0. DOCID:27601 SCORE: 0.00234078379696054
DOCNO: 15687572
OWNER: NLM
STATUS: PubMed-not-MEDLINE
AUTHOR: R L Wahl RL
AFFILIATION: University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0028, USA.
PUBTYPE: Journal Article
JOURNALTITLE: Breast disease.
COUNTRY: Netherlands
TITLE: Positron Emission Tomography (PET): an update on applications in breast cancer.
PUBDATE: 19980801
Positron Emission Tomography (PET) is an imaging method which detects alterations in tumor physiology and displays them in an anatomically precise manner. Historically, the method has been a research tool, but it is being increasingly applied to clinical imaging problems. PET, using the glucose analog 18-F-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (FDG), has been applied most widely and shows promise in detecting primary cancers, characterizing breast masses, staging for axillary metastases, evaluating for systemic metastases, and following response to therapy. This review summarizes the current status of this technique, which is in rapid evolution as new tracers and new imaging cameras become available.

1. DOCID:25758 SCORE: 0.00182842893210269
DOCNO: 10388857
OWNER: NLM
STATUS: MEDLINE
DESCRIPTOR: Stents
QUALIFIER: surgery
QUALIFIER: surgery
QUALIFIER: instrumentation
AUTHOR: W Mayoral W
AUTHOR: D E Fleischer DE
AFFILIATION: Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
PUBTYPE: Journal Article
PUBTYPE: Review
JOURNALTITLE: Gastrointestinal endoscopy clinics of North America.
COUNTRY: UNITED STATES
TITLE: The esophacoil stent for malignant esophageal obstruction.
PUBDATE: 19990701
Esophageal cancer is the seventh most common cause of cancer-related deaths in men in the United States. For a disease in which 60% of patients are incurable at presentation, palliative therapy is the main treatment option. Palliative measures include surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, photodynamic therapy, endoscopic dilation, endoscopic ablation, and the use of endoscopic prostheses. This article reviews the characteristics, technique, efficacy, and complications of the Esophacoil stent for malignant esophageal strictures.

2. DOCID:30593 SCORE: 0.00169158940256331
DOCNO: 16293510
OWNER: NLM
STATUS: In-Data-Review
AUTHOR: Frank L Meyskens FL
AUTHOR: Patricia Tully P
AFFILIATION: Department of Medicine and Biological Chemistry, Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, Irvine, CA.
PUBTYPE: Journal Article
JOURNALTITLE: Seminars in oncology nursing.
COUNTRY: United States
TITLE: Principles of cancer prevention.
PUBDATE: 20051101
OBJECTIVE: To summarize the scientific principles underlying cancer prevention. DATA SOURCES: Articles, text books, personal communications, and experience. CONCLUSION: The scientific basis of cancer prevention is complex and involves experimental and epidemiologic approaches and clinical trials. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING PRACTICE: As more information becomes available regarding proven and potential cancer-prevention strategies, oncology nurses are regularly called upon to guide patients and others in making choices regarding preventative options. It is important for oncology nurses to stay abreast of this growing body of knowledge.

3. DOCID:30893 SCORE: 0.00169158940238831
DOCNO: 16324528
OWNER: NLM
STATUS: MEDLINE
QUALIFIER: adverse effects
QUALIFIER: adverse effects
QUALIFIER: pathology
QUALIFIER: etiology
QUALIFIER: secondary
AUTHOR: A Ocaña Fernández A
AUTHOR: M Navarro Martín M
AUTHOR: J J Cruz Hernández JJ
AFFILIATION: Servicio de Oncología Médica, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca. aocana@vhebron.net
PUBTYPE: Journal Article
PUBTYPE: Review
JOURNALTITLE: Revista clínica española.
COUNTRY: Spain
TITLE: [Metastatic involvement of the central nervous system in breast cancer: role of herceptin]
PUBDATE: 20051101
The metastatic involvement pattern of breast cancer has been changing in recent years and, in this sense, an increase in the incidence of metastatic involvement of the central nervous system (CNS) is being observed. In this situation, the role that the introduction of new therapeutic agents has must still be defined. In this article, we review the possible role played by treatment with Herceptin in the appearance of metastatic involvements of the CNS.

