Abstract:
:A population-based, case-control study was conducted in Los Angeles County, California, to investigate the inter-relationships of obesity, hypertension and medications in relation to renal cell carcinoma (RCC) risk. A total of 1204 RCC patients and an equal number of neighbourhood controls were included. Obesity was a strong risk factor for RCC. A fourfold increase in risk was observed for those with usual body mass index (kg m(-2)) of > or = 30 vs < 22. A history of hypertension was another strong, independent risk factor for RCC [odds ratio (OR) = 2.2; 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.8, 2.6]. There was little evidence that use of diuretics was directly related to RCC development. Use of diuretics for reasons other than hypertension (primarily for weight control) was unrelated to risk among self-reported normotensive subjects (OR = 1.2; 95% CI = 0.7, 2.2). Among hypertensive subjects, heavy users of diuretics experienced similar risk as light users (OR = 0.9 among subjects with lifetime dose of > or = 137 g compared with those with lifetime dose of < 43 g). Similarly, normotensive subjects who took non-diuretic antihypertensives regularly showed no increased risk for RCC (OR = 1.1; 95% CI = 0.6-1.8), and intake among hypertensive subjects did not further increase their risk. Regular use of amphetamine-containing diet pills was associated with a twofold increase in RCC risk (95% CI = 1.4-2.8) and the risk increased with increasing dose of amphetamines. However, the fraction of cases possibly related to this exposure is small (population-attributable risk = 5%).
journal_name
Br J Cancerjournal_title
British journal of cancerauthors
Yuan JM,Castelao JE,Gago-Dominguez M,Ross RK,Yu MCdoi
10.1038/bjc.1998.248subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1998-05-01 00:00:00pages
1508-13issue
9eissn
0007-0920issn
1532-1827journal_volume
77pub_type
杂志文章abstract::The prognostic value of several clinical and histopathological characteristics has been evaluated in patients with Dukes' B and C carcinoma of the rectum and the rectosigmoid. Data on 260 Dukes' B and 208 Dukes' C tumours entered into a prospective, randomized clinical trial of post-operative radiotherapy (50 Gy given...
journal_title:British journal of cancer
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/bjc.1988.192
更新日期:1988-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::Despite encouraging results from recent studies, there is still no consensus to undertake mass screening using the Haemoccult test in the general population. The success of mass screening for colorectal cancer depends among other things on Haemoccult test properties. In on-going screening programmes, the Haemoccult te...
journal_title:British journal of cancer
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/bjc.1995.459
更新日期:1995-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Cancer of the colon and rectum is one of the most frequent malignancies both in the US and Europe. Standard palliative therapy is based on 5-fluorouracil/folinic acid combinations, with or without oxaliplatin or irinotecan, given intravenously. Oral medication has the advantage of greater patient convenience and accep...
journal_title:British journal of cancer
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6600781
更新日期:2003-03-10 00:00:00
abstract::Smoking, nutrition, parity and oral contraceptive use have been reported as major environmental risk factors for cervical cancer. After the discovery of the very strong link between human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and cervical cancer, it is unclear whether the association of these environmental factors with cervi...
journal_title:British journal of cancer
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1054/bjoc.1999.1100
更新日期:2000-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::The records of 610 consecutive patients with small cell lung cancer, treated on a common protocol in a multicentre trial, were reviewed and 24 (4%) cases of spinal cord compression identified. Five hundred patients had isotope bone scans performed at presentation, and in 131 (26%) there was abnormal isotope uptake in ...
journal_title:British journal of cancer
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/bjc.1989.119
更新日期:1989-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::An extensive analysis of the reliability of positron emission tomography (PET) after induction treatment in patients with Hodgkin's disease (HD) or aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL). In all, 75 untreated patients with HD (n=41) or aggressive NHL (n=34) were studied with both PET and CT scans following standard c...
journal_title:British journal of cancer
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6602040
更新日期:2004-08-31 00:00:00
abstract::Hypoxia, a hallmark of most solid tumours, is a negative prognostic factor due to its association with an aggressive tumour phenotype and therapeutic resistance. Given its prominent role in oncology, accurate detection of hypoxia is important, as it impacts on prognosis and could influence treatment planning. A variet...
