Older women as the focus for research and treatment of ovarian cancer. An overview for the National Institute on Aging, National Cancer Institute, and American Cancer Society Multidisciplinary Working Conference.

abstract：:The development of resistance to purine analogs defines a poor-risk subset of patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). Although in recent years chemoimmunotherapeutic combinations such as fludarabine, cyclophosphamide, and rituximab have induced response rates of 95% in previously untreated patients and incre...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Tsimberidou AM,Keating MJ

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNA) has been successful in diagnosing epithelial lesions of the breast. Its role in the evaluation of spindle cell and mesenchymal lesions of the breast, which include a variety of benign and malignant conditions, is less clear. This article discusses the cytologic features an...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Chhieng DC,Cangiarella JF,Waisman J,Fernandez G,Cohen JM

更新日期：1999-12-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lung carcinoma remains the major cause of cancer death in North America and is even more common among military veterans. The objective of this study was to determine whether there were differences in the characteristics and survival of Pennsylvania patients with lung carcinoma in the Veterans Administration ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Campling BG,Hwang WT,Zhang J,Thompson S,Litzky LA,Vachani A,Rosen IM,Algazy KM

更新日期：2005-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to determine whether the use of a sequence of chemotherapeutic regimens plus BCG could produce longer durations of remission in adult acute nonlymphocytic leukemia than maintenance therapy with cytosine arabinoside, 6-thioguanine, plus BCG, a randomized study was performed at Washington University. Upon achie...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Presant CA,Berger NA,Klahr C,Phillips GL

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The disposition of many drugs in obesity is altered, although little is known of the effect of obesity on the pharmacokinetics of anti-cancer drugs. In this report the authors describe the pharmacokinetics of high-dose methotrexate in an obese woman (184% ideal body weight) with osteosarcoma. For this patient, both th...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Fleming RA,Eldridge RM,Johnson CE,Stewart CF

更新日期：1991-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In light of the steadily improving capability to treat opportunistic infections, the authors reviewed their recent experience with short course empiric radiotherapy for the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-associated presumed central nervous system (CNS) lymphoma. METHODS:Medical records were...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Donahue BR,Sullivan JW,Cooper JS

更新日期：1995-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The prognostic significance of the pretreatment growth characteristics of marrow blasts was examined in 37 patients with acute nonlymphocytic leukemia (ANLL) treated with a similar therapeutic regimen. Initial mitotic index (MI) and in vitro 3H-thymidine labeling index (LI) were broadly distributed showing no correlat...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Amadori S,Petti MC,De Francesco A,Chierichini A,Mastrovincenzo C,Testa MG,Mandelli F

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pericardial effusion and trifascicular block developed 5 years following mediastinal irradiation for Hodgkin's disease in a 19-year-old patient. Another 24-year-old patients had an acute myocardial infarction followed by severe angina pectoris 5 years following mediastinal irradiation for the same disease. A pericardi...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Ali MK,Kahlil KG,Fuller LM,Leachman RD,Sullivan MP,Loh KK,Gamble JF,Shullenberger CC

更新日期：1976-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Initial clinic studies revealed that the overexpression of proline-directed protein kinase F(A) (PDPK F(A)) is associated conversely with various stages of tumor tissue differentiation. However, the role of overexpressed PDPK F(A) in tumor cell differentiation remains unknown and needs to be established. In ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Hsu CP,Yang CC,Yang SD

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In many areas of health care, whether patients receive specific medical interventions often is influenced heavily by the local availability of resources for delivering those services. However, relations between resource availability and utilization are relatively unexplored in cancer care, including perioper...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Wong SL,Wei Y,Birkmeyer JD

更新日期：2007-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Without organized clinical trials, we are doomed to repeat our mistakes endlessly. There are many genuine conflicts of interest intrinsic to clinical research. Some of these arise from the necessity of admitting that we as physicians do not know the best way to treat every disease or each patient and that all treatmen...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Hrushesky WJ

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case report of a metastasizing basal cell carcinoma is presented, primary in the leg with regional inguinal lymph node metastasis, followed by extensive metastasis to skin and bone marrow with myelophthisic anemia and terminal splenohepatic and unilateral adrenal metastasis. ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Coletta DF,Haentze FE,Thomas CC

更新日期：1968-10-01 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：:In order to determine if recombinant interleukin-2 (rIL-2) can induce lymphokine-activated killer (LAK) cells able to lyse autologous leukemic cells, we incubated peripheral blood (PB) mononuclear cells from children with acute leukemia with 50 U/ml rIL-2 for 5 days. These PB effector cells were then tested for their ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Findley HW Jr,Abdel Mageed A,Nasr SA,Ragab AH

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We sought to determine the impact of radical nephrectomy case volume, hospital size, and geographic region on immediate surgical outcomes for patients undergoing radical nephrectomy in academic centers across the country. METHODS:The University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC) Clinical Data Base was queried fo...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Mitchell RE,Lee BT,Cookson MS,Barocas DA,Duke Herrell S,Clark PE,Smith JA,Chang SS

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:hMLH1, the human MutL homologue, has been linked to microsatellite instability (MSI) in gastrointestinal tumors. However, to the authors' knowledge, the role of hMLH1, the other mismatch repair genes (MMR), and MSI in ovarian carcinoma has not been well defined. The purpose of the current study was to determ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Geisler JP,Goodheart MJ,Sood AK,Holmes RJ,Hatterman-Zogg MA,Buller RE

