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No response or survival improvement in small cell lung cancer after sequential chemotherapy with three non-cross resistant drug regimens - a pilot study
(1991)
In a pilot phase II study we have treated 25 patients with small cell lung cancer by utilizing 3 non-cross resistant drug regimens given in a sequential fashion in combination with radiotherapy to the primary tumor. VAC ...
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 ...
Continuous extracorporeal stool-transport system: a new and economical procedure for transitory short-bowel syndrome in prematures and newborns
(1997)
Between May 1994 and June 1995, nine newborns underwent surgery due to mechanical ileus or intrauterine perforation of the small bowel. Three were very-low-birth-weight infants weighing between 520 and 1,200 g. Surgery was ...
Serum anion gap in multiple myeloma patients
(1992)
The aim of this study was, first, to reconfirm the low serum anion gap (SAG) in multiple myeloma patients and, second, to propose the possible pathophysiologic mechanisms involved. We studied 20 patients with IgG multiple ...
Removal of a simple testicular cyst from an infant: preoperative imaging, diagnostic, therapeutic and histopathologic aspects
(1993)
After an extensive review of the literature, we believe this to be the first case description of the removal of a simple testicular cyst from an infant. The 1 1/2-month-old infant was admitted to the Department of Pediatric ...
Paclitaxel by three-hour infusion and carboplatin in advanced carcinoma of nasopharynx and other sites of the head and neck: A phase II study conducted by the Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group
(1997)
Background: Paclitaxel has been demonstrated to have significant activity in recurrent or metastatic head and neck cancer (HNC). In addition, the combination of paclitaxel and cisplatin is active in untreated patients with ...
Carboplatin alone compared with its combination with epirubicin and cyclophosphamide in untreated advanced epithelial ovarian cancer: A hellenic co-operative oncology group study
(1996)
We compared, in a multicentric randomised prospective study, the efficacy and toxicity of carboplatin 400 mg/m2 as a single agent (CB) to a combination of carboplatin 300 mg/m2, epirubicin 50 mg/m2 and cyclophosphamide 500 ...
Intensified carboplatin regimen with GM-CSF support in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). A Hellenic Co-operative Oncology Group study (HeCOG)
(1997)
This is a continuation of a HeCOG previous trial utilizing carboplatin and vindesine in conventional doses as a non-toxic regimen provided easily on an outpatient basis in NSCLC. In the present study we investigated whether ...
Carcinoma of unknown primary: Natural history and treatment. Analysis of 30 cases and review of the literature
(1990)
In this study, the natural history and therapeutic management of 30 patients with carcinoma of unknown primary (CUP syndrome) is presented. Despite detailed laboratory investigations, the primary occult tumor was not ...
Carbamazepine hypersensitivity and rickettsiosis mimicking Kawasaki disease
(1993)
We report on two patients whose clinical presentation resembled that of Kawasaki disease. The first patient was a boy with epilepsy, whose symptoms first appeared following treatment with carbamazepine. The second boy had ...