4. DOCID:30929 SCORE: 0.00160505093160868
DOCNO: 15629272
AUTHOR: Dheerendra Prasad D
AUTHOR: David Schiff D
AFFILIATION: Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
PUBTYPE: Journal Article
PUBTYPE: Review
JOURNALTITLE: The lancet oncology.
COUNTRY: England
TITLE: Malignant spinal-cord compression.
PUBDATE: 20050101
Malignant spinal-cord compression (MSCC) is a common complication of cancer and has a substantial negative effect on quality of life and survival. Despite widespread availability of good diagnostic technology, studies indicate that most patients are diagnosed only after they become unable to walk. We review the epidemiology, pathophysiology, and clinical features of MSCC. Clinical trials have informed the optimum management of MSCC, and we review the role of corticosteroids, radiotherapy, and surgery in the management of patients. We also emphasise advances in radiation delivery and the results of a randomised trial that supported aggressive debulking in patients with MSCC.

5. DOCID:30210 SCORE: 0.00142874986666505
DOCNO: 11897572
OWNER: NLM
STATUS: MEDLINE
DESCRIPTOR: Immune Tolerance
DESCRIPTOR: Papillomavirus, Human
QUALIFIER: therapy
QUALIFIER: therapy
AUTHOR: Ryan A Wilcox RA
AUTHOR: Lieping Chen L
AFFILIATION: Department of Immunology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
PUBTYPE: Journal Article
PUBTYPE: Review
JOURNALTITLE: Frontiers in bioscience : a journal and virtual library.
COUNTRY: United States
TITLE: Immunotherapy of human papillomavirus-associated malignancies and the challenges posed by T-cell tolerance.
PUBDATE: 20020401
Human papillomaviruses are associated with a broad range of carcinomas, including cervical cancer. Although the delivery of immunogenic tumor-associated antigens represents a promising approach in the treatment of these malignancies, the imposition of T cell tolerance poses a significant challenge in this endeavor. The purpose of this review is to discuss T cell tolerance and the role of T cell costimulation in the immunotherapy of HPV-associated malignancies.

6. DOCID:27578 SCORE: 0.0014058954249173
DOCNO: 10688731
OWNER: NLM
STATUS: MEDLINE
QUALIFIER: adverse effects
QUALIFIER: adverse effects
QUALIFIER: chemically induced
QUALIFIER: adverse effects
QUALIFIER: adverse effects
AUTHOR: T Kono T
AUTHOR: M Ishii M
AUTHOR: N Negoro N
AUTHOR: S Taniguchi S
AFFILIATION: Department of Dermatology, First Department of Internal Medicine, Osaka City University Medical School, Japan.
PUBTYPE: Case Reports
PUBTYPE: Journal Article
JOURNALTITLE: Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology.
COUNTRY: UNITED STATES
TITLE: Scleroderma-like reaction induced by uracil-tegafur (UFT), a second-generation anticancer agent.
PUBDATE: 20000301
UFT, a combination of uracil and tegafur, is a second-generation anticancer agent. UFT has been used in Japan, other Asian countries, South America, and Russia. Recently, UFT has been extensively studied for colorectal, pancreatic, and various types of cancer in North America and Europe, especially with leukovorin. We report a case of a scleroderma-like reaction induced by long-term administration of UFT. This is the first report of UFT-induced scleroderma-like reaction.

7. DOCID:27165 SCORE: 0.00139316512382265
DOCNO: 10865513
OWNER: NLM
STATUS: MEDLINE
DESCRIPTOR: Breast Implantation
DESCRIPTOR: Magnetic Resonance Imaging
DESCRIPTOR: Mammography
QUALIFIER: transplantation
QUALIFIER: diagnosis
QUALIFIER: diagnosis
QUALIFIER: diagnosis
AUTHOR: M Unterweger M
AUTHOR: C Meuli-Simmen C
AUTHOR: R Caduff R
AUTHOR: R A Kubik-Huch RA
AFFILIATION: Institut für Diagnostische Radiologie, Universitätsspitals Zürich. martin.unterweger@dmr.usz.ch
PUBTYPE: Case Reports
PUBTYPE: Journal Article
JOURNALTITLE: Schweizerische Rundschau für Medizin Praxis = Revue suisse de médecine Praxis.
COUNTRY: SWITZERLAND
TITLE: [Breast imaging after augmentation with homologous adipose tissue implant]
PUBDATE: 20000501
The implantation of cadaveric fat for breast augmentation, which has been performed up to the Seventies, is nowadays considered obsolete. Since complications frequently arise many years later, we are, however, occasionally confronted with the problematic consequences of the technique. The present case report describes the clinical, mammographic and for the first time to our knowledge MR-mammographic findings of a mammoplasty with cadaveric fat in a 57-year-old patient with a history of breast cancer.

