Early results from a phase I/II radiation dose-escalation study with concurrent amifostine and infusional 5-fluorouracil chemotherapy for preoperative treatment of unresectable or locally recurrent rectal carcinoma.

abstract：:Immune checkpoint molecules cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen-4 (CTLA-4) and programmed death-1 (PD-1), but also LAG-3 and TIM-3, are involved in regulation of peripheral tolerance in order to prevent autoimmunity. Blocking of these cell surface proteins by antibodies has resulted in remarkable anti-tumor immunity; howev...

journal_title：Seminars in oncology

authors： Haanen JB,Thienen Hv,Blank CU

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been a challenge to find effective chemotherapeutic treatments for malignant mesothelioma. Over the last several decades numerous single-drug and combination regimens have been examined, but no standard treatment with chemotherapy alone has emerged. Possible explanations for this lack of success are the heterog...

journal_title：Seminars in oncology

authors： Baas P

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypercalcemia, a complication that develops in 10% to 20% of patients with cancer, results from disruption of the normal physiologic mechanisms that closely regulate calcium homeostasis. Most patients with hypercalcemia are seriously dehydrated, and this volume depletion further compromises the kidney's ability to exc...

journal_title：Seminars in oncology

authors： Ritch PS

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The optimal management of early stage ovarian cancer with poor prognostic features remains controversial. On the basis of results of studies in advanced ovarian cancer, paclitaxel (Taxol; Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Princeton, NJ) in combination with a platinum agent has become part of adjuvant chemotherapy trials i...

journal_title：Seminars in oncology

authors： Young RC

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An overview of the causes, the clinical pictures and the management of obstruction in three major organ systems due to primary and secondary malignant neoplasms has been presented. Such obstruction often produces dramatic clinical pictures that require careful, appropriate, and often aggressive therapy if patients are...

journal_title：Seminars in oncology

authors： Sise JG,Crichlow RW

更新日期：1978-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Long-term survival is occasionally observed in patients with neoplastic meningitis (NM) accompanying breast cancer (13% one-year and 6% 2-year survival), melanoma, and lymphoma, but in general the survival of most patients is short and averages only 3 to 4 months. The incidence of NM appears to be increasing, in part ...

journal_title：Seminars in oncology

authors： Jaeckle KA

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously untreated patients with stages I to IV, N0-3, M0 unresectable non-small cell lung cancer were randomized to arm I (conventional radiotherapy [RT], 60 Gy in 30 fractions over 6 weeks), arm II (accelerated RT, 60 Gy in 30 fractions over 3 weeks), arm III (conventional RT, as in arm I, plus carboplatin 70 mg/m...

journal_title：Seminars in oncology

authors： Bishop JF,Ball D,Crennan E,Ryan G,Davis S,Toner G,O'Brien P,Olver I

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lonidamine belongs to a new class of antineoplastics agents, since it does interfere with cell energy processes. When administered as single agent in metastatic breast cancer, it produces moderate therapeutic effects. The pattern of toxicity includes myalgias, asthenia, testicular pain, and gastrointestinal discomfort...

journal_title：Seminars in oncology

authors： Rosso R,Amoroso D,Gardin G,Miglietta L,Guido T,Pace M,Repetto L,Pronzato P

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), one of the most common cancers worldwide, usually develops in a liver already suffering from chronic damages, often cirrhosis. There has been marked progress in the treatment of HCC. However, effective treatments are limited to patients with less advanced HCC. The detection of HCC at an...

journal_title：Seminars in oncology

authors： Masuzaki R,Karp SJ,Omata M

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of cancers present with synchronous or metachronous hepatic metastases. Historically, many of these patients were considered unresectable and were treated with either systemic chemotherapy or supportive care. Today, a variety of options exist for the management of hepatic metastases. Newer agents for systemic...

journal_title：Seminars in oncology

authors： Arciero CA,Sigurdson ER

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are several treatment options for patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC), including those with disease that has progressed after treatment with chemotherapy. Bevacizumab-containing regimens show good efficacy in patients with previously treated disease. Compared with infused 5-fluorouracil, leucovorin...

journal_title：Seminars in oncology

authors： Giantonio BJ

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immune dysregulation, a hallmark of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), manifests itself in three autoimmune diseases: warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA); idiopathic thrombocytopenia (ITP); and, pure red cell aplasia (PRCA). AIHA occurs in 11% of advanced stage CLL patients. Prednisone is the first treatment of c...

journal_title：Seminars in oncology

authors： Diehl LF,Ketchum LH

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Small cell carcinoma (SCC) has become recognized as a distinct, though relatively infrequent, clinical pathology that occurs in multiple sites throughout the head and neck. Excluding cases that are considered to arise from skin, SCC in the head and neck has been found to develop in nearly all structures associated wit...

journal_title：Seminars in oncology

authors： Renner G

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Platinum compounds have long played a role in the treatment of gynecologic cancers. Single-agent cisplatin and carboplatin have shown activity in endometrial cancer, and more recent studies have begun to investigate a variety of new platinum-based combinations. In cervical cancer, chemotherapy is used primarily to tre...

journal_title：Seminars in oncology

authors： Muggia FM

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most common form of primary malignant brain cancer. Median overall survival (OS) for newly diagnosed patients is only about 12 to 18 months. GBM tumors invariably recur, and there is no widely recognized and effective standard treatment for recurrent GBM. NovoTTF Therapy is a novel...

