Polyamines in malignant melanoma. Urinary excretion and disease progress.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this article was to evaluate the utility of a pharmacokinetically modeled measure of regional contrast access, based on dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies after preoperative chemotherapy, as a predictor of disease free survival in osteosarcoma. METHODS:The kine...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Reddick WE,Wang S,Xiong X,Glass JO,Wu S,Kaste SC,Pratt CB,Meyer WH,Fletcher BD

更新日期：2001-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report the case of a child with retroperitoneal ganglioneuroma and cytodifferentiated skeletal metastases. The primary tumor was surgically resected, and the child is alive and well 2 years later without additional therapy. This rarely documented phenomenon can be explained by spontaneous cytomaturation wi...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Garvin JH Jr,Lack EE,Berenberg W,Frantz CN

更新日期：1984-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite growing evidence and support for shared decision making, little is known about the experiences of parents who hold more active roles than they wish. METHODS:This was a prospective cohort study of 372 parents of children with cancer and their oncologists at 2 academic pediatric hospitals. Parents wer...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Sisk BA,Kang TI,Goldstein R,DuBois JM,Mack JW

更新日期：2019-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The objective of this study was to investigate the potential of virtual microscopy (VM) as an avenue for the delivery of mandatory cytology proficiency tests). METHODS:Three senior cytotechnologists and 2 board-certified cytopathologists participated in 3 virtual proficiency tests. Each set consisted of 10 ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Stewart J 3rd,Miyazaki K,Bevans-Wilkins K,Ye C,Kurtycz DF,Selvaggi SM

更新日期：2007-08-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Few epidemiologic studies have been undertaken to investigate the etiology of cancer of the vulva. To identify risk factors associated with this cancer, a case-control study was conducted in 149 patients with histologically proven vulvar carcinoma and the same number of control patients matched for age, race, marital ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Mabuchi K,Bross DS,Kessler II

更新日期：1985-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The vast majority of soft tissue sarcomas spread initially to the lungs and then to other sites. The lung has been the most carefully monitored organ system during routine surveillance for a metastasis. Liposarcoma is one of the most common soft tissue sarcomas and has been noted to have extrapulmonary sites...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Cheng EY,Springfield DS,Mankin HJ

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Minority patients with cancer are at risk for undertreatment of cancer-related pain. Most studies of patient-related barriers to pain control have surveyed primarily non-Hispanic Caucasian patients. The purpose of the current study was to explore barriers to optimal pain management among African-American and...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Anderson KO,Richman SP,Hurley J,Palos G,Valero V,Mendoza TR,Gning I,Cleeland CS

更新日期：2002-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Because studies have suggested that anemia has an adverse effect on outcome for patients with cervical carcinoma who are treated with radiation, recombinant human erythropoietin (rHuEpo) has been used increasingly to maintain hemoglobin levels in these patients. Erythropoietin may increase the risk of thromb...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Wun T,Law L,Harvey D,Sieracki B,Scudder SA,Ryu JK

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective analysis of 12 patients with primary central nervous system non-Hodgkin's lymphoma seen from 1958 to 1980 was carried out with emphasis on diagnostic evaluation and treatment results. Computerized tomography (CT) scans were found to be the most valuable diagnostic tool both for initial evaluation as we...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Mendenhall NP,Thar TL,Agee OF,Harty-Golder B,Ballinger WE Jr,Million RR

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The objective of this analysis was to evaluate the role of autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) in prolonging disease free survival (DFS) and overall survival (OS) in patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) who received autografts of Philadelphia chromosome (Ph) positive or Ph negative cell harve...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Koziner B,Dengra C,Lucero G,Klein G,Cánepa C,Milovic V,Milone G,Robinson A,Cerutti I,Saporito G,Kusminsky G,Milone J,Bordone J,Lastiri F,Argentine Group of Bone Marrow Transplantation.

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A short-term differential staining cytotoxicity (DiSC) assay was used to assess the sensitivity of tumor cells in vitro from patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma to various cytotoxic drugs. The results have been correlated with drug sensitivities of the tumors in vivo. The chemos...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Bird MC,Bosanquet AG,Forskitt S,Gilby ED

更新日期：1988-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bioimpedance spectroscopy (BIS) has enabled the early identification of breast cancer-related lymphedema. In this study, differences in health service metrics and in the incidence of breast cancer-related lymphedema are evaluated in an early surveillance model of care compared with a traditional referral mod...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Koelmeyer LA,Borotkanics RJ,Alcorso J,Prah P,Winch CJ,Nakhel K,Dean CM,Boyages J

更新日期：2019-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Between 1980-1990, 126 patients were treated with radiation therapy (RT) and hyperthermia using 915-MHz external microwave applicators. All but 11 patients had failed to respond to previous therapy. METHODS:The mean tumor volume was 73 +/- 13 cm3, and the mean radiation dose delivered was 45 +/- 1 Gy. Hyper...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Engin K,Leeper DB,Tupchong L,Waterman FM,Mansfield CM

更新日期：1993-07-01 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:Strong correlations have been reported between expression of urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA) and poor prognosis in several human carcinomas. The clinical significance of secreted levels of uPA, its receptor (uPAR), and its inhibitors (PAI-1 and PAI-2) in the ascites of patients with epithelial ova...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Chambers SK,Gertz RE Jr,Ivins CM,Kacinski BM

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (EHE) is a rare neoplasm of vascular origin that occurs in the liver and other organs; its etiology is unknown. METHODS:The authors analyzed the clinicopathologic and immunohistochemical features of 137 patients with EHE of the liver in an attempt to identify features that m...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Makhlouf HR,Ishak KG,Goodman ZD

