abstract：:Breast cancer is a leading women's health issue. Continued advances in understanding the temporal sequencing of relevant exposures promises to shed light on the continuum of breast carcinogenesis. Oral contraceptive use and the transient increase in risk following childbirth are exposures that affect the near-term ris...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Alberg AJ,Helzlsouer KJ

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some of the most dramatic advances in the treatment of cancer have used the immune system in combination with conventional or transplantation chemotherapy. Adoptive immunotherapy has been used for relapses after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation, and it has been particularly effective for chronic myeloid leukemia...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Ballen K,Stewart FM

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-three years after it was observed that successful treatment of Hodgkin's disease was associated with risk of a second malignancy related to treatment, the literature is maturing. Early reports of leukemia risk rising and falling between 5 and 10 years after treatment continue to be supported. The real problem i...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： DeVita VT Jr

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Contrary to the case with bacterial infections, progress in the diagnosis and treatment of invasive mycoses in cancer patients has been unsatisfactory. Amphotericin B deoxycholate has remained the drug of choice for severe invasive fungal infections for nearly 40 years. However, its infusion-related side effects, as w...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Martino P,Girmenia C

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mucosal injury due to ionizing radiation or cytotoxic agents begins with damage to stem cells in the basal epithelium, progresses as these cells are depleted, and is complicated by inflammation and superimposed infection. Suppression of oral and pharyngeal infection, cytokine stimulation of neutrophils, and protection...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Marks JE

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) continues to be a major obstacle to the success of allogeneic bone marrow transplantation. Furthermore, several clinical strategies being employed at this time in the field of bone marrow transplantation have had an impact on GVHD. In addition to the usual division of topics such as pa...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Marcellus DC,Vogelsang GB

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The search for effective adjuvant therapy for melanoma has resulted in the testing of a remarkably broad spectrum of therapeutic agents. Until recently, there was little evidence to suggest a benefit for any adjuvant therapy. The demonstration of activity for adjuvant high-dose interferon alfa in a cooperative group t...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Sondak VK,Wolfe JA

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1996 progress has been made toward a better understanding of acute leukemias, their biology, the effects of different intensity or subtype-specific chemotherapy, and the contribution of bone marrow transplantation. In acute lymphoblastic leukemia, high-dose cytarabine in induction and in postremission treatment imp...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Büchner T

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enormous progress has been made in the last several years in delineating signal transduction pathways associated with cell proliferation and apoptosis. The components of these pathways, which include both oncogenes and tumor suppressors, may provide viable targets for therapeutic intervention for the treatment of canc...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Huang PS,Heimbrook DC

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene transfer for the treatment of cancer is a rapidly expanding field. Recent studies can be divided into four main areas: 1) transfer of suicide genes that convert inactive prodrugs into cytotoxic compounds, 2) transfer of genes encoding cytokines and stimulatory markers to enhance immunogenicity against tumors, 3) ...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Davis BM,Koc ON,Lee K,Gerson SL

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biologic and clinical heterogeneity of lymphomas represents the major obstacle to their diagnosis. Because histologic analysis, which is the initial diagnostic approach, has been demonstrated to be insufficient in the definition of certain types of lymphomas, molecular and immunologic techniques have been increasi...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Veronese ML,Schichman SA,Croce CM

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The correct use of tumor markers in patients with gynecological cancers can make an impact on management of the disease. Their value in screening for ovarian cancer cannot be recommended outside trials. Increased levels of various markers give prognostic information that could alter therapy for patients with early ova...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Rustin GJ

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prophylactic or pre-emptive approach should help to restrict use of antibiotics and lead to better management of infection. It is clear that if effective pre-emptive therapy is available (be it as prophylaxis), the empiric additions of other agents should be taken into account and tailored accordingly. On the othe...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Klastersky J

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronotherapy consists in the administration of medicines according to biological rhythms. Further insight into the mechanisms of the circadian system has led to adapting the delivery of cancer chemotherapy to rhythms in drug metabolism or cell proliferation. The pharmacology of anticancer agents has long been known t...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Lévi F

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The identification of new active agents for the treatment of squamous carcinoma of the head and neck remains a high priority for clinical investigators. For the past several years a number of investigational drugs have demonstrated activity in patients with recurrent or metastatic disease. Included are the following a...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Murphy BA

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rising rate of germ cell cancer of the testis over the past decade has been demonstrated to be occurring predominantly in the younger age group (15 to 19 years) in association with earlier onset of puberty and earlier onset of regular sexual activity. Chemicals and viruses, with their atrophogenic effect, remain t...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Oliver RT

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The interferons are complex proteins that have been widely tested as therapy for neoplastic diseases. Interferon (IFN)-alpha has been the most extensively studied in melanoma. It produces responses in about 16% of metastatic melanomas, about one third of which are complete. It has been combined with chemotherapy and b...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Agarwala SS,Kirkwood JM

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent work has shown that: 1) loss of transforming growth factor-beta response is associated with malignant progression, 2) maintenance of autocrine negative transforming growth factor-beta activity is a key impediment to malignant progression, and 3) the major mechanism for loss of RII expression in replication erro...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Brattain MG,Markowitz SD,Willson JK

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tamoxifen as adjuvant systemic treatment after first isolated locoregional recurrence of breast cancer has been shown to decrease the subsequent locoregional relapse rate, but it affects neither distant metastases nor survival. In metastatic disease, tamoxifen has not improved response when added to ablation of ovaria...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Rubens RD

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection with HIV is associated with an increased risk of systemic and primary central nervous system non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Patients with systemic non-Hodgkin's lymphoma usually present with high- or intermediate-grade histology and extranodal dissemination. Although the prognosis for such patients is poor, some pa...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Sparano JA