8. DOCID:29465 SCORE: 0.00138269845028964
DOCNO: 15606337
OWNER: NLM
STATUS: MEDLINE
QUALIFIER: drug therapy
QUALIFIER: enzymology
QUALIFIER: therapeutic use
AUTHOR: Mark A Pearson MA
AUTHOR: Doriano Fabbro D
AFFILIATION: Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research Basel, Oncology, Novartis Pharma AG, WKL.125.4.16, CH-4002, Basel, Switzerland. mark_andrew.pearson@pharma.novartis.com
PUBTYPE: Journal Article
PUBTYPE: Review
JOURNALTITLE: Expert review of anticancer therapy.
COUNTRY: England
TITLE: Targeting protein kinases in cancer therapy: a success?
PUBDATE: 20041201
The fundamental role of kinases in cancer progression has promoted the development of a plethora of therapeutic inhibitors. Despite the promise of effective treatment with little associated toxicity, the clinical experience with these agents has been mixed. This review will summarize recent advances made in the development of kinase inhibitors to highlight emerging issues and the strategies by which they being addressed.

9. DOCID:29462 SCORE: 0.00138269844915215
DOCNO: 16274521
OWNER: NLM
STATUS: MEDLINE
DESCRIPTOR: Phytotherapy
QUALIFIER: therapeutic use
QUALIFIER: drug therapy
AUTHOR: Wigdan Al-Sukhni W
AUTHOR: Ami Grunbaum A
AUTHOR: Neil Fleshner N
AFFILIATION: Division of Urology, The Princess Margaret Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
PUBTYPE: Case Reports
PUBTYPE: Journal Article
JOURNALTITLE: The Canadian journal of urology.
COUNTRY: Canada
TITLE: Remission of hormone-refractory prostate cancer attributed to Essiac.
PUBDATE: 20051001
Essiac is a popular complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) that is utilized by many cancer patients in North America. Much anecdotal reporting exists about its cancer-fighting qualities, but so far no clinical trials have been preformed to validate those claims. We describe here the case of a 64-year-old man whose hormone-refractory prostate cancer responded well to Essiac tea.

10. DOCID:29281 SCORE: 0.00138269843278981
DOCNO: 16459520
OWNER: NLM
STATUS: MEDLINE
QUALIFIER: diagnosis
QUALIFIER: diagnosis
QUALIFIER: diagnosis
QUALIFIER: isolation & purification
AUTHOR: J J Millichap JJ
AUTHOR: A I McKendrick AI
AUTHOR: V S Drelichman VS
AFFILIATION: American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine, Sint Maarten, Netherlands Antilles. millichapj@mail.ecu.edu
PUBTYPE: Case Reports
PUBTYPE: Journal Article
JOURNALTITLE: The West Indian medical journal.
COUNTRY: Jamaica
TITLE: Streptococcus intermedius liver abscesses and colon cancer: a case report.
PUBDATE: 20051001
Certain species of bacteria are known to be associated with colorectal cancer. We report a case of adenocarcinoma of the colon with bacteraemia and liver abscesses due to Streptococcus intermedius. The isolation of this organism should prompt investigation for colorectal neoplasm, which may be present but asymptomatic, without metastases, and therefore at a curative stage.

