Thallium-201-chloride thyroid scintigraphy to evaluate benign and/or malignant nodules: usefulness of the delayed scan.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients scheduled to receive chemotherapy frequently undergo pretherapy dental treatment to eliminate potential sources of odontogenic infection. A prospective study was conducted to assess a new protocol emphasizing minimal pretherapy dental treatment. METHODS:Forty-eight consecutive patients diagnosed wi...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Toljanic JA,Bedard JF,Larson RA,Fox JP

更新日期：1999-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Secondary acute myeloid leukemia (AML) after treatment with epipodophyllotoxins is being observed with increased frequency. Therapeutic options are limited for patients with secondary AML and the role of bone marrow transplantation is unclear. METHODS:The authors report the treatment outcome of a cohort of ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Sandler ES,Friedman DJ,Mustafa MM,Winick NJ,Bowman WP,Buchanan GR

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From 1974 to 1983, simple and radical nephrectomies were performed at the Chaim Sheba Medical Center (Tel Hashomer, Israel) for renal cell carcinoma. The authors reviewed 109 cases that were followed for a period ranging from 5 to 14 years. Simple nephrectomy was performed in 55 patients, and 54 patients underwent rad...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Ramon J,Goldwasser B,Raviv G,Jonas P,Many M

更新日期：1991-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to determine if recombinant interleukin-2 (rIL-2) can induce lymphokine-activated killer (LAK) cells able to lyse autologous leukemic cells, we incubated peripheral blood (PB) mononuclear cells from children with acute leukemia with 50 U/ml rIL-2 for 5 days. These PB effector cells were then tested for their ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Findley HW Jr,Abdel Mageed A,Nasr SA,Ragab AH

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hypothyroidism is a potential complication after radiation therapy (RT) when treatment fields include the thyroid. The authors assessed risk of hypothyroidism in breast cancer patients who were receiving RT to a supraclavicular field, which typically includes a portion of thyroid. METHODS:The authors identi...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Smith GL,Smith BD,Giordano SH,Shih YC,Woodward WA,Strom EA,Perkins GH,Tereffe W,Yu TK,Buchholz TA

更新日期：2008-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Late menarche, early menopause, high parity, and early first birth decrease the risk of development of breast cancer. The influence of these factors on the survival of breast cancer patients has not been explained. METHODS:A group of 1885 patients with operable breast cancer was studied retrospectively. A u...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Korzeniowski S,Dyba T

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cases of childhood cancer (less than 15 years of age at diagnosis), diagnosed between 1960 and 1984, were obtained from the Hawaii Tumor Registry, a population-based Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) participant covering the entire State of Hawaii. During the 25 years of data collection, cancer was di...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Goodman MT,Yoshizawa CN,Kolonel LN

更新日期：1989-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The combination of cisplatin, vinblastine, and bleomycin (PVB) was used to treat a 25-year-old man for disseminated testicular germ cell cancer, leading to a complete remission. Acute nonlymphocytic leukemia (ANLL), resistant to chemotherapy, developed 5 years later. The secondary nature of this ANLL was corroborated ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： van Imhoff GW,Sleijfer DT,Breuning MH,Anders GJ,Mulder NH,Halie MR

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The increasing incidence of human papillomavirus (HPV)-related head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) highlights the need for simple and effective tools to evaluate head and neck lesions and their HPV status. The main objective of the current study was to investigate the association between abnormal c...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Donà MG,Giuliani M,Vocaturo A,Spriano G,Pichi B,Rollo F,Ronchetti L,Covello R,Pescarmona E,Benevolo M

更新日期：2014-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of occult seminoma were observed which showed left-sided lymph node metastases without clinically demonstrable testicular tumors. The peculiar histology of the lymph node metastases, namely PAS-positive tumor cells with clear cytoplasm together with a granulomatous stromal reaction, was highly suggestive of ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Richter HJ,Leder LD

更新日期：1979-07-01 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：BACKGROUND:The advantage of whole-body imaging for distribution studies is that it accounts for all activities. The problem, however, is that the classic approach to determining distribution from planar images does not accommodate overlapping structures. That approach assumes implicitly that the sampling region is a pr...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Goris ML,Knox SA,Nielsen KR,Bouillant O

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Controlled-release (CR) morphine tablets have become routine therapy in the management of cancer pain. Compared with immediate-release (IR) morphine, this formulation provides the benefit of dosing every 12 hours. METHODS:This study reviewed the 10 published, well controlled, repeated-dose, comparative stud...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Warfield CA

更新日期：1998-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) describes the presence of extracapsular spread and/or positive margins in oropharynx cancer (OPC) as an indication for the addition of chemotherapy to postoperative radiation. The guideline's category 1 consensus is based on what they term high-level evidence. For this ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Sinha P,Piccirillo JF,Kallogjeri D,Spitznagel EL,Haughey BH

