Oncology clinic attendance at an inner city hospital.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Evidence of racial disparities in the receipt of postmastectomy breast reconstruction is well documented. The objective of this study was to describe trends in racial disparities overall and by reconstructive technique. METHODS:The American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program d...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Epstein S,Tran BN,Cohen JB,Lin SJ,Singhal D,Lee BT

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with small cell bronchogenic carcinoma, in a study utilizing laminar-air-flow-protected environments, oral prophylactic broad spectrum non-absorbable antibiotics (PNAA), and intensive combination chemotherapy, were examined to determine the effects of PNAA on serum biochemical values and on gastrointestinal a...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Cohen MH,Creaven PJ,Fossieck BE,Johnston AV,Williams CL

更新日期：1976-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Neuropilins (NRPs) are characterized as coreceptors of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF). In the current study, the authors assessed the expression of NRPs, VEGF, and vascular endothelial growth factor receptors (VEGFRs), as well as VEGF-induced cell proliferation, in pancreatic carcinoma cell lines ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Li M,Yang H,Chai H,Fisher WE,Wang X,Brunicardi FC,Yao Q,Chen C

更新日期：2004-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Inactivation of the tumor suppressor gene PTEN/MMAC1/TEP1, located on chromosome 10q23, is a common event in advanced stages of diverse human malignancies. However, the prognostic role of PTEN expression in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) has not been characterized. METHODS:One hundred five res...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Hu TH,Huang CC,Lin PR,Chang HW,Ger LP,Lin YW,Changchien CS,Lee CM,Tai MH

更新日期：2003-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-nine cases of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of Waldeyer's ring (W-NHL) and nasal cavity or paranasal sinus (N-NHL) were studied for tumor-surface marker phenotype and histopathologic correlation with clinical features. Immunostaining procedures on tissue sections by using xenoantisera and monoclonal antibodies to huma...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Yamanaka N,Harabuchi Y,Sambe S,Shido F,Matsuda F,Kataura A,Ishii Y,Kikuchi K

更新日期：1985-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with renal cell carcinoma brain metastases (RCCBM) are frequently excluded from trials and to the authors' knowledge no guidelines currently exist regarding central nervous system (CNS) surveillance or treatment. The objective of the current study was to assist in the creation of treatment guideline...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Shuch B,La Rochelle JC,Klatte T,Riggs SB,Liu W,Kabbinavar FF,Pantuck AJ,Belldegrun AS

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients developed extremely bizarre (pseudomalignant) granulation-tissue reactions in the larynx and facial sinuses, following radiation therapy for carcinoma. Containing pleomorphic spindle cells and numerous (sometimes atypical) mitotic figures, both tumefactive lesions simulated high grade malignancies. While ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Weidner N,Askin FB,Berthrong M,Hopkins MB,Kute TE,McGuirt FW

更新日期：1987-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Little is known about the size and characteristics of the decision-support networks of women newly diagnosed with breast cancer and whether their involvement improves breast cancer treatment decisions. METHODS:A population-based sample of patients newly diagnosed with breast cancer in 2014 and 2015, as repo...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Wallner LP,Li Y,McLeod MC,Hamilton AS,Ward KC,Veenstra CM,An LC,Janz NK,Katz SJ,Hawley ST

更新日期：2017-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Unexpected nephrotoxicity has been described in high-dose, bolus ifosfamide (IFF) therapy. Renal injury is not thought to occur in patients receiving fractionated schedules, although microscopic hematuria from bladder irritation is not uncommon. IFF is undergoing trials in patients with malignant lymphomas, gynecologi...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Patterson WP,Khojasteh A

更新日期：1989-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Helicobacter pylori recently was identified as a risk factor for gastric cancer. Its association with preneoplastic conditions of the stomach, however, is undocumented. METHODS:Gastric biopsy specimens from 245 symptomatic patients were examined for neoplastic and preneoplastic lesions and for gastric H. py...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Guarner J,Mohar A,Parsonnet J,Halperin D

更新日期：1993-01-15 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：:Paraneoplastic nervous system syndromes are being identified with increasing frequency because of greater physician awareness and the availability of serodiagnostic tests for some syndromes. Frequently, paraneoplastic syndromes develop in the setting of an indolent, limited stage, or otherwise occult malignancy. As a ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Glantz MJ,Biran H,Myers ME,Gockerman JP,Friedberg MH

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The association between hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and a reduced lung cancer risk has been reported in previous studies. There is a high female to male ratio in Chinese lung cancer patients, and female patients have different clinicopathological characteristics compared with Western patient population...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Chen KY,Hsiao CF,Chang GC,Tsai YH,Su WC,Perng RP,Huang MS,Hsiung CA,Chen CJ,Yang PC,GEFLAC Study Group.

更新日期：2007-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ependymomas account for 2% of all intracranial tumors in adults. Supratentorial ependymomas are less common than their infratentorial counterparts. To the authors' knowledge to date, the predictive values of surgery, histology, and patient-related prognostic factors for these tumors remain unresolved. The au...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Metellus P,Figarella-Branger D,Guyotat J,Barrie M,Giorgi R,Jouvet A,Chinot O,Club de Neuro-Oncologie de la Société Française de Neurochirurgie and the Association des Neuro-Oncologues d'Expression Française.

