Amplification of ERBB-2 (HER-2/NEU) oncogene in different neoplasms of patients from USSR.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The therapeutic potential of chemotherapy in the treatment of recurrent or metastatic non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) seems modest. Thus, the search for novel agents and combination regimens with a superior therapeutic index has a high priority. The present combination regimen consisting of mitomycin C...

journal_title：Oncology

authors： Hejna M,Kornek GV,Raderer M,Marosi L,Schneeweiss B,Greul R,Weinländer G,Valencak J,Huber H,Scheithauer W

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Anthracycline is used to treat various types of cancer; however, cardiotoxicity negatively affects patient prognosis. OBJECTIVES:The aim of the present study was to investigate serial changes in levels of cardiac troponin I (TnI) and B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) in patients treated with anthracycline-co...

journal_title：Oncology

authors： Oikawa M,Yoshihisa A,Yokokawa T,Misaka T,Yaegashi D,Miyata M,Nakazato K,Ishida T,Takeishi Y

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We evaluated the psychometric properties of the Korean version of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer QLQ-PR25 when applied to Korean prostate cancer (PC) patients. METHODS:A total of 172 patients who underwent curative radical prostatectomy (RP) with or without adjuvant androgen d...

journal_title：Oncology

authors： Park J,Shin DW,Yun SJ,Park SW,Jeon SS,Kwak C,Kwon TG,Kim HJ,Ahn H

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Ovarian cancer is the most lethal gynecological malignancy, but information relevant to prognosis and outcomes remain unknown. Here, we used statistical methods to focus specifically on interactions between candidate prognostic variables. METHODS AND RESULTS:Univariate, multivariate, and elastic net modeling...

journal_title：Oncology

authors： Jatoi A,Vierkant RA,Hawthorne KM,Block MS,Ramus SJ,Larson NB,Fridley BL,Goode EL

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Surgery has traditionally been the treatment of choice for patients with potentially resectable esophageal carcinoma. Recently, however, definitive chemoradiotherapy (CRT) has been suggested as a preferred treatment modality. In this study, CRT results with or without surgery are compared. METHODS:A total o...

journal_title：Oncology

authors： Salek R,Tabrizi FV,Bezenjani SE,Saedi HS,Ashkiki MH,Hosainzadeh SM,Mohtashami S

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An increase in serum iron levels and a decrease in serum unsaturated iron binding capacity (uIBC) were noted following the administration of cisplatinum to 9 children with malignancies. The mean serum iron concentration increased from a pretreatment level of 75.7 +/- 30.5 micrograms/ml to a posttreatment level of 162....

journal_title：Oncology

authors： Kletter G,Parks BR Jr,Bhatnagar A,Iyer RV

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The paper presents the experience with watch-and-wait policy following radical surgery in 25 patients with primary gastric non-Hodgkin's (NH) lymphoma localized to the gastric wall. The median follow-up is at the moment 40 months (range 18-85). Only 3/25 patients have relapsed (during the first year of the follow-up) ...

journal_title：Oncology

authors： Jelić S,Kovcin V,Jovanović V,Oprić M,Milanović N

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) has been shown to be highly responsive to chemotherapy. The major limiting toxicity was myelotoxicity. Recently, the role of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) in reducing chemotherapy-induced neutropenic sepsis has been well established. In this study, we tested whether recom...

journal_title：Oncology

authors： Wang CH,Wang HM,Chen JS,Chang WJ,Lai GM

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with localized esophageal and esophagogastric junction cancer (EAC) receive chemoradiation and then surgery (trimodality, TMT) or definitive chemoradiation (bimodality, BMT). Distant metastases (DMs) are common but the details of their distribution and timing in a large cohort have not been describe...

journal_title：Oncology

authors： Shiozaki H,Sudo K,Xiao L,Wadhwa R,Elimova E,Hofstetter WL,Skinner HD,Lee JH,Weston B,Bhutani MS,Blum MA,Maru DM,Ajani JA

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:It was the aim of this study to evaluate clinicopathological characteristics and prognostic factors of uterine leiomyosarcomas (LMS). METHODS:Twenty-eight patients with uterine LMS were evaluated in this retrospective study. Their features and survival were analyzed by Kaplan-Meier and log-rank tests. RESU...

