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      Antirestenotic effects of a novel polymer-coated d-24851 eluting stent. Experimental data in a rabbit iliac artery model 

      Lysitsas, Dimitrios N.; Katsouras, Christos S.; Papakostas, John C.; Toumpoulis, Ioannis K.; Angelidis, Charalampos; Bozidis, Petros; Thomas, Christopher G.; Seferiadis, C.; Psychoyios, Nikolaos; Frillingos, Stathis; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Marinos, Euaggelos; Khaldi, Lubna; Sideris, Dimitris A.; Michalis, Lampros K. (2007)
      Experimental and clinical data suggest that stents eluting antiproliferative agents can be used for the prevention of in-stent restenosis. Here we investigate in vitro the antiproliferative and apoptotic effect of D-24851 ...
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      G-CSF induces elevation of circulating CA 15-3 in breast carcinoma patients treated in an adjuvant setting 

      Briassoulis, E. Ch; Andreopoulou, E.; Ch, F. Tolis; Bairaktari, Eleni Th; Katsaraki, A.; Dimopoulos, M. A.; Fountzilas, George; Seferiadis, C.; Pavlidis, Nicholas (2001)
      BACKGROUND. Cancer antigen 15-3 (CA 15-3), a circulating marker that determines secreted products of the polymorphic MUC1 gene, has been established as a convenient tool for monitoring breast carcinoma patients. METHODS. ...
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      Serum soluble interleukin-2 receptors in epithelial ovarian cancer patients 

      Pavlidis, Nicholas; Bairaktari, Eleni Th; Kalef-Ezra, J. A.; Nikolaides, C.; Seferiadis, C.; Fountzilas, George (1995)
      The levels of soluble interleulkin-2 receptors (sIL-R2) were measured in the serum of 52 patients with epithelial ovarian carcinoma as well as in 25 age and sex-matched normal controls. The mean serum level of sIL-2R was ...
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      Soluble interleukin-2 receptors in patients with advanced colorectal carcinoma 

      Pavlidis, Nicholas; Nikolaides, C.; Bairaktari, Eleni Th; Kalef-Ezra, J. A.; Athanasiades, A.; Seferiadis, C.; Fountzilas, George (1996)
      The levels of soluble interleukin-2 receptors (sIL-2R) were measured in the serum of 52 patients with advanced colorectal carcinoma and compared to CEA and CA 19-9 levels. Twenty-five normal, age and sex-matched individuals ...
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      The value of CA-125 determination in the serum of patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphomas. A preliminary report 

      Pavlidis, Nicholas; Bairaktari, Eleni Th; Kalef-Ezra, J. A.; Nikolaides, C.; Briassoulis, E. Ch; Seferiadis, C.; Fountzilas, George (1994)
      The levels of CA 19-9, CA 15-3 and CA 125 in the serum of 50 patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphomas (NHL) were investigated. Mean values of these serum tumor markers were compared to stage, presence or absence of B-symptoms, ...