Granulomas in melanoma patients treated with BCG immunotherapy.

abstract：:This paper presents an overview of factors, attitudes, and beliefs that may influence the adoption of cancer prevention and detection strategies by health-care providers and the public. Health-care practitioners require education about prevention and detection approaches to health care and the social variations in the...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Fink DJ,Sheehan HE

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A collaborative study of the humoral and cellular immune status of patients with carcinoma of the Head and Neck (H&N) was conducted at the West Virginia University (WVU) hospital. In addition, blind-coded serum panels were supplied on H&N cancer patients being treated at the National Cancer Institute (NCI). Serum prot...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Veltri RW,Rodman SM,Maxim PE,Baseler MW,Sprinkle PM

更新日期：1986-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The identification of the BRCA1 gene is a powerful tool for predicting a patient's lifetime risk for carcinoma of the breast and ovary when she has hereditary breast/ovarian carcinoma (HBOC) syndrome. The process of BRCA1 testing and genetic counseling and participants' reactions to test results, are describ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Lynch HT,Lemon SJ,Durham C,Tinley ST,Connolly C,Lynch JF,Surdam J,Orinion E,Slominski-Caster S,Watson P,Lerman C,Tonin P,Lenoir G,Serova O,Narod S

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Accelerated radiotherapy (RT) represents a promising method with which to improve the treatment outcome in patients with head and neck carcinoma. However, its applicability to elderly patients has not been well established. This study assessed treatment toxicities, patient compliance, and oncologic results i...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Allal AS,Maire D,Becker M,Dulguerov P

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The case history of a woman with a "female adnexal tumor of probable Wolffian origin" is described in which the neoplasm recurred three times during a 16-year interval and responded with prolonged remission after repeated surgical excision and radiotherapy. Ultrastructural data are given to support the Wolffian nature...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Brescia RJ,Cardoso de Almeida PC,Fuller AF Jr,Dickersin GR,Robboy SJ

更新日期：1985-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum sialyltransferases and fucosyltransferases measured by an affinity adsorbent technique were studied in 27 exactly defined patients with malignant pulmonary diseases. Fourteen patients with benign pulmonary diseases and 56 with benign surgical diseases were used as controls. Enzyme activities were expressed as am...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Ronquist G,Nou E

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Upfront autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (AHCT) remains an important therapy in the management of patients with multiple myeloma (MM), a disease of older adults. METHODS:The authors investigated the outcomes of AHCT in patients with MM who were aged ≥70 years. The Center for International ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Munshi PN,Vesole D,Jurczyszyn A,Zaucha JM,St Martin A,Davila O,Agrawal V,Badawy SM,Battiwalla M,Chhabra S,Copelan E,Kharfan-Dabaja MA,Farhadfar N,Ganguly S,Hashmi S,Krem MM,Lazarus HM,Malek E,Meehan K,Murthy HS,Ni

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuroblastoma is the most common neoplasm in children less than 1 year of age and has one of the earliest incidence peaks of all childhood cancers. Using birth registration data, a matched case-control study was undertaken to investigate potential prenatal and perinatal risk factors. Ninety-seven neuroblastoma patient...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Neglia JP,Smithson WA,Gunderson P,King FL,Singher LJ,Robison LL

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale (ESAS) is a nine-item patient-rated symptom visual analogue scale developed for use in assessing the symptoms of patients receiving palliative care. The purpose of this study was to validate the ESAS in a different population of patients. METHODS:In this prospective stu...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Chang VT,Hwang SS,Feuerman M

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conjugal tumors are rarely reported; but nevertheless, raise important questions of possible etiologic factors. In this report, the presentation of grade 2 gemistocytic astrocytomas in an unrelated married couple in their early thirties within 18 months of each other is described. In both cases the left frontal region...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Tupchong L,Levison DA,Jones AE

更新日期：1985-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Currently, there is very low-quality evidence available regarding benefit of surgical resection of the primary tumor (SRPT), in patients with stage IV colorectal cancer (CRC). In the absence of randomization, the reported benefit may reflect selection of younger and healthier patients with good performance s...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Ahmed S,Leis A,Fields A,Chandra-Kanthan S,Haider K,Alvi R,Reeder B,Pahwa P

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is a need for guidelines on patient navigation activities to promote both the quality of patient navigation and the standards of reimbursement for these services because a lack of reimbursement is a major barrier to the implementation, maintenance, and sustainability of these programs. METHODS:A broad...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Freund KM,Haas JS,Lemon SC,Burns White K,Casanova N,Dominici LS,Erban JK,Freedman RA,James TA,Ko NY,LeClair AM,Moy B,Parsons SK,Battaglia TA

更新日期：2019-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of molecular techniques in cytopathology has become an accepted and billable practice for certain applications. Other applications still are in the developmental or experimental stages but may soon be clinically useful. The current study provides a review of these techniques including molecular detection of cl...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Rimm DL

更新日期：2000-02-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Common myths about nutrition education and care of cancer patients are debunked and realities are discussed. First, frequently held misconceptions of nonspecialized health professionals are considered. These include the myths that diet change in the population will be rapid now that dietary guidelines to prevent cance...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Dwyer J