更新日期：2003-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:External beam radiation therapy (EBRT) for rectal cancer unavoidably delivers significant radiation dose to the prostate gland. The effect of this incidental exposure on subsequent prostate cancer diagnosis was investigated using the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) cancer registry. METHOD...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Hoffman KE,Hong TS,Zietman AL,Russell AH

更新日期：2008-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Oral rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) was studied by analysis of eight such cases which presented over a 25-year period. Rhabdomyosarcoma was the fourth most common oral sarcoma (7.5%) from this period after osteosarcoma (32%), fibrosarcoma (19%), and chondrosarcoma (9%). In patients younger than 20 years, RMS was the second mo...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Peters E,Cohen M,Altini M,Murray J

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The metabolism of 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) was studied in biopsy specimens of primary colorectal cancer and healthy colonic mucosa obtained from previously untreated patients immediately after surgical removal. The conversion of 5-FU to anabolites was measured under saturating substrate (5-FU) and cosubstrate concentrati...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Peters GJ,van Groeningen CJ,Laurensse EJ,Pinedo HM

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Insular thyroid carcinoma was described originally as a tumor with aggressive behavior. However, whether a predominant insular component is an independent factor for poor prognosis is unclear. METHODS:The authors compared the clinical behavior of tumors in three groups of patients with thyroid carcinoma--13...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Pellegriti G,Giuffrida D,Scollo C,Vigneri R,Regalbuto C,Squatrito S,Belfiore A

更新日期：2002-11-15 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：BACKGROUND:The prognostic value of flow cytometric analysis of DNA content is contradictory in renal cell carcinoma (RCC). METHODS:Flow cytometric analysis was performed on 72 patients with RCC, and the relationship between the DNA content and pathologic or clinical features was investigated. RESULTS:Aneuploidy was o...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Nakano E,Kondoh M,Okatani K,Seguchi T,Sugao H

更新日期：1993-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Intersitial pneumonia and pulmonary fibrosis developed in a 72-year-old man during therapy with cyclophosphamide, vincristine, and prednisone. After extensive investigations, including an open lung biopsy, cyclophosphamide appeared to be the cause of the pulmonary disease. Complete disappearance of tachypnea and the p...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Patel AR,Shah PC,Rhee HL,Sassoon H,Rao KP

更新日期：1976-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Clear cell sarcoma (CCS) of tendons and aponeuroses is extremely rare in childhood and little information is available on its clinical management. Originally believed to be a type of melanoma of soft tissue origin, CCS is now considered a distinct clinicopathologic entity that behaves like a high-grade soft ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Ferrari A,Casanova M,Bisogno G,Mattke A,Meazza C,Gandola L,Sotti G,Cecchetto G,Harms D,Koscielniak E,Treuner J,Carli M

更新日期：2002-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The optimal treatment of the primary tumor in patients with brain metastases (BM) from newly diagnosed nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC) remains unclear. The authors aimed to identify patient groups with synchronous BM for whom radical treatment of the primary site may be appropriate. METHODS:The medical re...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Lind JS,Lagerwaard FJ,Smit EF,Postmus PE,Slotman BJ,Senan S

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We previously reported that a single prostate-specific antigen (PSA) measured at ages 44-50 was highly predictive of subsequent prostate cancer diagnosis in an unscreened population. Here we report an additional 7 years of follow-up. This provides replication using an independent data set and allows estimate...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Lilja H,Cronin AM,Dahlin A,Manjer J,Nilsson PM,Eastham JA,Bjartell AS,Scardino PT,Ulmert D,Vickers AJ

更新日期：2011-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Current salvage therapy for recurrent high-risk neuroblastoma is rarely curative. Assessment of the effectiveness of new, primarily cytostatic agents requires the redefinition of study endpoints to reflect disease stabilization rather than tumor response or regression. The intervals of disease control in the...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Santana VM,Furman WL,McGregor LM,Billups CA

更新日期：2008-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The majority of patients with advanced ovarian cancer progress after first-line therapy and require further treatment. Tumor biology, prior chemotherapy, responses to previous therapy, performance status, and toxicity are the characteristics that influence treatment choice. These criteria have been linked to the time ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Pignata S,Pisano C,Di Napoli M,Cecere SC,Tambaro R,Attademo L

更新日期：2019-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Molecular genetic studies of ovarian cancer have been limited by the inaccessible location of the ovary, the advanced stage of tumors available for analysis, and the lack of a well-defined precursor lesion. However, genetic alterations important in ovarian tumorigenesis have been identified recently. METHOD...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Gallion HH,Pieretti M,DePriest PD,van Nagell JR Jr

更新日期：1995-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The median survival for patients with glioblastoma is reported to be 12 months. To improve the outcome for glioblastoma patients, the authors evaluated the therapeutic efficacy of preirradiation gemcitabine chemotherapy followed by standard radiotherapy. METHODS:Twenty-one patients with newly diagnosed glio...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Weller M,Streffer J,Wick W,Kortmann RD,Heiss E,Küker W,Meyermann R,Dichgans J,Bamberg M

更新日期：2001-01-15 00:00:00