journal_title:British journal of cancer
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1038/bjc.2014.610
更新日期:2015-01-20 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The increasing incidence of oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OPSCC) is mainly related to human papillomavirus (HPV) infection. As OPSCCs are often diagnosed at an advanced stage, mortality and morbidity remain high. There are no diagnostic biomarkers for early detection of OPSCC. METHODS:Serum from 25...
journal_title:British journal of cancer
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/s41416-018-0162-2
更新日期:2018-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::We have shown previously that the relative expression of a truncated oestrogen receptor-alpha variant mRNA (ER clone 4) is significantly increased in axillary node-positive primary breast tumours compared with node-negative tumours. In this study, we have examined the relative expression of clone 4-truncated, exon 5-d...
journal_title:British journal of cancer
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6690156
更新日期:1999-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Subgroup analyses of clinical studies suggest that bevacizumab plus XELOX is effective and tolerable in elderly patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC). The prospective BECOX study examined the efficacy and safety of bevacizumab plus XELOX, followed by bevacizumab plus capecitabine in elderly patie...
journal_title:British journal of cancer
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1038/bjc.2014.346
更新日期:2014-07-15 00:00:00
abstract::The evidence base for head and neck cancers is low with relatively few randomized controlled trials of the two main treatments, surgery and radiotherapy. The aim of the study was to investigate the patterns of surgery and radiotherapy treatment for head and neck cancers in three large areas of England and to investiga...
journal_title:British journal of cancer
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6690695
更新日期:1999-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::A prospective randomised study was carried out to compare the effect of mesna (2-mercaptoethane sulphonate sodium) with that of forced diuresis in preventing cyclophosphamide induced haemorrhagic cystitis in marrow transplant recipients. Sixty-one consecutive BMT recipients were randomised for treatment with forced di...
journal_title:British journal of cancer
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1038/bjc.1984.252
更新日期:1984-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::To investigate the usefulness of thyroglobulin mRNA (Tg-mRNA) detection in peripheral blood in the follow-up of papillary and follicular (differentiated) thyroid cancer, a literature study was performed. Both evidence for and evidence against the usefulness of Tg-mRNA detection were found. Also, evidence for the expre...
journal_title:British journal of cancer
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601991
更新日期:2004-07-19 00:00:00
abstract::Monocyte-macrophage series have an important role in host surveillance against cancer. The cytotoxic/cytostatic activity of macrophages is, to a great extent, attributed to the up-regulation of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and production of nitric oxide (NO). Here, in 28 patients with primary lung cancer and...
journal_title:British journal of cancer
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/bjc.1998.528
更新日期:1998-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::A cytogenetic study was performed in 27 patients suspected of t-MDS or t-ANLL. In 12 patients the diagnosis of t-MDS or t-ANLL was confirmed by morphological, cytochemical and immunophenotypical analysis. The cases were classified as RA (one), RAEB (four), CMML (two), ANLL (five). They had received chemotherapy and/or...
journal_title:British journal of cancer
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/bjc.1990.93
更新日期:1990-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Temsirolimus was approved in Europe as first-line treatment of poor-prognosis advanced renal cell carcinoma (advRCC) based on significant clinical benefits. METHODS:Patients with advRCC and multiple poor-prognostic factors were randomly assigned to receive 25 mg intravenous temsirolimus weekly, interferon-a...
journal_title:British journal of cancer
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究,随机对照试验
doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6605647
更新日期:2010-05-11 00:00:00
abstract::The results of treating two series of patients with Burkitt's lymphoma are presented in the form of survival curves. The second series shows an improved survival rate which seems to be due to a potentiating effect by potassium iodide on oral cyclophosphamide. So far no reason for this effect has been found. ...
journal_title:British journal of cancer
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/bjc.1971.6
更新日期:1971-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Serum levels of pepsinogen and gastrin are parameters that can be used as biomarkers for gastric mucosa. The aim of this study was to validate these serum biomarkers, that is pepsinogen A (PGA), pepsinogen C (PGC), PGA/PGC ratio, and gastrin, as screening tests for precancerous lesions: atrophic chronic gastritis (ACG...
