Angiosarcoma in Japan. A review of 99 cases.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cirrhosis of viral etiology due to hepatitis B virus (HBV) or hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a risk factor for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The current study evaluated the rate of incidence of HCC in patients with compensated cirrhosis of viral etiology. METHODS:Two hundred fifty-nine cirrhotic pat...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Chiaramonte M,Stroffolini T,Vian A,Stazi MA,Floreani A,Lorenzoni U,Lobello S,Farinati F,Naccarato R

更新日期：1999-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Resistance to apoptosis is 1 of the key events that confer chemoresistance and is mediated by the overexpression of antiapoptotic proteins, which inhibit caspase activation. The objective of this study was to evaluate whether the activation of an alternative, caspase-independent cell death pathway could prom...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Alvero AB,Montagna MK,Chen R,Kim KH,Kyungjin K,Visintin I,Fu HH,Brown D,Mor G

更新日期：2009-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A 20-year-old man with previously treated lymphoblastic lymphoma, a known T-cell disorder, developed progressive disease despite intensive combination chemotherapy with doxorubicin, vincristine, and prednisone. He was subsequently treated with a 21-day course of intravenous antithymocyte globulin at a dose of approxim...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Wong KK Jr,Sweet DL,Variakojis D

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Atypical and anaplastic meningiomas tend to recur and to invade adjacent brain, bone, and skin. They also can metastasize to extracranial organs such as the lung, liver, or bone, causing death. Recent reports have indicated that allelic deletion of chromosome 1p is associated with malignant progression of me...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Ishino S,Hashimoto N,Fushiki S,Date K,Mori T,Fujimoto M,Nakagawa Y,Ueda S,Abe T,Inazawa J

更新日期：1998-07-15 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：:Two children with Wilms' tumor and prior thoracic radiation developed congestive heart failure at cumulative adriamycin doses of 350 mg/m2 and 400 mg/m2. Details of these two cases and a summary of previously reported adriamycin cardiotoxicity in children are presented. Dose recommendations and predictive tests are di...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Prout MN,Richards MJ,Chung KJ,Joo P,Davis HL Jr

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) of the breast is a rare histologic type of breast cancer associated with a good prognosis. A woman who earlier had a pulmonary metastasis surgically resected 6 years postmastectomy developed clinically symptomatic bleeding from a renal metastasis 12 years postmastectomy. An atypical angi...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Herzberg AJ,Bossen EH,Walther PJ

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seventy three patients with disseminated diffuse non-Hodgkin's lymphomas were treated with combinations of cyclophosphamide, vincristine sulfate, prednisone, and doxorubicin with and without 2 weekly doses of oral methotrexate in "intermediate" doses, followed by calcium leucovorin rescue. The addition of methotrexate...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Gomez GA,Barcos M,Han T,Henderson ES

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two trials of leucovorin (LV) and 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer were done, both using a 3-day loading dose and then weekly doses to minimize toxicity. The first trial used LV administered by intravenous infusion with a constant dose of 5-FU 400 mg/m2, and the second trail used ora...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Laufman LR,Brenckman WD Jr,Stydnicki KA,Morgan ED,Collier M,Knick VB,Duch DS,Mullin R,Ferone R

更新日期：1989-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cell kinetics studies performed with immunohistochemical techniques to estimate the S-phase fraction have elucidated the proliferative potential of individual brain tumors. METHODS:The authors developed a new double-labeling method that enables other cell kinetics variables, including the duration of the S-...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Shibuya M,Ito S,Davis RL,Wilson CB,Hoshino T

更新日期：1993-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:As androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) becomes a standard of treatment for men with recurrent or metastatic prostate cancer, evaluation of adverse effects associated with this treatment is needed. In this study, the authors evaluated the effect of ADT administered as monotherapy and in combination with local ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Sadetsky N,Greene K,Cooperberg MR,Hubbard A,Carroll PR,Satariano W

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Infection is a significant cause of death in patients with aplastic anemia (AA). However, few recent studies have examined infectious complications in patients with AA. METHODS:The authors retrospectively evaluated the type of infections, associated pathogens, and outcome of infectious episodes (IEs) in pat...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Torres HA,Bodey GP,Rolston KV,Kantarjian HM,Raad II,Kontoyiannis DP

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies have suggested an excess cancer risk in patients with carcinoid tumors. This association was reexamined using truly population-based data. METHODS:By means of data from the Danish Cancer Registry all carcinoid tumors diagnosed in Denmark between 1978 and 1989 were identified. All patients w...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Westergaard T,Frisch M,Melbye M

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 49-year-old white woman with refractory anemia subsequently developed acute myelomonocytic leukemia with paraproteinemia 12 months later. The paraprotein was characterized as immunoglobulin G, type kappa, and the Bence Jones protein as free kappa chains. Further studies, including electron microscopy, cytochemistry,...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Law IP,Koch FJ,Cannon GB,Herberman RB,Oldham RK

更新日期：1976-03-01 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：BACKGROUND:Second primary tumors are a leading cause of death among patients with head and neck cancer; therefore, early detection of these tumors is necessary. In the current study, the authors aimed to evaluate the diagnostic capacity of (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose dual-head positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) for de...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Stokkel MP,Moons KG,ten Broek FW,van Rijk PP,Hordijk GJ

