Cost-effectiveness of systemic and regional chemotherapy for the treatment of patients with unresectable colorectal liver metastases.

abstract：:Meningeal carcinomatosis can appear with a variety of neurologic signs and symptoms. Alterations in respiratory control have not been reported in this syndrome or in neurologic syndromes associated with systemic cancer. The authors report on a case of documented leptomeningeal carcinoma from breast cancer presenting a...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Marcus FS,Dandolos EM,Friedman MA

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Stepwise progression of peripheral-type lung adenocarcinoma was characterized morphologically and was related to prognosis. Expression of the tumor suppressor gene p16 in pulmonary adenocarcinoma decreased, mainly as a result of aberrant methylation of the CpG islands of the promoter region. METHODS:Aberran...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Tanaka R,Wang D,Morishita Y,Inadome Y,Minami Y,Iijima T,Fukai S,Goya T,Noguchi M

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-nine patients with transitional urothelial tract tumors received methotrexate: 0.5-1.0 mg/kg I.V. Q W (40 patients) or 250 mg/M2 in a 2-hour infusion with citrovorum factor rescue 24 hours later (nine patients). Eleven (26%, 95% confidence limits 13-39%) of 42 patients with bidimensionally measurable metastases ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Natale RB,Yagoda A,Watson RC,Whitmore WF,Blumenreich M,Braun DW Jr

更新日期：1981-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Alpha Heavy Chain Disease has generally been described in the Mediterranean area in young people with a diffuse gastrointestinal lymphoma and malabsorption. We describe a patient from the United States with polypoid lymphoma of the gastrointestinal tract and a prolonged clinical course, who had the characteristic alph...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Cohen HJ,Gonzalvo A,Krook J,Thompson TT,Kremer WB

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of eight plasma cell granulomas of the lung were examined. Their clinical, pathologic, and immunohistochemical characteristics as well as the ultrastructural features of one case are in agreement with those found in the literature. One patient died after a surgical intervention complicated by invasion of pulm...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Warter A,Satge D,Roeslin N

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five cases of squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix associated with widespread squamous cell carcinoma in situ of the endometrial surface are reported. In one case, carcinoma in situ was also found in one fallopian tube in continuity with the cervicoendometrial lesion. A survey of the literature reveals only 20 cases ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Kanbour AI,Stock RJ

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The authors investigated the prevalence of pretreatment urinary, sexual, hormonal, and bowel dysfunction in a contemporary, population-based prostate cancer cohort. They also explored the associations between baseline function and age, comorbidity, and timing of baseline survey completion with respect to tre...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Resnick MJ,Barocas DA,Morgans AK,Phillips SE,Chen VW,Cooperberg MR,Goodman M,Greenfield S,Hamilton AS,Hoffman KE,Kaplan SH,Paddock LE,Stroup AM,Wu XC,Koyama T,Penson DF

更新日期：2014-04-15 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:We prospectively compared the proxy reporting of health-related quality of life (HRQL) by parents and nurses of children with Hodgkin disease to see how well they correlated with the children's report. METHODS:Children with all stages of Hodgkin disease, their parents, and the clinic nurse were all asked to...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Klaassen RJ,Barr RD,Hughes J,Rogers P,Anderson R,Grundy P,Ali SK,Yanofsky R,Abla O,Silva M,Carret AS,Cappelli M

更新日期：2010-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Preclinical and clinical data suggest that both leucovorin (LV) and interferon (IFN) can augment the cytotoxic effects of 5-fluorouracil (5-FU). Based on the rationale of biochemical double modulation, the current Phase II study was undertaken. METHODS:Thirty-two previously untreated patients with advanced ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Scheithauer W,Pfeffel F,Kornek G,Marczell A,Wiltschke C,Funovics J

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although significant advances have been made in the treatment of some malignancies, the prognosis of patients with metastatic tumors remains poor. Differentiating agents redirect cells toward their normal phenotype and therefore may reverse or suppress evolving malignant lesions or prevent cancer invasion. I...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Miller WH Jr

更新日期：1998-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The growing diversity of the population of the United States and the high burden of cancer-related symptoms reflect the need for caregiver research within underserved groups. In this longitudinal study, the authors assessed changes in symptom severity in caregivers and underserved minority patients diagnosed...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Palos GR,Mendoza TR,Liao KP,Anderson KO,Garcia-Gonzalez A,Hahn K,Nazario A,Ramondetta LM,Valero V,Lynch GR,Jibaja-Weiss ML,Cleeland CS

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of biliary cystadenoma undergoing malignant dedifferentiation is presented. Biliary cystadenocarcinoma is an infrequently occurring neoplasm; fewer than 20 cases have been reported in the literature. This case is the first in which there is documentation of cystadenocarcinoma arising from a previously diagnosed...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Woods GL

更新日期：1981-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Activation of telomerase, a ribonucleoprotein enzyme complex that synthesizes telomere repeats, is associated with acquisition of unlimited cellular proliferation and is commonly detected in human cancer. Measurement of telomerase activity (TA) may provide important information as a diagnostic marker or a pr...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Shoji Y,Yoshinaga K,Inoue A,Iwasaki A,Sugihara K

更新日期：2000-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In this review, I describe the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and its application to cancer diagnostics. I present recent improvements to PCR methodology, and describe some state-of-the-art detection methods and approaches used to diagnose various cancer markers, including ras genes, BCR/abl translocations, and G-pro...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Lyons J

更新日期：1992-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Topotecan (9-dimethylaminomethyl-10-hydroxycampthothecin) is a new topoisomerase I inhibitor with promising efficacy in the treatment of patients with small cell lung carcinoma (SCLC). Combination with a topoisomerase II inhibitor may potentate the therapeutic effect of topotecan, although there has been con...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Mok TS,Wong H,Zee B,Yu KH,Leung TW,Lee TW,Yim A,Chan AT,Yeo W,Chak K,Johnson P

