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Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) has been shown to enhance the cytotoxicity of a variety of antineoplastic agents. To examine whether multidrug-resistant cells are targets of TNF-alpha, and whether TNF-alpha is capable of modulating chemoresistance of these cells, a pleural mesothelioma cell
This study evaluates histological response, long-term outcome, and toxicity in an intensive chemotherapy program given before surgery.
METHODS
Sixty-two patients (39 males, 23 females: median age 14) with biopsy, chest computerised-tomography, technetium bone-scan and magnetic resonance imaging,
A 56-year-old Japanese female was diagnosed as advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the left ureter, stage IV (T4N0M0), and treated with anti-cancer drugs using cis-platinum, vindesine, and bleomycin. The tumor vanished after the treatment. The specimen after left total nephroureterectomy and
The use of more aggressive multiagent combination chemotherapy for the treatment of advanced diffuse aggressive lymphomas has resulted in a dramatic change in the overall outlook in patients with this disease. Once rarely curable or even controllable, it is now one of the most curable of
It has become clear that postoperative combined therapy performed in our department has improved the prognosis of patients with carcinoma of the thoracic esophagus and changed the pattern of recurrence. In cases of postoperative radioimmunochemotherapy (a combination of 4000 rad of irradiation, with
Objective: To investigate the clinicopathologic features and prognosis of mediastinal T lymphoblastic lymphoma/leukemia (T-LBL/ALL). Methods: Sixty-one patients with mediastinal T-LBL/ALL diagnosed at First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University from August 1, 2011 to December 31,
OBJECTIVE
To study the clinical response to preoperative chemotherapy in relation to pathologic changes in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
METHODS
Forty-six stage I-IIIa NSCLC patients were given 1-2 courses of preoperative chemotherapy with mitomycin C (MMC) 6 mg.M-2 on day 1, vindesine (VDS)