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnosis of malignant melanoma is based on clinical grounds and a properly performed biopsy, preferably excision, so that the type of melanoma and the thickness can be assessed by methods described by Clark and Breslow. These facilitate clinical and pathologic staging. Excisions with conservative margins for thin...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Harris MN,Shapiro RL,Roses DF

更新日期：1995-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ewing sarcoma family of tumors (ESFT) of bone is extremely rare in Japan. The objectives of the current study were to assess the clinical outcome and prognostic factors of patients with ESFT of bone in Japan and to compare them between Euro-American and Japanese populations. METHODS:The authors conducted a ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Obata H,Ueda T,Kawai A,Ishii T,Ozaki T,Abe S,Tanaka K,Tsuchiya H,Matsumine A,Yabe H,Japanese Musculoskeletal Oncology Group.

更新日期：2007-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although it induces a relevant reduction in the risk of both visceral metastases and locoregional recurrences, the combination of chemotherapy and surgery only marginally improves the survival of patients with Stage IIIA(N2) (International Union Against Cancer staging and classification system) nonsmall-cell...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Andre F,Grunenwald D,Pujol JL,Girard P,Dujon A,Brouchet L,Brichon PY,Westeel V,Le Chevalier T

更新日期：2001-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:While the question of whether the trials of breast cancer screening have resulted in a reduction in breast cancer death has been the subject of much scrutiny, there has been less attention to the reduction in tumor size achieved by screening. METHODS:Size data for invasive breast tumors were assembled from ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Michaelson JS,Satija S,Kopans D,Moore R,Silverstein M,Comegno A,Hughes K,Taghian A,Powell S,Smith B

更新日期：2003-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred eighty-three patients with malignant skeletal (83) or soft tissue sarcoma (100) were entered into the multimodality preoperative limb salvage protocol. Local recurrences were observed in 5 of 183 (2.7%). Six patients required amputation because of complications, and 13 patients died within 1 year from meta...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Eilber FR,Morton DL,Eckardt J,Grant T,Weisenburger T

更新日期：1984-06-15 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：BACKGROUND:We prospectively compared the proxy reporting of health-related quality of life (HRQL) by parents and nurses of children with Hodgkin disease to see how well they correlated with the children's report. METHODS:Children with all stages of Hodgkin disease, their parents, and the clinic nurse were all asked to...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Klaassen RJ,Barr RD,Hughes J,Rogers P,Anderson R,Grundy P,Ali SK,Yanofsky R,Abla O,Silva M,Carret AS,Cappelli M

更新日期：2010-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Male breast cancer (MBC) is considered an androgen-dependent tumor, and as in prostatic cancer, responses have been reported with use of antiandrogens or gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogs. Thus, it is reasonable to postulate that better results could be achieved by combining these two agents. METHODS:E...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Lopez M,Natali M,Di Lauro L,Vici P,Pignatti F,Carpano S

更新日期：1993-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:An increased incidence of cancer, especially hematopoietic in origin, has long been suspected but never established in patients with Gaucher disease. METHODS:To determine whether patients with Gaucher disease have an increased risk of cancer, the authors conducted a retrospective cohort study, comparing the...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Shiran A,Brenner B,Laor A,Tatarsky I

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of transfusion-induced graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) occurring in a 31-year-old female with Hodgkin's disease in complete remission is reported. Clinical features are similar to 19 other reported cases of transfusion-induced GVHD associated with malignant lymphoma. The lack of relationship with underlying hi...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Spitzer TR,Cahill R,Cottler-Fox M,Treat J,Sacher R,Deeg HJ

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Levamisole, used in vitro at therapeutic concentrations, was found able to restore the defective Fc-receptor activity of cancer patient neutrophils. In addition, the drug prevented the inhibition of normal neutrophils Fc-receptor function by cancer patient sera. The neutrophil Fc-receptor function was also restored in...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Patrone F,Dallegri F,Pistoia V,Ghio R,Sacchetti C

更新日期：1985-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A rare case of malignant fibrous histiocytoma of the aorta is reported. Review of the literature revealed that primary tumors of the aorta are exclusively mesenchymal tumors that almost invariably pursue a fatal course. ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Chen KT

更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cisplatin and carboplatin are essential to management of advanced-stage epithelial ovarian carcinoma. No published data exist regarding carboplatin dose intensity importance in ovarian cancer, nor are there data for the effect of age on the ability to deliver dose-intensive carboplatin. METHODS:Retrospectiv...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Cornelison TL,Reed E

更新日期：1993-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this retrospective study was to determine those prognostic factors associated with response to a second-line chemotherapy in patients with metastatic breast carcinoma (MBC) that was previously responsive to a first-line chemotherapy. METHODS:The 70 MBC patients studied had previously responded to...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Brun B,Benchalal M,Lebas C,Piedbois P,Lin M,Lebourgeois JP

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-two cases of breast tumor with infiltrating lobular carcinoma were studied. Thirteen showed the classic single-file pattern as a sole component, and 6 as a predominant pattern; the less common confluent pattern was found in 3 instances as a predominant component. Mucin secretion was evidenced in 59% of the prim...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Van Bogaert LJ,Maldague P

更新日期：1980-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Serum alpha-L-fucosidase activity is considered a marker of hepatocellular carcinoma. To the authors' knowledge, its clinical usefulness in the early detection of hepatocellular carcinoma in the follow-up of cirrhotic patients has not been reported previously. METHODS:The authors prospectively studied serum...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Giardina MG,Matarazzo M,Morante R,Lucariello A,Varriale A,Guardasole V,De Marco G

更新日期：1998-12-15 00:00:00