Steroid receptors and response to endocrine ablations in women with metastatic cancer of the breast.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Obesity is a well known risk factor for the development of endometrial cancer; however, weight alone does not account for all cases. The authors hypothesized that insulin resistance also contributes to an increased risk for endometrial cancer. Adiponectin is a protein secreted by adipose cells and has been s...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Soliman PT,Wu D,Tortolero-Luna G,Schmeler KM,Slomovitz BM,Bray MS,Gershenson DM,Lu KH

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gastric carcinoids are uncommon, and are unlike carcinoids at other gastrointestinal sites, clinically and pathologically. METHODS:The authors studied specimens from 104 patients with gastric carcinoid, with study emphasis being placed on pathologic features, immunohistochemistry, clinical associations, and...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Thomas RM,Baybick JH,Elsayed AM,Sobin LH

更新日期：1994-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purine analogs pentostatin and cladribine have revolutionized the treatment of hairy cell leukemia (HCL) with overall responses in greater than 85% of patients and a median progression-free survival of up to 15 years. They continue to be effective at second- and even third-line therapy; however, alternat...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Else M,Osuji N,Forconi F,Dearden C,Del Giudice I,Matutes E,Wotherspoon A,Lauria F,Catovsky D

更新日期：2007-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of nine US multicenter, sequential crossover, dose titration studies of controlled-release oral morphine (MS Contin 30 mg tablets [MSC], Purdue Frederick, Norwalk, CT) are reviewed in Part I. The studies demonstrated the prolonged analgesic efficacy of the preparation in the treatment of patients with mode...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Kaiko RF,Grandy RP,Oshlack B,Pav J,Horodniak J,Thomas G,Ingber E,Goldenheim PD

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Long-term survivors of testicular cancer (TC) who received cisplatin-based chemotherapy have an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. A cross-sectional study was performed to objectively assess cardiovascular risk, subclinical atherosclerosis, and endothelial function in long-term survivors of TC. METHO...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Vaughn DJ,Palmer SC,Carver JR,Jacobs LA,Mohler ER

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Levels of immunoreactive ACTH and calcitonin (CT), as well as CEA, were determined serially in 144 patients with lung cancer and in 62 patients with metastatic carcinoma to the lungs. Patients with neoplasms not involving the lungs, with nonmalignant blood dyscrasias, and with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease wer...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Krauss S,Macy S,Ichiki AT

更新日期：1981-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Nine patients from 34 to 74 years of age (median, 67 years of age) with uterine papillary serous carcinoma (UPSC) were treated with whole-abdominal radiation therapy (WART) on an adjuvant basis after cytoreductive surgery. All patients were treated with megavoltage photons to an abdominopelvic field to a median dose o...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Frank AH,Tseng PC,Haffty BG,Papadopoulos DP,Kacinski BM,Dowling SW,Carcangiu ML,Kohorn EI,Chambers JT,Chambers SK

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Primary T-cell lymphomas of the central nervous system are uncommon neoplasms. METHODS:A case of a primary central nervous system T-cell lymphoma in a 66-year-old female who died 8 months after surgery is described. The biopsy specimen was evaluated by routine histology, immunohistochemistry, flow cytometry...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Novak JA,Katzin WE

更新日期：1995-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:National and international bodies acknowledge the benefit of exercise for people with cancer, yet limited accessibility to related programing remains. Given their involvement in managing the disease, cancer centers can play a central role in delivering exercise-oncology services. The authors developed and im...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Santa Mina D,Au D,Auger LE,Alibhai SMH,Matthew AG,Sabiston CM,Oh P,Ritvo PG,Chang EB,Jones JM

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Obesity has been associated with inferior outcomes in operable breast cancer, but the relation between body mass index (BMI) and outcomes by breast cancer subtype has not been previously evaluated. METHODS:The authors evaluated the relation between BMI and outcomes in 3 adjuvant trials coordinated by the Ea...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Sparano JA,Wang M,Zhao F,Stearns V,Martino S,Ligibel JA,Perez EA,Saphner T,Wolff AC,Sledge GW Jr,Wood WC,Fetting J,Davidson NE