更新日期：1986-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Lobular carcinoma in situ (LCIS) has uncertain malignant potential; biologic markers that will identify patients at risk for a poor clinical outcome have been sought actively. Amplification of the c-erbB-2 protooncogene has been correlated with poor prognosis in invasive mammary carcinoma, and immunohistochemical eval...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Porter PL,Garcia R,Moe R,Corwin DJ,Gown AM

更新日期：1991-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Stage IV-S neuroblastoma is a unique disseminated neoplasia characterized by remote disease to the liver, skin, or bone marrow. Stage IV-S patients have frequent spontaneous remissions and a 60% to 90% survival rate. Many investigators have recommended minimal or no therapeutic intervention; however, some patients do ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Stephenson SR,Cook BA,Mease AD,Ruymann FB

更新日期：1986-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Two published cases of medulloepithelioma, a rare malignant pediatric brain tumor composed of a mixture of primitive neuroepithelium and its differentiated neuronal and glial descendants, were examined by immunohistochemical staining for the presence of growth factors. From a panel of antibodies, those identifying bas...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Shiurba RA,Buffinger NS,Spencer EM,Urich H

更新日期：1991-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A case-referent study on soft tissue sarcomas (STS) was conducted, to see if previous findings regarding an association between exposure to phenoxyacetic acids or chlorophenols and this tumor type could be reproduced. Fifty-five male STS patients were thereby compared with 220 living and 110 dead population-based refe...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Hardell L,Eriksson M

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data are now available from two randomized trials showing that adjuvant irradiation of the internal mammary and supraclavicular nodes following a radical or modified radical mastectomy results in increased survival rates. A retrospective analysis of 1111 patients treated at M. D. Anderson Hospital with radical mastect...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Montague ED,Fletcher GH

更新日期：1980-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/AN) experience higher morbidity and mortality from primary liver cancer than other United States (US) populations, but racial misclassification in medical records results in underestimates of disease burden. METHODS:To reduce misclassification, National Program of Can...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Jim MA,Perdue DG,Richardson LC,Espey DK,Redd JT,Martin HJ,Kwong SL,Kelly JJ,Henderson JA,Ahmed F

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective study of all cases of seminoma treated at Roswell Park Memorial Institute from 1970 through 1979 was conducted. Fifty-six evaluable patients treated initially with radiation therapy were seen during this period, and the overall survival rate at an average follow-up period of 52 months was 82%. The surv...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Huben RP,Williams PD,Pontes JE,Panahon AM,Murphy GP

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six patients with Hodgkin's disease (HD) and demonstrable serum antibodies to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and two additional patients with HD belonging to HIV-associated high-risk groups but with negative HIV serology were studied. All patients were men and ranged in age from 21 to 45 years. The HIV risk factor...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Pelstring RJ,Zellmer RB,Sulak LE,Banks PM,Clare N

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Optimal treatments for vulvar and vaginal melanomas (VVMs) have not been identified. Herein, the authors compare molecular profiles between VVM and nongynecologic melanoma (NGM) subtypes with the objective of identifying novel, targetable biomarkers. METHODS:In total, 2304 samples of malignant melanoma that...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Hou JY,Baptiste C,Hombalegowda RB,Tergas AI,Feldman R,Jones NL,Chatterjee-Paer S,Bus-Kwolfski A,Wright JD,Burke WM

更新日期：2017-04-15 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:Prior studies raise concern about gender bias in cancer research, including insufficient inclusion of women or men, or studying women and men differently. The 1993 National Institutes of Health Revitalization Act aimed to eliminate gender bias in medicine. To examine changes in medical and psychological lite...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Hoyt MA,Rubin LR

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sequential systematic biopsies after radiotherapy (RT) for prostate carcinoma were evaluated with respect to radiation effect, tumor differentiation, and prostate specific antigen (PSA) staining, and these histopathologic parameters were correlated with local outcome. METHODS:Since 1990, transrectal ultraso...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Crook JM,Bahadur YA,Robertson SJ,Perry GA,Esche BA

更新日期：1997-01-01 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：LAY SUMMARY:During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, cancer screening decreased precipitously; home screening for colorectal cancer diminished less than that for colonoscopy and breast and cervical cancer screening. The authors have highlighted approaches for home cancer screening in addition to telemed...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Gorin SNS,Jimbo M,Heizelman R,Harmes KM,Harper DM

更新日期：2021-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Activity of Poly (C) avid ribonuclease was estimated in sera of 129 patients with different malignancies. All patients had histologically verified carcinomas, normal renal function, and no signs of acute catabolic condition. Activity values were compared with those of normal subjects (U-test, Mann and Whitney) separat...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Francesconi M,Meryn S,Rogan AM,Szalay S,Graninger W,Schmidbauer CP

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous data from the National Cancer Data Base have examined time trends in stage of disease, treatment patterns, and survival for selected cancers. The most current (1993) data for breast carcinoma are described here. METHODS:Five Calls for Data have yielded a total of 508,724 breast cancer cases diagnos...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Winchester DP,Osteen RT,Menck HR

更新日期：1996-10-15 00:00:00