11. DOCID:29227 SCORE: 0.00138269839151937
DOCNO: 16299785
OWNER: NLM
STATUS: In-Data-Review
AUTHOR: David S Schrump DS
AUTHOR: Dao M Nguyen DM
AFFILIATION: Thoracic Oncology Section, Surgery Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland.
PUBTYPE: Journal Article
JOURNALTITLE: Journal of surgical oncology.
COUNTRY: United States
TITLE: Novel molecular targeted therapy for esophageal cancer.
PUBDATE: 20051201
Esophageal cancers are highly lethal neoplasms which are generally refractory to conventional multidisciplinary interventions. Recent elucidation of the mechanisms of esophageal carcinogenesis, as well as preclinical studies utilizing chromatin remodeling agents and inhibitors of oncogene signaling in conjunction with conventional chemotherapeutic agents provide new opportunities for the development of potentially efficacious molecular targeted therapies for these malignancies. J. Surg. Oncol. 2005;92:257-261. (c) 2005 Wiley-Liss, Inc.

12. DOCID:27681 SCORE: 0.00138069801393381
DOCNO: 11081539
OWNER: NLM
STATUS: MEDLINE
QUALIFIER: drug therapy
QUALIFIER: drug therapy
QUALIFIER: drug effects
QUALIFIER: drug therapy
AUTHOR: K S Slobod KS
AUTHOR: G H Taylor GH
AUTHOR: J T Sandlund JT
AUTHOR: P Furth P
AUTHOR: K J Helton KJ
AUTHOR: J W Sixbey JW
PUBTYPE: Case Reports
PUBTYPE: Letter
JOURNALTITLE: Lancet.
COUNTRY: ENGLAND
TITLE: Epstein-Barr virus-targeted therapy for AIDS-related primary lymphoma of the central nervous system.
PUBDATE: 20001001
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) targeted therapeutic strategies for viral associated malignant diseases have received only perfunctory consideration, first, because latent herpesviruses have been intractable to antiviral chemotherapy and, second, because the role EBV has in maintenance of the malignant cell phenotype has been uncertain. Two patients with EBV related primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL) in the setting of advanced AIDS, were treated with low dose hydroxyurea based on in vitro anti-EBV activity. The responses obtained here suggest the promise of antiviral approaches in select cancers.

13. DOCID:27711 SCORE: 0.00134526708640731
DOCNO: 10489053
OWNER: NLM
STATUS: MEDLINE
QUALIFIER: immunology
QUALIFIER: pathology
QUALIFIER: immunology
AUTHOR: F Ferracci F
AUTHOR: G Fassetta G
AUTHOR: M H Butler MH
AUTHOR: S Floyd S
AUTHOR: M Solimena M
AUTHOR: P De Camilli P
AFFILIATION: Department of Neurology, Ospedale di Belluno, Italy.
PUBTYPE: Case Reports
PUBTYPE: Journal Article
JOURNALTITLE: Neurology.
COUNTRY: UNITED STATES
TITLE: A novel antineuronal antibody in a motor neuron syndrome associated with breast cancer.
PUBDATE: 19990901
A 72-year-old woman developed a lower motor neuron syndrome (MNS) 4 months before the appearance of breast cancer. Monoparesis progressed to quadriparesis despite high-dose IV immunoglobulins, plasma exchange, and azathioprine, and high-dose IV methylprednisolone. The patient improved only after the removal of the tumor. MRI demonstrated hyperintensities in the cervical spinal cord. The patient had antibodies that reacted with axonal initial segments and nodes of Ranvier. The findings suggest that in this patient lower MNS may be a paraneoplastic condition associated with breast cancer.

14. DOCID:29565 SCORE: 0.0012660753757852
DOCNO: 14750163
OWNER: NLM
STATUS: MEDLINE
DESCRIPTOR: Genomic Instability
DESCRIPTOR: Repressor Proteins
QUALIFIER: genetics
QUALIFIER: genetics
QUALIFIER: genetics
QUALIFIER: genetics
AUTHOR: Stefan Duensing S
AUTHOR: Karl Münger K
AFFILIATION: Molecular Virology Program, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA. duensing@pitt.edu
PUBTYPE: Journal Article
PUBTYPE: Review
JOURNALTITLE: International journal of cancer. Journal international du cancer.
COUNTRY: United States
TITLE: Mechanisms of genomic instability in human cancer: insights from studies with human papillomavirus oncoproteins.
PUBDATE: 20040301
Genomic instability is a hallmark of most human cancers including high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated anogenital neoplasia. The two HPV-encoded oncoproteins, E6 and E7, can independently induce chromosomal abnormalities. We summarize the current state of knowledge concerning HPV-induced genomic instability and discuss its significance in the context of human carcinogenesis.