Elective versus therapeutic radical neck dissection in epidermoid carcinoma of the oral cavity: results of a randomized clinical trial.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cancer patients and their oncologists often report differing perceptions of consultation discussions and discordant expectations regarding treatment outcomes. CONNECT, a computer-based communication aid, was developed to improve communication between patients and oncologists. METHODS:CONNECT includes assess...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Meropol NJ,Egleston BL,Buzaglo JS,Balshem A,Benson AB 3rd,Cegala DJ,Cohen RB,Collins M,Diefenbach MA,Miller SM,Fleisher L,Millard JL,Ross EA,Schulman KA,Silver A,Slater E,Solarino N,Sulmasy DP,Trinastic J,Weinfurt K

更新日期：2013-04-01 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：:The urinary excretion of nonesterified cholesterol (NEC) in 170 women with cervical and endometrial carcinomas has been investigated. Control patients (236) included: 1) women with other types of (benign and/or malignant diseases of the pelvic organs; 2) patients with non-steroid-related neoplasms; 3) patients with be...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Acevedo HF,Campbell EA,Frich JC Jr,Merkow LP,Hayeslip D,Gilmore J

更新日期：1975-10-01 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：:Reflected ultrasound scanning (echography) is rapidly developing into a prime tool for tumor diagnosis, outlining, and detection. The principles of echographic diagnosis of neoplasms, the accepted uses in detection and diagnosis, as well as some of the principles of internal and contour patterns are discussed. Echogra...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Freimanis AK

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients who travel a long distance (≥50 miles) for cancer care have improved outcomes. However, to the authors' knowledge, the prevalence of long travel distances for treatment by patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC), and the effect of travel distance on overall survival (OS), remains...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Graboyes EM,Ellis MA,Li H,Kaczmar JM,Sharma AK,Lentsch EJ,Day TA,Hughes Halbert C

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The effects of relaxin (RLX) on the human breast adenocarcinoma cell line MCF-7 have been evaluated. METHODS:The cells were maintained in culture with Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium with 1% and 10% fetal calf serum. Highly purified porcine RLX was added at concentrations ranging between 10(-11) and 10(-...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Bigazzi M,Brandi ML,Bani G,Sacchi TB

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The authors hypothesized that the outcomes for young patients who present with primary osteosarcoma of flat bones or secondary osteosarcoma after other primary malignancies are similar because the sites of these tumors rarely makes them amenable to complete surgical resection. METHODS:The authors reviewed t...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Pratt CB,Meyer WH,Rao BN,Pappo AS,Fleming ID,Luo X,Cain A,Kaste SC,Shearer PD,Jenkins JJ 3rd

更新日期：1997-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We detected cytoplasmic estrogen receptors (ER) in only 4 of 34 (12%) patients with malignant melanoma. The titers as assayed by the dextran-coated charcoal method were 3, 3, 4, and 5 fmol/mg, respectively. Our data indicate that the incidence of melanoma with detectable ER is low, which suggests that any potential cl...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Creagan ET,Ingle JN,Woods JE,Pritchard DJ,Jiang NS

更新日期：1980-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:National Cancer Institute of Canada Clinical Trials Group PA.3 (NCIC CTG PA.3) was a phase 3 study (n = 569) that demonstrated benefits for overall survival and progression-free survival with the addition of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) erlotinib to gemcitabine ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： da Cunha Santos G,Dhani N,Tu D,Chin K,Ludkovski O,Kamel-Reid S,Squire J,Parulekar W,Moore MJ,Tsao MS

更新日期：2010-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess whether chemosensitivity in metastatic soft tissue sarcoma (STS) is influenced by the histologic grade of the tumor, the authors retrospectively analyzed tumor responses to doxorubicin-based chemotherapy in four prospective studies conducted at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, between 1976 and 1984. A ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： van Haelst-Pisani CM,Buckner JC,Reiman HM,Schaid DJ,Edmonson JH,Hahn RG

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:International comparisons have provided striking correlations between fat consumption and risk of breast cancer, but these comparisons do not often consider variations in life style. Case-control studies carried out in several countries showed no real association between fat intake and breast cancer. There is some evi...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Kritchevsky D

更新日期：1990-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Breast cancers that are negative for the estrogen receptor (ER), the progesterone receptor (PR), and the HER2 (human epidermal growth factor receptor 2) marker are more prevalent among African women, and the biologically aggressive nature of these triple-negative breast cancers (TNBCs) may be attributed to t...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Schwartz T,Stark A,Pang J,Awuah B,Kleer CG,Quayson S,Kingman S,Aitpillah F,Abantanga F,Jiagge E,Oppong JK,Osei-Bonsu E,Martin I,Yan X,Toy K,Adjei E,Wicha M,Newman LA

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The degree of response and the duration of survival of patients treated with mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) inhibitors are highly variable. Whether baseline clinicopathologic factors can predict the clinical course with treatment is largely unknown. METHODS:For 142 consecutive immunotherapy- and MA...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Menzies AM,Wilmott JS,Drummond M,Lo S,Lyle M,Chan MM,Thompson JF,Guminski A,Carlino MS,Scolyer RA,Kefford RF,Long GV

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study was to characterize insulin receptor (IR) and insulin-like growth factor-1 receptor (IGF-1R) expression in patients with nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC). METHODS:A total of 459 patients who underwent curative resection of NSCLC were studied (median follow-up duration, 4.01 years)...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Kim JS,Kim ES,Liu D,Lee JJ,Solis L,Behrens C,Lippman SM,Hong WK,Wistuba II,Lee HY

