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abstract：:An exceedingly rare tumor arising in the upper lateral vagina is described histologically, histochemically, and ultrastructurally. It is compared to the lesion reported by Okagaki et al. which is considered to represent the same type of tumor. Comparison with synovial sarcomas indicates that the lesion is similar, but...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Shevchuk MM,Fenoglio CM,Lattes R,Frick HC 2nd,Richart RM

更新日期：1978-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cancer clinicians do not receive routine training in the psychosocial aspects of patient care such as how to communicate bad news or respond to patients who have unrealistic expectations of cure. Postgraduate workshops may be an effective way to increase interpersonal skills in managing these stressful patie...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Baile WF,Kudelka AP,Beale EA,Glober GA,Myers EG,Greisinger AJ,Bast RC Jr,Goldstein MG,Novack D,Lenzi R

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The authors tested the hypothesis that the metabolic syndrome (> or =3 of the following components: high blood pressure, increased waist circumference, hypertriglyceridemia, low levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, or diabetes/hyperglycemia) is a risk factor for colorectal cancer. METHODS:Data fr...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Ahmed RL,Schmitz KH,Anderson KE,Rosamond WD,Folsom AR

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A clinicopathologic analysis of 35 cases of lymphocyte predominance Hodgkin's disease (LPHD) was performed, and the relationship between various histologic features and stage at presentation was examined. The series comprised 31 male and 4 female patients with a median age of 32 years. Twenty patients had Ann Arbor St...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Trudel MA,Krikorian JG,Neiman RS

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A previous study evaluated two types of endometrial carcinoma: one with, the other without, associated adenomatous hyperplasia (Groups 1 and 2, respectively). On the basis of histologic observations, the study concluded that Group 1 tumors were likely to be estrogen-dependent, whereas Group 2 tumors appeared to repres...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Deligdisch L,Holinka CF

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a series of 643 patients with small cell lung cancer (SCLC), 55 patients (8.6%) had signs or symptoms of superior vena caval obstruction syndrome (SVCO). Relatively long intervals from the onset of the first symptoms of SVCO to the start of therapy were observed, and invasive diagnostic procedures were safely perfo...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Sculier JP,Evans WK,Feld R,DeBoer G,Payne DG,Shepherd FA,Pringle JF,Yeoh JL,Quirt IC,Curtis JE

更新日期：1986-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Seventeen patients with primary or secondary liver tumors were treated by dearterialization of the liver and intraportal infusion of cytotoxic drugs. In 14 cases, ligation of the main (10), right and left (1), right and middle (1), and right (2) hepatic arteries was performed. In three in whom hepatic artery ligation ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Nagasue N,Inokuchi K,Kobayashi M,Ogawa Y,Iwaki A

更新日期：1976-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To collect an unselected total bronchial carcinoma population as a basis for randomized therapy studies during 1971-1976, 537 patients with suspected bronchial carcinoma were investigated. Of these, 109 were found to have an adenocarcinoma in the lung. Of the 109, 10 had been initially diagnosed as not having adenocar...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Nõu E

更新日期：1981-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To determine whether high-risk patients with hematuria receive evaluation according to guideline recommendations. METHODS:We recently performed a screening study for bladder cancer using a urine-based tumor marker in 1502 subjects at high risk based on aged > or = 50 years, > or = 10-year smoking history, a...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Elias K,Svatek RS,Gupta S,Ho R,Lotan Y

更新日期：2010-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The prognostic significance of ploidy level was studied in prostatic carcinoma and compared with the prognostic significance of morphologic grade and clinical stage. A nonselected group of 145 patients was studied in whom prostatic carcinoma was diagnosed by fine-needle aspiration biopsy at the Karolinska Hospital in ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Forsslund G,Esposti PL,Nilsson B,Zetterberg A

更新日期：1992-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Poor drug compliance may cause a decreased survival of children with malignancies. Children who fail to take their medications are not receiving optimum amounts of chemotherapy and suboptimal therapy causes a shortened survival in children with cancer. This is a study of prednisone compliance in 52 children with cance...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Smith SD,Rosen D,Trueworthy RC,Lowman JT

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ovarian cancer disproportionately affects women 65 years of age and older who are likely to have concomitant changes in physical ability, physiological functioning, and other chronic conditions associated with advancing age. The National Institute on Aging, National Cancer Institute, and the American Cancer Society co...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Yancik R,Moore TD,Martin G,Obrams GI,Reed E

更新日期：1993-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Data on patients with gallbladder cancer listed in the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program of the National Cancer Institute were reviewed. Between 1977 and 1986, 3038 patients were recorded in the Program. Histologic grade, histologic type, stage of disease, and vascular invasion were correlated...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Henson DE,Albores-Saavedra J,Corle D

更新日期：1992-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Smoldering multiple myeloma (SMM) presents a high risk of progression to symptomatic MM (sy-MM). Herein, we analyzed some predictors of development of sy-MM. In 144 patients with SMM, we also compared the risk of progression predicted by bone marrow plasma cell (BMPC) involvement on the bone marrow biopsy (B...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Rago A,Grammatico S,Za T,Levi A,Mecarocci S,Siniscalchi A,De Rosa L,Felici S,Bongarzoni V,Piccioni AL,La Verde G,Pisani F,Franceschini L,Paviglianiti AL,Caravita T,Petrucci MT,De Stefano V,Cimino G,Multiple Myeloma GI

