Showing papers by "American Cancer Society published in 1981"
TL;DR: A prospective study based on the development of back pain, a precursor of spinal cord injury in nearly all cancer patients, and the plain roentgenogram of the spine correctly predicted the presence or absence of epidural tumor in 83 percent of the patients.
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TL;DR: From these data and data from the literature, the recommended treatment for well-differentiated cancer is as follows: for papillary cancer, resection should be adequate to encompass the entire tumor, which in most cases would be complete lobectomy and possibly isthmusectomy.
Abstract: From these data and data from the literature, our recommended treatment for well-differentiated cancer is as follows: For papillary cancer, resection should be adequate to encompass the entire tumor, which in most cases would be complete lobectomy and possibly isthmusectomy. Prophylactic neck dissection is of no value; therapeutic modified neck dissection should be done for stage II disease. Follicular cancer can be treated by lobectomy (for small lesions) or subtotal thyroidectomy. Although total or near-total thyroidectomy may be required in selected patients with large primary cancers or in those with extensive capsular invasion or extrathyroid extension, the number of cases indicating this is small. There were only a few such patients with large primaries requiring total thyroidectomy in this study. Total thyroidectomy is best avoided in most cases, considering the price of hypoparathyroidism and the lack of a significant improvement in survival compared with lesser ablative techniques. Postoperative ablation with iodine-131 did not improve survival in staged patients with papillary cancer (the number of patients with follicular cancer was too small for analysis). Postoperative thyroid suppression by exogenous thyroid hormone postoperatively appeared to improve survival. Although the data were not adequate for evaluation in follicular cancer, there seems to be no reason not to use this postoperatively in high risk patients with either papillary or follicular cancer.
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TL;DR: Results indicate that drinkers of six or more WEs a day may be at greater risk than smokers of 40 or more cigarettes a day, and that beer and wine may be greater risk factors than whiskey in the development of oral cancer.
Abstract: This case-control study investigates the role of alcohol as a primary risk factor in the development of oral cancer. A total of 181 patients diagnosed as having squamous carcinoma of the oral cavity were interviewed, and 497 controls. The relative risk for drinkers adjusted for smoking was 3.3, 15.2, and 10.6 for those who drank less than six, six to nine, and 10 or more whiskey equivalents (WEs) a day, respectively. The relative risk for smokers adjusted for drinking rose only from 3.2 to 4.5 to 5.0 for smokers of 10 to 19, 20 to 39, and 40 or more cigarettes a day, respectively. Beer/wine drinkers had much higher relative risks than the whiskey drinkers. The adjusted relative risk for whiskey drinkers consuming 10 or more WEs a day was 7.3; the adjusted relative risk for beer/wine drinkers consuming 10 or more WEs a day was 20.4. These results indicate that drinkers of six or more WEs a day may be at greater risk than smokers of 40 or more cigarettes a day, and that beer and wine may be greater risk factors than whiskey in the development of oral cancer.
103 citations
TL;DR: This book discusses women's Occupations, Smoking, and Cancer and Other Diseases, as well as formaldehyde Risks in the Workplace, and a Guide to Chemicals Used in Jobs with Large Numbers of Women Workers.
Abstract: * Women's Occupations, Smoking, and Cancer and Other Diseases * Danger: Lungs at Work * Formaldehyde Risks in the Workplace * New OSHA Formaldehyde Standard • Methylene Chloride: Cosmetology Risks and Toxicology Guide * Ethylene Oxide: How to Use It Safely * Ethylene Oxide: Risks Grow; Court Orders • Pointing the Finger at Nail Salons • Handling Chemotherapeutic Drugs * Anti-Cancer Drugs * Nitrosamines * Asbestos: What to Do; When to Act * A Guide to Chemicals Used in Jobs with Large Numbers of Women Workers (adapted from Wode Is Dangerous to Your Health, 2nd edition)
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TL;DR: The observed differences between the smoking practices of the French and those in the United States and United Kingdom along with the relatively higher alcohol consumption noted throughout France, may partially explain the lower rates of lung cancer and higher rates of larynx, esophagus, and oral cavity cancer found in French men.
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TL;DR: Specific chemotherapeutic advances in the treatment of individual malignant diseases are discussed and common clinical problems of the child with cancer, such as infection, side effects of chemotherapy, and varicella, are explored.
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