Mammography quality assurance. Current issues.

abstract：:A clinicopathologic study of 51 patients with endoscopically removed large bowel polyps showing histologic evidence of malignancy, either focally, to a massive extent, or comprising the entire polyp, revealed only one absolute finding capable of predicting residual disease, namely, the presence of cancer at the resect...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Lipper S,Kahn LB,Ackerman LV

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cancer patients and their oncologists often report differing perceptions of consultation discussions and discordant expectations regarding treatment outcomes. CONNECT, a computer-based communication aid, was developed to improve communication between patients and oncologists. METHODS:CONNECT includes assess...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Meropol NJ,Egleston BL,Buzaglo JS,Balshem A,Benson AB 3rd,Cegala DJ,Cohen RB,Collins M,Diefenbach MA,Miller SM,Fleisher L,Millard JL,Ross EA,Schulman KA,Silver A,Slater E,Solarino N,Sulmasy DP,Trinastic J,Weinfurt K

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The diagnostic accuracy of technetium-99m methoxyisobutylisonitrile (Tc-MIBI) single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and computed tomography (CT) of the head and neck for differentiating recurrent or residual nasopharyngeal carcinomas (NPC) from benign lesions after radiotherapy was compared with...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Kao CH,Shiau YC,Shen YY,Yen RF

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In regional lymph node metastasis of cutaneous melanoma, the number and volume of involved lymph nodes are the most important prognostic factors. Several studies have revealed that palpation of the lymphatic drainage area(s) and regional lymph nodes has a high rate of false-negative results during follow-up....

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Blum A,Schlagenhauff B,Stroebel W,Breuninger H,Rassner G,Garbe C

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A previous comparative tissue proteomics study by the authors of the current study led to the identification of caldesmon (CaD) as one of the proteins associated with cervical metastasis of oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). In the current investigation, the authors focused on the potential function...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Chang KP,Wang CL,Kao HK,Liang Y,Liu SC,Huang LL,Hseuh C,Hsieh YJ,Chien KY,Chang YS,Yu JS,Chi LM

更新日期：2013-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective study of all cases of seminoma treated at Roswell Park Memorial Institute from 1970 through 1979 was conducted. Fifty-six evaluable patients treated initially with radiation therapy were seen during this period, and the overall survival rate at an average follow-up period of 52 months was 82%. The surv...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Huben RP,Williams PD,Pontes JE,Panahon AM,Murphy GP

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients' estimates of their chances of therapeutic benefit from participation in early phase trials greatly exceed historical data. Ethicists worry that this therapeutic misestimation undermines the validity of informed consent. METHODS:The authors interviewed 45 patients enrolled in phase 1 or 2 oncology ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Sulmasy DP,Astrow AB,He MK,Seils DM,Meropol NJ,Micco E,Weinfurt KP

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Validation of the prognostic indices for the recurrence-free interval of patients with parotid carcinoma, the development of which was described in a previous report, is needed to be confident of their generalizability and justified prospective use. METHODS:The Dutch Cooperative Group on Head and Neck Cance...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Vander Poorten VL,Hart AA,van der Laan BF,Baatenburg de Jong RJ,Manni JJ,Marres HA,Meeuwis CA,Lubsen H,Terhaard CH,Balm AJ

更新日期：2003-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bortezomib is a proteasome inhibitor with manageable clinical toxicity and laboratory evidence of anti-melanoma activity. Therefore, it was considered for clinical testing in patients with metastatic melanoma. METHODS:Patients with metastatic melanoma and adequate hematologic, renal, and hepatic function we...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Markovic SN,Geyer SM,Dawkins F,Sharfman W,Albertini M,Maples W,Fracasso PM,Fitch T,Lorusso P,Adjei AA,Erlichman C

更新日期：2005-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:An epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) immunohistochemical detection system currently is being developed. The current study attempts to address background EGFR reactivity issues before determining the optimum EGFR scoring system. METHODS:Tissue sections from 102 patients with T3N1-2M1 colon adenocarcino...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Goldstein NS,Armin M

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cisplatin, 5-flourouracil (5-FU), and leucovorin (PFL) chemotherapy has been reported to be effective in the treatment of cancers but severe mucositis or neutropenia are dose limiting toxicities. This Phase II study evaluated the anticancer effect and the toxicities of a new weekly 24-hour infusional PFL che...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Chi KH,Chan WK,Shu CH,Law CK,Chen SY,Yen SH,Chen KY

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Metastatic renal cell cancer is associated with poor long-term survival and has no cure. Traditional clinical endpoints are best supplemented by patient-reported outcomes designed to assess symptoms and function. Normative data was obtained on the National Comprehensive Cancer Network-Functional Assessment o...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Butt Z,Peipert J,Webster K,Chen C,Cella D

更新日期：2013-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The regulation of parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTH-rP) mRNA levels and immunoreactive (ir)PTH-rP formation by peptide growth factors, particularly transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) and epidermal growth factor (EGF), in squamous cell carcinomas of gynecologic origin is largely unknown. METHO...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Tait DL,MacDonald PC,Casey ML

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The objective of the current study was to investigate the effects and the morbidities of single-fraction stereotactic radiation therapy (SRT) for lung tumors. METHODS:A Microtron device was modified to deliver stereotactic irradiation under respiratory gating. Between August 1998 and December 2004, 59 malig...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Hara R,Itami J,Kondo T,Aruga T,Uno T,Sasano N,Ohnishi K,Kiyozuka M,Fuse M,Ito M,Naoi K,Kohno Y

