A reliable method for evaluating drug compliance in children with cancer.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Little is understood about the factors that influence survival in patients who undergo gamma-knife stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) for brain metastases. METHODS:Demographic, disease, treatment, and survival data on 334 patients with intracranial metastases who underwent initial SRS from 1998 to 2004 were ab...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： DiLuna ML,King JT Jr,Knisely JP,Chiang VL

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Two types of correction for absorbed dose (D) estimates are described for clinical applications of internal emitters. The first is appropriate for legal and scientific reasons involving phantom-based estimates; the second is patient-specific and primarily intended for radioimmunotherapy (RIT). METHODS:The M...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Williams LE,Liu A,Yamauchi DM,Lopatin G,Raubitschek AA,Wong JY

更新日期：2002-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In the evaluation of cervical cancer, computed tomography (CT) is used primarily to stage advanced tumors and evaluate for recurrence. Because of reports that CT imaging lacks sensitivity and specificity in the detection of primary tumors and metastatic lesions, its use in these applications has been limited, but rece...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Pannu HK,Fishman EK

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nilotinib is a potent, second-generation inhibitor of BCR-ABL1 tyrosine kinase and has been approved as frontline and salvage therapy for patients with chronic-phase chronic myeloid leukemia (CP-CML). METHODS:In this single-institution, phase 2 study, 122 patients with newly diagnosed CP-CML received niloti...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Masarova L,Cortes JE,Patel KP,O'Brien S,Nogueras-Gonzalez GM,Konopleva M,Verstovsek S,Garcia-Manero G,Ferrajoli A,Kadia TM,Ravandi-Kashani F,Borthakur G,DellaSala S,Estrov Z,Jabbour EJ,Kantarjian HM

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is now often curable with chemotherapy. The International Prognostic Index (IPI) was recently developed to predict patient survival on the basis of pretreatment clinical features. However, classical multivariate regression models such as the IPI fail to detect time-dependent...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Mounier N,Morel P,Haioun C,Coiffier B,Tilly H,Chatelain C,Lederlin P,Thyss A,Herbrecht R,Gisselbrecht C,Lepage E

更新日期：1998-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The possible association between ovarian carcinoma and ovulation-inducing drugs has led to renewed interest in the potential carcinogenic risks of these drugs. In vitro fertilization (IVF) has been linked to multiple pregnancies and possibly congenital malformations. However, to the authors' knowledge the as...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Lerner-Geva L,Toren A,Chetrit A,Modan B,Mandel M,Rechavi G,Dor J

更新日期：2000-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although there have been several reports of cytologic features for salivary duct carcinoma (SDC), it still can be difficult to diagnose patients with these tumor accurately at the time of fine-needle aspiration (FNA). Review of the literature indicates that, immunohistochemically, SDC expresses androgen rece...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Moriki T,Ueta S,Takahashi T,Mitani M,Ichien M

更新日期：2001-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Among patients with core-needle biopsy (CNB)-diagnosed ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), the guidelines for the selection of patients to undergo sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy are not well defined, and many patients with no invasion undergo an unnecessary SLN biopsy. The objective of this study was to ident...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Huo L,Sneige N,Hunt KK,Albarracin CT,Lopez A,Resetkova E

更新日期：2006-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment with BCG (Bacillus Calmette-Guérin) followed by irradiation was attempted to improve response to therapy by cutaneous metastases from malignant skin melanomas. Both agents were applied in low doses, known to cause minimal side effects. Nineteen patients, divided into three groups, entered the clinical trial....

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Plesnicar S,Rudolf Z

更新日期：1982-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although several refinements have been reported for breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), there has been no uniform agreement by researchers on the optimal method. The authors report a simple and effective MRI method that incorporated the best qualities of other breast MRI methods yet eliminated the compl...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Khatri VP,Stuppino JJ,Espinosa MH,Pollack MS

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We sought to determine the impact of radical nephrectomy case volume, hospital size, and geographic region on immediate surgical outcomes for patients undergoing radical nephrectomy in academic centers across the country. METHODS:The University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC) Clinical Data Base was queried fo...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Mitchell RE,Lee BT,Cookson MS,Barocas DA,Duke Herrell S,Clark PE,Smith JA,Chang SS

更新日期：2009-06-01 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：BACKGROUND:This study analyzed whether proliferative activity and expression of P-glycoprotein 170 (P-170) or glutathione S-transferase-pi (GST-pi) in human non-small cell lung carcinomas (NSCLC) represent independent factors in resistance to doxorubicin or whether an association exists between these factors. METHODS:...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Volm M,Mattern J,Samsel B

更新日期：1992-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of malignant mesenchymoma of the bladder, containing fibroleiomyomatous, myxomatous, osteoid, and cartilaginous components is presented. The primary pedunculated tumor measuring 18 X 10 X 9 cm and weighing 934 g, arose from the anterior wall of the bladder and was treated by partial cystectomy. Six months after...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Terada Y,Saito I,Morohoshi T,Niijima T

更新日期：1987-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Reported is the case of a 24-year-old white man with inoperable giant cell carcinoma of the thyroid who achieved tumor regression following therapy with bleomycin, Adriamycin and cisplatinum. After 2 courses of chemotherapy, the tumor was deemed operable, and the patient underwent total thyroidectomy followed by radia...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Spanos GA,WolK D,Desner MR,Khan A,Platt N,Khafif RA,Cortes EP

