Browsing by Author "Kalef-Ezra, J. A."

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      Elemental composition of bone minerals in women with breast cancer treated with adjuvant tamoxifen 

      Kalef-Ezra, J. A.; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Klouvas, G. D.; Karantanas, A. H.; Hatzikonstantinou, I.; Glaros, D. (1996)
      Oestrogen levels play a major role in conditioning the rates of bone changes in women. Tamoxifen is a synthetic oestrogen antagonist commonly used as an adjuvant therapy for breast cancer. The goal of the present study was ...
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      Evaluation of six tumor markers in patients with carcinoma of unknown primary 

      Pavlidis, Nicholas; Kalef-Ezra, J. A.; Briassoulis, E. Ch; Skarlos, Dimosthenis V.; Kosmidis, Paraskevas A.; Saferiadis, K.; Bairaktari, Eleni Th; Bafaloukos, Dimitrios; Maravegias, A.; Theoharis, D.; Fountzilas, George (1994)
      We have retrospectively evaluated six serum tumor markers in 85 patients with carcinoma of unknown primary. The serum levels of carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), CA 19‐9, CA 15‐3, CA 125, β‐chorionic gonadotropin (β‐HCG) and ...
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      New evidence that tamoxifen does not induce osteoporosis: A nuclear activation analysis and absorptiometry study 

      Kalef-Ezra, J. A.; Glaros, D.; Klouvas, G. D.; Hatzikonstantinou, I.; Karantanas, A. H.; Siamopoulos, K. C.; Pavlidis, Nicholas (1992)
      The possibility of increased risk for osteoporosis in breast cancer patients treated with tamoxifen was investigated. 26 patients aged 41-65 years without skeletal metastases were studied. All patients were treated with ...
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      Serum soluble interleukin-2 receptors in epithelial ovarian cancer patients 

      Pavlidis, Nicholas; Bairaktari, Eleni Th; Kalef-Ezra, J. A.; Nikolaides, C.; Seferiadis, C.; Fountzilas, George (1995)
      The levels of soluble interleulkin-2 receptors (sIL-R2) were measured in the serum of 52 patients with epithelial ovarian carcinoma as well as in 25 age and sex-matched normal controls. The mean serum level of sIL-2R was ...
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      Soluble interleukin-2 receptors in patients with advanced colorectal carcinoma 

      Pavlidis, Nicholas; Nikolaides, C.; Bairaktari, Eleni Th; Kalef-Ezra, J. A.; Athanasiades, A.; Seferiadis, C.; Fountzilas, George (1996)
      The levels of soluble interleukin-2 receptors (sIL-2R) were measured in the serum of 52 patients with advanced colorectal carcinoma and compared to CEA and CA 19-9 levels. Twenty-five normal, age and sex-matched individuals ...
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      The value of CA-125 determination in the serum of patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphomas. A preliminary report 

      Pavlidis, Nicholas; Bairaktari, Eleni Th; Kalef-Ezra, J. A.; Nikolaides, C.; Briassoulis, E. Ch; Seferiadis, C.; Fountzilas, George (1994)
      The levels of CA 19-9, CA 15-3 and CA 125 in the serum of 50 patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphomas (NHL) were investigated. Mean values of these serum tumor markers were compared to stage, presence or absence of B-symptoms, ...