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Bone pain in thalassaemia: assessment of DEXA and MRI findings
(1998)
An increasing number of adult thalassaemics have been complaining of aches and pains of varying degrees of severity. In a minority the pains are debilitating and there is stiffness in movement. This study is an attempt to ...
Tropisetron in the prevention of acute nausea and vomiting in patients treated with high dose epirubicin
(1998)
Tropisetron is a novel selective antagonist of the type-3 serotonin (5- HT3) receptor, with proven efficacy in the control of emesis related to cancer treatment. Epirubicin in doses of >100 mg/m2 has a high emetogenic ...
Primary lymphoma of the pericardium: Report on a 'cured' case and review of the literature
(1994)
This report describes a 62-year-old man with a primary diffuse, immunohistochemically proven B-cell lymphoma of large noncleaved cell (centroblastic) type of the pericardium. The patient responded completely to systemic ...
Prognostic factors influencing complete response to treatment and survival of patients with nasopharyngeal cancer
(1998)
The identification of prognostic factors influencing local control and survival of patients with nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC) might help in pointing out those patients who would probably benefit from primary treatment. A ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...