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six cases of desmoplastic melanoma were studied by light and electron microscopy. The tumors fulfilled one or more of the following criteria: (1) having the presence of atypical intraepidermal melanocytic proliferation bordering the primary lesions; (2) an antecedent history of melanoma at the site of recurrence; (3) ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： DiMaio SM,Mackay B,Smith JL Jr,Dickersin GR

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Telomerase is an enzyme that can reconstitute the ends (telomeres) of chromosomes after cell division and thus circumvent the cumulative damage that occurs in normal adult somatic cells during successive mitotic cycles. Recently, it has been proposed that this enzyme should, therefore, be detectable in immor...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Yoshida K,Sugino T,Tahara H,Woodman A,Bolodeoku J,Nargund V,Fellows G,Goodison S,Tahara E,Tarin D

更新日期：1997-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Skin cancers originating in areas of chronic injury (Marjolin's ulcers) are thought to behave in a more aggressive fashion than those due to other causes. The initial surgical treatment, especially the management of the regional lymph nodes, remains controversial. This review of 37 patients with Marjolin's ulcer evalu...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Barr LH,Menard JW

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pel-Epstein fever cycles, consisting of 1-2 weeks of high fever separated by afebrile periods of the same duration, are classically characteristic of Hodgkin's disease. Clinical observation has determined that the lymph nodes enlarge during periods of fever and reduce in size as the fever subsides. To our knowledge, t...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Scanlon GT,Castellino RA,Rudders R

更新日期：1975-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since June 1978, 57 patients with primary osteogenic sarcoma of an extremity were treated with high-dose methotrexate (HDMTX) and citrovorum factor rescue (CFR), Adriamycin, and the combination of bleomycin, cyclophosphamide and dactinomycin (BCD) given for 4-16 weeks prior to definitive surgery. Histologic examinatio...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Rosen G,Caparros B,Huvos AG,Kosloff C,Nirenberg A,Cacavio A,Marcove RC,Lane JM,Mehta B,Urban C

更新日期：1982-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:First implemented in 1990, patient navigation interventions are emerging today as an approach to reduce cancer disparities. However, there is lack of consensus about how patient navigation is defined, what patient navigators do, and what their qualifications should be. Little is known about the efficacy and cost-effec...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Wells KJ,Battaglia TA,Dudley DJ,Garcia R,Greene A,Calhoun E,Mandelblatt JS,Paskett ED,Raich PC,Patient Navigation Research Program.

更新日期：2008-10-15 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 incidence of bronchioloalveolar carcinoma of the lung (BAC), a pathologically distinct type of nonsmall cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC), appears to be rising. In this study, the authors compared data on the clinical presentation and clinical courses of patients with Stage IIIB and IV BAC with data on other t...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Breathnach OS,Ishibe N,Williams J,Linnoila RI,Caporaso N,Johnson BE

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Accurate assessment of HER-2 status is necessary prior to anti-HER-2 antibody (trastuzumab) therapy for metastatic breast carcinoma. However, controversy exists regarding whether to assess HER-2 status in the primary tumor or in metastatic lesions. It is also unclear whether HER-2 status can change during di...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Gong Y,Booser DJ,Sneige N

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This paper gives an outline of the Casley-Smith method for the treatment of lymphedema of the arm. It includes a brief summary of the development of manual techniques and the terminology applied to them. METHODS:The four principles of this method are skin care, manual lymphatic drainage, compression in the ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Casley-Smith JR,Boris M,Weindorf S,Lasinski B

更新日期：1998-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Breast conservation is now established treatment for patients with small breast cancers. The authors reviewed a large series of patients with long term follow-up who underwent conservative treatment. Clinical and pathologic factors were analyzed to identify patients at an increased risk of relapse in the bre...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Dewar JA,Arriagada R,Benhamou S,Benhamou E,Bretel JJ,Pellae-Cosset B,Marin JL,Petit JY,Contesso G,Sarrazin D

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The evidence that various endogenous and exogenous sex hormones play a role in the etiology of breast cancer is reviewed. It is hypothesized that prolonged exposure to normal levels of ovarian estrogens and cyclic progesterone resulting from early menarche and late menopause, and primarily willful nulliparity and late...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Thomas DB

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bioimpedance spectroscopy (BIS) has enabled the early identification of breast cancer-related lymphedema. In this study, differences in health service metrics and in the incidence of breast cancer-related lymphedema are evaluated in an early surveillance model of care compared with a traditional referral mod...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Koelmeyer LA,Borotkanics RJ,Alcorso J,Prah P,Winch CJ,Nakhel K,Dean CM,Boyages J

更新日期：2019-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient is described in whom the first recurrence of a cloacogenic carcinoma of the rectum was an intrahepatic metastasis associated with an hepatic abscess caused by the anaerobic bacterium Peptococcus prevotii. Three previously reported cases of infection associated with hepatic tumor nodules have been found in wh...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Trump DL,Fahnestock R,Cloutier CT,Dickman MD

更新日期：1978-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although progress has been made in providing cancer prevention and control services to the population, there remain sizeable segments of the population that are either uninvolved or underinvolved with national and state efforts. One method of reaching most of the population, including those segments currently not invo...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Iverson DC

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00