Browsing by Author "Pectasides, Dimitrios"
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Metastatic breast cancer with liver metastases: A registry analysis of clinicopathologic, management and outcome characteristics of 500 women
Pentheroudakis, George; Fountzilas, George; Bafaloukos, Dimitrios; Koutsoukou, V.; Pectasides, Dimitrios; Skarlos, Dimosthenis V.; Samantas, E.; Kalofonos, H. P.; Gogas, H.; Pavlidis, Nicholas (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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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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Non-small cell lung cancer in the young: A retrospective analysis of diagnosis, management and outcome data
Mauri, D.; Pentheroudakis, George; Bafaloukos, Dimitrios; Pectasides, Dimitrios; Samantas, E.; Efstathiou, E.; Kalofonos, H. P.; Syrigos, K.; Klouvas, G. D.; Papakostas, P.; Kosmidis, Paraskevas A.; Fountzilas, George; Pavlidis, Nicholas (2006)Background: Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in young patients is uncommon and is thought to constitute a distinct oncological entity with characteristic clinicopathological patterns. Since the reported data are scant ...
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Paclitaxel and carboplatin as first-line chemotherapy combined with gefitinib (IRESSA) in patients with advanced breast cancer: A phase I/II study conducted by the Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group
Fountzilas, George; Pectasides, Dimitrios; Kalogera-Fountzila, Anna; Skarlos, Dimosthenis V.; Kalofonos, H. P.; Papadimitriou, C.; Bafaloukos, Dimitrios; Lambropoulos, S.; Papadopoulos, S.; Kourea, H.; Markopoulos, C.; Linardou, H.; Mavroudis, D.; Briassoulis, E. Ch; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Razi, E. D.; Kosmidis, Paraskevas A.; Gogas, H. (2005)Paclitaxel (TaxolR) and carboplatin are an effective combination regimen for treating advanced breast cancer. Gefitinib (IRESSA) is the first epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor to be approved for ...
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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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Personality factors associated with psychological distress in testicular cancer survivors
Siafaka, V.; Hyphantis, T.; Alamanos, Y. P.; Fountzilas, George; Skarlos, Dimosthenis V.; Pectasides, Dimitrios; Mavreas, V.; Pavlidis, Nicholas (2008)The aim of this study was to investigate symptoms of anxiety and depression in testicular cancer survivors (TCSs) and to identify personality traits associated with psychological distress in these patients by means of the ...
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Prevention of anemia in patients with solid tumors receiving platinum-based chemotherapy by recombinant human erythropoietin (rHuEPO): A prospective, open label, randomized trial by the hellenic cooperative oncology group
Bamias, A. T.; Aravantinos, Gerasimos; Kalofonos, H. P.; Timotheadou, N.; Siafaka, V.; Vlahou, I.; Janinis, D.; Pectasides, Dimitrios; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Fountzilas, George (2003)Objectives: Platinum compounds are commonly associated with significant anemia. Erythropoietin administration has been found effective in correcting anemia in patients with solid tumors receiving chemotherapy. We conducted ...
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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)
Pentheroudakis, George; Kotoula, V.; Eleftheraki, A. G.; Tsolaki, E.; Wirtz, R. M.; Kalogeras, K. T.; Batistatou, Anna; Bobos, M.; Dimopoulos, M. A.; Timotheadou, E.; Gogas, H.; Christodoulou, C.; Papadopoulou, K.; Efstratiou, I.; Scopa, C. D.; Papaspirou, I.; Vlachodimitropoulos, D.; Linardou, H.; Samantas, E.; Pectasides, Dimitrios; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Fountzilas, George (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 significance of RACGAP1 mRNA expression in high-risk early breast cancer: A study in primary tumors of breast cancer patients participating in a randomized Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group trial
Pliarchopoulou, K.; Kalogeras, K. T.; Kronenwett, R.; Wirtz, R. M.; Eleftheraki, A. G.; Batistatou, Anna; Bobos, M.; Soupos, N.; Polychronidou, G.; Gogas, H.; Samantas, E.; Christodoulou, C.; Makatsoris, T.; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Pectasides, Dimitrios; Fountzilas, George (2013)Purpose: RACGAP1 is a Rac GTPase-activating protein involved in cell growth regulation, cell transformation and metastasis. The aim of the present study was to explore the prognostic and/or predictive significance of RACGAP1 ...
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Prognostic significance of UBE2C mRNA expression in high-risk early breast cancer. A hellenic cooperative oncology group (HECOG) study
Psyrri, A.; Kalogeras, K. T.; Kronenwett, R.; Wirtz, R. M.; Batistatou, Anna; Bournakis, E.; Timotheadou, E.; Gogas, H.; Aravantinos, Gerasimos; Christodoulou, C.; Makatsoris, T.; Linardou, H.; Pectasides, Dimitrios; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Economopoulos, T.; Fountzilas, George (2012)Background: The ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS) plays a pivotal role in tumorigenesis. Components of the UPS have recently been implicated in breast cancer progression. In the present study, we sought to explore the ...
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Prognostic utility of β-tubulin isotype III and correlations with other molecular and clinicopathological variables in patients with early breast cancer: A translational Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group (HeCOG) study
Pentheroudakis, George; Batistatou, Anna; Kalogeras, K. T.; Kronenwett, R.; Wirtz, R. M.; Bournakis, E.; Eleftheraki, A. G.; Pectasides, Dimitrios; Bobos, M.; Papaspirou, I.; Kamina, S.; Gogas, H.; Koutras, A. K.; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Fountzilas, George (2011)We evaluated the prognostic and predictive utility of β-tubulin isotype III (TUBB3) tumour gene transcription in early breast cancer patients enrolled in a randomised study. Quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase ...