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-nine patients with transitional urothelial tract tumors received methotrexate: 0.5-1.0 mg/kg I.V. Q W (40 patients) or 250 mg/M2 in a 2-hour infusion with citrovorum factor rescue 24 hours later (nine patients). Eleven (26%, 95% confidence limits 13-39%) of 42 patients with bidimensionally measurable metastases ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Natale RB,Yagoda A,Watson RC,Whitmore WF,Blumenreich M,Braun DW Jr

更新日期：1981-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Studies of colorectal adenocarcinoma (CRC) indicate a higher mortality rate for African Americans compared with Caucasians in the United States. In the current study, the authors evaluated the racial differences in survival based on tumor location and pathologic stage between African-American patients and Ca...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Alexander D,Chatla C,Funkhouser E,Meleth S,Grizzle WE,Manne U

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of infantile hypercalcemic tumors (three rhabdoid renal tumors, one cellular mesoblastic nephroma, and one hepatoblastoma) to produce parathyroid hormone (PTH) was tested using RNA-DNA hybridization. Results were compared with those obtained in one lung epidermoid carcinoma and one parathyroid adenoma from...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Rousseau-Merck MF,de Keyzer Y,Bourdeau A,Cournot G,Mercier F,Nezelof C

更新日期：1988-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The ThinPrep Pap Test (TP), a liquid-based cervical cytology preparation, was approved for use in the U.S. in 1996. The purpose of this study was to compare TP performance and biopsy follow-up studies with a similar population of high risk patients sampled by conventional Papanicolaou (Pap) smear (CS). METH...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Carpenter AB,Davey DD

更新日期：1999-06-25 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：:Recent follow-up studies of patients with mammary carcinoma treated with breast-conserving primary radiotherapy identified a triad of pathologic features significantly associated with local treatment failure. These unfavorable characteristics of the primary tumor were: poor or undifferentiated nuclear grade; intraduct...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Rosen PP,Kinne DW,Lesser M,Hellman S

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hemoptysis which occurs following lymphography typically consists of one or more episodes of blood-tinged sputum, and generally requires no treatment. In contradistinction to this "mild" form of hemoptysis, the current report describes a case of hemoptysis following lymphography--hemoptysis so severe as to require...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Marglin SI,Castellino RA

更新日期：1979-02-01 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：:Various attempts have been made to improve the effectiveness of radiation in the treatment of cerebral malignant astrocytomas. A trend favoring multiple daily fractionated (MDF) radiation therapy over conventional single daily fractionated (CF) radiation therapy was identified in our previous study. In order to assess...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Shin KH,Urtasun RC,Fulton D,Geggie PH,Tanasichuk H,Thomas H,Muller PJ,Curry B,Mielke B,Johnson E

更新日期：1985-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Five patients with hepatocellular carcinoma in the caudate lobe were evaluated. Computed tomography (CT) scan and/or angiography clearly demonstrated multiple intrahepatic metastases in four (80%), and tumor thrombi in the portal vein in two (40%), and in the inferior vena cava in one. Even though there was no recogni...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Takayasu K,Muramatsu Y,Shima Y,Goto H,Moriyama N,Yamada T,Makuuchi M,Kaneko A,Itabashi M,Shimamura Y

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five patients with angiosarcoma of the breast were treated with surgery, radiotherapy and an adjuvant Adriamycin containing regimen. Two patients remain disease-free at 38+ and 20+ months. The median survival of previously reported cases is 22 months with only five patients disease-free at five years. Possible hormona...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Antman KH,Corson J,Greenberger J,Wilson R

更新日期：1982-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-four patients with advanced carcinoma of the head and neck were treated with cyclophosphamide, 400 mg/m2 plus BCNU, 100 mg/m2 day 1 followed by adriamycin 40 mg/m2 day 2, with therapy repeated every 4 weeks. Of 31 evaluable patients, there were 1 complete response, and 10 partial responses (35%). Four of 8 patie...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Presant CA,Ratkin G,Klahr C,Brown C

更新日期：1979-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A 59-year-old male developed intractable hiccups during monthly therapy with high dose dexamethasone for multiple myeloma. Hiccups would begin hours after his first dose and continue over the 4 days of therapy. He sought assistance after his attempt at home remedies failed and the hiccups became exhausting. ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Cersosimo RJ,Brophy MT

更新日期：1998-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred fifteen patients underwent surgical treatment of renal cell carcinoma. Survival time was analyzed by statistical regression methods in order to determine the joint significance of stage, using both the Robson and TNM classifications, histologic grade, cell type, and demographic features of the patient samp...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Selli C,Hinshaw WM,Woodard BH,Paulson DF

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The observation, in 1980, of a rapid increase in platelet counts as a result of administration of intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) in a patient with immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) was followed by clinical studies confirming the efficacy of this new treatment alternative in ITP. Simultaneously, new sensitive as...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Imbach P

更新日期：1991-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemotherapy of advanced stages of large bowel cancer has until recently made little progress since the introduction of 5-FU 16 years ago. While survival is improved for patients who respond, 5-FU alone has made little impact on life span of the overall population of patients. Mitomycin-C and the chloroethyl nitrosour...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Schein PS,Kisner D,MacDonald JS

更新日期：1975-12-01 00:00:00