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Superior Vena Cava Obstruction In Small-Cell Lung Cancer, Roscoe Chan, A. Dar, Edward Yu, Larry Stitt, Francis Whiston, Pauline Truong, Mark Vincent, Walter Kocha May 1997

Superior Vena Cava Obstruction In Small-Cell Lung Cancer, Roscoe Chan, A. Dar, Edward Yu, Larry Stitt, Francis Whiston, Pauline Truong, Mark Vincent, Walter Kocha

Edward Yu

PURPOSE: To identify prognostic or treatment factors influencing the response of superior vena cava obstruction (SVCO), time to SVCO recurrence, and overall survival of SCLC patients with SVCO at presentation; and to assess the role of retreatment in patients with SVCO at recurrent or persistent disease. METHODS AND MATERIALS: Between January 1983 and November 1993, 76 consecutive patients who had small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) with SVCO were treated in our institution. Analysis was done according to the disease status at diagnosis of SVCO. The first analysis concerned a group of 50 patients who had SVCO at initial presentation. The second …


Hacks, Flacks And Counter-Attacks: Cigarette Advertising, Sponsored Research And Controversies, Richard W. Pollay Mar 1997

Hacks, Flacks And Counter-Attacks: Cigarette Advertising, Sponsored Research And Controversies, Richard W. Pollay

Richard W. Pollay

No abstract provided.


Health Enhancing Physical Activity (Hepa) In Greece, Yanni D. Afthinos Jan 1997

Health Enhancing Physical Activity (Hepa) In Greece, Yanni D. Afthinos

Yanni D Afthinos

No abstract provided.


Soil Ingestion: A Concern For Acute Toxicity In Children, Edward J. Calabrese, Edward J. Stanek, Robert C. James, Stephen M. Roberts Jan 1997

Soil Ingestion: A Concern For Acute Toxicity In Children, Edward J. Calabrese, Edward J. Stanek, Robert C. James, Stephen M. Roberts

Edward J. Stanek

Several soil ingestion studies have indicated that some children ingest substantial amounts of soil on given days. Although the EPA has assumed that 95% of children ingest 200 mg soil/day or less for exposure assessment purposes, some children have been observed to ingest up to 25-60 g soil during a single day. In light of the potential for children to ingest such large amounts of soil, an assessment was made of the possibility for soil pica episodes to result in acute intoxication from contaminant concentrations the EPA regards as representing conservative screening values (i.e., EPA soil screening levels and EPA …


Asthma Mortality In The United States Has Risen But Is Similar To That In England And Wales, David M. Mannino Jan 1997

Asthma Mortality In The United States Has Risen But Is Similar To That In England And Wales, David M. Mannino

David M. Mannino

No abstract provided.