journal_title：Seminars in oncology

authors： Vymazal J,Wong ET

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A substantial proportion of patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck have extensive locoregional disease at presentation. While extensive surgical procedures may completely eradicate local disease with acceptable morbidity for smaller tumors, in patients with stage III and IV disease, high local rela...

journal_title：Seminars in oncology

authors： Eisenberger M,Jacobs M

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although chemotherapeutic regimens remain limited in activity against non-small cell lung cancer, some novel cytotoxic agents and radiotherapy techniques, alone or in combination, have shown promising advances. Numerous clinical trials have demonstrated increases in overall response rates, and some agents have shown a...

journal_title：Seminars in oncology

authors： Schiller JH

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a spectrum of presentations of skeletal manifestations of malignancy that includes generalized osteopenia and hypercalcemia, focal osteolysis, focal osteogenesis, and osteomalacia and hypophosphatemia. In various preclinical animal models, parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTHrP) was seen to be produced by...

journal_title：Seminars in oncology

authors： Goltzman D

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dry mouth (xerostomia) is one of the most common complaints following radiation therapy (RT) for head and neck cancers. Notably, RT causes irreparable damage to salivary glands that increases the risk for severe and long-term oral and pharyngeal disorders. Several strategies in the treatment of head and neck cancers h...

journal_title：Seminars in oncology

authors： Ship JA,Hu K

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this review is to demonstrate a successful use of preclinical models of bladder cancer to confirm the therapeutic potential of new promising drug candidates. The bladder has long been thought to be an ideal target for investigating therapies. When developing a new antineoplastic pharmaceutical agent, th...

journal_title：Seminars in oncology

authors： Amit D,Gofrit ON,Matouk I,Birman T,Hochberg A

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since its foundation in 1971, the RTOG has conducted a successful clinical research program in head and neck mucosal squamous cell carcinoma with 22 treatment protocols and one registry study which combined have accumulated data on over 5,500 patients. The RTOG was the first multicenter group to evaluate neoadjuvant c...

journal_title：Seminars in oncology

authors： Marcial VA,Pajak TF,Kramer S,Davis LW,Stetz J,Laramore GE,Jacobs JR,Al-Sarraf M,Brady LW

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anorexia and cachexia are common clinical problems of many patients with advanced cancer. Approximately 20 years ago, a controlled, clinical study demonstrated that dexamethasone could stimulate appetites of patients with advanced gastrointestinal cancer without causing any apparent effect on patient weight or surviva...

journal_title：Seminars in oncology

authors： Loprinzi CL,Ellison NM,Goldberg RM,Michalak JC,Burch PA

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ZD1839 (Iressa; AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, Wilmington, DE) is an orally active, selective inhibitor of epidermal growth factor receptor-tyrosine kinase (EGFR-TK) that blocks signaling pathways responsible for driving proliferation, invasion, and survival of cancer cells. In preclinical studies of cell lines and h...

journal_title：Seminars in oncology

authors： Sirotnak FM

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cisplatin is recognized as an active chemotherapeutic agent in a broad variety of human tumors. The severe emetic effects of cisplatin, however, result in both acute and delayed emesis syndromes causing considerable morbidity. Over the last decade, the standard of therapy for control of cisplatin-induced emesis has be...

journal_title：Seminars in oncology

authors： Perez EA,Hesketh PJ,Gandara DR

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paclitaxel (Taxol; Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Princeton, NJ) appears to be one of the most active drugs in the treatment of advanced head and neck cancer. The maximum tolerated dose of paclitaxel in combination with carboplatin is currently being evaluated in phase I/II studies. We designed a phase II study to eval...

journal_title：Seminars in oncology

authors： Fountzilas G,Athanassiadis A,Samantas E,Skarlos D,Kalogera-Fountzila A,Nikolaou A,Bacoyiannis H,Stathopoulos G,Kosmidis P,Daniilidis J

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The humanized anti-p185(HER2) monoclonal antibody trastuzumab has been shown to effectively inhibit the growth of HER2-overexpressing breast cancer cells in vivo and in vitro. The treatment of cancer cells with trastuzumab results in downregulation of the HER2 receptor. Further downstream cellular events include the a...

journal_title：Seminars in oncology

authors： Baselga J,Albanell J,Molina MA,Arribas J

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Almost 125 years after the first documented case, pulmonary metastasectomy is still poorly understood. No other organ is subject to the wide histologic variety of metastatic insults, and this fact has complicated a complete exposition of when pulmonary metastasectomy may be beneficial. Many physicians still consider p...

journal_title：Seminars in oncology

authors： Sternberg DI,Sonett JR

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Locoregionally advanced unresectable non-small cell lung cancer is defined by bulky primary site disease and/or regionally advanced lymphadenopathy involving the contralateral mediastinum and/or supraclavicular lymph nodes. These tumors are not amenable to curative-intent surgical resection but can be approached with ...

journal_title：Seminars in oncology

authors： Vokes EE,Green MR

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Successful allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) and solid organ transplantation require development of a degree of immune tolerance against allogeneic antigens. T lymphocytes play a critical role in allograft rejection, graft failure, and graft-versus-host disease (GVHD). T-cell tolerance occurs b...

journal_title：Seminars in oncology

authors： Alpdogan O,van den Brink MR

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the benefit of adjuvant therapy for pancreas cancer is clear, the most effective therapy remains elusive. In the United States, combination therapy with chemotherapy and radiation remains the standard of care, while in other parts of the world the contribution of radiation is questioned. Clinical trials are r...

journal_title：Seminars in oncology

authors： Mulcahy MF

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00