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Adjuvant Cytotoxic and Endocrine Therapy in Pre- and Postmenopausal Patients with Breast Cancer and One to Nine Infiltrated Nodes: Five-Year Results of the Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group Randomized HE 10/92 Study
Fountzilas, George; Stathopoulos, G. P.; Kouvatseas, G.; Polychronis, A.; Klouvas, G. D.; Samantas, E.; Zamboglou, N.; Kyriakou, K.; Adamou, A.; Pectasides, Dimitrios; Economopoulos, T.; Kalofonos, H. P.; Bafaloukos, Dimitrios; Georgoulias, V.; Razi, E. D.; Koukouras, D.; Zombolas, V.; Kosmidis, Paraskevas A.; Skarlos, Dimosthenis V.; Pavlidis, Nicholas (2004)The present randomized phase III trial was designed to detect a 15% benefit in relapse-free survival (RFS) or overall survival (OS) from the incorporation of adjuvant tamoxifen to the combination of CNF [cyclophosphamide, ...
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Advanced stage clear-cell epithelial ovarian cancer: The Hellenic cooperative oncology group experience
Pectasides, Dimitrios; Fountzilas, George; Aravantinos, Gerasimos; Kalofonos, H. P.; Efstathiou, E.; Farmakis, D.; Skarlos, Dimosthenis V.; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Economopoulos, T.; Dimopoulos, M. A. (2006)Purpose.: Ovarian clear-cell carcinomas (OCCC) are known to be possibly resistant to platinum-based chemotherapy and to have a poorer prognosis with respect to other subtypes of epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC). This study ...
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Anthracycline-based chemotherapy of primary non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of the testis: The Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group experience
Pectasides, Dimitrios; Economopoulos, T.; Kouvatseas, G.; Antoniou, A.; Zoumbos, Z.; Aravantinos, Gerasimos; Tsatalas, C.; Halikia, A.; Nikolaides, C.; Kiamouris, Ch; Pappa, E.; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Skarlos, Dimosthenis V.; Fountzilas, George; Dimopoulos, M. A. (2000)Testicular non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is an uncommon disease and its outcome following chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy has been variable. A retrospective analysis was performed on 26 patients with primary testicular lymphoma ...
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Brain metastases from epithelial ovarian cancer. The Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group (HeCOG) experience and review of the literature
Pectasides, Dimitrios; Aravantinos, Gerasimos; Fountzilas, George; Kalofonos, H. P.; Efstathiou, E.; Karina, M.; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Farmakis, D.; Economopoulos, T.; Dimopoulos, M. A. (2005)Background: Brain metastases from epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) are rare. A retrospective study of all patients diagnosed with brain metastases from EOC over the last 20 years, according to the Hellenic Cooperative ...
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CEOP-21 versus CEOP-14 chemotherapy with or without rituximab for the first-line treatment of patients with aggressive lymphomas: Results of the HE22A99 trial of the hellenic cooperative oncology group
Economopoulos, T.; Psyrri, A.; Dimopoulos, M. A.; Kalogera-Fountzila, Anna; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Tsatalas, C.; Nikolaides, C.; Mellou, S.; Xiros, N.; Fountzilas, George (2007)Background: In this study we investigated whether administering CEOP (cyclophosphamide, epirubicin, vincristine [Oncovin], and prednisone) every 2 weeks (CEOP-14) instead of every 3 weeks (the standard CEOP-21 regimen) ...
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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
Papageorgiou, E.; Tsirigotis, P.; Dimopoulos, M. A.; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Fountzilas, George; Papageorgiou, S.; Economopoulos, T. (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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Docetaxel and carboplatin combination chemotherapy as outpatient palliative therapy in carcinoma of unknown primary: A multicentre Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group phase II study
Pentheroudakis, George; Briassoulis, E. Ch; Kalofonos, H. P.; Fountzilas, George; Economopoulos, T.; Samelis, G.; Koutras, A. K.; Karina, M.; Xiros, N.; Samantas, E.; Bamias, A. T.; Pavlidis, Nicholas (2008)Introduction. Taxane/platinum combinations exhibit synergistic cytotoxicity and activity against a broad range of solid tumours. We sought to optimise the regimen as a suitable outpatient palliative treatment for cancer ...