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The mortality rate associated with fever accompanied by pulmonary infiltrates after chemotherapy for hematologic malignancies remains higher than the corresponding rate associated with febrile neutropenia without pulmonary infiltrates. Nonetheless, few studies have focused on the factors that predict outcome...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Offidani M,Corvatta L,Malerba L,Marconi M,Bichisecchi E,Cecchini S,Manso E,Principi T,Gasparini S,Leoni P

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:[(111)In]-diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid (DTPA)-D-[Phe1]-octreotide (OctreoScan, Mallinckrodt Medical, Petten, The Netherlands), combined with single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), has limited possibilities to detect small abdominal endocrine tumors. This study explores the efficacy of Oct...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Ohrvall U,Westlin JE,Nilsson S,Juhlin C,Rastad J,Lundqvist H,Akerström G

更新日期：1997-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Some studies have suggested that women with metastatic malignant melanoma have a better survival rate than men. However, little is known about the effect of gender on survival in combination with other clinical variables and treatment variables. Thus, an analysis of 813 eligible patients from 15 consecutive ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Unger JM,Flaherty LE,Liu PY,Albain KS,Sondak VK

更新日期：2001-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The objective of this study was to assess the racial and ethnic disparities in outcomes and their association with process-of-care measures for elderly Medicare recipients with localized prostate cancer. METHODS:The Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results-Medicare databases for the period from 1995 to 2...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Jayadevappa R,Chhatre S,Johnson JC,Malkowicz SB

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Fuhrman grading system is an established predictor of survival in patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC). The predictive accuracy of various Fuhrman grading schemes was tested with the intent of improving the prediction of RCC-specific survival (RCC-SS). METHODS:The analyses targeted 5453 patients fro...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Rioux-Leclercq N,Karakiewicz PI,Trinh QD,Ficarra V,Cindolo L,de la Taille A,Tostain J,Zigeuner R,Mejean A,Patard JJ

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of a dermal nerve sheath myxoma arising in a digital nerve is reported. Similar tumors and its variants have been termed neurothekeoma, pacinian neurofibroma, bizarre cutaneous neurofibroma, and plexiform neurofibroma. The perineural sheath or the Schwann cell have been presumed to be the cell of origin by seve...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Blumberg AK,Kay S,Adelaar RS

更新日期：1989-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The authors purpose in this study was to clarify the difference in terms of clinicopathologic features between gastric cancer (GC) with high numbers of DNA methylated genes and CpG island methylator phenotype (CIMP)-positive GC as originally defined. METHODS:We analyzed DNA methylation of 12 tumor-related g...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Oue N,Mitani Y,Motoshita J,Matsumura S,Yoshida K,Kuniyasu H,Nakayama H,Yasui W

更新日期：2006-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is little information on the function of dendritic cells in women with human papillomavirus (HPV)-related cervical squamous intraepithelial lesions (SILs). In the current study the functions of dendritic cells in the development of T-cell immunity in women with cervical SILs were assessed. METHODS:The...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Lee BN,Follen M,Rodriquez G,Shen DY,Malpica A,Shearer WT,Reuben JM

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sunitinib has replaced interferon (IFN) as a first-line standard of care in the treatment of metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC). This study aimed to determine overall survival and to confirm effectiveness in a population that includes poor prognosis patients. METHODS:Data were collected on all patients i...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Heng DY,Chi KN,Murray N,Jin T,Garcia JA,Bukowski RM,Rini BI,Kollmannsberger C

更新日期：2009-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor-bearing patients with breast cancer were assayed for their natural killer (NK) cell activity and for the function of activated cytotoxic T-cells, as assessed by lectin-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (LDCC). Tumor-bearing patients with breast cancer had a significant increase in NK activity and in LDCC, as compa...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Zielinski CC,Tichatschek E,Müller C,Kalinowski W,Sevelda P,Czerwenka K,Kubista E,Spona J

更新日期：1989-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The high recurrence rate of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) determines the long-term prognosis for patients with HCC. In the current study, the authors tested the effects of menatetrenone, a vitamin K2 analog, on recurrent HCC and survival after curative treatment. METHODS:Sixty-one patients who were diagnos...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Mizuta T,Ozaki I,Eguchi Y,Yasutake T,Kawazoe S,Fujimoto K,Yamamoto K

更新日期：2006-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Granular cell tumors (GCTs) are uncommon tumors of putative schwannian derivation that are rarely malignant. Although recent studies have addressed a histologic correlation with malignant behavior, similar studies have not been done on cytologic material. METHODS:The authors evaluated 3 malignant GCTs and 1...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Wieczorek TJ,Krane JF,Domanski HA,Akerman M,Carlén B,Misdraji J,Granter SR

更新日期：2001-12-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatoblastoma differs from the adult type of hepatoma in clinical and pathologic features. The ratio of fucosylation of serum alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) was determined in seven patients with hepatoblastoma and in 21 infants and children with otherwise elevated serum AFP, using the improved technique of lentil agglutinin...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Tsuchida Y,Honna T,Fukui M,Sakaguchi H,Ishiguro T

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) values in 529 patients treated in two consecutive adjuvant chemotherapy protocols were analyzed to determine if CEA values correlated with disease-free status or prognostic utility. CEA values were evaluated preoperatively, before chemotherapy, at the conclusion of chemotherapy, and duri...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Theriault RL,Hortobagyi GN,Fritsche HA,Frye D,Martinez R,Buzdar AU

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00