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The current study examines 1) the sensitivity of detection and 2) sampling and screening/diagnostic error in the cytologic diagnosis of adenocarcinoma in situ (AIS) of the cervix. The data were taken from public and private sector screening laboratories reporting 25,000 and 80,000 smears, respectively, each ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Schoolland M,Segal A,Allpress S,Miranda A,Frost FA,Sterrett GF

更新日期：2002-12-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Aberrant methylation is a known cause of cancer initiation and/or progression. There are scant data on the genome-wide methylation pattern of nonfunctioning pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (NFPanNETs) and sporadic and hereditary NFPanNETs. METHODS:Thirty-three tissue samples were analyzed: they included sa...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Tirosh A,Mukherjee S,Lack J,Gara SK,Wang S,Quezado MM,Keutgen XM,Wu X,Cam M,Kumar S,Patel D,Nilubol N,Tyagi MV,Kebebew E

更新日期：2019-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A 29-year-old man with metastatic extraadrenal pheochromocytoma developed paraplegia which reversed completely after megavoltage irradiation of the dorsolumbar spine. Later, treated with cyclophosphamide, vincristine, and dacarbazine, he had a temporary decrease in plasma norepinephrine concentration, a partial recalc...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Siddiqui MZ,Von Eyben FE,Spanos G

更新日期：1988-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The study is a clinicopathologic report on 64 patients with primary adenocarcinoma of the urinary bladder and urachus, with particular reference to important prognostic and therapeutic factors. All tumors exhibited adenocarcinomatous features in at least two thirds of the examined tumor area. Pure forms of the differe...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Anderström C,Johansson SL,von Schultz L

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The authors suggested that the loss of collagen IV and laminin-containing basement membrane and the loss of Disabled-2 (Dab2) expression were two critical events associated with morphologic dysplastic changes of the ovarian surface epithelium as a step in tumorigenicity. Both the basement membrane and Dab2, ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Roland IH,Yang WL,Yang DH,Daly MB,Ozols RF,Hamilton TC,Lynch HT,Godwin AK,Xu XX

更新日期：2003-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the current study, the authors investigated the incidence of moderate to severe chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) for chemotherapy regimens commonly used in current clinical practice for the treatment of patients with early breast cancer. Patient-reported and clinician-assessed CIPN severi...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Nyrop KA,Deal AM,Reeder-Hayes KE,Shachar SS,Reeve BB,Basch E,Choi SK,Lee JT,Wood WA,Anders CK,Carey LA,Dees EC,Jolly TA,Kimmick GG,Karuturi MS,Reinbolt RE,Speca JC,Muss HB

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The objective of this study was to evaluate the long-term survival and late toxicities of concurrent-adjuvant chemotherapy in patients with stage III through IVB nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) from endemic regions of China. METHODS:Patients with stage III to IVB NPC were assigned randomly to receive radioth...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Chen Y,Sun Y,Liang SB,Zong JF,Li WF,Chen M,Chen L,Mao YP,Tang LL,Guo Y,Lin AH,Liu MZ,Ma J

更新日期：2013-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Overall survival (OS) is considered the gold standard for determining treatment efficacy in oncology trials, but the relation between treatment and OS can be challenging to assess because of long study durations and the impact of subsequent therapies on outcome. Using OS can be particularly difficult for new...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Smith BD,DeZern AE,Bastian AW,Durie BGM

更新日期：2017-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cetuximab in combination with docetaxel was examined in chemotherapy-refractory/resistant patients with advanced nonsmall-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) to determine response rate, survival, safety, and pharmacokinetics (PK). METHODS:Patients had evidence of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) expression (> o...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Kim ES,Mauer AM,William WN Jr,Tran HT,Liu D,Lee JJ,Windt P,Hong WK,Vokes EE,Herbst RS

更新日期：2009-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A Chinese patient with documented hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) satisfied the criteria of Everson and Cole for spontaneous regression of malignant tumors. Subsequently he survived a tumor-free period of at least 13 years. During the period of regression, shrinkage of liver coincided with a rise of SGOT to a level com...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Lam KC,Ho JC,Yeung RT

更新日期：1982-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fas-expressing cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) are important antitumor immune effector cells in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The role of transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGF-beta1) in modulating the expression of Fas by CTLs is not known in HCC. The objectives of this study were to characte...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Yuen MF,Hughes RD,Heneghan MA,Langley PG,Norris S

更新日期：2001-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study was to identify biologic differences between ovarian clear cell carcinoma and other ovarian adenocarcinomas by comparing the expression of cell cycle regulatory molecules and by analyzing the survival of the patients. METHODS:In 51 cases of epithelial ovarian carcinoma, the express...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Shimizu M,Nikaido T,Toki T,Shiozawa T,Fujii S

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fourteen examples of intravenous leiomyomatosis in the FIP files were studied. Growth beyond the uterus occurred in 10 of the 14 examples, largely in vessels in the broad ligament and in uterine and iliac veins. Metastasis to the heart occurred in 1 example. The study provides evidence that is consistent with both the...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Norris HJ,Parmley T

更新日期：1975-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of mitoxantrone in combination with vinblastine was assessed in 156 patients with metastatic breast cancer who had been treated previously with one or multiple chemotherapeutic regimens. Mitoxantrone was given by random assignment, either as a 10 mg/m2 single intravenous dose or in five consecutive daily ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Fraschini G,Yap HY,Mann G,Buzdar AU,Blumenschein GR,Hortobagyi GN

更新日期：1987-10-15 00:00:00