Hormones and breast cancer.

abstract：:During the past eight years, 137 patients with mycosis fungoides were given total skin electron beam therapy (TSEB) using 2.5 to 4 MeV electrons. A single treatment delivers 400 rads to the entire skin surface, and patients are treated once a week for six to eight consecutive weeks. All have been followed for a median...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Nisce LZ,Safai B,Kim JH

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The findings at autopsy of 79 patients with esophageal carcinoma over a period of 15 years were reviewed. Five patients were free of tumor, and another seven had disease localized to the esophagus and other mediastinal structures. Sixty-seven (85%) had metastatic disease. The average number of metastatic sites per pat...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Anderson LL,Lad TE

更新日期：1982-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are a specific clinicopathologic entity characterized by activating mutations in the c-KIT gene. These mutations are associated with increased immunohistochemical staining for the c-KIT protein. Because many GISTs display a definitive response to the KIT inhibitor imat...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Willmore-Payne C,Layfield LJ,Holden JA

更新日期：2005-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The authors sought to determine whether differences existed in patterns of outcome and morbidity between the 3 thigh compartments after limb-sparing surgery and postoperative radiation therapy (RT). METHODS:A total of 255 patients with primary soft tissue sarcoma (STS) of the thigh were identified in our sa...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Rimner A,Brennan MF,Zhang Z,Singer S,Alektiar KM

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The optimal use of radiation therapy for cancer treatment is hampered by the application of tolerance limits of normal tissues derived empirically from population averages. Such limits do not reflect the considerable differences from patient to patient in susceptibility to late radiation sequelae. Assays tha...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Peters LJ

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six cases of desmoplastic melanoma were studied by light and electron microscopy. The tumors fulfilled one or more of the following criteria: (1) having the presence of atypical intraepidermal melanocytic proliferation bordering the primary lesions; (2) an antecedent history of melanoma at the site of recurrence; (3) ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： DiMaio SM,Mackay B,Smith JL Jr,Dickersin GR

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seventy three patients with disseminated diffuse non-Hodgkin's lymphomas were treated with combinations of cyclophosphamide, vincristine sulfate, prednisone, and doxorubicin with and without 2 weekly doses of oral methotrexate in "intermediate" doses, followed by calcium leucovorin rescue. The addition of methotrexate...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Gomez GA,Barcos M,Han T,Henderson ES

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cancer of the male breast (MBC) is rare, accounting for less than 1% of cancer in males and representing less than 1% of all breast cancers. Reports of abnormalities in the expression of the tumor suppressor gene p53 in MBC have been few. METHODS:To assess the expression and mutations of the p53 gene, 35 pa...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Anelli A,Anelli TF,Youngson B,Rosen PP,Borgen PI

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Infection is a significant cause of death in patients with aplastic anemia (AA). However, few recent studies have examined infectious complications in patients with AA. METHODS:The authors retrospectively evaluated the type of infections, associated pathogens, and outcome of infectious episodes (IEs) in pat...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Torres HA,Bodey GP,Rolston KV,Kantarjian HM,Raad II,Kontoyiannis DP

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemotherapy of advanced stages of large bowel cancer has until recently made little progress since the introduction of 5-FU 16 years ago. While survival is improved for patients who respond, 5-FU alone has made little impact on life span of the overall population of patients. Mitomycin-C and the chloroethyl nitrosour...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Schein PS,Kisner D,MacDonald JS

更新日期：1975-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Leptomeningeal carcinomatosis (LC) represents a devastating complication of systemic cancer, and patients with LC have a dismal prognosis and increased mortality. The few studies that have focused on the evaluation of prognostic factors in patients with LC have resulted in contradictory results. Thus, the tr...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Bruna J,González L,Miró J,Velasco R,Gil M,Tortosa A,Neuro-Oncology Unit of the Institute of Biomedical Investigation of Bellvitge.

更新日期：2009-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Melanoma cell oncolysate, prepared with Newcastle disease virus, was administered as an immunostimulant to 13 patients with metastatic melanoma. The oncolysate was well tolerated. Six treated patients evidenced a decrease in the size of skin nodules or diseased lymph nodes. Visceral lesions were not favorably influenc...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Murray DR,Cassel WA,Torbin AH,Olkowski ZL,Moore ME

更新日期：1977-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The care of patients with cancer and chronic pain, often complicated and demanding, strains the resources of a single physician. Continuity of care programs, such as that developed by the Pain Service of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (New York), with good communication and liaison work between hospital and co...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Coyle N

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five patients with hepatocellular carcinoma in the caudate lobe were evaluated. Computed tomography (CT) scan and/or angiography clearly demonstrated multiple intrahepatic metastases in four (80%), and tumor thrombi in the portal vein in two (40%), and in the inferior vena cava in one. Even though there was no recogni...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Takayasu K,Muramatsu Y,Shima Y,Goto H,Moriyama N,Yamada T,Makuuchi M,Kaneko A,Itabashi M,Shimamura Y

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuroendocrine small cell carcinoma is a lethal, but rare, tumor that arises most frequently in the lung. Small cell cancer also rarely may occur in the female genital tract, usually in the cervix. This article concerns the fourth reported case of neuroendocrine small cell carcinoma of the vulva. Previously, small cel...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Cliby W,Soisson AP,Berchuck A,Clarke-Pearson DL

