Abstract：
:In a case-control study, we investigated 169 women aged 15-49 years with malignant melanoma notified to the Oxford and South Western cancer registries during the years 1971-1976, together with 507 matched controls. Data about medical, reproductive, drug and smoking histories were obtained both by reviewing general practitioner (GP) records and from the women themselves by postal questionnaires. There was no significant evidence of any overall increase in the risk of melanoma in oral contraceptive (OC) users (data from GP records-ever use vs never use, relative risk (RR) 1.34, 95% confidence limits 0.92-1.96; corresponding data from postal questionnaires-RR 1.13, limits 0.73-1.75). However, although not significant, the risk estimated from data in the postal questionnaires was higher in women who had used OCs for 5 years or more (use greater than or equal to 5 years vs never use, RR 1.57, limits 0.83-3.03). Previously demonstrated risk factors for melanoma, such as fair skin, blond or red hair and Celtic origin were found to be commoner in the cases than in the controls. Data from the Oxford/Family Planning Association contraceptive study were also examined. Unexpectedly there was a strong suggestion of a negative association between OC use and melanoma risk, but the analysis was based on only 12 women with the disease.
journal_name
Br J Cancerjournal_title
British journal of cancerauthors
Adam SA,Sheaves JK,Wright NH,Mosser G,Harris RW,Vessey MPdoi
10.1038/bjc.1981.145subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1981-07-01 00:00:00pages
45-50issue
1eissn
0007-0920issn
1532-1827journal_volume
44pub_type
杂志文章abstract：:Oestrogen receptor alpha (ER-alpha) gene has two specific promoters, distal (P0) and proximal (P1), which induce almost identical transcripts in size due to different splicing. We examined the methylation at both promoter regions of the ER-alpha gene using HpaII, a methylation-sensitive restriction enzyme, prior to po...
journal_title：British journal of cancer
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1038/sj.bjc.6690631
更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：:In this study, the immunohistochemical expression of a new inducible elastase inhibitor, SKALP (skin-derived anti-leucoproteinase)/elafin, in the tissue of squamous cell carcinoma and uninvolved oesophageal mucosa was studied using a polyclonal rabbit anti-serum against SKALP/elafin. The results were compared with the...
journal_title：British journal of cancer
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1038/bjc.1997.511
更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:The addition of breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to screening mammography for women with BRCA mutations significantly increases sensitivity, but there is little data on clinical outcomes. We report screening performance, cancer stage, distant recurrence rate, and breast cancer-specific mortality in ou...
journal_title：British journal of cancer
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1038/bjc.2012.204
更新日期：2012-06-26 00:00:00
abstract：:Bacteriochlorin a (BCA) is a second-generation photosensitizer that is effective in tumour destruction upon illumination with light of a wavelength of 760 nm. Tissue penetration by light at this wavelength is greater compared with wavelengths at which commonly used photosensitizers are illuminated, making it possible ...
journal_title：British journal of cancer
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1038/bjc.1998.353
更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Oestrogen (E2) induces apoptosis in long-term E2-deprived MCF7 cells (MCF7:5C). Taxanes have been used extensively in the treatment of early and advanced breast cancer. We have interrogated the sequence of events that involve the apoptotic signalling pathway induced by E2 in comparison with paclitaxel. METH...
journal_title：British journal of cancer
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1038/bjc.2014.50
更新日期：2014-03-18 00:00:00
abstract：:The feasibility of combination irinotecan, carboplatin and docetaxel chemotherapy as first-line treatment for advanced epithelial ovarian carcinoma was assessed. One hundred patients were randomised to receive four 3-weekly cycles of carboplatin (area under the curve (AUC) 7) followed by four 3-weekly cycles of doceta...
journal_title：British journal of cancer
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi：10.1038/sj.bjc.6602910
更新日期：2006-01-16 00:00:00
abstract：:We have determined the methylation status of the CpG island of the oestrogen receptor alpha gene in seven human ovarian cell lines. Cell lines expressing oestrogen receptor alpha showed no evidence of hypermethylation. In three of four cell lines that produced no detectable oestrogen receptor alpha protein, hypermethy...
journal_title：British journal of cancer
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1038/sj.bjc.6600028
更新日期：2002-01-21 00:00:00
abstract：:Squamous cell carcinomas of the anus are rare neoplasias that account for about 3% of large bowel tumours. Infections with human papillomaviruses are frequently detected in these cancers, suggesting that pathogenic pathways in anal carcinomas and in carcinomas of the uterine cervix are similar. Little is known regardi...
journal_title：British journal of cancer
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1038/bjc.1997.547
更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：British journal of cancer
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1038/bjc.2015.174
更新日期：2015-06-30 00:00:00
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journal_title：British journal of cancer
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1038/bjc.1998.709
更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Biomarkers for metastatic castration-resistant prostatic cancer (mCRPC) are an unmet medical need. METHODS:The prognostic and predictive value for survival and response to salvage hormonal therapy (SHT) of baseline testosterone level (TL) was analysed in a cohort of 101 mCRPC patients participating in 9 non...
journal_title：British journal of cancer
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1038/bjc.2014.189
更新日期：2014-04-29 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite the widespread use of neoadjuvant chemotherapy in breast cancer patients, prediction of individual response to treatment remains an unsolved clinical problem. Particularly, administration of an inefficient chemotherapeutic regimen should be avoided. Therefore, a better understanding of the molecular ...
journal_title：British journal of cancer
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章
doi：10.1038/sj.bjc.6605909
更新日期：2010-10-12 00:00:00
abstract：:The S-phase fraction (SPF) in flow cytometric DNA histograms in soft tissue sarcoma (STS) can be calculated in various ways. The traditional planimetric method of Baisch has been shown to be prognostic, but is hampered by a failure rate of around 40%. We therefore tested other models to see if this rate could be decre...
