Determinants of receiving breast-conserving surgery. The Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program, 1983-1986.

abstract：:Thirty-eight metastatic breast cancer patients were treated with aminoglutethimide. All patients had progressive metastatic disease following initial response to Tamoxifen therapy. Thirty-two patients were evaluable for response, of these, two patients (6%) had complete remission, 13 patients (41%) had partial respons...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Buzdar AU,Powell KC,Legha SS,Blumenschein GR

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To compare the diagnostic value of thoracoscopic biopsy, fluid cytology, and Abrams needle biopsy, the authors analyzed prospectively the records of 188 patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma examined between 1973 and 1990. Symptoms were pleural effusion in 173 patients, empyema in 1, spontaneous pneum...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Boutin C,Rey F

更新日期：1993-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with schistosomiasis of the urinary bladder (SB) associated with carcinoma of the bladder (SCB) or carcinoma of the prostate (SCP) have a variety of immunologic abnormalities, including the presence of HLA-DR+ and interleukin-2 receptor-positive (IL-2R+) T-lymphocytes in circulating blood. This study demonstr...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Raziuddin S,Shetty S,Ibrahim A,Patil K

更新日期：1990-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of immunotherapy with Nocardia rubra cell-wall skeleton (N-CWS) on remission duration and survival of adults with acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) was studied in a prospective randomized controlled study. After having been induced into complete remission and having been consolidated, 73 patients were random...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Ohno R,Nakamura H,Kodera Y,Ezaki K,Yokomaku S,Oguma S,Kubota Y,Shibata H,Ogawa N,Masaoka T

更新日期：1986-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The differential diagnosis of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in patients with cancer can be challenging. Although diagnostic criteria for SARS have been issued by the World Health Organization (WHO), simple adoption of the established criteria may lead to overdiagnosis in patients with cancer or to...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Gu J,Wu A,Li J,Zhang X,Fang J,Li M,Yao Y,Ke Y,Gu J,Chen M,You W

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The objective of this study was to compare the quality of life (QOL) of younger (< or =50 years) versus older (>50 years) women on recent completion of treatment of breast carcinoma. METHODS:Data reported herein were obtained from a baseline assessment of 304 breast carcinoma patients. These patients were e...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Wenzel LB,Fairclough DL,Brady MJ,Cella D,Garrett KM,Kluhsman BC,Crane LA,Marcus AC

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 1-year-old infant with von Recklinghausen's neurofibromatosis was seen because of increasing clitoral enlargement over a 7-month period. The mother, who also had neurofibromatosis, was treated 2 years beforehand for an acoustic neuroma. The child was treated by radical clitorectomy. Pathologic examination revealed m...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Thomas WJ,Bevan HE,Hooper DG,Downey EJ

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Finland, the incidence of cervical cancer has shown a decreasing tendency since the 1960s. The same trend, however, has not been noticed in the incidence of cervical adenocarcinoma. The reason for this is not known, although many studies have shown differences in the cause, epidemiology, and biology of the epidermo...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Leminen A,Paavonen J,Forss M,Wahlström T,Vesterinen E

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A Chinese patient with documented hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) satisfied the criteria of Everson and Cole for spontaneous regression of malignant tumors. Subsequently he survived a tumor-free period of at least 13 years. During the period of regression, shrinkage of liver coincided with a rise of SGOT to a level com...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Lam KC,Ho JC,Yeung RT

更新日期：1982-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac metastases from malignant melanoma are frequent, usually asymptomatic and occur terminally. When responsible for symptoms, close evaluation of the patient is imperative for correct diagnosis and subsequent therapy. Surgical intervention where indicated in combination with chemotherapy and judicious use of irra...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Thomas JH,Panoussopoulos DG,Jewell WR,Pierce GE

更新日期：1977-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Individualization of treatment using judicious combinations of external and intracavitary irradiation remains the cornerstone of the radiation management of carcinoma of the cervix. The inherent propensity of this cancer to either confine itself to the pelvis or else spread in a systematic and predictable manner throu...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Rotman M,John M,Boyce J

更新日期：1981-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Nine cases identified as acinic cell adenocarcinoma of minor salivary glands from the files of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology and the Department of Pathology, Temple University School of Dentistry were studied to determine the clinical and histomorphologic parameters of this lesion. One case was examined ultr...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Chen SY,Brannon RB,Miller AS,White DK,Hooker SP

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The best practice of Sacramento's Asian American Network for Cancer Awareness Research and Training program is friendships and relationships. ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Shimizu R,Chen MS Jr,Snipes KP,Chan A,Wilson GR,Chong JL,Bal DG

更新日期：2005-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective was to study the association of race, comorbid illness, and lymph node dissection (LND) with complications in patients undergoing hysterectomy for endometrial carcinoma. METHODS:The Health Care Cost Utilization Project analysis studied women undergoing hysterectomy for endometrial carcinoma in ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Brooks SE,Ahn J,Mullins CD,Baquet CR,D'Andrea A

更新日期：2001-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-one previously untreated patients with a diagnosis of acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) were entered on a study using early intensification followed by a short-term maintenance chemotherapy. Induction and early intensification consisted of three to four cycles of doxorubicin, vincristine, cytosine arabinoside (Ar...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Kantarjian HM,Keating MJ,Walters RS,McCredie KB,Bodey GP,Freireich EJ

更新日期：1986-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Eighty-nine patients were studied for the incidence and nature of phantom breast sensations (PBS) after a modified mastectomy. Twenty-nine (33%) reported experiencing pain or itching in the breast or the more vague sensation that the breast was still present. Phantom breast sensations appeared generally within the fir...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Staps T,Hoogenhout J,Wobbes T