journal_title：Oncology

authors： Loizzi V,Cormio G,Nestola D,Falagario M,Surgo A,Camporeale A,Putignano G,Selvaggi L

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-eight patients with metastatic renal-cell carcinoma (RCC) and 1 patient with a second primary RCC were treated with coumarin and cimetidine. Patients received 400 mg cimetidine p.o. daily and after 1 week 100 mg coumarin p.o. daily in addition until tumour progression. Two complete remission (30 and 50+ months)...

journal_title：Oncology

authors： Kokron O,Maca S,Gasser G,Schmidt PR

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective tumor responses and survival rates with standard chemotherapy options for small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) and non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) have been disappointing. However, several promising new classes of agents have emerged in recent years, including the taxanes, mitotic spindle inhibitors, antimetabol...

journal_title：Oncology

authors： Huang CH,Treat J

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the relationship between treatment outcomes and hand-foot syndrome (HFS), and the relationship between survival rate and post-progression treatment after sorafenib therapy. METHODS:The study assessed 314 patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) treated with sorafenib at 5 general ho...

journal_title：Oncology

authors： Ogawa C,Morita M,Omura A,Noda T,Kubo A,Matsunaka T,Tamaki H,Shibatoge M,Tsutsui A,Senoh T,Nagano T,Takaguchi K,Tani J,Morishita A,Yoneyama H,Masaki T,Moriya A,Ando M,Deguchi A,Kokudo Y,Minami Y,Ueshima K,Sakur

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Systematic investigation of a novel series of intercalating agents, 9-aza-anthrapyrazoles, has led to the identification of a promising analogue, BBR 3438. This study describes the antitumour efficacy of the novel compound in human prostate carcinoma models and the molecular/cellular basis of its activity. ...

journal_title：Oncology

authors： Supino R,Polizzi D,Pavesi R,Pratesi G,Guano F,Capranico G,Palumbo M,Sissi C,Richter S,Beggiolin G,Menta E,Pezzoni G,Spinelli S,Torriani D,Carenini N,Dal Bo L,Facchinetti F,Tortoreto M,Zunino F

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Capecitabine is converted to 5-fluorouracil by thymidine phosphorylase, and mitomycin C is capable of upregulating the expression of thymidine phosphorylase suggesting a synergistic effect. Fifty-three patients (median age 62 years) with anthracycline- and taxane-resistant, metastatic breast cancer received mitomycin ...

journal_title：Oncology

authors： Massacesi C,La Cesa A,Marcucci F,Pilone A,Rocchi MB,Zepponi L,Santini D,Tonini G,Burattini L

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) is a standard therapy used in the treatment of intermediate hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Recently, balloon-occluded TACE (B-TACE) has been developed. PURPOSE:This study aimed to clarify the effects of B-TACE in patients with HCC, with a focus on which drug ...

journal_title：Oncology

authors： Shirono T,Iwamoto H,Niizeki T,Shimose S,Nakano M,Satani M,Okamura S,Noda Y,Kamachi N,Kuromatsu R,Sakai M,Nomiyama M,Kuwano T,Tanaka M,Koga H,Torimura T

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HER2 amplification/overexpression is a marker of poor prognosis in breast cancer. The prognostic impact of HER2 positivity is lower in node-negative compared with node-positive women. The only significant, independent prognostic factors in breast cancer are node status, HER2 status and menopausal status. HER2-positive...

journal_title：Oncology

authors： Ménard S,Fortis S,Castiglioni F,Agresti R,Balsari A

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied the effect of butyrate on mammary tumorigenesis by 7,12-dimethylbenz(a)anthracene. As reported previously, a high incidence of mammary tumors was observed in rats fed a basal diet containing 20% margarine. However, the enhancing effect of margarine was inhibited when sodium butyrate was supplemented in...

journal_title：Oncology

authors： Yanagi S,Yamashita M,Imai S

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare chemotherapy-related and total medical costs among patients with colorectal cancer (CRC) receiving capecitabine or 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) monotherapy after surgical resection. METHODS:This retrospective, claim-based study utilized the Thomson Reuters Market Scan(R) databases to identify 1,396 CRC p...

