Contemporary treatment of borderline ovarian tumors.

abstract：:Studies have demonstrated that plant extracts possess various biological effects including antitumor activity. In the present study, the antitumor activity of Dionysia termeana, a plant native to Iran, was investigated. Cytotoxic activity of the extract on tumor cell lines using MTT colorimetric assay was determined. ...

journal_title：Cancer investigation

authors： Amirghofran Z,Bahmani M,Azadmehr A,Ashouri E,Javidnia K

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The limited capacity to divide is one of the major differences between normal somatic cells and cancerous cells. This 'finite life span' of somatic cells is closely linked to loss of telomeric DNA at telomeres, the 'chromosome caps' consisting of repeated (7TAGGG) sequences., In more than 85% of advanced cancers, this...

journal_title：Cancer investigation

authors： Helder MN,Wisman GB,van der Zee GJ

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell-free circulating DNAs (cfcDNAs) have been recognized as promising biomarkers for a number of cancers. This study aimed to quantify the cfcDNA in colorectal cancer to assess its potential value as biomarker. Quantification of baseline cfcDNA was determined as the amount of free glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydroge...

journal_title：Cancer investigation

authors： Agah S,Akbari A,Talebi A,Masoudi M,Sarveazad A,Mirzaei A,Nazmi F

更新日期：2017-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rapid and efficient symptom assessment is an important aspect of palliative care. The objective was to determine whether a smaller number of symptoms from the 32-item Memorial Symptom Assessment Scale Short-Form (MSAS-SF) could convey equivalent quality of life (QOL) information. METHODS:Responses from 479 ...

journal_title：Cancer investigation

authors： Chang VT,Hwang SS,Kasimis B,Thaler HT

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This case control study investigated whether polymorphisms of estrogen metabolizing genes CYP1A1 MspI, CYP17 MspAI, COMT Val(158) Met, and SULT1A1 Arg(213) His have any role in familial breast cancer susceptibility risk. Logistic regression analysis adjusted to age was used to calculate odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confi...

journal_title：Cancer investigation

authors： Syamala VS,Syamala V,Sheeja VR,Kuttan R,Balakrishnan R,Ankathil R

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed the pattern of alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) synthesis in 40 consecutive human hepatocarcinomas (HCC) in relation to hepatitis B viral (HBV) infection. In addition, histopathological characteristics of liver parenchyma and the tumor itself were examined. Elevated AFP (> 20 ng/ml) were found in 90% of HCC patient...

journal_title：Cancer investigation

authors： Kashala LO,Kalengayi MM,Essex M

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ZBTB7 was recently recognized as a proto-oncogene. We studied its prognostic value and relationship to clinicopathological variables in 125 breast cancer patients. ZBTB7 expression was significantly higher in breast cancer tissues than in normal breast tissues, but its gene amplification copies were relatively low. ZB...

journal_title：Cancer investigation

authors： Qu H,Qu D,Chen F,Zhang Z,Liu B,Liu H

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Melanoma is an immunoresponsive malignancy. Interleukin-10 (IL-10) is a potent regulator of immunosuppression. The purpose of this research was to define the relationship of serum IL-10 to survival in patients with metastatic melanoma. Forty-one melanoma patients and 50 normal volunteers were analyzed. The median IL-1...

journal_title：Cancer investigation

authors： Nemunaitis J,Fong T,Shabe P,Martineau D,Ando D

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between March 1986 and December 1987, two groups of consecutive patients with advanced breast cancer underwent epidoxorubicin (Epidx) monochemotherapy. Twenty-three patients (group A) received Epidx at a dose of 60 mg/m2 and 27 (group B) at a dose of 120 mg/m2 (i.v. every 3 weeks). No patient had undergone anthracycli...

journal_title：Cancer investigation

authors： Neri B,Pacini P,Algeri R,Lottini G,Rinaldini M,Tucci E,Pusterla R

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although PKCs are assumed to be the main targets of phorbol esters (PMA), additional PMA effectors, such as chimaerins (a family of RacGTPase activating proteins) and RasGRP (exchange factor for Ras/Rap1), can counteract or strengthen the PKC pathways. In this study, we evaluated the proliferative behavior of PMA-trea...