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignant sweat gland neoplasms are rare tumors. Historically, the principal mode of treatment has been local surgical excision. Eight published studies show that greater than 50% of patients develop either local tumor recurrence after surgery or regional lymph node metastases. Most patients have evidence of locoregio...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Harari PM,Shimm DS,Bangert JL,Cassady JR

更新日期：1990-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Dr. Wendell G. Scott hailed mammography as the first significant contribution to the control of breast cancer since Halsted described the radical mastectomy in 1903. Mammography as engendered new approaches and has supplied new concepts of breast cancer. Through the tenacity of a few physicians convinced something cou...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Egan RL

更新日期：1975-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since November 1973, intraoperative radiotherapy has been performed on five patients with unresectable, advanced carcinoma of the bile duct at the hepatic hilus and six patients with unresectable carcinoma of the gallbladder. A treatment cone with a diameter ranging from 4--10 cm was directly applied at the lesion. A ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Todoroki T,Iwasaki Y,Okamura T,Nagoshi K,Asakura H,Nakano M,Inada T,Tsunemoto H,Umegaki Y,Nishimura A,Nakano M,Sato H

更新日期：1980-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the possible role of sex-hormone imbalance in hepatocellular carcinogenesis in male alcoholic cirrhotic patients, we determined plasma levels of testosterone (T), dihydrotestosterone (DHT), androstenedione (A), dehydroepiandrosterone (DHA), estrone (E1), estradiol (E2), and sex-hormone-binding globulin ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Guéchot J,Peigney N,Ballet F,Vaubourdolle M,Giboudeau J,Poupon R

更新日期：1988-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:At the Finsen Institute, Copenhagen, from 1971 to 1981, 134 patients were treated for lymph node metastases from primary cutaneous malignant melanoma of axial localization (e.g., in the head and neck and trunk), where metastases to regional lymph node groups were the first sign of dissemination. Due to the lack of suf...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Lock-Andersen J,Partoft S,Jensen MG

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The presence of tumor at the inked margins (IMs) of breast specimens is associated with an increased risk of local recurrence after breast-conserving therapy for invasive breast carcinoma and ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS). Given the importance of margin status, some have advocated the use of shaved margins...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Guidi AJ,Connolly JL,Harris JR,Schnitt SJ

更新日期：1997-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cervical carcinoma remains a significant health risk for the older woman. In the current study the yield of screening of mature women in an established, opportunistic screening program was examined. Strategies for improving screening in this age group were identified through examination of recent Pap test hi...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Colgan TJ,Clarke A,Hakh N,Seidenfeld A

更新日期：2002-08-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The administration of two chemoimmunotherapy programs to 103 consecutive patients with metastatic colorectal cancer resulted in improved survival for patients who achieved either objective tumor regressions or disease stabilization for more than 8 weeks. Objective tumor regression was observed in 47% of patients treat...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Valdivieso M,Bedikian A,Burgess MA,Rodriguez V,Hersh EM,Bodey GP,Mavligit GM

更新日期：1977-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of the current study was to describe a population of young patients with breast carcinoma, their characteristics at the time of diagnosis, and the association of these characteristics with disease recurrence and survival. METHODS:Four hundred fifty-two women age < or = 35 years with breast carci...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Gonzalez-Angulo AM,Broglio K,Kau SW,Eralp Y,Erlichman J,Valero V,Theriault R,Booser D,Buzdar AU,Hortobagyi GN,Arun B

更新日期：2005-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Biologicals and biological response modifiers (BRMs) represent a new class of agents for cancer therapy. Historically, there have been many attempts to stimulate the immune response with nonspecific immunomodulators in the form of bacterial extracts, viruses, and chemicals. Although these approaches have occasionally ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Oldham RK,Thurman GB,Talmadge JE,Stevenson HC,Foon KA

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study of 2092 women with cancer of the breast, those who had practiced breast self-examination (BSE) had earlier cancer than did those who had not practiced BSE. This was true for both black and white races, all educational and economic levels, each age group, and within each period of delay between first symp...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Huguley CM Jr,Brown RL

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report a case of leiomyosarcoma in the mediastinum presenting with superior vena cava obstruction, and also demonstrate the aggressive nature of this tumor in spite of radiotherapy. Where technically feasible, surgery appears to be the treatment of choice. The pathologic and electron microscopic features o...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Sunderrajan EV,Luger AM,Rosenholtz MJ,Maltby JD

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In this study, the authors evaluated the clinical presentation of patients with T4b breast carcinoma, analyzed the impact of noninflammatory skin involvement on long-term survival, and addressed the question whether the T4 tumor category still has any justification. METHODS:The clinical course of a study gr...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Guth U,Wight E,Schotzau A,Langer I,Dieterich H,Rochlitz C,Herberich L,Holzgreve W,Singer G

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Granular cell tumor of the stomach is rare and may occur in association with similar tumors in the skin. Two such tumors were found in association with cutaneous granular cell tumors in two black females. Infiltrating carcinoma of the stomach was suspected at surgery in one case. All of the lesions were typical granul...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Seo IS,Azzarelli B,Warner TF,Goheen MP,Senteney GE

更新日期：1984-05-15 00:00:00