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Dose-dense sequential adjuvant chemotherapy with epirubicin, paclitaxel and CMF in high-risk breast cancer
Fountzilas, George; Papadimitriou, C.; Aravantinos, Gerasimos; Nikolaides, C.; Stathopoulos, G. P.; Bafaloukos, Dimitrios; Kalofonos, H. P.; Economopoulos, T.; Skarlos, Dimosthenis V.; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Dimopoulos, M. A. (2001)Dose-dense sequential chemotherapy appears to be a promising approach in the management of patients with operable breast cancer. We evaluated the tolerability of such a novel chemotherapeutic regimen in high-risk patients. ...
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Epithelial ovarian cancer in Greece: A retrospective study of 1,791 patients by the hellenic cooperative oncology group (HeCOG)
Pectasides, Dimitrios; Papaxoinis, G.; Fountzilas, George; Aravantinos, Gerasimos; Bamias, A. T.; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Kalofonos, H. P.; Timotheadou, E.; Samantas, E.; Briassoulis, E. Ch; Skarlos, Dimosthenis V.; Economopoulos, T.; Dimopoulos, M. A. (2009)Background: The aim of this retrospective study was to present the epidemiological, pathological and clinical characteristics and treatment results of Greek women with epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC). Patients and Methods: ...
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Gemcitabine plus pegylated liposomal doxorubicin in patients with advanced epithelial ovarian cancer resistant/refractory to platinum and/or taxanes. A HeCOG phase II study
Skarlos, Dimosthenis V.; Kalofonos, H. P.; Fountzilas, George; Dimopoulos, M. A.; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Razi, E. D.; Economopoulos, T.; Pectasides, Dimitrios; Gogas, H.; Kosmidis, Paraskevas A.; Bafaloukos, Dimitrios; Klouvas, G. D.; Kyratzis, G.; Aravantinos, Gerasimos (2005)Background: A phase II study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy and toxicity of the combination of gemcitabine (GEM) and pegylated liposomal doxorubicin (PLD) in patients with platinum- and/or taxane-resistant/refractory ...
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Low-grade mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma: A retrospective analysis of 97 patients by the Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group (HeCOG)
Papaxoinis, G.; Fountzilas, George; Rontogianni, D.; Dimopoulos, M. A.; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Tsatalas, C.; Pectasides, Dimitrios; Xiros, N.; Economopoulos, T. (2008)Background: The aim was to examine characteristics and treatment results of patients with mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) non-Hodgkin's lymphomas. Patients and methods: Epidemiological and clinical features of 97 ...
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Multifocal extranodal non-Hodgkin lymphoma: A clinicopathologic study of 37 cases in Greece, a Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group Study
Economopoulos, T.; Papageorgiou, S.; Rontogianni, D.; Kaloutsi, V.; Fountzilas, George; Tsatalas, C.; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Pectasides, Dimitrios; Papageorgiou, E.; Dimopoulos, M. A. (2005)The purpose of this retrospective study was to illustrate the clinicopathological features of patients presenting with multifocal extranodal non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). Among 810 patients with NHL, 37 cases (4.2%) were ...
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Non-Hodgkin's Lymphomas in Greece according to the WHO classification of lymphoid neoplasms a retrospective analysis of 810 cases
Economopoulos, T.; Papageorgiou, S.; Dimopoulos, M. A.; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Tsatalas, C.; Symeonidis, A.; Foudoulakis, A.; Pectasides, Dimitrios; Rontogianni, D.; Rizos, E.; Chalkia, P.; Anagnostopoulos, A.; Melachrinou, M.; Papageorgiou, E.; Fountzilas, George (2005)The purpose of this retrospective study, the largest unselected series in our country, was to illustrate the clinicopathological features of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) classified according to the World Health Organization ...