journal_title:British journal of cancer
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6600877
更新日期:2003-04-22 00:00:00
abstract::Delays in cancer diagnosis and treatment due to the COVID-19 pandemic is a widespread source of concern, but the scale of the challenge for different tumour sites is not known. Routinely collected NHS England Cancer Waiting Time data were analysed to compare activity for breast cancer in the first 6 months of 2020 com...
journal_title:British journal of cancer
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/s41416-020-01182-z
更新日期:2020-11-30 00:00:00
abstract::Doxorubicin- and paclitaxel-selected variants of an in vitro invasive clonal population of the human breast cancer cell line, MDA-MB-435S, were established by pulse selection, and exhibited a novel 'superinvasive' phenotype. This phenotype is characterised by an ability to relocate to another surface following invasio...
journal_title:British journal of cancer
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6602221
更新日期:2004-11-15 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:It has been reported that although young patients present with more advanced disease, when adjusted for stage, cancer-specific survival is not different after surgery for colorectal cancer. However, few studies have examined non-cancer survival in young patients and 10-year survival has rarely been reported....
journal_title:British journal of cancer
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6605222
更新日期:2009-08-18 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:PI3K/Akt (PKB) pathway has been shown in several cell types to be activated by ligands to cell surface integrins, leading to the metastasis of tumour cells. The signalling pathways involved in the metastatic spread of human scirrhous gastric carcinoma cells have not been defined. METHODS:The role of the PI3...
journal_title:British journal of cancer
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/bjc.2012.107
更新日期:2012-04-24 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The severity of cancers is often measured in number of deaths. However, number of years of life lost (YLL) may be a more appropriate indicator of impact on society. Here we have calculated the YLL of adult cancers in Norway for the year 2012, as well as for the previous 15-year period. METHODS:Data on age c...
journal_title:British journal of cancer
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/bjc.2014.364
更新日期:2014-08-26 00:00:00
abstract::In this population-based Norwegian cohort study (2.1 million children), the impact of birth and parental characteristics on the risk of neuroblastoma (178 cases) was evaluated. In children below the age of 18 months, there was an increased neuroblastoma risk among those with congenital malformations and suggestion of ...
journal_title:British journal of cancer
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604646
更新日期:2008-10-07 00:00:00
abstract::A total of 152 non-small cell lung cancers (NSCLC) were studied retrospectively to determine the relationship between epidermal growth factor receptor (EGF-R) status and the histological type, tumour size, nodal status and prognosis. EGF-R status was assessed on routinely embedded paraffin sections with an antibody to...
journal_title:British journal of cancer
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/bjc.1989.156
更新日期:1989-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Growth of the transplantable EMR-86 rat mammary carcinoma depends on elevated prolactin levels which are induced by oestrogenic stimulation of the pituitary. We investigated histological and cell kinetic changes during tumour regression after removal of implanted oestrogen pellets (EP), and we especially focused on th...
journal_title:British journal of cancer
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/bjc.1996.232
更新日期:1996-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Although osteosclerotic bone metastases are characteristic of prostate cancer, mixed metastases with a lytic component are not uncommon. Type I collagen is synthesised by osteoblasts and accounts for about 90% of the organic matrix of bone. We have used new specific immunoassays for PICP (carboxy-terminal propeptide o...
journal_title:British journal of cancer
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/bjc.1995.204
更新日期:1995-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::The death certificate only (DCO) index, which quantifies the proportion of patients for whom the death certificate provides the only notification to the registry, is a widely used measure of incompleteness of population-based cancer registration. This paper provides an algebraic assessment and a quantitative illustrat...
journal_title:British journal of cancer
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/bjc.1995.363
更新日期:1995-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::Eleven patients with measurable subcutaneous or pulmonary metastases were selected for a study of the effectiveness of the radiosensitizer misonidazole (MIS). Evaluable data were obtained in 6 patients and radiosensitization demonstrated in 5. Patients were irradiated either before or after MIS, and each patient acted...
journal_title:British journal of cancer
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/bjc.1979.281
更新日期:1979-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The lipogenic transcription factor carbohydrate response element-binding protein (ChREBP) may play a key role in malignant progression of breast cancer by allowing metabolic adaptations to take place in response to changes in oxygenation. METHODS:Immunohistochemical analysis of ChREBP was carried out in hum...
journal_title:British journal of cancer
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/bjc.2013.765
更新日期:2014-02-04 00:00:00