Radiation therapy of malignant melanomas: an evaluation of clinically used fractionation schemes.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lymphedema of the arm is a serious consequence of breast carcinoma treatment. Postmastectomy lymphedema of the upper limb usually is related to certain risk factors such as axillary surgery, radiotherapy, obesity, venous outflow obstruction, delayed wound healing, and infection. The objective of the current ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Herd-Smith A,Russo A,Muraca MG,Del Turco MR,Cardona G

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Breast cancer advocacy movements, driven by advocate-led civil society organizations (CSOs), have proven to be a powerful force for the advancement of cancer control in high-income countries (HICs). However, although patient advocacy movements are growing in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) in ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Dvaladze A,Kizub DA,Cabanes A,Nakigudde G,Aguilar B,Zujewski JA,Duggan C,Anderson BO,Pritam Singh RK,Gralow JR

更新日期：2020-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Eighty-six children with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma were studied from 1964 to January 31, 1975. Seventy-six percent of the 43 patients in the nonprotocol group had far advanced disease, and 76% had Rappaport's diffuse histology. Only 11% of these patients survived free of disease. The second group of 43 patients received ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Wollner N,Burchenal JH,Lieberman PH,Exelby P,D'Angio G,Murphy ML

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Children with diffuse brainstem glioma (BSG) commonly undergo novel therapies because their outcome is poor with radiation therapy (RT). Although recent clinical trials using new biologic agents documented intratumoral hemorrhage (IH) among several children with BSG, to the authors' knowledge little is known...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Broniscer A,Laningham FH,Kocak M,Krasin MJ,Fouladi M,Merchant TE,Kun LE,Boyett JM,Gajjar A

更新日期：2006-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A survey of the distribution of human papillomavirus (HPV) types across the spectrum of cervical cytologic categories defined by the Bethesda 2001 guidelines was conducted with the objective of examining how HPV detection by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis may benefit the management of patients who ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Evans MF,Adamson CS,Papillo JL,St John TL,Leiman G,Cooper K

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of mitoxantrone in combination with vinblastine was assessed in 156 patients with metastatic breast cancer who had been treated previously with one or multiple chemotherapeutic regimens. Mitoxantrone was given by random assignment, either as a 10 mg/m2 single intravenous dose or in five consecutive daily ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Fraschini G,Yap HY,Mann G,Buzdar AU,Blumenschein GR,Hortobagyi GN

更新日期：1987-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of the current study was to assess circulating levels of endogenous endostatin in patients with renal carcinoma and to determine the relationship of these levels to circulating levels of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and prognosis. METHODS:The authors prospectively studied 66 patients (4...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Feldman AL,Alexander HR Jr,Yang JC,Linehan WM,Eyler RA,Miller MS,Steinberg SM,Libutti SK

更新日期：2002-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The treatment of metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC) with high-dose interleukin-2 (HD IL-2) has resulted in durable tumor regression in a minority of patients. The current study presents the authors' 20-year experience administering this immunotherapeutic agent. METHODS:Patients with metastatic RCC (n = 2...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Klapper JA,Downey SG,Smith FO,Yang JC,Hughes MS,Kammula US,Sherry RM,Royal RE,Steinberg SM,Rosenberg S

更新日期：2008-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective analysis was performed on all patients with pituitary adenomas treated at the Radiation Oncology Center, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, St. Louis, Missouri. Of 210 patients treated from April 1954 through December 1982, 70 were treated with radiotherapy alone (RT), 121 received immediate postoper...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Grigsby PW,Simpson JR,Fineberg B

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The oral cavity, oropharynx and nasopharynx are readily accessible to fine needle aspiration (FNA). This study reviews the author's experience with 93 FNA from these sites: 76 from the oral cavity, eight from the oropharynx, and eight from the nasopharynx. Thirty-nine (42%) of the FNA were positive for malignancy with...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Scher RL,Oostingh PE,Levine PA,Cantrell RW,Feldman PS

更新日期：1988-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Unnecessary, inappropriate, and futile care are given in all areas of health care including cancer care. Not only does such care increase costs and waste precious resources, but patients may have adverse outcomes when the wrong care is given. One of the ways to address this issue is to measure performance with the use...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Lazar GS,Desch CE

更新日期：1998-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tobacco assessment and cessation support are not routinely included in cancer care. An automated tobacco assessment and cessation program was developed to increase the delivery of tobacco cessation support for cancer patients. METHODS:A structured tobacco assessment was incorporated into the electronic heal...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Warren GW,Marshall JR,Cummings KM,Zevon MA,Reed R,Hysert P,Mahoney MC,Hyland AJ,Nwogu C,Demmy T,Dexter E,Kelly M,O'Connor RJ,Houstin T,Jenkins D,Germain P,Singh AK,Epstein J,Dobson Amato KA,Reid ME

更新日期：2014-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Breast cancer is serious public health problem in countries of all resource levels. Although major advances in the detection and treatment of the disease have occurred in higher income settings, similar progress has been slow or scarce in most low- and middle-income countries (LMCs). The poorer outcomes in LMCs may re...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Harford J,Azavedo E,Fischietto M,Breast Health Global Initiative Healthcare Systems Panel.

