Adult acute leukemia. Aggressive treatment improves survival.

abstract：BACKGROUND:It remains unclear whether primary tumor resection benefits patients with metastatic neuroblastoma. The authors assessed the impact of extent and timing of resection on outcome in these patients. METHODS:The authors reviewed the records of 124 patients > 1 year of age at diagnosis of International Neuroblas...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： McGregor LM,Rao BN,Davidoff AM,Billups CA,Hongeng S,Santana VM,Hill DA,Fuller C,Furman WL

更新日期：2005-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Smoldering multiple myeloma (SMM) presents a high risk of progression to symptomatic MM (sy-MM). Herein, we analyzed some predictors of development of sy-MM. In 144 patients with SMM, we also compared the risk of progression predicted by bone marrow plasma cell (BMPC) involvement on the bone marrow biopsy (B...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Rago A,Grammatico S,Za T,Levi A,Mecarocci S,Siniscalchi A,De Rosa L,Felici S,Bongarzoni V,Piccioni AL,La Verde G,Pisani F,Franceschini L,Paviglianiti AL,Caravita T,Petrucci MT,De Stefano V,Cimino G,Multiple Myeloma GI

更新日期：2012-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Nineteen adult patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia were treated with combination chemotherapy to induce remission in the period from 1971 to 1979. Those patients achieving remission received intensive post-remission therapy with central nervous system (CNS) prophylaxis, followed by two-drug maintenance therapy,...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Blacklock HA,Matthews JR,Buchanan JG,Ockelford PA,Hill RS

更新日期：1981-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of case-control studies was conducted to investigate cancer risks among farmers. These studies were based on Missouri Cancer Registry data for 15,000 white male patients, including 1720 subjects classified as farmers, registered between 1984 and 1988. For each cancer site, all other cancer registrations forme...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Brownson RC,Reif JS,Chang JC,Davis JR

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined public attitudes toward pain associated with cancer and its treatment. A variety of issues were assessed, including the extent to which pain is associated with cancer, fear of pain as a factor in the decision to delay seeking treatment, and concerns about the use of narcotic analgesics for pain con...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Levin DN,Cleeland CS,Dar R

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Overall, cervical cancer survival in the United States has been reported to be among the highest in the world, despite slight decreases over the last decade. Objective of the current study was to describe cervical cancer survival trends among US women and examine differences by race and stage. METHODS:This ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Benard VB,Watson M,Saraiya M,Harewood R,Townsend JS,Stroup AM,Weir HK,Allemani C

更新日期：2017-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A 55-year-old man is reported who initially developed chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Seven years later, after chemotherapy with chlorambucil, chronic myelogenous leukemia was diagnosed in addition to the chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Four previously reported cases with the same sequence of events are reviewed as well a...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Schreiber ZA,Axelrod MR,Abebe LS

更新日期：1984-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical, histological and ultrastructural features of three small cell carcinomas arising in the parotid gland are presented. The light microscopic appearance of two of the neoplasms suggested neuroendocrine cell derivation, confirmed by electron microscopy in both instances. The fine structure of the third neoplasm ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Kraemer BB,Mackay B,Batsakis JG

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Danish Breast Cancer Cooperative Group (DBCG) 77B trial examined the relative efficacy of levamisole, single-agent oral cyclophosphamide, and the classic combination of cyclophosphamide, methotrexate, and 5-fluorouracil (CMF) against no adjuvant systemic therapy in high-risk breast cancer patients. The a...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Ejlertsen B,Mouridsen HT,Jensen MB,Andersen J,Andersson M,Kamby C,Knoop AS,Danish Breast Cancer Cooperative Group.

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of congenital acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) displayed an X;6 translocation. This is the third reported case of ALL with an X;6 translocation. In addition, two of the three ALL cases occurred during infancy, at ages 2 months and newborn, and both translocations involved the band q15-16 region of chromosome ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Carney LA,Kinney JS,Higgins RR,Freeman AI,Hecht BK,Woods GM

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quality indicators applicable to cancer end-of-life care exist, but have not been widely implemented. To advance this field, the authors worked with the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality and the National Cancer Institute to organize a national symposium to discuss key issues and future goals, based on a conc...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Seow H,Snyder CF,Shugarman LR,Mularski RA,Kutner JS,Lorenz KA,Wu AW,Dy SM

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is global variation in the onset of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The objective of the current study was to investigate the impact of country of birth on age at the time of HCC diagnosis in the United States. METHODS:Incident HCC cases diagnosed between 2000 and 2012 in the Surveillance, Epidemiolog...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Yang JD,Altekruse SF,Nguyen MH,Gores GJ,Roberts LR

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three separate histologic types of gastric pseudolymphoma (GPL) are described: (1) the common "inflammatory" type usually accompanied by ulceration and extensive fibrosis; (2) the entity known as "nodular lymphoid hyperplasia," which was associated with multiple intestinal lesions; and (3) the third reported case of a...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Brooks JJ,Enterline HT

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The reactivity of serum alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) from 20 patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) with immobilized lentil lectin was examined and found to be significantly greater (39% +/- 18%) than that of the same protein from seven patients with chronic liver disease (CLD, 11.2% +/- 3.3%), seven with fulminant h...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Du MQ,Hutchinson WL,Johnson PJ,Williams R