journal_title：Cancer investigation

authors： Fortino V,Torricelli C,Capurro E,Sacchi G,Valacchi G,Maioli E

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mucositis is a common and often serious acute morbidity when radiation is delivered to portals encompassing the oral cavity, pharynx, or esophagus. In an effort to minimize this side effect, the combination of sucralfate and fluconazole was prescribed to 40 patients. Half were given sucralfate, 1 g in suspension q.i.d...

journal_title：Cancer investigation

authors： Allison RR,Vongtama V,Vaughan J,Shin KH

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Withaferin A (WA) (1) and two analogs [4-epi-withaferin A (2) and 4,27-diacetyl-4-epi-withaferin A (3)] were evaluated for antitumor activity in pancreatic cancer cells. IC(50) for 1, 2, and 3 were 0.87, 0.45, and 0.29 ?M (BxPC-3); 1.28, 1.53, and 0.52 ?M (MIAPaCa-2); and 0.59, 2.25, and 0.56 ?M (PANC-1), respectively...

journal_title：Cancer investigation

authors： Liu X,Qi W,Cooke LS,Kithsiri Wijeratne EM,Xu YM,Marron MT,Leslie Gunatilaka AA,Mahadevan D

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives: We examined the trends in survival based on treatment modality among non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients in the province of Ontario, Canada, from 2007 to 2015. Methods: We investigated the trends in survival based on treatment modality. Results: Among 56,417 identified patients, the mean age at dia...

journal_title：Cancer investigation

authors： Akhtar-Danesh N,Akhtar-Danseh GG,Seow HY,Shakeel S,Finley C

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignant kidney tumors account for approximately 2% of all new primary cancer cases diagnosed in the United States, with an estimated 30,000 cases occurring annually. Although a variety of agents, chemical and biological, have been implicated as causal agents in the development of renal cell carcinoma (RCC), the etio...

journal_title：Cancer investigation

authors： Moore LE,Wilson RT,Campleman SL

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Here 145 reported post-splenectomy infections in 115 patients with Hodgkin's disease are reviewed. Such infections can occur at any age (median age 19.8 years) and the interval from splenectomy to the infection is quite variable (median 21.9 months). Most infections are present clinically as pneumonia, septicemia, men...

journal_title：Cancer investigation

authors： Rosner F,Zarrabi MH

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the effects of Shikaron, which is composed of 8 Chinese herb extracts, on carcinogenesis and the cytotoxic activity and cytokine production of lymphocytes in mice treated with a carcinogen, N-butyl-N'-butanolnitrosoamine (BBN). We found a significantly lower incidence of urinary bladder carcinoma in mice tr...

journal_title：Cancer investigation

authors： Kurashige S,Jin R,Akuzawa Y,Endo F

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a sample of 633 US adult breast cancer survivors, we examined health-related worry as a function vulnerability as influenced by communication, trust, and planning with their cancer care team during the COVID-19 pandemic. We found significant positive correlations between communication and trust, communication and p...

journal_title：Cancer investigation

authors： Papautsky EL,Hamlish T

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Psychosocial adjustment in adolescent cancer survivors has been documented to be quite variable. Factors mediating adjustment need to be identified. The current study is an exploration of the impact that cancer diagnosis and treatment has on adolescent's self-perceptions and the role this has in mediating adjustment i...

journal_title：Cancer investigation

authors： Smith K,Ostroff J,Tan C,Lesko L

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To further enhance anticancer effect of Shepherdin and overcome limitation of peptide therapy, recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV) was constructed with following strategies: therapeutic peptide secretory expression and adeno-associated virus gene transfer system. MTT assay and flow cytometric analysis revealed t...

journal_title：Cancer investigation

authors： Xiaojiang T,Jinsong Z,Jiansheng W,Chengen P,Guangxiao Y,Quanying W

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study examined a PERIOD3 (PER3) gene variable number tandem repeat polymorphism and chronotype as potential BrCA risk factors among Indian women. METHODS:This case-control study included sporadic, histologically confirmed BrCA cases (n = 255) and controls (n = 249) from India with data collection from ...