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Paclitaxel and gemcitabine vs. paclitaxel and pegylated liposomal doxorubicin in advanced non-nasopharyngeal head and neck cancer. An efficacy and cost analysis randomized study conducted by the Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group
Fountzilas, George; Papakostas, P.; Dafni, U.; Makatsoris, T.; Karina, M.; Kalogera-Fountzila, Anna; Maniadakis, N.; Aravantinos, Gerasimos; Syrigos, K.; Bamias, A. T.; Christodoulou, C.; Economopoulos, T.; Kalofonos, H. P.; Nikolaou, A.; Angouridakis, N.; Stathopoulos, G. P.; Bafaloukos, Dimitrios; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Daniilidis, J. (2006)Background: The prognosis of patients with recurrent and/or metastatic head and neck cancer (HNC) is poor. Median survival of these patients following chemotherapy is in the range of 6 to 9 months. In the present randomized ...
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Paclitaxel, cisplatin, leucovorin, and continuous infusion fluorouracil followed by concomitant chemoradiotherapy for locally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck: A hellenic cooperative oncology group phase II study
Fountzilas, George; Ch, F. Tolis; Kalogera-Fountzila, Anna; Misailidou, D.; Tsekeris, P.; Karina, M.; Nikolaou, A.; Samantas, E.; Makatsoris, T.; Athanassiou, E.; Skarlos, Dimosthenis V.; Bamias, A. T.; Zamboglou, N.; Economopoulos, T.; Karanastassi, S.; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Daniilidis, J. (2005)The primary objective of this phase II study was to access the complete response (CR) rate to a new innovative induction regimen in patients with locally advanced head and neck cancer (LA-HNC). From October 2000 until ...
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Palliative chemotherapy in elderly patients with common metastatic malignancies: A Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group registry analysis of management, outcome and clinical benefit predictors
Pentheroudakis, George; Fountzilas, George; Kalofonos, H. P.; Golfinopoulos, Vassilis; Aravantinos, Gerasimos; Bafaloukos, Dimitrios; Papakostas, P.; Pectasides, Dimitrios; Christodoulou, C.; Syrigos, K.; Economopoulos, T.; Pavlidis, Nicholas (2008)Introduction: Cancer in the elderly is a common health issue in developed societies. We sought to present epidemiology, management and outcome data on fit elderly patients with common metastatic cancers and to identify ...
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A phase-II study with idarubicin, etoposide and prednisone (IVPP), in patients with refractory or early relapsed intermediate or high grade non- Hodgkin's lymphoma [6]
Xiros, N.; Economopoulos, T.; Fountzilas, George; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Samantas, E.; Raptis, S. (1999)
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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
Economopoulos, T.; Fountzilas, George; Kostourou, A.; Daniilidis, J.; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Andreopoulou, E.; Nicolaou, A.; Papageorgiou, E.; Mellou, S.; Dervenoulas, John; Stathakis, N. (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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Primary extranodal non-hodgkin's lymphoma of the head and neck
Economopoulos, T.; Asprou, N.; Stathakis, N.; Fountzilas, George; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Papaspyrou, S.; Dervenoulas, John; Belia, M.; Papageorgiou, E.; Theoharis, D.; Vrettou, E.; Raptis, S. (1992)Among 387 cases of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) treated in our units between January 1977 and December 1990, 52 (13.4%) had primary extranodal (PE) NHL of the head and neck. The median age was 55 years with a M:F ratio of ...
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Primary gastrointestinal non-Hodgkin's lymphoma: A clinicopathologic study of 128 cases in Greece. A Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group study (HeCOG)
Papaxoinis, G.; Papageorgiou, S.; Rontogianni, D.; Kaloutsi, V.; Fountzilas, George; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Dimopoulos, M. A.; Tsatalas, C.; Xiros, N.; Economopoulos, T. (2006)The aim of this retrospective study was to illustrate the clinicopathologic data and the treatment results in patients with primary gastrointestinal tract non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (GI NHL). Among 810 patients with NHL, 128 ...