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Univariate and multivariate regression methods were used to analyze 17 potential clinical prognostic factors among 138 patients with advanced breast cancer who received Adriamycin-cyclophosphamide combination chemotherapy between 1973 and 1977 at the University of Arizona. Follow-up of patients was through September 1...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Nash CH 3rd,Jones SE,Moon TE,Davis SL,Salmon SE

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) historically were grouped with leiomyosarcomas (LMSs) based on their morphologic similarities; however, recently, GIST was established unequivocally as a distinct type of sarcoma based on its molecular features and response to imatinib treatment. METHODS:To gain furth...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Ylipää A,Hunt KK,Yang J,Lazar AJ,Torres KE,Lev DC,Nykter M,Pollock RE,Trent J,Zhang W

更新日期：2011-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Because medulloblastoma (MB) is rare in adults, the few studies on this condition have been retrospective, and the follow-up has tended to be short. Furthermore, the different therapeutic strategies used in these patients has made it difficult to assess survival rates and prognostic factors. METHODS:In 1989...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Brandes AA,Franceschi E,Tosoni A,Blatt V,Ermani M

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The role of myeloablative chemotherapy in children with recurrent medulloblastoma and supratentorial primitive neuroectodermal tumors (MB/ST-PNET) is controversial, in particular in patients who develop recurrent disease after craniospinal radiotherapy. METHODS:In this retrospective analysis, the authors in...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Butturini AM,Jacob M,Aguajo J,Vander-Walde NA,Villablanca J,Jubran R,Erdreich-Epstein A,Marachelian A,Dhall G,Finlay JL

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Salivary gland carcinomas (SGCs) are a rare malignancy with unknown etiology. The objective of the current study was to identify genetic variants modifying the risk of SGC and its major subtypes: adenoid cystic carcinoma and mucoepidermoid carcinoma. METHODS:The authors conducted a genome-wide association s...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Xu L,Tang H,Chen DW,El-Naggar AK,Wei P,Sturgis EM

更新日期：2015-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cancer affects patients' incomes, but to the authors' knowledge few studies to date have examined how the income of the patients' spouses may be influenced. In this population-based study from Norway, the effects of cancer on both partners' earnings are analyzed. METHODS:The difference between labor earning...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Syse A,Tretli S,Kravdal O

更新日期：2009-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Twelve Schwann cell tumors (two neurilemomas, six neurofibromas, and four malignant schwannomas), arising in the nasal cavity, paranasal sinuses or nasopharynx, are described. Schwann cell neoplasms only rarely develop in this area. Clinically, these tumors lead to nonspecific symptoms including nasal obstruction epis...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Perzin KH,Panyu H,Wechter S

更新日期：1982-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Circulating prostate cells can be detected in the venous blood of patients with clinically localized prostate carcinoma by applying reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) techniques using primers specific for the prostate specific antigen (PSA) gene. This study evaluates whether the detecti...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Ennis RD,Katz AE,de Vries GM,Heitjan DF,O'Toole KM,Rubin M,Buttyan R,Benson MC,Schiff PB

更新日期：1997-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 1026 patients with gastric cancer was followed up for five years after surgery and classified into different groups according to surgeons' assessment of nodal involvement, serosal invasion, peritoneal spread, and hepatic metastasis. The survival of each group was studied by parametric analysis, using the lo...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Maetani S,Tobe T,Hirakawa A,Kashiwara S,Kuramoto S

更新日期：1980-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gene expression profiling (GEP) has been rapidly adopted for early breast cancer and can aid in chemotherapy decision making. Study results regarding racial disparities in testing are conflicting, and may reflect different care settings. To the authors' knowledge, data regarding the influence of provider fac...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Reeder-Hayes KE,Wheeler SB,Baggett CD,Zhou X,Meng K,Roberts MC,Carey LA,Meyer AM

