Browsing by Subject "Treatment response"

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      Paclitaxel-carboplatin combination chemotherapy in advanced breast cancer: Accumulating evidence for synergy, efficacy, and safety 

      Pentheroudakis, George; Razi, E. D.; Athanasiades, A.; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Fountzilas, George (2006)
      Patients with metastatic breast cancer receive multiple lines of cytotoxic chemotherapy, with taxane and anthracycline-based regimens being the most active. Anthracyclines carry the risk of significant cardiotoxicity at ...
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      Positive urinary cytology in patients with lung cancer in the absence of obvious urine tract metastases 

      Voulgaris, E.; Pentheroudakis, George; Pappa, L.; Bafa, M.; Goussia, Anna; Dalezis, P.; Tsombanidou, C.; Geromichalos, G.; Papageorgiou, A.; Koutsilieris, M.; Malamou-Mitsi, Vassiliki D.; Pavlidis, Nicholas (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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      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 ...
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      Prognostic significance of WNT and hedgehog pathway activation markers in cancer of unknown primary 

      Fotopoulos, George; Goussia, Anna; Bareta, E.; Koumpis, E.; Chrisafi, S.; Bobos, M.; Malamou-Mitsi, Vassiliki D.; Fountzilas, George; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Pentheroudakis, George (2015)
      Background: Cancer of unknown primary (CUP) possesses distinct biology and peculiar natural history, in which the roles of the winged and hedgehog signalling pathways are unclear. Materials and methods: We constructed ...
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      Radiopharmaceuticals in neurological and psychiatric disorders 

      Valotassiou, Varvara; Wozniak, Greta; Sifakis, N.; Demakopoulos, Nikolaos; Georgoulias, Panagiotis (2008)
      The development of functional brain nuclear medicine techniques and their application in the investigation of neuropsychiatric disorders, have contributed significantly in the illumination of the underlying pathophysiological ...
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      Rare Cancers Europe (RCE) methodological recommendations for clinical studies in rare cancers: A European consensus position paper 

      Casali, Paolo G.; Bruzzi, P.; Bogaerts, Jan; Blay, Jean-Yves; Aapro, M. S.; Adamou, A.; Berruti, A.; Bressington, J.; Bruzzi, B.; Capocaccia, R.; Cardoso, Fatima; Celis, J. E.; Cervantes, A.; Ciardiello, F.; Claussen, C.; Coleman, M.; Comis, S.; Craine, S.; Boltz, D. De; Lorenzo, F. De; P, Angelo Dei Tos; Gatta, G.; Geissler, J.; Giuliani, R.; Grande, E.; Gronchi, A.; Jezdic, S.; Jonsson, B.; Jost, Lorenz M.; Keulen, H.; Lacombe, D.; Lamory, G.; Cam, Y. Le; Priolo, S. Leto di; Licitra, Lisa; Macchia, F.; Margulies, A.; Marreaud, S.; McVie, G.; Narbutas, S.; Oliver, K.; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Pelouchova, J.; Pentheroudakis, George; Piccart, M.; Pierotti, M. A.; Pravettoni, G.; Redmond, K.; Riegman, P.; Ruffilli, M. P.; Ryner, D.; Sandrucci, S.; Seymour, M.; Torri, V.; Trama, A.; Belle, S. Van; Vassal, G.; Wartenberg, M.; Watts, C.; Wilson, A.; Yared, W. (2015)
      While they account for one-fifth of new cancer cases, rare cancers are difficult to study. A higher than average degree of uncertainty should be accommodated for clinical as well as for population-based decision making. ...
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      Serous papillary peritoneal carcinoma: Unknown primary tumour, ovarian cancer counterpart or a distinct entity? A systematic review 

      Pentheroudakis, George; Pavlidis, Nicholas (2010)
      Introduction: Serous peritoneal papillary carcinoma (SPPC), though managed according to ovarian cancer therapeutic principles, has been variably considered as an ovarian cancer counterpart, a peritoneal malignancy with ...
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      Weekday on-weekend off oral capecitabine: A phase I study of a continuous schedule better simulating protracted fluoropyrimidine therapy 

      Pentheroudakis, George; Pappas, P.; Golfinopoulos, Vassilis; Fountzilas, George; Nikolaidou, M.; Boumba, V. A.; Vougiouklakis, T.; Nikiforidis, L.; Tzamakou, E.; Siarabi, O.; Marselos, M.; Pavlidis, Nicholas (2007)
      Background: Although protracted intravenous 5-fluorouracil is superior to bolus regimens in terms of tumour exposure to the drug during DNA synthesis as well as activity and safety, the oral fluoropyrimidine capecitabine ...