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Prognostic variables in Greek patients with stage II breast cancer: A Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group Study
Fountzilas, George; Vasilaros, S.; Koukouras, D.; Malamos, N.; Pectasides, Dimitrios; Adamou, A.; Nenopoulou, E.; Kiriakou, K.; Zouvani, I.; Katsohis, C.; Kappas, A. M.; Skopa, C.; Semoglou, C.; Fahantidis, E.; Konstantaras, C.; Vasilaki, E.; Economopoulos, T.; Bacoyiannis, Charalambos; Bafaloukos, Dimitrios; Razi, E. D.; Polichrnis, A.; Androulakis, G.; Papaioannou, T.; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Skarlos, Dimosthenis V.; Kosmidis, Paraskevas A. (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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A randomized study of epirubicin monotherapy every four or every two weeks in advanced breast cancer. A Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group Study
Fountzilas, George; Athanasiades, A.; Giannakakis, T.; Briassoulis, E. Ch; Bafaloukos, Dimitrios; Kalogera-Fountzila, Anna; Onienaoum, A.; Kalofonos, H. P.; Pectasides, Dimitrios; Andreopoulou, E.; Bamia, C.; Kosmidis, Paraskevas A.; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Skarlos, Dimosthenis V. (1997)Purpose: To evaluate the impact on the response rate in patients with advanced breast cancer (ABC) of the doubling of the dose intensity (DI) of epirubicin monotherapy. Patients and methods: From January 1991 until April ...
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A randomized trial to compare the efficacy and safety of antiemetic treatment with ondansetron and ondansetron zydis in patients with breast cancer treated with high-dose epirubicin
Pectasides, Dimitrios; Dafni, U.; Aravantinos, Gerasimos; Timotheadou, E.; Skarlos, Dimosthenis V.; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Gaglia, A.; Kalofonos, H. P.; Fountzilas, George (2007)Objective: The objective of this study was to compare the efficacy of a disintegrating tablet of ondansetron (ODT) and the conventional tablet formulation of ondansetron (OT) in controlling nausea and vomiting in breast ...
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Stage I testicular seminoma: Management and controversies
Pectasides, Dimitrios; Pectasides, E.; Constantinidou, Anastasia; Aravantinos, Gerasimos (2009)Seminomas constitute more than half of testicular germ-cell tumours and 70-80% of patients with seminoma present with clinical stage I disease. Post-orchiectomy, management options include irradiation, surveillance or ...
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Survivin and glycodelin transcriptional activity in node-positive early breast cancer: mRNA expression of two key regulators of cell survival
Kostadima, Lida; Pentheroudakis, George; Fountzilas, George; Dimopoulos, M. A.; Pectasides, Dimitrios; Gogas, H.; Christodoulou, C.; Samantas, E.; Bafaloukos, Dimitrios; Arapantoni, P.; Kalofonos, H. P.; Papakostas, P.; Economopoulos, T.; Bamias, A. T.; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Stropp, U.; Wirtz, R. M.; Hennig, G. (2006)Introduction: Glycodelin and survivin are key polypeptide regulators of cellular proliferation, apoptosis and angiogenesis. In view of contradictory reports on their functional role in tumors, we studied their transcriptional ...
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Triple-negative phenotype is of adverse prognostic value in patients treated with dose-dense sequential adjuvant chemotherapy: A translational research analysis in the context of a Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group (HeCOG) randomized phase III trial
Skarlos, P.; Christodoulou, C.; Kalogeras, K. T.; Eleftheraki, A. G.; Bobos, M.; Batistatou, Anna; Valavanis, C.; Tzaida, O.; Timotheadou, E.; Kronenwett, R.; Wirtz, R. M.; Kostopoulos, I.; Televantou, D.; Koutselini, E.; Papaspirou, I.; Papadimitriou, C.; Pectasides, Dimitrios; Gogas, H.; Aravantinos, Gerasimos; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Arapantoni, P.; Skarlos, Dimosthenis V.; Fountzilas, George (2012)Purpose: It is well recognized that breast cancer is a heterogeneous disease. The purpose of the current study was to classify patients according to the immunohistochemical phenotype of their tumors in an effort to evaluate ...
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Vinorelbine versus paclitaxel for patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and a performance status of 2
Kosmidis, Paraskevas A.; Syrigos, K.; Kalofonos, H. P.; Dimopoulos, M. A.; Skarlos, Dimosthenis V.; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Boukovinas, I.; Bafaloukos, Dimitrios; Pectasides, Dimitrios; Bacoyiannis, Charalambos; Fountzilas, George (2012)Aim: The purpose of this study was to compare two single agents paclitaxel (intravenous) versus vinorelbine (oral) in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients with performance status (PS):2. Patients and Methods: The ...
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Weekly alternating non-cross-resistant chemotherapy for small cell lung cancer with a good prognosis: A study of the Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group
Skarlos, Dimosthenis V.; Samantas, E.; Pectasides, Dimitrios; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Kalofonos, H. P.; Klouvas, G. D.; Panoussaki, E.; Tsiakopoulos, E.; Poulakis, N.; Fountzilas, George (1999)This trial was conducted by the Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group to improve the responses and survival in small cell lung cancer with a good prognosis, using a weekly intensive chemotherapy with alternated non-cross- ...