Browsing by Author "Pollack, S. M."

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Clinical trial design methodologies for advanced sarcoma therapy

Petek, B. J.; Pollack, S. M.; Constantinidou, Anastasia; Jones, Robin Lewis (2015)

Sarcomas are rare and heterogeneous mesenchymal tumors affecting connective tissue. For many years, doxorubicin-based chemotherapy has been the main systemic therapy option for patients with metastatic soft tissue sarcoma. ...

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Diagnosis, prognosis, and management of leiomyosarcoma: Recognition of anatomic variants

Bathan, Andrew J.; Constantinidou, Anastasia; Pollack, S. M.; Jones, Robin Lewis (2013)

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The purpose of this review is to present the most recent advances in the diagnosis of the more common leiomyosarcoma (LMS) anatomic variants, potentially useful prognostic markers that have recently been ...

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The evolution of systemic therapy in sarcoma

Constantinidou, Anastasia; Pollack, S. M.; Loggers, Elizabeth; Rodler, E.; Jones, Robin Lewis (2013)

Approximately 50% of patients with localized soft tissue sarcomas will develop recurrent disease after complete surgical resection, requiring alternative means of treatment. Conventional chemotherapy comprising of doxorubicin ...

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The global spread of HIV-1 subtype B epidemic

Magiorkinis, Gkikas; Angelis, K.; Mamais, I.; Katzourakis, A.; Hatzakis, A.; Albert, J.; Lawyer, G.; Hamouda, O.; Struck, D.; Vercauteren, J.; Wensing, A.; Alexiev, I.; Åsjö, B.; Balotta, C.; Gomez, P.; Camacho, R. J.; Coughlan, S.; Griskevicius, A.; Grossman, Z.; Horban, A.; Kostrikis, L. G.; Lepej, S. J.; Liitsola, K.; Linka, M.; Nielsen, C.; Otelea, D.; Paredes, R.; Pollack, S. M.; Puchhammer-Stöckl, E.; Schmit, J. C.; Sonnerborg, A.; Staneková, D.; Stanojevic, M.; Stylianou, D. C.; Boucher, C. A. B.; Nikolopoulos, Georgios K.; Vasylyeva, T. I.; Friedman, Samuel R.; Vijver, D. van de; Angarano, G.; Chaix, M. L.; Luca, A. de; Korn, K.; Loveday, C.; Soriano, V.; Yerly, S.; Zazzi, M.; Vandamme, A. M.; Paraskeva, D. (2016)

Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) was discovered in the early 1980s when the virus had already established a pandemic. For at least three decades the epidemic in the Western World has been dominated by subtype B ...

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