更新日期：1985-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunoblastic sarcoma is a malignancy of transformed lymphocytes with a high association of occurrence in patients with immune disorders. The youngest previously reported case occurred in a 6-year-old child with immunoblastic lymphadenopathy. The authors report the finding of immunoblastic sarcoma of B-cells in a prev...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Larson T,Katz DA,Mailliard JA

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The staging system for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) does not consider tumor burden or number of metastatic sites, although oligometastases are more favorable. METHODS:Using log-rank testing, the authors analyzed overall survival (OS) in 1284 patients newly presenting with metastatic NSCLC by number of...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Oh Y,Taylor S,Bekele BN,Debnam JM,Allen PK,Suki D,Sawaya R,Komaki R,Stewart DJ,Karp DD

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is limited published evidence regarding the efficacy of total skin electron beam radiation for patients with the diffuse erythrodermic form of mycosis fungoides. METHODS:Forty-five patients with erythrodermic mycosis fungoides were managed at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (n=34), an...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Jones GW,Rosenthal D,Wilson LD

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between June 1977 and December 1978, occult testicular leukemia (OTL) was discovered at three years of continual complete remission (CCR) from the time of diagnosis of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in 5 of 59 (8.5%) of males undergoing bilateral wedge testicular biopsy at 1 of 15 participating Southwest Oncology ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Askin FB,Land VJ,Sullivan MP,Ragab AH,Steuber CP,Dyment PG,Talbert J,Moore T

更新日期：1981-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The authors hypothesized that comprehensive genomic profiling of advanced-stage cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC) could identify genomic-derived drug targets of therapy for patients with conventional therapy-resistant disease. METHODS:Comprehensive genomic profiling of 315 cancer genes was applied to...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Al-Rohil RN,Tarasen AJ,Carlson JA,Wang K,Johnson A,Yelensky R,Lipson D,Elvin JA,Vergilio JA,Ali SM,Suh J,Miller VA,Stephens PJ,Ganesan P,Janku F,Karp DD,Subbiah V,Mihm MC,Ross JS

更新日期：2016-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite relatively high response rates to chemotherapy for ovarian carcinoma, most patients eventually will have progressive disease that will require additional therapy. Most efforts to study such second-line or "salvage" chemotherapy have been single-arm trials of small numbers of patients, which report widely varia...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Thigpen JT,Vance RB,Khansur T

更新日期：1993-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：METHODS:The diagnostic performance of transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) gland volume and prostate specific antigen (PSA) results were evaluated in 204 men consecutively scheduled to undergo transurethral prostatic resection (TUR). RESULTS:Nonpalpable prostate cancer was detected by TRUS alone in 18% (29 of 161) and by TUR...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Lee F,Littrup PJ,Loft-Christensen L,Kelly BS Jr,McHugh TA,Siders DB,Mitchell AE,Newby JE

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From November 1985 to August 1988, the National Study Group for Oesophageal Cancer collected and centralized data on 1926 new cases of oesophageal cancer in South Africa. A standard data sheet was used to record the age, sex, and condition of the patients, the site, length, and circumferential extent of the tumor, the...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Mannell A,Murray W

更新日期：1989-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Estimates of the fecal occult blood test (FOBT) (Hemoccult II) sensitivity differed widely between screening trials and led to divergent conclusions on the effects of FOBT screening. We used microsimulation modeling to estimate a preclinical colorectal cancer (CRC) duration and sensitivity for unrehydrated F...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Lansdorp-Vogelaar I,van Ballegooijen M,Boer R,Zauber A,Habbema JD

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arylsulfatase B activity has been determined in 24-hour urine samples from 243 patients with colorectal cancer. Elevated activity of the enzyme was obsereved in 172 out of 243 (71%) patients. Employing Dukes' modified classification of colorectal cancer, urine arylsulfatase B activity was elevated in Dukes' A lesions-...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Morgan LR Jr,Samuels MS,Thomas W,Krementz ET,Meeker W

更新日期：1975-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The capacity of neonatal sacrococcygeal teratomas (SCT) to recur is a well-recognized phenomenon. However, only a few studies have reported recurrence of the tumors beyond childhood. METHODS:A follow-up of patients for the detection of late recurrent SCT was performed in 45 patients, ages 4-43 years (mean, ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Lahdenne P,Heikinheimo M,Nikkanen V,Klemi P,Siimes MA,Rapola J

更新日期：1993-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Germ cell tumors (GCTs) in adolescent and young males are very sensitive to cisplatin-based chemotherapy. However, 10-20% of the patients cannot be cured by currently available therapeutic options. Once a tumor does not respond to cisplatin, current therapeutic modalities offer only a chance for short pallia...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Kollmannsberger C,Mayer F,Pressler H,Koch S,Kanz L,Oosterhuis JW,Looijenga LH,Bokemeyer C

更新日期：2002-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Treatment of localized prostate carcinoma (LPC) using radiotherapy (RT) can induce disturbances in a patient's quality of life (QOL) and urinary and intestinal function. Late symptoms and QOL were evaluated in a randomized trial between RT and deferred treatment (DT). METHODS:Quality of life was evaluated w...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Fransson P,Damber JE,Tomic R,Modig H,Nyberg G,Widmark A

更新日期：2001-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignant schwannomas with rhabdomyoblastic differentiation have been termed malignant "Triton" tumors (MTT). To define the natural history of MTT, we have analyzed our experience (9 cases, the largest series reported) in combination with the 27 previously described in the literature (total 36 cases). This study was i...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Brooks JS,Freeman M,Enterline HT

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00