Browsing by Subject "Treatment"
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Cancer and pregnancy: A comprehensive review
(2011)Background: Pregnancy complicated by cancer is relatively rare but, as women in western societies tend to delay childbearing to the third and fourth decade of life, this phenomenon is going to be encountered more often in ...
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Cancer of unknown primary during pregnancy: An exceptionally rare coexistence
(2015)Background: Cancer in pregnancy is a rare disease with breast cancer, cervical cancer, melanoma and Hodgkin's disease to be the most commonly diagnosed malignancies during gestation. Cancer of unknown primary (CUP) is a ...
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Cancer of unknown primary origin
(1997)About 3 % of all cancer patients suffer from cancer of unknown primary origin. These patients present with metastatic disease for which a primary site cannot be detected at the time of diagnosis. Sophisticated diagnostic ...
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Carcinoma of unknown primary (CUP)
(2009)Carcinoma of unknown primary (CUP) is one of the 10 most frequent cancers worldwide. It constitutes 3-5% of all human malignancies. Patients with CUP present with metastases without an established primary site. CUP manifests ...
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Cervical lymph node metastases of squamous cell carcinoma from an unknown primary site
(Springer International Publishing, 2016)Cancer of unknown primary (CUP) is a well-recognized clinical disorder where the primary site cannot be identified after a standard diagnostic approach and it accounts for 3-5 % of all tumors. CUP is distinguished into two ...
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Coexistence of pregnancy and malignancy
(2002)Cancer complicating pregnancy is a rare coexistence. The incidence is approximately 1 in 1,000 pregnancies. The most common cancers are those more frequently seen during the reproductive age of a woman. Breast cancer, ...
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Contribution of social and family factors in anorexia nervosa
(2012)Background: Anorexia nervosa is probably the most substantial eating disorder, with basically unknown causes, centered on psychological factors and affected by many social, biological and cultural ones. The aim of this ...
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The current and future role of the medical oncologist in the professional care for cancer patients: A position paper by the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO)
(2014)The number of cancer patients in Europe is rising and significant advances in basic and applied cancer research are making the provision of optimal care more challenging. The concept of cancer as a systemic, highly ...
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Development of a low grade lymphoma in the mastoid bone in a patient with atypical Cogan's syndrome: A case report
(2015)Cogan's syndrome is a rare disorder characterized by ocular and audiovestibular manifestations in its typical form and caries a wide variety of atypical manifestations. It is considered as an autoimmune disease. We present ...
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Diagnostic and therapeutic management of cancer of an unknown primary
(2003)Metastatic Cancer of Unknown Primary Site (CUP) accounts for approximately 3% of all malignant neoplasms and is therefore one of the 10 most frequent cancer diagnoses in man. Patients with CUP present with metastatic disease ...
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Extraskeletal Ewing's sarcoma. Presentation of two cases and review of the literature
(1991)We present here two cases extraskeletal Ewing's sarcoma, the first in a 50-year-old female and the second in a 25-year-old male. We discuss the clinical picture, histopathology and therapeutic management. The literature ...
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Functional treatment of acute metatarsal fractures: A prospective randomised comparison of management in a cast versus elasticated support bandage
(2005)A randomised controlled trial was performed in 50 patients with acute isolated minimally displaced lesser metatarsal fractures in order to compare plaster immobilisation with elasticated support bandage treatment. Patients ...
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Juvenile cancer: Improving care for adolescents and young adults within the frame of medical oncology
(2005)Despite unique tumour epidemiology, a higher cancer incidence and modest survival improvement compared to paediatric patients, adolescents and young adults aged 15-30 have not been considered as a separate, 'special' group ...
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Leukotriene antagonists: As firstline asthmatic therapy: A review
(2005)Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disorder characterized by airflow obstruction. The development of leukotriene receptor antagonists and synthesis inhibitors in briefly described; and acute exercise, allergen, and aspirin ...
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Lung cancer during pregnancy: A narrative review
(2016)Lung cancer, the leading cause of cancer deaths in males for decades, has recently become one of commonest causes for women too. As women delay the start of their family, the co-existence of cancer and pregnancy is ...
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A mini review on cancer of unknown primary site: A clinical puzzle for the oncologists
(2015)Cancer of unknown primary (CUP) is a well recognized clinical syndrome, accounting for 3-5% of all malignancies. It is characterized as a disease with an early dissemination of metastases without a primary detected site ...
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A mini review on pregnant mothers with cancer: A paradoxical coexistence
(2016)The diagnosis of cancer during pregnancy at least in the Western world is a rare phenomenon, but this might be raised into the future due to late pregnancies in the modern societies. The coexistence of pregnancy and cancer ...
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Optimal therapeutic management of patients with distinct clinicopathological cancer of unknown primary subsets
(2012)Cancer of unknown primary sites (CUP) is a compilation of various malignant entities-the majority of which behave aggressively and carry poor prognosis. CUP is classified into two different clinicopathological groups: the ...
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The pregnant mother with breast cancer: Diagnostic and therapeutic management
(2005)This review describes the epidemiology, pathology, clinical picture and therapeutic management of pregnant women with breast cancer. In addition, it covers other important issues like the safety of both diagnostic and ...