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Can circulated lung cancer cells pass to the urine without apparent urine tract metastases?. A single centre series
(2008)Urine cytology has been a useful tool for the diagnosis of urinary tract malignancies. However, the presence of tumor cells in the urine sediment without an obvious urothelial metastatic deposit is a rare phenomenon and ...
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Can statin therapy reduce the risk of melanoma? A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
(2010)A growing body of literature suggests that statins may have a chemopreventive potential against melanoma through pleiotropic anti-inflammatory, immunomodulatory, and antiangiogenesis mechanisms. Our aim was to examine this ...
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Cancer diagnosis in a cohort of patients with Sjogren's syndrome and rheumatoid arthritis: A single-center experience and review of the literature
(2014)Background: With the development of modern therapies and better care of patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases (ARDs) increased survival has been achieved. However, ARDs may share an association with risk of lymphomas ...
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Cancer of unknown primary patients with midline nodal distribution: Midway between poor and favourable prognosis?
(2011)Background: Midline nodal cancer of unknown primary (CUP) has varying definitions and an unclear natural history compared to that of extragonadal germ cell cancer (EGCC) and neuroendocrine tumors. Methods: We systematically ...
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Cancer of unknown primary site
(2012)Cancer of unknown primary site (CUP) is a well recognised clinical disorder, accounting for 3-5 of all malignant epithelial tumours. CUP is clinically characterised as an aggressive disease with early dissemination. ...
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Cancer prevalence and mortality in centenarians: A systematic review
(2012)Life expectancy has dramatically expanded, the global population has aged unprecedentedly and the number of centenarians has significantly increased. The analysis of autopsy series, cancer registries data, vital statistics ...
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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 ...
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Carboplatin plus paclitaxel in unknown primary carcinoma: A phase II Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group Study
(2000)Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy of the carboplatin/paclitaxel combination in patients with carcinoma of unknown primary site (CUP). Patients and Methods: Seventy-seven consecutive CUP patients (45 women and 32 men; median ...
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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 ...
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Carzelesin phase II study in advanced breast, ovarian, colorectal, gastric, head and neck cancer, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and malignant melanoma: A study of the EORTC early clinical studies group (ECSG)
(2000)Purpose: In a phase II trial, the activity of carzelesin, a cyclopropylpyrroloindole prodrug analog, was assessed. Patients and methods: Carzelesin was used as second- or third-line chemotherapy in patients with breast, ...
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Cavitating squamous cell lung carcinoma-distinct entity or not? Analysis of radiologic, histologic, and clinical features
(2004)Introduction: Patients with cavitating squamous lung carcinoma (cSLC) are believed to harbor aggressive, chemoresistant disease with distinct features and fare poorly. We retrospectively analyzed radiologic, histologic, ...
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Cefditoren: Comparative efficacy with other antimicrobials and risk factors for resistance in clinical isolates causing UTIs in outpatients
(2012)Background: To investigate a possible role of Cefditoren, a recently marketed in Greece third-generation oral cephalosporin in urinary infections of outpatients.Methods: During a multicenter survey of Enterobacteriaceae ...
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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
(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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Chemotherapy for patients with two favourable subsets of unknown primary carcinoma: Active, but how effective?
(2005)Carcinoma of unknown primary (CUP) is characterized by dismal patient survival. The outcome of patients with two favourable risk CUP subsets was studied. Eighty patients diagnosed with either midline lymph node metastases ...
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Chemotherapy-induced noncardiogenic pulmonary edema related to gemcitabine plus docetaxel combination with granulocyte colony-stimulating factor support
(2000)Several cancer therapeutic agents have been associated with pulmonary toxicity. Herein, we describe the case of a 73-year-old woman with breast cancer metastatic to the liver, who developed noncardiogenic pulmonary edema ...
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Cisplatin/etoposide versus carboplatin/etoposide chemotherapy and irradiation in small cell lung cancer: A randomized phase III study
(1994)The efficacy and toxicity of cisplatin/etoposide and carboplatin/etoposide combinations along with thoracic irradiation were prospectively assessed in patients with small cell lung cancer. Both combinations were equally ...
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Clear evidence that long‐term, low‐dose tamoxifen treatment can induce ocular toxicity a prospective study of 63 patients
(1992)The current study has prospectively investigated the incidence and course of ocular toxicity after low‐dose tamoxifen treatment. Sixty‐three patients with cancer who could be examined were analyzed. Tamoxifen was administered ...
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The clinical picture of primary Sjogren's syndrome: A retrospective study
(1982)The clinical and laboratory features of 47 patients with primary Sjogren's syndrome, confirmed by lip biopsy, were analyzed in this study. The majority of our patients had the classical signs and symptoms of Sjogren's ...
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Clinical picture: Acquired icthyosis: A paraneoplastic skin manifestation of Hodgkin's disease
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