Publications by authors named "Isac I Schnirer"
Purpose: To determine the clinicopathologic behavior of gastric adenocarcinoma in Hispanics by comparing Hispanic and non-Hispanic patients treated at a single cancer center.
Patients And Methods: Medical records of patients with invasive gastric cancer treated from 1985 to 1999 were reviewed. Diagnoses were pathologically confirmed.
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- The study aimed to assess the effectiveness and safety of capecitabine for patients with nonresectable hepatobiliary cancers, including hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), cholangiocarcinoma (CCA), and gallbladder carcinoma (GBC).
- Researchers analyzed medical records of 116 patients treated with oral capecitabine between 1998 and 1999, focusing on treatment responses and median survival times.
- Results indicated that capecitabine showed the best response in GBC patients (50% had a complete or partial response), moderate in HCC (11%), and poor in CCA (6%), with the most common side effect being hand-foot syndrome.
Carcinoid tumors originate from the neuroendocrine cells throughout the body and are capable of producing various peptides. Their clinical course is often indolent but can also be aggressive and resistant to therapy. We examined all aspects of carcinoid tumors including the molecular biology oncogenesis, role of angiogenesis, recent advances in imaging, and therapy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: In Western countries, the overall incidence of gastric cancer is declining, while the incidence of proximal gastric cancer is rising. We evaluated the effect of sex, racial/ethnic group, and age on the localization of gastric cancer.
Methods: The records of all gastric cancer patients who registered at The University of Texas M.