Browsing by Subject "Tumor volume"
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Axillary nodal metastases from carcinoma of unknown primary (CUPAx): A systematic review of published evidence
(2010)Axillary lymph node metastases from adenocarcinoma or poorly differentiated carcinoma of unknown primary (CUPAx) represent a rare clinical entity without consensus on its biology, management and outcome. We systematically ...
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Brain metastasis of unknown primary: A diagnostic and therapeutic dilemma
(2005)The diagnosis of a brain metastasis is usually made during the routine follow up examinations of patients with known cancer, who are under the care of oncology departments. The involvement of the neurosurgeon depends on ...
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Cancer of unknown primary patients with midline nodal distribution: Midway between poor and favourable prognosis?
(2011)Background: Midline nodal cancer of unknown primary (CUP) has varying definitions and an unclear natural history compared to that of extragonadal germ cell cancer (EGCC) and neuroendocrine tumors. Methods: We systematically ...
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Cavitating squamous cell lung carcinoma-distinct entity or not? Analysis of radiologic, histologic, and clinical features
(2004)Introduction: Patients with cavitating squamous lung carcinoma (cSLC) are believed to harbor aggressive, chemoresistant disease with distinct features and fare poorly. We retrospectively analyzed radiologic, histologic, ...
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Clinicopathological study of the expression of hsp27, pS2, cathepsin D and metallothionein in primary invasive breast cancer
(2003)Expression of the hormone-related proteins hsp27, pS2, and also of cathepsin D (CD) and metallothionein (MT) was studied by immunohistochemistry and analyzed against clinical data in breast cancer. Archived material of ...
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Cyclophosphamide, mitoxantrone, fluorouracil versus conventional CMF as adjuvant treatment in node-positive breast cancer patients
(1996)362 evaluable node-positive patients with stage II breast cancer were randomized, receiving either 6 cycles of conventional CMF or 6 cycles of the combination of cyclophosphamide (500 mg/m2), mitoxantrone (Novantrone 10 ...
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Depression in cancer: The many biobehavioral pathways driving tumor progression
(2017)Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is common among cancer patients, with prevalence rates up to four-times higher than the general population. Depression confers worse outcomes, including non-adherence to treatment and increased ...
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Gastrointestinal stromal tumors during pregnancy: a systematic review of an uncommon but treatable malignancy
(2015)Although modern social structure and medical advances have led to the increasing number of women childbearing in older age, cancer remains a rare diagnosis during pregnancy. There is little given information throughout the ...
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Heterogeneity in cancer guidelines: Should we eradicate or tolerate?
(2008)Background: Heterogeneity in aspects of development, structure and context of oncology guidelines was not evaluated. We analysed and critically examined its implications. Materials and methods: Nine cancer clinical practice ...
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Metastatic breast cancer with liver metastases: A registry analysis of clinicopathologic, management and outcome characteristics of 500 women
(2006)Introduction. Breast cancer patients developing liver metastases have traditionally been considered to make up a poor prognosis group with median survival rates of less than 6 months. We retrospectively analysed clinicopathologic ...
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The missing kiss of life: Transcriptional activity of the metastasis suppressor gene KiSS1 in early breast cancer
(2007)Background: KiSS-1 is a metastasis suppressor gene encoding a neuropeptide with potent antimetastatic activities in tumour cell lines. The transcriptional activity of the gene and its associations in resected breast cancer ...
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Neoadjuvant versus adjuvant systemic treatment in breast cancer: A meta-analysis
(2005)Background: Interest in the use of preoperative systemic treatment in the management of breast cancer has increased because such neoadjuvant therapy appears to reduce the extent of local surgery required. We compared the ...
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Positive urinary cytology in patients with lung cancer in the absence of obvious urine tract metastases
(2011)Purpose: To study the phenomenon of positive urine cytology in patients with lung cancer in the absence of obvious urothelial metastases. Patients and methods: 150 patients with small (SCLC) and non-small cell lung cancer ...
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Presentation, management and outcome of 32 patients with pregnancy-associated breast cancer: A matched controlled study
(2009)Pregnancy-associated breast cancer (PABC) is a rare and challenging problem. We sought to describe epidemiology, management and outcome of women in whom breast cancer was diagnosed during pregnancy or within one year after ...
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The prognostic evaluation of tumor angiogenesis in invasive breast carcinoma
(2002)Microvessel density (MVD) was analyzed for associations with clinical and pathological factors as well as with other potential known prognostic factors such as: steroid receptor content (ER, PgR), p53 and proliferation ...
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Prognostic factors in glioblastoma patients managed with radiotherapy combined with temozolomide
(2014)Purpose: No consensus on clinicopathologic prognostic factors that predict the outcome of patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) managed with resection, postoperative radiotherapy (RT) and adjuvant ...
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Prognostic Significance of ESR1 Gene Amplification, mRNA/Protein Expression and Functional Profiles in High-Risk Early Breast Cancer: A Translational Study of the Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group (HeCOG)
(2013)Background:Discrepant data have been published on the incidence and prognostic significance of ESR1 gene amplification in early breast cancer.Patients and Methods:Formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tumor blocks were collected ...
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Prognostic variables in Greek patients with stage II breast cancer: A Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group Study
(1997)The independent effects of several patient, tumor and treatment-related prognostic factors on relapse-free survival (RFS) and overall survival (OS) were assessed by Cox multivariate regression analysis in 988 Greek patients ...
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Tumor volumetry as predictive and prognostic factor in the management of ovarian cancer
(2002)Background: The usefulness of tumor volumetry in ovarian epithelial cancer has never been intensively investigated. The aim of the present study was to determine the value of quantitative analysis of tumor volume as a ...