更新日期：2006-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Mesenchymal chondrosarcoma of bone and soft tissues treated at the Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli are reviewed. The skeletal locations were prominent in five cases. Only two cases were in the soft tissues. Radiographic picture in the bone shows an aggressive osteolysis, with soft tissues invasion. Histologic picture is t...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Bertoni F,Picci P,Bacchini P,Capanna R,Innao V,Bacci G,Campanacci M

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There were no significant differences between the mean blood plasma (leukocyte-free) RNAase activity among 128 healthy women volunteers age 13-70 and 49 women with benign gynecological tumors. Exceptions to this finding were three apparently healthy women volunteers who had plasma enzyme activity which was higher than...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Sheid B,Lu T,Pedrinan L,Nelson JH Jr

更新日期：1977-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 52-year-old female presented with an extensive retroperitoneal sarcoma and intraluminal inferior vena caval extension. Presumably during resection, embolization of a tumor fragment occurred to the right pulmonary hilum. The patient was asymptomatic for 16 months until a right hilar mass developed on a follow-up ches...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Arbeit JM,Flye MW,Mundinger GH Jr,Webber BL

更新日期：1980-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantitative counts of ferruginous bodies were performed on digests of lungs from 100 control and 30 lung cancer patients. It was found that the lung cancer group had significantly higher levels, although only 1 patient was known to be occupationally exposed to asbestos. It is suggested that even extremely low levels ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Warnock ML,Churg AM

更新日期：1975-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignant struma ovarii is a very rare tumor, consisting of a struma ovarii with malignant change. Only 17 examples with metastases have previously been reported. We present a case which involved both ovaries and produced multiple metastases. Microscopy and ultrastructure were identical to a mixed papillary and follic...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Pardo-Mindan FJ,Vazquez JJ

更新日期：1983-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The objective of this analysis was to evaluate the role of autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) in prolonging disease free survival (DFS) and overall survival (OS) in patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) who received autografts of Philadelphia chromosome (Ph) positive or Ph negative cell harve...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Koziner B,Dengra C,Lucero G,Klein G,Cánepa C,Milovic V,Milone G,Robinson A,Cerutti I,Saporito G,Kusminsky G,Milone J,Bordone J,Lastiri F,Argentine Group of Bone Marrow Transplantation.

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thymic carcinomas are rare malignant neoplasms of the thymic epithelium that are distinguished from the malignant thymomas by the presence of cytologic atypia. Thymic carcinomas may metastasize outside of the thorax and are associated with a very poor prognosis. Complete responses of thymic carcinoma to chemotherapy a...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Carlson RW,Dorfman RF,Sikic BI

更新日期：1990-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Since the 1970s, incidence rates of esophageal and gastric cardia adenocarcinoma have risen substantially. Reasons for the increasing trends are not well understood. METHODS:A population-based, case-control study that included esophageal adenocarcinomas (n = 222), gastric cardia adenocarcinomas (n = 277), d...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Wu AH,Tseng CC,Bernstein L

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mycosis fungoides (MF) is predominantly a disease of older patients, but occasionally occurs in children. The aims of the current study were to describe the clinical presentation, pathologic features, and disease progression (DP) in patients who developed MF before age 16 years. METHODS:A retrospective stud...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Wain EM,Orchard GE,Whittaker SJ,Spittle M Sc MF,Russell-Jones R

更新日期：2003-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The antitumor effect of human leukocyte interferon was investigated on ten patients with malignant brain tumor. In eight cases of primary tumor, IFN alone was administered when their recurrent sign was evident. A dose of 3 X 10(6) IU or 1 X 10(6) IU of IFN was injected intramuscularly two or three times a week in high...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Hirakawa K,Ueda S,Nakagawa Y,Suzuki K,Fukuma S,Kita M,Imanishi J,Kishida T

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Because of the structural and biochemical similarities between the antitumor p53 and p73 proteins, the authors hypothesized that individuals who carry high-risk genotypes of p53 codon 72 and p73 G4C14-to-A4T14 polymorphisms have a higher risk of developing second primary malignancy (SPM) after index squamous...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Zhang Y,Sturgis EM,Huang Z,Zafereo ME,Wei Q,Li G

更新日期：2012-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) has several potential uses in bone marrow transplantation. Most often IVIG is used to modify cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection or CMV-related interstitial pneumonia. It also is used to modify graft versus host disease (GVHD) and decrease infections other than CMV. Another use is to trea...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Gale RP,Winston D

更新日期：1991-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) occurs more frequently in patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV)-related chronic liver disease than those with hepatitis B virus-related disease. It is important to assess the factors affecting the development of HCC. METHODS:A long term follow-up study involving patients with ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Aizawa Y,Shibamoto Y,Takagi I,Zeniya M,Toda G

更新日期：2000-07-01 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：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:For the moment, there is uncertainty about the usefulness of early treatment of localized prostate carcinoma, uncertainty about whether some patients with early cancer can be managed expectantly, and uncertainty about how such patients might be recognized. METHODS:The authors studied serial values of prosta...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Vollmer RT,Egawa S,Kuwao S,Baba S

更新日期：2002-03-15 00:00:00