journal_title：Cancer investigation

authors： Wirth MD,Burch JB,Hébert JR,Kowtal P,Mehrotra-Kapoor A,Steck SE,Hurley TG,Gupta PC,Pednekar MS,Youngstedt SD,Zhang H,Sarin R

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reversible epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors are often used for the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer following failure of cytotoxic chemotherapy. While these agents are active in a subset of patients, most develop resistance and progress within the course of 1 year. In nearly half of t...

journal_title：Cancer investigation

authors： Belani CP

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radioimmunoscintigraphy (RIS) is coming into its own as an imaging modality in clinical oncology. Early experience with indium-111-labeled intact murine monoclonal antibodies (MoAbs) in colorectal cancer suggested that RIS images hepatic metastases poorly. Moreover, an antimurine immune response was frequently provoke...

journal_title：Cancer investigation

authors： Moffat FL Jr,Gulec SA,Serafini AN,Sfakianakis GN,Pop R,Robinson DS,Franceschi D,Boggs J,Livingstone AS

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nature has provided many effective anticancer agents in current use, such as the microbially derived drugs; dactinomycin; bleomycin and doxorubicin; and the plant-derived drugs, vinblastine, irinotecan, topotecan, etoposide, and paclitaxel. The search for novel antitumor agents from natural sources continues through c...

journal_title：Cancer investigation

authors： Cragg GM,Newman DJ

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Combination immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) achieved higher efficacy than monotherapy in many types of cancers. We searched PubMed, Scopus, and Cochrane databases for randomized phase II/III trials in cancer patients receiving combination ICIs vs. Monotherapy. Our search retrieved 934 records. Eight studies were f...

journal_title：Cancer investigation

authors： Abdelhafeez AAM,Shohdy KS,Ibrahim W

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent clinical trials have demonstrated the significant cancer preventive potential of vitamin E in many different cancer sites, ranging from oral and pharyngeal cancer to prostate cancer. There is an extensive experimental basis for this clinical cancer inhibition. The experimental background includes animal studies...

journal_title：Cancer investigation

authors： Shklar G,Oh SK

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis B virus X protein (HBx) promotes hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) invasion and metastasis by a poorly understood mechanism. This study investigated the role of NF-kappa B in HBx-mediated upregulation of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs). In a stably expressing HBx c...

journal_title：Cancer investigation

authors： Liu LP,Liang HF,Chen XP,Zhang WG,Yang SL,Xu T,Ren L

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sequential administration of standard chemotherapy regimens to treat metastatic breast cancer may keep patients and oncologists from considering other important, but more psychologically difficult, issues such as the patient's declining health or approaching death. This practice also utilizes health care resources...

journal_title：Cancer investigation

authors： Benner SE,Fetting JH,Brenner MH

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Soft tissue sarcomas are generally resistant to most chemotherapeutic agents, and individuals with advanced disease have a poor prognosis. We evaluated amonafide, a new drug that has significant activity against several tumor cell lines, to determine its activity against sarcomas. Amonafide was administered to 18 pati...

journal_title：Cancer investigation

authors： Buys SS,Metch B,Balcerzak SP,Neefe JR,Stuckey WJ

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we evaluated SEA-H61D, a staphylococcal enterotoxin A mutant without emetic activity, as an antitumor agent in vitro and in vivo. It showed that SEA-H61D could significantly inhibit the growth of many cancer cell lines in vitro at very low concentrations by activating human peripheral blood mononuclear ...

journal_title：Cancer investigation

authors： Wang HR,Jiang H,Hao HJ,Zheng YL,Jie KG,Gu J,Jiang YQ

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Environment may influence the development and prevention of cancer. Calcitriol has been associated with calcium homeostasis regulation. Many epidemiological, biochemical, and genetic studies have shown non-classic effects of vitamin D, such as its involvement in the progression of different cancers. Although vitamin D...

journal_title：Cancer investigation

authors： Picotto G,Liaudat AC,Bohl L,Tolosa de Talamoni N

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00