Browsing by Subject "Methylprednisolone"
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Carboplatin plus paclitaxel in unknown primary carcinoma: A phase II Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group Study
(2000)Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy of the carboplatin/paclitaxel combination in patients with carcinoma of unknown primary site (CUP). Patients and Methods: Seventy-seven consecutive CUP patients (45 women and 32 men; median ...
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Combination chemotherapy with gemcitabine and vinorelbine in the treatment of relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma: A phase-II trial by the Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group
(2005)To investigate the efficacy and toxicity of the combination of gemcitabine and vinorelbine in patients with relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBL), 22 patients with relapsed or refractory DLBL were ...
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Feasibility study and pharmacokinetics of low-dose paclitaxel in cancer patients with severe hepatic dysfunction
(2006)The aim of this study is to investigate the feasibility and determine the pharmacokinetics of low-dose paclitaxel in cancer patients with severe hepatic dysfunction. This was a prospective study. Patients with liver ...
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Inflammatory prostate cancer: An underestimated paraneoplastic clinical manifestation
(2005)Purpose: To identify the incidence of prostate cancer associated-systemic inflammatory syndrome (SIS), and to characterize further this entity, we searched our database as well as the medical literature. Methods: We ...
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Management of Gradenigo syndrome in a child
(2010)Background: Gradenigo syndrome is a rare presentation of acute petrositis characterized by medial otitis, retro- orbital pain and abducens nerve palsy (CN VI palsy) affecting the lateral rectus muscle (CN VI palsy), due ...
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Persistent erythema multiforme in a patient with extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma
(2008)Presented in this report is a 66-year-old male with a widespread persistent erythema multiforme mostly atypical in appearance, which was detected well before the diagnosis of underlying extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma. The ...
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Phase II study of docetaxel-vinorelbine in platinum-resistant, paclitaxel-pretreated ovarian cancer
(2003)Background: This multicenter, prospective phase II study evaluated the safety and efficacy of the combination of docetaxel and vinorelbine in patients with platinum-resistant, paclitaxel-pretreated recurrent ovarian cancer. ...
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Primary extranodal non Hodgkin's lymphoma of the head and neck in adults: A clinicopathological comparison between tonsillar and non tonsillar lymphomas
(1998)Primary extranodal NHL of the head and neck (HN-NHL) accounts for 10-20% of all cases of NHL. Despite their frequency, the natural history and biological behaviour of these lymphomas is poorly understood. In this study we ...
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Weekly paclitaxel combined with pegylated liposomal doxorubicin (Caelyx ™) given every 4 weeks: Dose-finding and pharmacokinetic study in patients with advanced solid tumors
(2004)Background: We aimed to define the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) and characterize the toxicity of the combination of pegylated liposomal doxorubicin (PLD; Caelyx™) and weekly paclitaxel (wPTX), and to investigate pharmacokinetics ...