更新日期：2008-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The local control rates of T1 and T2 supraglottic carcinoma treated with radiation alone were reported as 71% to 92% and 59% to 83%, respectively. The factors that affect the local control rate for early supraglottic carcinoma were investigated. METHODS:From 1967 through 1985, 100 cases with early supraglot...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Inoue T,Matayoshi Y,Inoue T,Ikeda H,Teshima T,Murayama S

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Abnormalities in chromosome 11q13 regions have been frequently found in head and neck squamous carcinoma. Recent studies indicate that the PRAD-1 (also CCND1), which encodes cyclin D1, is a putative oncogene that is an important component of this region. METHODS:DNA was extracted from 32 snap-frozen specime...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Callender T,el-Naggar AK,Lee MS,Frankenthaler R,Luna MA,Batsakis JG

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Deletion or loss of heterozygosity (LOH) at the polymorphic loci on the short arm of chromosome 3 has been reported in a large number of renal cell, small cell lung, non-small cell lung, and cervical carcinomas, suggesting the presence of one or more putative tumor suppressor genes at chromosome 3p. Similar ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： el-Naggar AK,Lee MS,Wang G,Luna MA,Goepfert H,Batsakis JG

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitomycin C (MMC) has been evaluated in combination with several antitumor agents. Full dose response curves were established for all drugs and drug combinations. Synergy was shown with MMC plus either cyclophosphamide (CYC) or methotrexate (MTX). In testing MMC and CYC against P388 leukemia, the combined treatment yi...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Mabel JA,Wodinsky I

更新日期：1983-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A case report is presented, believed to be the first documented example of pleomorphic rhabdomyosarcoma developing in the larynx of a child. A review of the literature then follows, with evaluation of the epidemiology, treatment options, and survival of patients with this disease. Cure of this malignancy is more likel...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Dodd-o JM,Wieneke KF,Rosman PM

更新日期：1987-03-01 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：:A squamous cell carcinoma arising in intralobar bronchopulmonary sequestration of the right lower lobe is described in a 69-year-old man. One other reported case was found. Other complications of bronchopulmonary sequestration include nonspecific infections and tuberculosis. ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Bell-Thomson J,Missier P,Sommers SC

更新日期：1979-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twelve cases of ovarian adenocarcinoma were studied for alterations in proto-oncogenes, and a unique pattern of altered ras proto-oncogenes was observed. Amplification of ras-Ki was found in three of seven ovarian tumors and amplification of ras-Ha in one of 12. In contrast, ras-Ha amplification was not found in any o...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Zhou DJ,Gonzalez-Cadavid N,Ahuja H,Battifora H,Moore GE,Cline MJ

更新日期：1988-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite published reports regarding the association of elevated circulating CD44 and CD54 levels with unfavorable outcome in non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) and chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), little is known about therapy-related changes in either adhesion molecule. In an attempt to evaluate the effect of in...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Beksaç M,Arat M,Akan H,Koç H,Ilhan O,Ozcan M

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Failure to obtain the requisite follow-up of patients with abnormal mammograms may delay cancer diagnosis and impact outcome. Up to 20% of women do not receive timely recommended follow-up. The current study tested the accuracy of the linkage of payer claims and clinical data to identify the appropriate trea...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Eberl MM,Watroba N,Reinhardt M,Pomerantz J,Serghany J,Broffman G,Fox CH,Mahoney MC,Edge SB

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To the authors' knowledge there is little information available regarding the effectiveness of standard antiemetic therapy among cancer patients who receive emetogenic chemotherapy in clinical practice, especially in the pediatric population. The current study was undertaken to determine the effectiveness of...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Holdsworth MT,Raisch DW,Frost J

更新日期：2006-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cytology and core-needle biopsies are not always sufficient to exclude malignancy in benign breast lesions (BBL) that are at risk of developing cancer, and open biopsy often is mandatory. In screening programs, open biopsies performed for lesions that are at risk of developing malignancy are considered benig...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Manfrin E,Mariotto R,Remo A,Reghellin D,Falsirollo F,Dalfior D,Bricolo P,Piazzola E,Bonetti F

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The anniversary of the first publication of Cancer provides an opportunity to review the progress in liver cancer surgery in the past 60 years. Indeed, the past half century has been witness to remarkable advances in liver surgery that have provided benefit to so many patients afflicted with primary or secondary liver...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Tanabe KK

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study explores the patterns of recurrence after "curative" operation for colorectal cancer. For an 11-year period, 1960-1971, 281 evaluable patients were resected at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital. Crude five-year survival in these patients was 49%, but only 10% of those with recurrence lived five years. A total...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Olson RM,Perencevich NP,Malcolm AW,Chaffey JT,Wilson RE

更新日期：1980-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) antigen was determined by radioimmunoassay in the serum of 40 untreated patients with SCC of the oromaxillofacial region. The mean (+/- SEM) serum concentration for these patients (3.8 +/- 0.8 ng/ml) was significantly higher than that of 52 disease-free patients coming to routine post...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Fischbach W,Meyer T,Barthel K

更新日期：1990-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:After the introduction of a mammography screening program, the incidence of late-stage breast cancer is expected to decrease. The objective of the current study was to evaluate variations in the total incidence of breast cancer and in the incidence of breast cancers with a pathologic tumor (pT) classificatio...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Foca F,Mancini S,Bucchi L,Puliti D,Zappa M,Naldoni C,Falcini F,Gambino ML,Piffer S,Sanoja Gonzalez ME,Stracci F,Zorzi M,Paci E,IMPACT Working Group.

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum ferritin levels were monitored in nine patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), nine patients with acute nonlymphoblastic leukemia (ANLL), four patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML), three patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL), and three patients with severe aplastic anemia (SAA) undergo...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Or R,Matzner Y,Konijn AM

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00