Surviving 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：:Data are now available from two randomized trials showing that adjuvant irradiation of the internal mammary and supraclavicular nodes following a radical or modified radical mastectomy results in increased survival rates. A retrospective analysis of 1111 patients treated at M. D. Anderson Hospital with radical mastect...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Montague ED,Fletcher GH

更新日期：1980-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Since 1975, clinical studies have been carried out to determine whether radiation when combined with localized hyperthermia evokes improved tumor control compared to that achieved with radiation alone. Local tumor hyperthermia was achieved using radiofrequency inductive heating at 27.12 MHz. In bulky lesions (greater ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Kim JH,Hahn EW,Ahmed SA

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Well differentiated (WD) and dedifferentiated (DD) retroperitoneal liposarcoma (RPLS) have distinct biologic behaviors. Consequently, the therapeutic approaches for these tumors differ and mandate an accurate preoperative diagnosis. The authors of this report evaluated whether computed tomography (CT) can be...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Lahat G,Madewell JE,Anaya DA,Qiao W,Tuvin D,Benjamin RS,Lev DC,Pollock RE

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Postprostatectomy adjuvant or salvage radiotherapy, when using standard fractionation, requires 6.5 to 8 weeks of treatment. The authors report on the safety and efficacy of an expedited radiotherapy course for salvage prostate radiotherapy. METHODS:A total of 108 consecutive patients were treated with salv...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Kruser TJ,Jarrard DF,Graf AK,Hedican SP,Paolone DR,Wegenke JD,Liu G,Geye HM,Ritter MA

更新日期：2011-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Quality of life (QOL) issues in patients with head and neck carcinoma are of importance beyond the incidence of these tumors because of the impact of the disease and its treatment on external appearance and function of the upper aerodigestive tract. Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) patients comprise a unique s...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Talmi YP,Horowitz Z,Bedrin L,Wolf M,Chaushu G,Kronenberg J,Pfeffer MR

更新日期：2002-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Systematic symptom assessment is not routinely performed in pediatric oncology. The objectives of the current study were to characterize the symptoms of pediatric oncology outpatients and evaluate agreement between patient and proxy reports and the association between children's ratings and oncologists' trea...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Zhukovsky DS,Rozmus CL,Robert RS,Bruera E,Wells RJ,Chisholm GB,Allo JA,Cohen MZ

更新日期：2015-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In recent years numerous reports have discussed the relationship between the human leukocyte antigen and lung cancer. However, the genetic background of lung cancer has not yet been precisely clarified. METHODS:To investigate the genetic background of lung cancer, the human leukocyte antigens in 159 normal ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Shimura T,Hagihara M,Takebe K,Munkhbat B,Odaka T,Kato H,Nagamachi Y,Tsuji K

更新日期：1994-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Mesenchymal chondrosarcoma, an uncommon lesion of bone and extraskeletal tissue, is rare in the orbit. A case of extraskeletal mesenchymal chondrosarcoma of the orbit in a 28-year-old woman presenting with proptosis and diminution of vision in the left eye is reported. Histologically, the tumor showed areas of undiffe...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Bagchi M,Husain N,Goel MM,Agrawal PK,Bhatt S

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-five patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), with progressive inoperable tumors were treated. Twenty-three patients were of "limited" stage. Six patients had received previous thoracic radiotherapy. Patients with central nervous system (CNS) metastases, Karnofsky scores of less than 30 or more...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Thatcher N,Smith DB,Lind MJ,Anderson H,Barclay J,Chopra MP,Fitzgerald MD

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of inadvertent administration of over twice the usual dose of methyl-CCNU. The patient exhibited an early onset of bone marrow suppression. Profound pancytopenia, including lymphopenia, persisted for over seven weeks, Although early recovery started at about five weeks. Permanent marrow damage was ind...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Breeden JH,Vollmer JT,Twomey PL

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The 5-year survival rate of patients with submucosal (sm) esophageal carcinoma continues to be much worse than that with intramucosal (m) lesions. The reasons are unclear, but matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and membrane type matrix metalloproteinases (MT-MMPs) are known to be involved in degradation of ext...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Ohashi K,Nemoto T,Nakamura K,Nemori R

更新日期：2000-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Partial splenic embolization (PSE) has been used to improve hematologic parameters related to hypersplenism. The purpose of this study was to review our institutional experience with PSE for cancer patients with thrombocytopenia because of splenic sequestration precluding the administration of systemic thera...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Kauffman CR,Mahvash A,Kopetz S,Wolff RA,Ensor J,Wallace MJ

更新日期：2008-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A National Institutes of Health (NIH) Consensus Development Conference on the treatment of patients with early stage invasive breast carcinoma, held in June 1990, recommended breast conservation therapy for the majority of women with Stage I or II breast carcinoma. The authors evaluated the national use of b...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Lazovich D,Solomon CC,Thomas DB,Moe RE,White E

更新日期：1999-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical, patient-oriented focus of medicine and psychology is contrasted with the epidemiologic (public health) approach in assessing the role of life-style factors and health promotion in cancer research. The unifying host-agent-environment epidemiologic paradigm is applied to contemporary cancer prevention issu...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Celentano DD

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with metastatic melanoma (MM) have very few therapy options. Based on reports of responses to paclitaxel and carboplatin (PC), 31 patients with MM were treated with PC. METHODS:Data regarding patients treated with PC were abstracted from medical records. Clinical outcomes as determined by the treat...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Rao RD,Holtan SG,Ingle JN,Croghan GA,Kottschade LA,Creagan ET,Kaur JS,Pitot HC,Markovic SN

