Browsing by Author "Bobos, M."
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Evaluation of the prognostic role of centromere 17 gain and HER2/topoisomerase II alpha gene status and protein expression in patients with breast cancer treated with anthracycline-containing adjuvant chemotherapy: Pooled analysis of two Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group (HeCOG) phase III trials
Fountzilas, George; Dafni, U.; Bobos, M.; Kotoula, V.; Batistatou, Anna; Xanthakis, I.; Papadimitriou, C.; Kostopoulos, I.; Koletsa, T.; Tsolaki, E.; Televantou, D.; Timotheadou, E.; Koutras, A. K.; Klouvas, G. D.; Samantas, E.; Pisanidis, N.; Karanikiotis, C.; Sfakianaki, I.; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Gogas, H.; Linardou, H.; Kalogeras, K. T.; Pectasides, Dimitrios; Dimopoulos, M. A. (2013)Background: The HER2 gene has been established as a valid biological marker for the treatment of breast cancer patients with trastuzumab and probably other agents, such as paclitaxel and anthracyclines. The TOP2A gene has ...
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Immunohistochemical study of the epithelial-mesenchymal transition phenotype in cancer of unknown primary: Incidence, correlations and prognostic utility
Stoyianni, A.; Goussia, Anna; Pentheroudakis, George; Siozopoulou, V.; Ioachim, E.; Krikelis, D.; Golfinopoulos, Vassilis; Cervantes, A.; Bobos, M.; Fotsis, T.; Bellou, S.; Fountzilas, George; Malamou-Mitsi, Vassiliki D.; Pavlidis, Nicholas (2012)Background: The epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) has been associated with metastatic dissemination and poor outcome in several solid tumour types. Our aim was to study its incidence and its prognostic significance ...
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Intracellular signalling via the AKT axis and downstream effectors is active and prognostically significant in cancer of unknown primary (CUP): A study of 100 CUP cases
Golfinopoulos, Vassilis; Pentheroudakis, George; Goussia, Anna; Siozopoulou, V.; Bobos, M.; Krikelis, D.; Cervantes, A.; Ciuleanu, T.; Marselos, M.; Fountzilas, George; Malamou-Mitsi, Vassiliki D.; Pavlidis, Nicholas (2012)Background: Hypothesising that cancer of unknown primary (CUP) may harbour unique characteristics, we present a translational study of the immunohistochemical expression and clinical correlation of key PTEN/AKT pathway ...
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Profiling immunohistochemical expression of NOTCH1-3, JAGGED1, cMET, and phospho-MAPK in 100 carcinomas of unknown primary
Krikelis, D.; Pentheroudakis, George; Goussia, Anna; Siozopoulou, V.; Bobos, M.; Petrakis, Dimitrios; Stoyianni, A.; Golfinopoulos, Vassilis; Cervantes, A.; Ciuleanu, T.; Fountzilas, George; Malamou-Mitsi, Vassiliki D.; Pavlidis, Nicholas (2012)Cancer of unknown primary (CUP) is a heterogeneous entity, managed on the basis of "one size fits all" therapeutic concepts; insights into the molecular biology of CUP are urgently needed. We retrospectively examined the ...
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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 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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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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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 ...