Browsing by Subject "Carcinoma of unknown primary"

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      Cancer of unknown primary (CUP) 

      Pavlidis, Nicholas; Fizazi, K. (2005)
      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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      Evaluation of six tumor markers in patients with carcinoma of unknown primary 

      Pavlidis, Nicholas; Kalef-Ezra, J. A.; Briassoulis, E. Ch; Skarlos, Dimosthenis V.; Kosmidis, Paraskevas A.; Saferiadis, K.; Bairaktari, Eleni Th; Bafaloukos, Dimitrios; Maravegias, A.; Theoharis, D.; Fountzilas, George (1994)
      We have retrospectively evaluated six serum tumor markers in 85 patients with carcinoma of unknown primary. The serum levels of carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), CA 19‐9, CA 15‐3, CA 125, β‐chorionic gonadotropin (β‐HCG) and ...
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      Matrix metalloproteinases in carcinoma of unknown primary 

      Karavasilis, V.; Malamou-Mitsi, Vassiliki D.; Briassoulis, E. Ch; Tsanou, E.; Kitsou, E.; Kalofonos, H. P.; Fountzilas, George; Fotsis, T.; Pavlidis, Nicholas (2005)
      BACKGROUND. The purpose was to study proteolysis-related molecules, matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2) and MMP-9 and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases-1 (TIMP-1), in carcinoma of unknown primary (CUP). METHODS. ...
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      Neuroendocrine carcinoma of unknown primary: A systematic review of the literature and a comparative study with other neuroendocrine tumors 

      Stoyianni, A.; Pentheroudakis, George; Pavlidis, Nicholas (2011)
      Introduction: Neuroendocrine carcinomas of unknown primary (NCUP) represent a specific subset with relatively favorable prognosis. Data on biology, management and outcome of NCUP patients have not been systematically ...
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      Overexpression of C-myc, ras and C-erb B-2 oncoproteins in carcinoma of unknown primary origin 

      Pavlidis, Nicholas; Briassoulis, E. Ch; Bai, M. C.; Fountzilas, George; Agnantis, Niki J. (1995)
      The role of oncogenes in carcinoma of unknown primary site (CUP) has not yet been elucidated. In the present study the expression of the c-myc p62, ras p21 and c-erb B p185 oncoproteins were studied by a 3-step immunoperoxidase ...