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of cyclophosphamide (CY) on ovarian function was studied in patients with breast cancer receiving prolonged daily administration of this agent (100 mg/day) after radical surgery. Out of 18 premenopausal patients that received 8.4-39.9 g CY, 15 developed permanent amenorrhea. The average dose given before th...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Koyama H,Wada T,Nishizawa Y,Iwanaga T,Aoki Y

更新日期：1977-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of Wilms' tumor in adolescent males are presented. The clinical and radiographic findings were unusual and both presented atypical gross and microscopic features that could be correlated with the radiographic findings. Histologic examination of both tumors showed evidence of tubular and glomerular maturation...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Merten DF,Yang SS,Bernstein J

更新日期：1976-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The natural history of desmoid tumors remains an enigma. Previous reports attempting to identify their biology have included recurrent and primary tumors as well as tumors from both intra- and extra-abdominal sites. The purpose of this study was to analyze patients with primary extremity and trunk desmoid tu...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Merchant NB,Lewis JJ,Woodruff JM,Leung DH,Brennan MF

更新日期：1999-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Breast carcinoma survivors are the largest segment of the expanding cancer survivor community. As a result, there has been increasing discussion of the safety and efficacy of hormone replacement therapy for women with a past history of breast carcinoma. Little is known about the willingness of older breast c...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Ganz PA,Greendale GA,Kahn B,O'Leary JF,Desmond KA

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Both paclitaxel and mitoxantrone demonstrate significant antineoplastic activity in breast cancer patients. Colony stimulating factor support allows significant dose escalation of each of these drugs when administered as a single agent. METHODS:We performed a Phase I study employing escalating doses of pacl...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Fleming GF,Janisch L,Vogelzang NJ,Vokes EE,Ratain MJ

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prostate carcinoma is often associated with perineural (PN) invasion. The common occurrence of this phenomenon has led to speculation regarding the mechanisms of this association, yet to date there have been no studies that clearly define biologic differences between PN and nonperineural (NPN) carcinoma cell...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Yang G,Wheeler TM,Kattan MW,Scardino PT,Thompson TC

更新日期：1996-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The European Organization for Research on Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) trial 20781, concerning osteosarcoma of the limbs is reported. After definitive treatment of the primary tumor with amputation or irradiation, adjuvant treatment was given, randomized into either 9 months of chemotherapy according to a modified Rose...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Burgers JM,van Glabbeke M,Busson A,Cohen P,Mazabraud AR,Abbatucci JS,Kalifa C,Tubiana M,Lemerle JS,Voûte PA

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Data suggest that vitamin D plays a role in the treatment and prevention of prostate cancer. The combination of high-dose, intermittent calcitriol (1,25 dihydroxyvitamin D3) plus dexamethasone was studied based on evidence that dexamethasone potentiates the antitumor effects of calcitriol and ameliorates hyp...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Trump DL,Potter DM,Muindi J,Brufsky A,Johnson CS

更新日期：2006-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical, histological, and ultrastructural aspects of a cervical paraganglioma of the vagus nerve, in a 66-year-old white man, have been discussed in detail. Ultrastructurally, the tumor chief cells contained characteristic membrane-bound and dense-cored neurosecretory granules which ranged in size from 85 millim...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Chaudhry AP,Haar JG,Koul A,Nickerson PA

更新日期：1979-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two-hundred-four patients with previously untreated adenocarcinoma of rectum, rectosigmoid, and sigmoid colon were retrospectively evaluated to determine patterns of recurrence following curative resection. Seventy-eight (38%) subsequently developed recurrent disease. Of these, 40% (31/78) presented with local recurre...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Rao AR,Kagan AR,Chan PM,Gilbert HA,Nussbaum H,Hintz BL

更新日期：1981-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Early-phase trials in patients with recurrent neuroblastoma historically used an objective "response" of measureable disease (Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors [RECIST], without bone/bone marrow assessment) to select agents for further study. Historical cohorts may be small and potentially biased;...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： London WB,Bagatell R,Weigel BJ,Fox E,Guo D,Van Ryn C,Naranjo A,Park JR

更新日期：2017-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The concentrations of sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG) were measured in the plasma of 56 men, who were 47 to 85 years of age, by time-resolved immunofluorometric assay with a monoclonal antibody. Twenty-five of the men had untreated carcinoma of the prostate and 17 had untreated prostatic hyperplasia. There were 14...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Grasso M,Buonaguidi A,Mondina R,Borsellino G,Lania C,Banfi G,Rigatti P

更新日期：1990-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:To verify whether analysis of the levels of CA125, carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), and CA19-9 in the cervical mucus is effective for a detection of cervical adenocarcinomas or not, simultaneous measurement of these three tumor markers in the cervical mucus samples from women without gynecologic disorders, with leiomyo...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Fujii S,Konishi I,Nanbu Y,Nonogaki H,Kobayashi F,Sagawa N,Mori T,Endo K

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A previous comparative tissue proteomics study by the authors of the current study led to the identification of caldesmon (CaD) as one of the proteins associated with cervical metastasis of oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). In the current investigation, the authors focused on the potential function...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Chang KP,Wang CL,Kao HK,Liang Y,Liu SC,Huang LL,Hseuh C,Hsieh YJ,Chien KY,Chang YS,Yu JS,Chi LM

更新日期：2013-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The molecular genetic alterations in colorectal carcinoma are among the best understood of any common human cancer. Identified abnormalities include both dominant-acting oncogenes (ras, myc, src) and suppressor genes which undergo inactivation or deletion (deleted in colorectal carcinoma gene [DCC], p53, adenomatous p...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Hamilton SR

更新日期：1992-03-15 00:00:00