journal_title：Oncology

authors： Chu E,Shi N,Wei W,Bendell JC,Cartwright T

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Standard therapy for postoperative pain after laparoscopic colorectal surgeries at the Tan Tock Seng Hospital consists of intravenous morphine via patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) for the first 24-48 h, followed by oral analgesics. We compared the efficacy and safety of oral controlled-release (CR) oxycodo...

journal_title：Oncology

authors： Ho HS

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To improve the ability of an in vitro drug sensitivity test to predict in vivo effects, we applied a drug concentration that was pharmacokinetically equivalent to plasma levels and collagen gel droplet-embedded culture with a high cloning efficiency. We reported that the cell-killing effect of cell cycle phase-nonspec...

journal_title：Oncology

authors： Inaba M,Tashiro T,Sato S,Ohnishi Y,Tanisaka K,Kobayashi H,Koezuka M

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the chemo-radiotherapy of testicular tumors in clinical stage III. Our study involved 54 patients with lung metastases of seminoma and nonseminoma, treated with a combination of radiotherapy and chemotherapy. The results obtained have not satisfied our expectations. While in the 16 seminoma patients only 43...

journal_title：Oncology

authors： Mechl Z,Malír A

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Persistent infection with hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a major risk for the development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). One of the characteristics of HCV infection is the unusual augmentation of oxidative stress, which is exacerbated by iron accumulation in the liver, as observed frequently in hepatitis C patients. U...

journal_title：Oncology

authors： Fujinaga H,Tsutsumi T,Yotsuyanagi H,Moriya K,Koike K

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To define the cyclophosphamide (CTX) maximal tolerated dose when combined with fixed doses of gemcitabine, fluorouracil (5-FU) and folinic acid (leucovorin, LFA) in metastatic breast cancer patients pretreated with anthracyclines and taxanes. METHODS:Metastatic breast cancer patients aged < or = 75 years, with...

journal_title：Oncology

authors： Frasci G,D'Aiuto G,Comella P,Thomas R,Capasso I,Botti G,Cortino GR,Di Bonito M,Rubulotta R,Vallone P,Comella G

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activity and toxicity of UFT (Tegafur and Uracil) in a 4:1 molar concentration, plus leucovorin (LV), were evaluated in the treatment of 45 patients with advanced, bidimensionally measurable metastatic colorectal carcinoma. Initially 350 and later 300 mg/m2/day, plus 150 mg LV, as administered in divided doses eve...

journal_title：Oncology

authors： Pazdur R

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Preclinical studies indicated that imatinib may have single-agent activity in glioblastoma through inhibition of tyrosine kinase activity and also that it might enhance the efficacy of radiotherapy. We therefore sought to investigate clinical efficacy in patients with newly diagnosed and recurrent glioblastoma ...

journal_title：Oncology

authors： Sautter L,Hofheinz R,Tuettenberg J,Grimm M,Vajkoczy P,Groden C,Schmieder K,Hochhaus A,Wenz F,Giordano FA

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is characterized as a highly chemoresistant cancer with no effective systemic therapy. Despite surgical or locoregional therapies, prognosis remains poor because of high tumor recurrence or tumor progression, and currently there are no well-established effective adjuvant therapies. The m...

journal_title：Oncology

authors： Pang RW,Poon RT

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Oncogene-driven stress-related DNA damage has been observed in lesions of colon cancer. Furthermore, DNA sensors and nucleases are stimulated during active DNA damage and replication. However, their changes and influences with respect to cancer remain largely unknown. METHODS:The gene expression levels of cG...

journal_title：Oncology

authors： Yang CA,Huang HY,Chang YS,Lin CL,Lai IL,Chang JG

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are numerous data on the immunostimulative and antitumorous activity of various Viscum album tissue extracts. Isorel (Novipharm, Austria) is one of these compounds. We found that in mice an increased number of plaque-forming cells to sheep red blood cells (SRBC) followed the injection of Isorel together with SRB...

journal_title：Oncology

authors： Jurin M,Zarković N,Hrzenjak M,Ilić Z

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many patients on cytotoxic chemotherapy show reduced frequency of menstrual bleeding due to a reduction in ovarian follicular activity. The endocrine perturbations related to these changed menstrual patterns were studied in detail. Nineteen regularly menstruating patients with primary breast cancer were given either c...

journal_title：Oncology

authors： Dowsett M,Richner J

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00