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Since contact with Westerners in 1778, the native people of the Hawaiian Islands have experienced multiple health and social problems. Among these are the debilitating effects of high rates of cancer incidence and mortality. METHODS:The method used in this article was a review and integration of the literat...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Hughes CK,Tsark JA,Mokuau NK

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of ovarian cancer in Rochester, Minnesota over the 40-year period 1935 through 1974 was determined; and risk factors for epithelial ovarian cancer occurring in Rochester from 1945 to 1974 were examined in 116 patients and 464 controls. Among the characteristics studied, only nulliparity was found to be a...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Annegers JF,Strom H,Decker DG,Dockerty MB,O'Fallon WM

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nine children with acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) are presented. This series of children represents 7% of all acute leukemias and 21% of acute myelogenous leukemias seen during the same period at the Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital. These figures are much higher than the incidence quoted in other series...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Gilbert RD,Karabus CD,Mills AE

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Over the past 2 decades, significant progress has been made in the field of metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) regarding new imaging techniques, surgical interventions, and systemic therapy. It is not known whether the benefit from these interventions has extended overall survival (OS) within the general mC...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Golan T,Urban D,Berger R,Lawrence YR

更新日期：2013-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study was performed to develop a sensitive method for the detection of circulating hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cells in peripheral blood, in advance of the diagnosis of distant metastasis of HCC by conventional means. METHODS:Peripheral blood (5 ml) samples were obtained from 64 patients with HCC an...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Komeda T,Fukuda Y,Sando T,Kita R,Furukawa M,Nishida N,Amenomori M,Nakao K

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Arthralgia is common in postmenopausal breast cancer survivors (BCS) who are receiving aromatase inhibitors (AIs). The objective of this study was to evaluate the perceived onset, characteristics, and risk factors for AI-related arthralgia (AIA). METHODS:In a cross-sectional survey of postmenopausal BCS who...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Mao JJ,Stricker C,Bruner D,Xie S,Bowman MA,Farrar JT,Greene BT,DeMichele A

更新日期：2009-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A 58-year-old man with mycosis fungoides developed headache, back pain, and dorsal column signs. A diagnosis of central nervous system (CNS) involvement by mycosis fungoides was made on examination of his spinal fluid. In this patient, cranial and local radiotherapy and aggressive treatment with intrathecal methotrexa...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Bodensteiner DC,Skikne B

更新日期：1982-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess whether chemosensitivity in metastatic soft tissue sarcoma (STS) is influenced by the histologic grade of the tumor, the authors retrospectively analyzed tumor responses to doxorubicin-based chemotherapy in four prospective studies conducted at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, between 1976 and 1984. A ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： van Haelst-Pisani CM,Buckner JC,Reiman HM,Schaid DJ,Edmonson JH,Hahn RG

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The authors administered a combination of docetaxel and topotecan with granulocyte-colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) support in a Phase I study to define the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of this regimen. METHODS:Patients with advanced-stage solid tumors were eligible for this trial if they had a Zubrod perf...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Tsao AS,Shin DM,Palmer JL,Lee JS,Glisson BS

更新日期：2004-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hispanic Americans have been shown to receive fewer cancer screening procedures than nonminority populations. Although lack of insurance or a regular source of care appear to be important determinants, cultural factors also have been suggested. This study examines whether Hispanic patients receive cancer scr...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Jacobs EA,Lauderdale DS

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors studied the expression of c-myc and ras family oncogene products in 43 cases of malignant lymphoma (ML) using the immunoperoxidase method. Unfixed frozen sections of lymph nodes from four patients with Hodgkin's disease and 39 with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, together with normal lymph nodes, were studied by t...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Mitani S,Sugawara I,Shiku H,Mori S

更新日期：1988-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intralesional radioimmunotherapy (RAIT) may improve the management of malignant gliomas whose prognosis is, at present, very poor. Current treatment modalities (e.g., surgery, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy) may prolong survival by a few months but cannot prevent tumor recurrence. METHODS:Following one or m...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Riva P,Arista A,Tison V,Sturiale C,Franceschi G,Spinelli A,Riva N,Casi M,Moscatelli G,Frattarelli M

更新日期：1994-02-01 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：BACKGROUND:Failure to obtain the requisite follow-up of patients with abnormal mammograms may delay cancer diagnosis and impact outcome. Up to 20% of women do not receive timely recommended follow-up. The current study tested the accuracy of the linkage of payer claims and clinical data to identify the appropriate trea...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Eberl MM,Watroba N,Reinhardt M,Pomerantz J,Serghany J,Broffman G,Fox CH,Mahoney MC,Edge SB

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pathologically, benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is not considered a precursor for prostate carcinoma. However, because the two conditions share not only a similar hormonal environment within the prostate but also several common risk factors, it is possible that men with BPH may be at increased risk of pro...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Chokkalingam AP,Nyrén O,Johansson JE,Gridley G,McLaughlin JK,Adami HO,Hsing AW

更新日期：2003-10-15 00:00:00