Reliability of computer image analysis of pigmented skin lesions of Australian adolescents.

abstract：:Dr. Wendell G. Scott hailed mammography as the first significant contribution to the control of breast cancer since Halsted described the radical mastectomy in 1903. Mammography as engendered new approaches and has supplied new concepts of breast cancer. Through the tenacity of a few physicians convinced something cou...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Egan RL

更新日期：1975-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concept of second-look surgery was introduced by Wangensteen 25 years ago, and 17% of patients were reported to be converted to a cancer-free state. Instead of an arbitrary time interval for reoperation, serial CEA values were used as the indicator of colon cancer recurrence and second-look operation. Twenty-two r...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Minton JP,Martin EW Jr

更新日期：1978-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Australian National Cervical Screening Program, introduced more than 20 years ago, does not record the Indigenous status of screening participants. This article reports the first population-based estimates of participation in cervical screening for Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australian women. METHODS...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Whop LJ,Garvey G,Baade P,Cunningham J,Lokuge K,Brotherton JM,Valery PC,O'Connell DL,Canfell K,Diaz A,Roder D,Gertig D,Moore SP,Condon JR

更新日期：2016-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:High mobility group AT-hook 1 (HMGA1) proteins are architectural transcription factors that are overexpressed by pancreatic adenocarcinomas. The authors hypothesized that tumor HMGA1 status represents a novel prognostic marker in pancreatic adenocarcinoma. They also tested the hypothesis that HMGA1 promotes ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Liau SS,Rocha F,Matros E,Redston M,Whang E

更新日期：2008-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although randomized controlled trials (RCTs) require a great deal of time, money, and effort, the majority of them have resulted in failure to verify a priori hypotheses. Therefore, the intention in the current study was to clarify the differential elements of studies with 'positive' and 'negative' outcomes....

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Yanada M,Narimatsu H,Suzuki T,Matsuo K,Naoe T

更新日期：2007-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The goal of the current study was to assess the toxicity, safety, and efficacy of pentostatin in patients with T-cell lymphoid malignancies. METHODS:Patients were eligible if they had biopsy-proven T-cell lymphoma or leukemia and failure to respond to previous therapy or an expected complete response rate t...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Tsimberidou AM,Giles F,Duvic M,Fayad L,Kurzrock R

更新日期：2004-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Neovascularization reportedly is correlated with metastasis, recurrence, and prognosis in some types of tumors. Microvessel quantification in so-called "hot spots" has been studied extensively as the only factor reflecting angiogenesis in various malignant tumors. The objective of this report was to evaluate...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Pavlopoulos PM,Konstantinidou AE,Agapitos E,Kavantzas N,Nikolopoulou P,Davaris P

更新日期：1998-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:To examine the relationship between smoking and stage of colorectal cancer at diagnosis, data on 2788 current smokers and 6313 nonsmokers with known stage at diagnosis were obtained from the Massachusetts Cancer Registry. The stage at diagnosis was treated as a polytomous response variable in a logit-type, log-linear ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Longnecker MP,Clapp RW,Sheahan K

更新日期：1989-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors recently reported the antigenic phenotypes of three cases of so-called "malignant angioendotheliomatosis" and suggested that angiotropic large cell lymphoma (ALCL) is a more appropriate designation for this disease. The authors now report an additional seven cases of ALCL with unique clinical presentations...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Stroup RM,Sheibani K,Moncada A,Purdy LJ,Battifora H

更新日期：1990-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In a retrospective analysis of 166 patients with chronic hepatitis B followed for up to 8 years, 22 patients had 29 episodes of elevations in serum alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) levels. Twenty-five episodes were due to a transient exacerbation of the underlying hepatitis and 11 of these episodes were followed by a loss of h...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Di Bisceglie AM,Hoofnagle JH

更新日期：1989-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Surgery alone is the appropriate first-line treatment for patients with mesoblastic nephroma (MN). Nevertheless, there are reports of local recurrences and metastasis, especially in the cellular subtype. The authors evaluated the outcome of patients with MN who were enrolled in either the International Socie...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Furtwaengler R,Reinhard H,Leuschner I,Schenk JP,Goebel U,Claviez A,Kulozik A,Zoubek A,von Schweinitz D,Graf N,Gesellschaft fur Pädiatrische Onkologie und Hämatologie (GPOH) Nephroblastoma Study Group.

更新日期：2006-05-15 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:Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most prevalent and deadly brain tumor. A variety of germline and somatic, genetic and epigenetic alterations at 9p21.3, which encode CDKN2A/CDKN2B tumor suppressor genes, have been isolatedly reported to be associated with GBM risk and prognosis. METHODS:To obtain a comp...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Feng J,Kim ST,Liu W,Kim JW,Zhang Z,Zhu Y,Berens M,Sun J,Xu J

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Clear cell tumors of the thyroid gland in general are uncommon. Metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC) to the thyroid gland is a rare occurrence but must be considered in the differential diagnosis of a thyroid gland clear cell neoplasm to prevent misclassification, potentially resulting in inappropriate clin...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Heffess CS,Wenig BM,Thompson LD

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This communication reports four patients treated with the anthracycline adriamycin and irradiation either concurrently or sequentially, who demonstrated apparent augumentation of radiation reactions. Two of these patients demonstrated the so-called "recall" phenomenon. ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Cassady JR,Richter MP,Piro AJ,Jaffe N