更新日期：1991-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A panel of Japanese and American pathologists reviewed existing histologic material used to study breast cancer risk among the A-bomb survivors in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, a population in which incidence studies have found a strong relationship between breast cancer risk and radiation dose. The primary charge to the pa...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Tokuoka S,Asano M,Yamamoto T,Tokunaga M,Sakamoto G,Hartmann WH,Hutter RV,Land CE,Henson DE

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Radiation recall refers to a tissue reaction produced by a chemotherapeutic agent in a previously irradiated field that would not occur in a nonirradiated field. A number of agents have been reported to cause radiation recall. Recently, there have been case reports of recall dermatitis from paclitaxel treatm...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Schweitzer VG,Juillard GJ,Bajada CL,Parker RG

更新日期：1995-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Aggressive angiomyxoma is an uncommon mesenchymal tumor that preferentially involves the pelvic and perineal regions of females. Since its initial description in 1983, approximately 65 cases have been reported in the English literature. METHODS:The clinical and pathologic features of 29 cases of aggressive ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Fetsch JF,Laskin WB,Lefkowitz M,Kindblom LG,Meis-Kindblom JM

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 17 year old man with a primary intracranial germ cell tumor in the pituitary region is reported. Both serum alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) and serum human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) were found elevated preoperatively. Normal levels of serum AFP and hCG were found after operation and radiotherapy. By indirect immunofluore...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Nørgaard-Pedersen B,Lindholm J,Albrechtsen R,Arends J,Diemer NH,Riishede J

更新日期：1978-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Histologic response to chemotherapy has been shown to be an independent prognostic factor in patients with osteosarcoma and Ewing sarcoma. However, in patients with soft tissue sarcoma (STS), the prognostic impact of histologic response to chemotherapy is less clear. In the current study, the authors sought ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Mullen JT,Hornicek FJ,Harmon DC,Raskin KA,Chen YL,Szymonifka J,Yeap BY,Choy E,DeLaney TF,Nielsen GP

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oral fluorouracil was administered weekly to 12 consecutive patients with unresectable hepatoma. Six patients showed an objective response with a significant increase in survival duration compared to nonresponders and to untreated patients. The clinical features of these cases are discussed, along with details of ther...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Kennedy PS,Lehane DE,Smith FE,Lane M

更新日期：1977-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:External beam radiation therapy (EBRT) for rectal cancer unavoidably delivers significant radiation dose to the prostate gland. The effect of this incidental exposure on subsequent prostate cancer diagnosis was investigated using the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) cancer registry. METHOD...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Hoffman KE,Hong TS,Zietman AL,Russell AH

更新日期：2008-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Breast cancer specimens from 600 women were assayed for estrogen receptors (ER) using an immunocytochemical assay (ICA) employing the monoclonal antiestrophilin antibody H222 Sp gamma. Results showed significant correlation with biochemical ER determinations as well as with tumor grade and menopausal status. In 449 ca...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Pertschuk LP,Kim DS,Nayer K,Feldman JG,Eisenberg KB,Carter AC,Rong ZT,Thelmo WL,Fleisher J,Greene GL

更新日期：1990-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In contrast with the expectations of the authors and with reports suggesting a decline in risk for scrotal cancer, Connecticut Tumor Registry data neither showed detectable decrease in risk over the 45-year-period for all 95 scrotal malignancies nor for the 71 epithelial cancers. The age distribution of scrotal cancer...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Roush GC,Schymura MJ,Flannery JT

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are commonly used to inform clinical practice; however, it is unclear how generalizable RCT data are to patients in routine clinical practice. The authors of this report assessed the availability and applicability of randomized evidence guiding medical decisions in a cohor...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Apisarnthanarax S,Swisher-McClure S,Chiu WK,Kimple RJ,Harris SL,Morris DE,Tepper JE

更新日期：2013-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Carcinomas of the pancreas with giant cells are not rare, but those containing osteoclast-like tumor cells are quite unusual. This report documents a pancreatic neoplasm comprising both easily recognizable well-differentiated adenocarcinoma and osteoclast-like tumor. The literature on the "osteoclastoma" of the pancre...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Trepeta RW,Mathur B,Lagin S,LiVolsi VA

更新日期：1981-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Early Lung Cancer Action Project (ELCAP) is designed to evaluate baseline and annual repeat screening by low radiation dose computed tomography (low-dose CT) in persons at high-risk for lung cancer. The authors report on the baseline screening experience. For full evaluation of screening, they await the ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Henschke CI

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Melanoma cell oncolysate, prepared with Newcastle disease virus, was administered as an immunostimulant to 13 patients with metastatic melanoma. The oncolysate was well tolerated. Six treated patients evidenced a decrease in the size of skin nodules or diseased lymph nodes. Visceral lesions were not favorably influenc...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Murray DR,Cassel WA,Torbin AH,Olkowski ZL,Moore ME

更新日期：1977-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Small cell carcinoma is primarily a pulmonary neoplasm that rarely arises in extrapulmonic sites including salivary glands of the head and neck. Twelve cases of small cell carcinoma of salivary gland origin were retrieved from the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology files. Six tumors occurred in the parotid gland and ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Gnepp DR,Corio RL,Brannon RB

更新日期：1986-08-01 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：:Data from a hospital-based case-control study between 1985-1990 were used to examine the effects of tobacco, alcohol, asbestos, and other occupational exposures on laryngeal cancer risk in 194 white men with primary cancer of the larynx and 184 age-matched control subjects. A dose-dependent effect for current cigarett...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Muscat JE,Wynder EL

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00