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diarrhea is a common event in the clinical history of cancer patients. It can be caused by the presence of tumor or it can be a side effect of treatment. The latter problem is occurring more often because new drugs (CPT-11) or drug combinations (fluorouracil plus interferon or leucovorin) have diarrhea as the dose-lim...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Cascinu S

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A review of the recent literature about liver cancers shows the increasing role of hepatitis C as a risk factor for the development of hepatocellular carcinoma. A new discussion has arisen with regard to the association between the use of oral contraceptives and hepatocellular carcinoma. Patients at risk for developin...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Weimann A,Oldhafer KJ,Pichlmayr R

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The management of tumors arising from or, by extension, involving the skull base is complex due to the density and sensitivity of nearby neurovascular structures, the proximity of these structures to the relatively contaminated spaces of the paranasal sinuses or ear and mastoid, the varied pathologic entities encounte...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： DeMonte F

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Renal cell carcinoma remains a devastating disease known for insidious onset, with patients often having advanced incurable disease at the time of diagnosis. Biologic therapy with IL-2 offers a chance for prolonged remission for a minority of patients, but its toxicities preclude most patients from ever receiving it. ...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Savage PD

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obstruction of the superior vena cava is seldom a true emergency and should not be treated without an adequate tissue diagnosis. For patients who are poor operative risks for invasive procedures, percutaneous biopsies of mediastinal masses under ultrasound guidance have resulted in a high diagnostic yield. Superior ve...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Shepherd FA

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since 1977, when it was first demonstrated that a small number of patients with refractory leukemia could be cured by bone marrow transplantation, there has been an international effort to increase the proportion of patients cured. This article reviews recent developments in the treatment of adult leukemia with partic...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Volm MD,Tallman MS

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oligodeoxynucleotides have been proposed as both in vitro and in vivo inhibitors of gene expression because of the specificity of Watson-Crick base pair hybridization. Phosphodiester oligodeoxynucleotides (normal DNA) cannot be used as drugs because they are nuclease sensitive. Significant efforts have been made to st...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Stein CA,Narayanan R

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphomas include a vast number of pathologic conditions in which the search for new active drugs follows different routes. Hodgkin's disease and high-grade non-Hodgkin's lymphoma are very sensitive to chemotherapy, responding well to existing regimens; the inability to cure seems to be caused by acquired drug resista...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Straneo M,Gianni L

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disease-free survival for patients with small sarcomas of bone has been impressively improved with the use of intensive combination chemotherapy and safe local control with surgery or radiation. The ability of monoclonal antibodies to recognize different antigens has allowed new insights into the histogenesis and has ...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Jürgens HF

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Work in the field of molecular neuro-oncology has evolved from a purely descriptive catalogue of regional mutations to the implication of specific genes in the malignant process. Reverse genetic strategies have resulted in the cloning of the neurofibromatosis-1 and neurofibromatosis-2 genes, the molecular physiology o...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Mikkelsen T

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Renal cell carcinoma remains a challenge for oncologists, with only 20% of patients being cured by surgical removal of the involved kidney and a handful of patients with advanced disease being cured by surgery, immunotherapy, or both. Although advances in early detection, recognition of high-risk groups, and chemother...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Savage PD

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past decade, high-dose chemotherapy followed by autologous bone marrow support (ABMS) has been employed with increasing frequency to treat patients with a variety of solid tumors. This paper explores the rationale and relevant clinical data for the use of this approach to treat patients with breast and ovaria...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Shpall EJ,Jones RB,Bearman S

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignant melanoma is a tumor that offers unique possibilities for approaches to targeted therapy by virtue of the pigment biosynthesis pathway. Such approaches may seek to use the incorporation of toxic intermediates or to use the natural transcriptional control of genes coding for enzymes involved in melanin formati...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Hart IR,Vile RG

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myelodysplasia or myelodysplastic syndromes represent a heterogeneous group of bone marrow disorders characterized by dysmaturation, cytopenias, and a propensity for leukemic transformation. Although universally adopted, the French-American-British classification still has several limitations and an inability to categ...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Taylor KM,Rodwell RL,Taylor DL,Seeley GO

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The circumvention of P-glycoprotein function by pharmacologic agents is a major focus of clinical trials aimed at increasing the cytotoxicity of multidrug resistance-associated drugs, including doxorubicin. The success of this approach will likely depend on the clinical significance of P-glycoprotein expression, which...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Kruh GD,Goldstein LJ

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review highlights recent advances in understanding the mode of action of retinoids at the level of molecular and cellular biology in relation to the new clinical results achieved with retinoids in various malignancies. All-trans-retinoic acid has been established in the clinic as a first-line differentiation ther...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Holdener EE,Bollag W

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past year, several research areas have been noteworthy. This article discusses decision making related to breast cancer treatment, the effects of treatment on measures of psychological distress, and studies related to quality-of-life among breast cancer patients. In addition, an area of continued interest inv...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Stefanek ME

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies are refining the treatment approaches of radiation therapy and combination chemotherapy in Hodgkin's disease. In early-stage disease, attempts are being made to lessen the toxicity of treatment while maintaining excellent results. Optimal results are achieved in advanced disease with combined radiation ...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Straus DJ

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review presents some of the articles published over the past year pertaining to the etiology, epidemiology, risk and prognostic factors, screening, and imaging techniques of gynecologic cancer. The most significant advances in this period were made in the area of the genetics of gynecologic cancers and the factor...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Leung Y,DePetrillo AD

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, which usually presents as mycosis fungoides or Sézary syndrome, remains a mostly incurable, yet highly treatable group of diseases. The myriad of active therapies continues to grow, and new insights into the mechanism of systemic and topical therapies are being elucidated. Multimodality trea...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Kaplan EH,Leslie WT

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00