更新日期：1975-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Interleukin-2 (IL-2) is used in the treatment of solid tumors and hematologic malignancies. Sudden death is a rare complication of IL-2 treatment. METHODS:A patient with lymphoma underwent chemoradiotherapy myeloablation and autologous stem cell transplantation. The stem cells were cultured in IL-2 (6000 IU...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Truica CI,Hansen CH,Garvin DF,Meehan KR

更新日期：1998-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:As resources become increasingly scarce, oncology professionals and consumers of oncology services are increasingly engaging in advocacy efforts to achieve goals in cancer control. Effective advocacy includes both legislative and direct educational efforts. ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Berkman B,Stevenson E,Cravedi KG,Davis A,Lawrence W Jr,Mor V,Ostrander V,Rubenstein LJ,Speers M,Wilson K

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Virilizing adrenocortical tumors are uncommon in adult women. These lesions generally secrete dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) and dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEAS), but not testosterone, which usually is produced by ovarian tumors. Exceptionally, adrenal growths may give off testosterone and no other asse...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Del Gaudio AD,Del Gaudio GA

更新日期：1993-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The current study tested the hypothesis that the clinical outcome of patients with localized esophageal carcinoma after preoperative chemoradiotherapy (CTRT) depends on histology. METHODS:The authors stratified patients by adenocarcinoma (ACA) or squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and compared the overall surviv...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Rohatgi PR,Swisher SG,Correa AM,Wu TT,Liao Z,Komaki R,Walsh GL,Vaporciyan AA,Rice DC,Bresalier RS,Roth JA,Ajani JA

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Actuarial progression-free survival rate at 5 years of a series of 34 patients with medulloblastoma treated by combined surgery, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy was 71%. No relapses were observed in 14 patients followed for more than 5 years. Treatment consisted of a short postoperative course of vincristine (VCR) and ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Bellani FF,Gasparini M,Lombardi F,Zucali R,Luccarelli G,Migliavacca F,Moise S,Nicola G

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Granulocyte (PMN) directional locomotion (migration) in vitro and in vivo, resting nitroblue tetrazolium (NBT)-reduction and adherence to nylon wool of polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMN) were assayed in 7 patients with Hodgkin's disease (HD) and in 11 patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) prior to therapy. In mo...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Von Fliedner V,Salvatori V,Higby DJ,Stutzman L,Park BH

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The breast pathology files at the Institut Gustave-Russy in Villejuif, France, were searched for papillary cystadenomas and papillary carcinomas diagnosed between January 1, 1960, and December 31, 1974. A total of 158 cases were selected for this study; they were subclassified into 74 papillary cystadenomas, 63 papill...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Murad TM,Contesso G,Mouriesse H

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of meningeal melanocytoma of the left Meckel's cave associated with ipsilateral Ota's nevus in a 43-year-old woman, was studied by light and electron microscopy. The cells of the tumor were characterized by the presence of dendritic cytoplasmic processes, melanosomes and premelanosomes; hence, they were deemed ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Botticelli AR,Villani M,Angiari P,Peserico L

更新日期：1983-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The authors investigated how lymphopenia and low serum albumin levels correlate with the prognosis of patients with carcinoma of unknown primary (CUP). METHODS:Univariate and multivariate prognostic factor analyses were conducted in a population of 317 consecutive patients with CUP who were evaluated at the...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Seve P,Ray-Coquard I,Trillet-Lenoir V,Sawyer M,Hanson J,Broussolle C,Negrier S,Dumontet C,Mackey JR

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gastrin-releasing peptide (GRP) is an autocrine growth factor in patients with small cell lung carcinoma (SCLC). The authors developed a reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) assay for the detection of SCLC cells in the peripheral blood and the pleural effusion using preproGRP mRNA as a ta...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Saito T,Kobayashi M,Harada R,Uemura Y,Taguchi H

更新日期：2003-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In multidisciplinary assessment clinics for screen-detected breast lesions, onsite cytopathologists provide immediate results of fine-needle aspiration biopsies (FNABs) and this information is used for patient counseling and treatment planning. Such consultation is not possible for the increasing proportion ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Farshid G,Pieterse S

更新日期：2006-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several large studies have reported an extremely low incidence of MET gene amplification (GA) in patients with radically resected gastric cancer. This study was conducted to evaluate the prevalence and prognostic role of MET in patients with recurrent=metastatic gastric cancer who received chemotherapy. MET...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： An X,Wang F,Shao Q,Wang FH,Wang ZQ,Wang ZQ,Chen C,Li C,Luo HY,Zhang DS,Xu RH,Li YH

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Irreversible and progressive renal parenchymal damage and functional impairment occurred in the majority of patients receiving at least six courses (200 mg/m2 of BCNU and/or methyl CCNU at eight-week intervals) of nitrosoureas for therapy of malignant brain tumors. Seventeen of 18 patients who received at least six co...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Schacht RG,Feiner HD,Gallo GR,Lieberman A,Baldwin DS

更新日期：1981-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:: Histologic parameters of melanoma deposits in sentinel lymph nodes (SLNs) have been shown to be predictive of clinical outcome and the presence or absence of tumor in non-SLNs, but assessment of these parameters is prone to interobserver variation. METHODS:: Histologic sections of 44 SLNs containing metas...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Murali R,Cochran AJ,Cook MG,Hillman JD,Karim RZ,Moncrieff M,Starz H,Thompson JF,Scolyer RA

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The issue of how immunoglobulins are transported across the intestinal epithelium into the gut lumen was examined by immunohistocytochemical techniques. IgA, IgM, IgG and secretory component (SC) in human small intestine at light and electron microscopic levels were localized by the peroxidase-labeled antibody techniq...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Brown WR

更新日期：1977-11-01 00:00:00