journal_title：British journal of cancer
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1038/sj.bjc.6690193
更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:This study aimed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of dose-dense weekly chemotherapy, followed by resection and/or thoracic radiotherapy. METHODS:Patients with histologically documented thymoma with unresectable stage III disease received 9 weeks of chemotherapy: cisplatin 25 mg m(-2) on weeks 1-9; vincri...
journal_title：British journal of cancer
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1038/sj.bjc.6605731
更新日期：2010-06-29 00:00:00
abstract：:Several techniques are under development to diagnose oesophageal adenocarcinoma at an earlier stage. We have demonstrated the potential of Raman spectroscopy, an optical diagnostic technique, for the identification and classification of malignant changes. However, there is no clear recognition of the biochemical chang...
journal_title：British journal of cancer
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1038/sj.bjc.6603102
更新日期：2006-05-22 00:00:00
abstract：:A prospective, consecutive study of the aetiology of treatment-associated diarrhoea was conducted in 25 patients with disseminated germ cell cancer treated with intensive chemotherapy. Clostridium difficile was isolated in 45% of the diarrhoea episodes, which makes this species the most important bacterial pathogen in...
journal_title：British journal of cancer
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1038/bjc.1992.334
更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Colorectal cancer (CRC) diagnoses and disease-specific survival (DSS) vary between ethnic groups in the United States. However, few studies have assessed differences among Asian subgroups. METHODS:The Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database was used to identify patients with invasive CRC...
journal_title：British journal of cancer
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1038/bjc.2013.97
更新日期：2013-04-16 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Most lung cancer patients are diagnosed at an advanced disease stage and predominantly receive palliative treatment, which increasingly consists of several chemotherapy lines. We report on patients' quality of life (QOL) to gain knowledge on QOL during and across multiple lines of chemotherapy. This includes...
journal_title：British journal of cancer
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1038/bjc.2013.585
更新日期：2013-10-29 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Mesothelin is expressed in various types of malignant tumour, and we recently reported that expression of mesothelin was related to an unfavourable patient outcome in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. In this study, we examined the clinicopathological significance of the mesothelin expression in gastric canc...
journal_title：British journal of cancer
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1038/bjc.2012.235
更新日期：2012-06-26 00:00:00
abstract：:The trimodality approach represented by concurrent chemoradiotherapy followed by surgical resection is a highly effective, but potentially toxic therapy for locally advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). In this review, we discuss the current status of this therapy in patients with mediastinal node-positive (N2)...
journal_title：British journal of cancer
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1038/sj.bjc.6603751
更新日期：2007-05-21 00:00:00
abstract：:Thyroid carcinomas of an additional series of 34 children exposed to radioactive fall-out after the Chernobyl reactor accident were analysed for mutations in the H-, K- and N-RAS and the p53 gene. Allele-specific oligonucleotide hybridization, single-strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) and direct sequencing did no...
journal_title：British journal of cancer
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1038/bjc.1998.157
更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：British journal of cancer
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1038/sj.bjc.6603088
更新日期：2006-05-08 00:00:00
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journal_title：British journal of cancer
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1038/bjc.1979.55
更新日期：1979-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:MSMB, a gene coding for beta-microseminoprotein, has been identified as a candidate susceptibility gene for prostate cancer (PrCa) in two genome-wide association studies (GWAS). SNP rs10993994 is 2 bp upstream of the transcription initiation site of MSMB and was identified as an associated PrCa risk variant....
journal_title：British journal of cancer
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1038/sj.bjc.6605485
更新日期：2010-01-19 00:00:00
abstract：:The accurate determination of exposure to environmental tobacco smoke is notoriously difficult. There have been to date two approaches to determining this exposure in the study of association of passive smoking and lung cancer: the biochemical approach, using cotinine in the main as a marker, and the epidemiological a...
journal_title：British journal of cancer
pub_type： 杂志文章,meta分析
doi：10.1038/bjc.1992.341
更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Serum protein induced by vitamin K absence or antagonist II (PIVKAII), hepatoma-specific band of serum gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGTII), and alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) levels were determined in 120 patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and 90 patients with cirrhosis. The mean serum concentration of PIVKAII in HC...
journal_title：British journal of cancer
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1038/sj.bjc.6601018
更新日期：2003-06-16 00:00:00
abstract：:We investigated the risk of gastric cancer by subsite in relation to cigarette smoking and alcohol in a large population-based cohort of 669 570 Korean men in an insurance plan followed for an average 6.5 years, yielding 3452 new cases of gastric cancer, of which 127 were cardia and upper-third gastric cancer, 2409 we...
journal_title：British journal of cancer
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1038/sj.bjc.6603893
更新日期：2007-09-03 00:00:00
abstract：:The p16 protein plays an important role in the transition of cells into the G1 phase of the cell cycle. We have studied the prevalence of p16 protein expression in breast carcinomas in a prospective series of 368 invasive and 52 non-invasive malignancies, as well as in 88 locally recurring tumours and three tumour cel...
journal_title：British journal of cancer
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1038/bjc.1998.739
更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：British journal of cancer
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1038/sj.bjc.6690695
更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:MYCN amplification with subsequent MYCN protein overexpression is a powerful indicator of poor prognosis of neuroblastoma patients. Little is known regarding the prognostic significance of the homologous MYC protein expression in neuroblastoma. METHODS:Immunostaining for MYCN and MYC protein was performed o...
journal_title：British journal of cancer
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1038/bjc.2015.188
更新日期：2015-06-30 00:00:00