更新日期：2006-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Nineteen patients with locally advanced bladder cancer were treated with irradiation and concomitant 5-fluorouracil intravenous infusion with or without bolus mitomycin. Eighteen of the 19 patients were evaluated for local response. Eleven of the 18 patients (61%) obtained a complete local response within 3 to 6 month...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Rotman M,Macchia R,Silverstein M,Aziz H,Choi K,Rosenthal J,Braverman A,Laungani GB

更新日期：1987-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The prognostic significance of histologic tumor grade has been evaluated in 1537 women entered into the Ludwig Trials I-IV of adjuvant therapy for node-positive breast cancer. Tumor grade was determined on histologic review of primary tumor sections by two central review pathologists using a modification of the Bloom ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Davis BW,Gelber RD,Goldhirsch A,Hartmann WH,Locher GW,Reed R,Golouh R,Säve-Söderbergh J,Holloway L,Russell I

更新日期：1986-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The c-Met/hepatocyte growth factor receptor and its family members are known to promote cancer cell migration and invasion. Signaling within and beyond this pathway contributes to the systemic spread of metastases through induction of the epithelial-mesenchymal transition, a process also implicated in mediating resist...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Bhardwaj V,Cascone T,Cortez MA,Amini A,Evans J,Komaki RU,Heymach JV,Welsh JW

更新日期：2013-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The incidence of basal cell carcinoma (BCC) in a defined population is unknown. METHODS:The incidence of histologically diagnosed cases of BCC in a defined population of a city in southern Sweden was studied. Four 2-year periods were examined from 1970 to 1986. Cases from 1970 and 1980 were reexamined micro...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Dahl E,Aberg M,Rausing A,Rausing EL

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous Commission on Cancer studies have examined time trends in stage of disease, treatment patterns, and survival for special populations. Reported herein are the most current National Cancer Data Base data for Hispanics. METHODS:Two Calls for Data have yielded a total of 23,650 cancer reports for Hispa...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Villar HV,Menck HR

更新日期：1994-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although < 1% of men present with prostate-specific antigen (PSA)-negative prostate carcinoma, in that they have serum PSA levels much lower than the tumor burden would suggest, such patients represent a management dilemma. To the authors' knowledge, little information exists in the literature regarding patt...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Birtle AJ,Freeman A,Masters JR,Payne HA,Harland SJ,BAUS Section of Oncology Cancer Registry.

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to determine whether the presence of more than 5% blasts in a differential count of cytocentrifuged cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) with less than 6 leukocytes/microliter was predictive of central nervous system (CNS) relapse in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). A double concent...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Odom LF,Wilson H,Cullen J,Bank J,Blake M,Jamieson B

更新日期：1990-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Hereditary adenomatosis of the colon and rectum (HACR) is associated with a wide variety of extracolonic manifestations. Two cases of neoplasia involving the adrenal gland are reported, one adenoma and one carcinoma. The literature relating these lesions to HACR and other syndromes of malignant and nonmalignant growth...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Painter TA,Jagelman DG

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxygen remains one of the most potent sensitizers of mammalian cells yet studied and, most important, it is maximumly sensitizing at physiologic concentrations. There is very good evidence that solid tumors of both experimental animals and man contain hypoxic and viable cells. In experimental animals hyperbaric oxygen...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Suit HD

更新日期：1968-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 209 Hodgkin's disease patients treated at least 6 months with a five-drug combination of induction chemotherapy and having a complete remission, four patients developed acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) as a second malignant neoplasm. The overall relative risk for development of AML is 185.0 (P less than 0.05) and t...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Bartolucci AA,Liu C,Durant JR,Gams RA

更新日期：1983-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:It was shown previously that invasive human transitional cell carcinoma cell line EJ, but not the noninvasive RT4 cells, can degrade basement membrane laminin and that the degradation of basement membrane laminin was a result of a redistribution of activated cysteine proteinase cathepsin B to the plasma membrane of th...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Redwood SM,Liu BC,Weiss RE,Hodge DE,Droller MJ

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sixty percent of patients with stage IV melanoma may develop brain metastases, which result in significantly increased morbidity and a poor overall prognosis. Phase 3 studies of melanoma usually exclude patients with untreated brain metastases; therefore, clinical data for intracranial responses to treatment...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Holbrook K,Lutzky J,Davies MA,Davis JM,Glitza IC,Amaria RN,Diab A,Patel SP,Amin A,Tawbi H

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND METHODS:The antiemetic activity of ondansetron (Zofran, Glaxo Pharmaceuticals, Research Triangle Park, NC) was evaluated in 25 patients with recurrent melanoma who were treated sequentially with dacarbazine (DTIC), vinblastine, and cisplatin. The antiemetic regimen included ondansetron alone in 11 patien...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Legha SS,Hodges C,Ring S

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between January 1, 1980, and July 31, 1985, 168 patients were treated at our institution for chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). Splenectomy was performed on 32 (23 men and 9 women). The mean age of these surgical patients was 59.4 years (range, 43-75). Twenty-four patients had received chemotherapy and/or corticother...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Delpero JR,Gastaut JA,Letreut YP,Caamano A,Mathieu-Tubiana N,Maraninchi D,Simon-Lejeune C,Mascret B,Blanc AP,Sebahoun G

更新日期：1987-01-15 00:00:00