更新日期：2018-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:An astroblastoma in the cerebrum was investigated with the electron microscope. A distinctive feature of the tumor was the radial arrangement of astrocytic cells around the blood vessels. The blood vessels in the tumor commonly exhibited fenestrated endothelial cells. The endothelium was generally surrounded by lamell...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Kubota T,Hirano A,Sato K,Yamamoto S

更新日期：1985-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:9-Aminocamptothecin (9AC) and its parent compound, camptothecin, have shown outstanding preclinical activity against colorectal carcinoma. Irinotecan (CPT-11), another camptothecin derivative, has demonstrated clinical activity in patients with 5-fluorouracil (5-FU)-refractory colorectal carcinoma. METHODS:...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Saltz LB,Kemeny NE,Tong W,Harrison J,Berkery R,Kelsen DP

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the United States, detection of squamous carcinoma in situ (CIS) by screening has led to reduced rates for invasive squamous carcinoma and lower mortality. Adenocarcinoma in situ (AIS) rates also have increased, but invasive cervical adenocarcinoma rates have not declined similarly. To make inferences abo...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Sherman ME,Wang SS,Carreon J,Devesa SS

更新日期：2005-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Multivariate statistical analyses are used to evaluate a wide range of factors in predicting relapse and survival for 429 children enrolled in the National Wilms' Tumor Study. Anaplastic or sarcomatous histology, specimen weight over 250 grams, positive regional lymph nodes, treatment with only a single drug and age o...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Breslow NE,Palmer NF,Hill LR,Buring J,D'Angio GJ

更新日期：1978-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous reports suggesting a correlation between lymphoproliferative disease and serum levels of beta-2-microglobulin (beta-2M) and in vitro data indicating a role of cytokines in the production of beta-2M prompted a study of serum and urine beta-2M concentration in patients with hemophagocytic syndrome (HP...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Hibi S,Ikushima S,Fujiwara F,Hashida T,Tsunamoto K,Todo S,Imashuku S

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The objective of this analysis was to evaluate the role of autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) in prolonging disease free survival (DFS) and overall survival (OS) in patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) who received autografts of Philadelphia chromosome (Ph) positive or Ph negative cell harve...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Koziner B,Dengra C,Lucero G,Klein G,Cánepa C,Milovic V,Milone G,Robinson A,Cerutti I,Saporito G,Kusminsky G,Milone J,Bordone J,Lastiri F,Argentine Group of Bone Marrow Transplantation.

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study was performed to develop a sensitive method for the detection of circulating hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cells in peripheral blood, in advance of the diagnosis of distant metastasis of HCC by conventional means. METHODS:Peripheral blood (5 ml) samples were obtained from 64 patients with HCC an...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Komeda T,Fukuda Y,Sando T,Kita R,Furukawa M,Nishida N,Amenomori M,Nakao K

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Inferior vena cava obstruction (IVCO) is a poorly characterized complication of metastatic germ cell tumor (GCT). The authors identified 31 cases to describe the clinical features, radiologic findings, complications, and treatment of this clinical entity. METHODS:Patients with GCT and IVCO were identified f...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Hassan B,Tung K,Weeks R,Mead GM

更新日期：1999-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Actual HL-A typing has been performed on 115 members of cancer family N, a large kindred (over 1000 members ascertained) showing the findings consistent with the cancer family syndrome. In the cancer-prone line (branches C and D) of the family, 20 of 21 members with cancer had one HL-A haplotype, HL-A2-HL-A12 (relativ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Lynch HT,Thomas RJ,Terasaki PI,Ting A,Guirgis HA,Kaplan AR,Magee H,Lynch J,Kraft C,Chaperon E

更新日期：1975-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:[(111)In]-diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid (DTPA)-D-[Phe1]-octreotide (OctreoScan, Mallinckrodt Medical, Petten, The Netherlands), combined with single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), has limited possibilities to detect small abdominal endocrine tumors. This study explores the efficacy of Oct...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Ohrvall U,Westlin JE,Nilsson S,Juhlin C,Rastad J,Lundqvist H,Akerström G

更新日期：1997-12-15 00:00:00