicated that breast-conserving therapy (BCT) produces outcomes equivalent to those produced by mastectomy in terms of both locoregional control and survival. However, conservative treatment has resulted in the dilemma of how best to address recurrences when they appear in ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Vicini FA,Antonucci JV,Goldstein N,Wallace M,Kestin L,Krauss D,Kunzmann J,Gilbert S,Schell S

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A young woman with a very extensive intramedullary hemangioblastoma of the spinal cord was treated with a moderately high dose of irradiation after biopsy only of the tumor. Now, five years following treatment, there have been no radiation sequelae and no evidence of progressive disease. ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Richardson RG,Griffin TW,Parker RG

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixteen patients with metastatic neuroendocrine tumors and the malignant carcinoid syndrome were treated with cyproheptadine (Periactin, Merck, Sharp & Dohme, West Point, PA) at maximum tolerable doses that ranged from 12 to 48 mg daily. Usual side effects were mild sedation and dry mouth, but three patients found it ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Moertel CG,Kvols LK,Rubin J

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with advanced soft tissue sarcomas (STS) have limited therapeutic options. Sorafenib (BAY 43-9006) is a multitargeted tyrosine kinase inhibitor of raf, vascular endothelial growth factor receptors 1 (VEGFR1) through 3, platelet-derived growth factor B, fms-like tyrosine kinase 3, and c-kit, and some...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： von Mehren M,Rankin C,Goldblum JR,Demetri GD,Bramwell V,Ryan CW,Borden E

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The incidence of bronchioloalveolar carcinoma of the lung (BAC), a pathologically distinct type of nonsmall cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC), appears to be rising. In this study, the authors compared data on the clinical presentation and clinical courses of patients with Stage IIIB and IV BAC with data on other t...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Breathnach OS,Ishibe N,Williams J,Linnoila RI,Caporaso N,Johnson BE

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent studies revealed that incidence rates of cutaneous melanoma (CM) were leveling off predominantly among younger people and patterns suggested birth-cohort effects. The current study analyzed the development of prognostic factors and survival in incident CM over 25 years. METHODS:All 45,483 patients wi...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Buettner PG,Leiter U,Eigentler TK,Garbe C

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diagnostic advances currently have exceeded therapeutic gain. The present, however, is a transition phase. Chemotherapy, for example, has become curative for some tumors in recent years, rather than merely palliative, due to the precision permitted by advances in molecular biology. At this time, acceleration in the ba...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Gusberg SB

更新日期：1987-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Many cancer patients have elevated serum protein and sialic acid (N-acetyl neuraminic acid, NANA) levels. Serial determinations were performed, using serum treated with perchloric acid from 34 patients with widespread metastatic disease. Six of six patients who underwent debulking surgery had a drop in their serum NAN...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Harvey HA,Lipton A,White D,Davidson E

更新日期：1981-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In a series of 643 patients with small cell lung cancer (SCLC), 55 patients (8.6%) had signs or symptoms of superior vena caval obstruction syndrome (SVCO). Relatively long intervals from the onset of the first symptoms of SVCO to the start of therapy were observed, and invasive diagnostic procedures were safely perfo...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Sculier JP,Evans WK,Feld R,DeBoer G,Payne DG,Shepherd FA,Pringle JF,Yeoh JL,Quirt IC,Curtis JE

更新日期：1986-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study is to examine changes over time in survival for African American (AA) and white women diagnosed with cervical cancer (CC). METHODS:Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program data from 1985 to 2009 were used for this analysis. Racial differences in survival were eval...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Rauh-Hain JA,Clemmer JT,Bradford LS,Clark RM,Growdon WB,Goodman A,Boruta DM 2nd,Schorge JO,del Carmen MG

更新日期：2013-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tumor volume in radical prostatectomies can be determined by several different techniques and appears to predict clinical progression. Greatest tumor dimension and area are easily obtained measures that are both correlated with tumor volume. The authors sought to determine whether greatest tumor dimension an...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Renshaw AA,Richie JP,Loughlin KR,Jiroutek M,Chung A,D'Amico AV

更新日期：1998-08-15 00:00:00