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Autor:
Su Ellen Toth-Fejel, Rodney F. Pommier, William S. Fletcher, Joshua Schmidt, Katherine T. Morris
Publikováno v:
Surgery. 130:947-953
Stage IV hormone-sensitive breast cancer is often treated with aromatase inhibitors (anastrozole, letrozole, exemestane), which block the conversion of dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) to estrone and estradiol. This is intended to obviate the need for s
Autor:
Cynthia Gail Leichman, James H. Doroshow, Joth R. Jacobson, John S. Macdonald, Mark M. Zalupski, William S. Fletcher, Manuel Modiano, John R. Daniels
Publikováno v:
Cancer. 86:775-781
BACKGROUND Rates of response to systemic chemotherapy among patients with advanced colorectal carcinoma rarely exceed 25– 30%, and complete responses are rare. The liver is the most common site of metastasis; however, regional therapies have not im
Autor:
William S. Fletcher, Michael Walker, Joseph M. Unger, Lawrence E. Flaherty, Kim Margolin, Vernon K. Sondak, Jeffrey A. Sosman, John W. Smith, Geoffrey R. Weiss, P. Y. Liu
Publikováno v:
Journal of Clinical Oncology. 16:664-669
PURPOSE The combination of carmustine (BCNU), dacarbazine (DTIC), cisplatin (DDP), and tamoxifen (Tam) has been reported in small series to provide a response rate of 50%, but with significant myelosuppression and risk of thromboembolic complications
Autor:
Eugene A. Woltering, Karen A. Small, Leslie Rand-Luby, William S. Fletcher, Shauna T. Williams, Rodney F. Pommier
Publikováno v:
Annals of Surgery. 224:583-590
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to analyze the effect of dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) on skin flap viability. BACKGROUND: Dimethylsulfoxide has been shown to decrease necrosis of random skin flaps in the rat model, but no human studies have be
Autor:
William S. Fletcher, Ronald L. Stephens, Lawrence E. Flaherty, P. Y. Liu, Michael Walker, Malcolm S. Mitchell, Vernon K. Sondak, John Wendall Goodwin
Publikováno v:
American Journal of Clinical Oncology. 19:108-113
Based on the reports of substantial improvement in the response rate w ith the addition of tamoxifen to a multiagent chemotherapy regimen for metastatic melanoma, Southwest Oncology Group (SWOG)-8921 was initiated. A prior regimen (SWOG-8804) of daca
Autor:
William S. Fletcher, P. Y. Liu, John A. Thompson, Jeffrey A. Sosman, Vernon K. Sondak, Lawrence E. Flaherty, Alexander Hantel
Publikováno v:
Investigational New Drugs. 13:83-87
Piroxantrone is one of the anthrapyrazoles developed in an effort to combine the broad antitumor activity of the anthracyclines with decreased myocardial toxicity. It has shown activity in metastatic melanoma during phase I trials. The Southwest Onco
Autor:
William S. Fletcher, Leslie Rogers Laufman, Vernon K. Sondak, Kenneth J Kopecky, P. Y. Liu, Walter H Harvey
Publikováno v:
Anti-Cancer Drugs. 5:147-150
Didemnin B is a cyclic peptide isolated from the marine tunicate Trididemnin cyanophorum. It is a known potent inhibitor of RNA, DNA and protein synthesis, with activity against the murine B16 melanoma. Fourteen patients with disseminated malignant m
Autor:
M Boileau, Brent A. Blumenstein, William S. Fletcher, Antoinette J. Wozniak, E D Crawford, Saul E. Rivkin
Publikováno v:
Cancer. 71:3975-3978
Background. Hormone-refractory metastatic prostate cancer remains a therapeutic challenge. Cyclophosphamide, methotrexate, and 5-fluorouracil (CMF), a drug combination that is active in solid tumors, was evaluated using specific response criteria. Me
Autor:
Michael K. Samson, Kenneth J. Kopecky, D. D. Von Hoff, Raymond A. Kempf, Franco M. Muggia, William S. Fletcher, Julie A. Kish
Publikováno v:
Investigational New Drugs. 9:105-108
Twenty-seven evaluable patients with advanced malignant melanoma received fludarabine phosphate in a daily x 5 injection. Initial dosing was based on the presence of previous radiation therapy. There was no response seen in these patients despite app
Autor:
William S. Fletcher, Shauna T. Williams, Louis Lebrado, Eugene A. Woltering, Thomas M. O'Dorisio
Publikováno v:
Metabolism. 39:176-179
Somatostatin and its longer-acting analog, octreotide acetate, can be used effectively for the treatment of nonendocrine gastrointestinal disorders. Octreotide has been shown to decrease pancreatic fistula output by suppressing exocrine pancreatic fu