更新日期：2012-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of nine cases of radiation myelopathy seen at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) is reviewed, and their treatment data converted into nominal single doses (NSD) and equivalent single doses (ED). The 1% incidence level of myelopathy in the thoracic cord is 1015 rets (ED), and the 50% incidence...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Wara WM,Phillips TL,Sheline GE,Schwade JG

更新日期：1975-06-01 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：:In a cohort of 254,417 male Swedish farmers (4,330,717 person-years) the incidence of cancer of the respiratory organs was compared to a reference cohort of 1,725,845 men (30,131,664 person-years) employed in other economic activities than agriculture or forestry. In the study cohort 1450 cases of cancer in the respir...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Wiklund K,Steineck G

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is little information on the function of dendritic cells in women with human papillomavirus (HPV)-related cervical squamous intraepithelial lesions (SILs). In the current study the functions of dendritic cells in the development of T-cell immunity in women with cervical SILs were assessed. METHODS:The...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Lee BN,Follen M,Rodriquez G,Shen DY,Malpica A,Shearer WT,Reuben JM

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In nine patients who had undergone trans-sphenoidal hypophysectomy, prolactin dynamics were studied with intravenous thyrotropin releasing hormone (TRH). Residual prolactin secretory reserve was demonstrated in seven. Five patients were TRH tested both before and after trans-sphenoidal hypophysectomy. Hypophysectomy d...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： McMillin JM,Seal US,Theologides A

更新日期：1977-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although pediatric cancer mortality and survival have improved in the United States over the past 40 years, differences exist by age, race/ethnicity, cancer site, and economic status. To assess progress, this study examined recent mortality and survival data for individuals younger than 20 years. METHODS:Ag...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Siegel DA,Richardson LC,Henley SJ,Wilson RJ,Dowling NF,Weir HK,Tai EW,Buchanan Lunsford N

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection has been implicated in the pathogenesis of certain subtypes of salivary gland tumors in the adult population. However, to the authors' knowledge its role in pediatric salivary gland tumors, a rare disease, has not been explored previously. METHODS:Thirteen cases of primary...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Venkateswaran L,Gan YJ,Sixbey JW,Santana VM

更新日期：2000-07-15 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：:Responding to growing concerns regarding the safety, quality, and efficacy of cancer care in the United States, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academy of Sciences commissioned a comprehensive review of cancer care delivery in the US health care system in the late 1990s. The National Cancer Policy Boar...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Spinks T,Albright HW,Feeley TW,Walters R,Burke TW,Aloia T,Bruera E,Buzdar A,Foxhall L,Hui D,Summers B,Rodriguez A,Dubois R,Shine KI

更新日期：2012-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Since 1981, 20 patients with anaplastic giant cell carcinoma of the thyroid have been prospectively treated according to a combination regimen of chemotherapy and external beam radiation therapy. Two types of chemotherapy were used every 4 weeks, depending on the patient's age. For those younger than 65 years, a combi...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Schlumberger M,Parmentier C,Delisle MJ,Couette JE,Droz JP,Sarrazin D

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This article reviews the salient pathologic and clinical features of 171 patients with Stage III-IV disease who were 60 years of age or older who were treated on four Hodgkin disease (HD) protocols from 1969 to 1988. METHODS:Pretherapy sections were reviewed centrally for correlation of the histologic class...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Mir R,Anderson J,Strauchen J,Nissen NI,Cooper MR,Rafla S,Canellos GP,Bloomfield CD,Gottlieb AJ,Peterson B

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the period from March 1963 through March 1978, 30 patients with malignant neoplasms of the paranasal sinuses were treated with supervoltage technique at the University of Rochester Medical Center. Twenty-one patients had at least the medial portion of the orbit within the effective treatment volume and the rest...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Nakissa N,Rubin P,Strohl R,Keys H

更新日期：1983-03-15 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：BACKGROUND:Nonperioperative strokes are rare yet potentially devastating events for children with central nervous system (CNS) tumors. The incidence of and risk factors for nonperioperative strokes in children with CNS tumors is unknown. METHODS:The authors performed a retrospective review of children from their insti...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Bowers DC,Mulne AF,Reisch JS,Elterman RD,Munoz L,Booth T,Shapiro K,Doxey DL

更新日期：2002-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ovarian surface epithelial cells are positionally organized as a single cell layer by a sheet of basement membrane. It is believed that the contact of the ovarian surface epithelial cells with the basement membrane regulates cell growth and ensures the organization of the epithelium. Disabled-2 (Dab2), a sig...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Capo-Chichi CD,Smith ER,Yang DH,Roland IH,Vanderveer L,Cohen C,Hamilton TC,Godwin AK,Xu XX

更新日期：2002-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred twenty-three women younger than 70 years of age and at clinical Stages I or II were enrolled in a randomized clinical trial of radical versus extended radical mastectomy. The 5-year survival rates in the radical and extended radical groups were 75 +/- 6.7% and 80 +/- 6.7%, respectively. (Cox P value for co...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Meier P,Ferguson DJ,Karrison T

更新日期：1985-02-15 00:00:00