Browsing by Author "Kalofonos, H. P."
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Adjuvant chemotherapy using CPT-11, leucovorin plus bolus 5-fluorouracil and radiotherapy in patients with rectal cancer. A feasibility study
Kalofonos, H. P.; Kardamakis, D.; Bamias, A. T.; Skarlos, Dimosthenis V.; Papakostas, P.; Bafaloukos, Dimitrios; Sakantamis, A.; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Fountzilas, George (2003)Background: The addition of CPT-11 to 5FU/leucovorin resulted in survival benefit in patients with advanced colorectal cancer suggesting that this combination could be used successfully in the adjuvant setting. We studied ...
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Adjuvant Cytotoxic and Endocrine Therapy in Pre- and Postmenopausal Patients with Breast Cancer and One to Nine Infiltrated Nodes: Five-Year Results of the Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group Randomized HE 10/92 Study
Fountzilas, George; Stathopoulos, G. P.; Kouvatseas, G.; Polychronis, A.; Klouvas, G. D.; Samantas, E.; Zamboglou, N.; Kyriakou, K.; Adamou, A.; Pectasides, Dimitrios; Economopoulos, T.; Kalofonos, H. P.; Bafaloukos, Dimitrios; Georgoulias, V.; Razi, E. D.; Koukouras, D.; Zombolas, V.; Kosmidis, Paraskevas A.; Skarlos, Dimosthenis V.; Pavlidis, Nicholas (2004)The present randomized phase III trial was designed to detect a 15% benefit in relapse-free survival (RFS) or overall survival (OS) from the incorporation of adjuvant tamoxifen to the combination of CNF [cyclophosphamide, ...
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Advanced stage clear-cell epithelial ovarian cancer: The Hellenic cooperative oncology group experience
Pectasides, Dimitrios; Fountzilas, George; Aravantinos, Gerasimos; Kalofonos, H. P.; Efstathiou, E.; Farmakis, D.; Skarlos, Dimosthenis V.; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Economopoulos, T.; Dimopoulos, M. A. (2006)Purpose.: Ovarian clear-cell carcinomas (OCCC) are known to be possibly resistant to platinum-based chemotherapy and to have a poorer prognosis with respect to other subtypes of epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC). This study ...
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Angiogenesis in cancer of unknown primary: Clinicopathological study of CD34, VEGF and TSP-1
Karavasilis, V.; Malamou-Mitsi, Vassiliki D.; Briassoulis, E. Ch; Tsanou, E.; Kitsou, E.; Kalofonos, H. P.; Fountzilas, George; Fotsis, T.; Pavlidis, Nicholas (2005)Background: Cancer of unknown primary remains a mallignancy of elusive biology and grim prognosis that lacks effective therapeutic options. We investigated angiogenesis in cancer of unknown primary to expand our knowledge ...
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Brain metastases from epithelial ovarian cancer. The Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group (HeCOG) experience and review of the literature
Pectasides, Dimitrios; Aravantinos, Gerasimos; Fountzilas, George; Kalofonos, H. P.; Efstathiou, E.; Karina, M.; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Farmakis, D.; Economopoulos, T.; Dimopoulos, M. A. (2005)Background: Brain metastases from epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) are rare. A retrospective study of all patients diagnosed with brain metastases from EOC over the last 20 years, according to the Hellenic Cooperative ...
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Carboplatin plus paclitaxel in unknown primary carcinoma: A phase II Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group Study
Briassoulis, E. Ch; Kalofonos, H. P.; Bafaloukos, Dimitrios; Samantas, E.; Fountzilas, George; Xiros, N.; Skarlos, Dimosthenis V.; Christodoulou, C.; Kosmidis, Paraskevas A.; Pavlidis, Nicholas (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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Cavitating squamous cell lung carcinoma-distinct entity or not? Analysis of radiologic, histologic, and clinical features
Pentheroudakis, George; Kostadima, Lida; Fountzilas, George; Kalogera-Fountzila, Anna; Klouvas, G. D.; Kalofonos, H. P.; Pavlidis, Nicholas (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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Combination chemotherapy with low doses of weekly Carboplatin and oral Etoposide in poor risk small cell lung cancer
Samantas, E.; Skarlos, Dimosthenis V.; Pectasides, Dimitrios; Nikolaidis, Pavlos; Kalofonos, H. P.; Mylonakis, N.; Vardoulakis, Th; Kosmidis, Paraskevas A.; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Fountzilas, George (1999)Sixty patients with poor prognostic features, either with extensive disease (ED) or limited disease (LD) small cell lung cancer (SCLC), were treated on an out-patient basis with Carboplatin 80 mg/m2 weekly for 3 weeks and ...
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Combination chemotherapy with paclitaxel plus carboplatin versus paclitaxel plus gemcitabine in inoperable non-small cell lung cancer: A phase III randomized study. Preliminary results
Kosmidis, Paraskevas A.; Mylonakis, N.; Dimopoulos, M. A.; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Fountzilas, George; Samantas, E.; Dimitriadis, K.; Kalofonos, H. P.; Tsavdaridis, D.; Skarlos, Dimosthenis V. (2000)Gemcitabine plus paclitaxel and paclitaxel plus carboplatin are active and well tolerated in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer, showing similar rates of response and survival. The Hellenic Cooperative ...
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Docetaxel and carboplatin combination chemotherapy as outpatient palliative therapy in carcinoma of unknown primary: A multicentre Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group phase II study
Pentheroudakis, George; Briassoulis, E. Ch; Kalofonos, H. P.; Fountzilas, George; Economopoulos, T.; Samelis, G.; Koutras, A. K.; Karina, M.; Xiros, N.; Samantas, E.; Bamias, A. T.; Pavlidis, Nicholas (2008)Introduction. Taxane/platinum combinations exhibit synergistic cytotoxicity and activity against a broad range of solid tumours. We sought to optimise the regimen as a suitable outpatient palliative treatment for cancer ...
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Docetaxel and gemcitabine in anthracycline-resistant advanced breast cancer: A hellenic cooperative oncology group phase II study
Fountzilas, George; Nikolaides, C.; Bafaloukos, Dimitrios; Kalogera-Fountzila, Anna; Kalofonos, H. P.; Samelis, G.; Aravantinos, Gerasimos; Pavlidis, Nicholas (2000)A phase II study was conducted to evaluate the activity and toxicity profile of the combination of docetaxel and gemcitabine in anthracycline- resistant advanced breast cancer (ABC). Thirty-nine eligible patients with a ...
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Dose-dense sequential adjuvant chemotherapy with epirubicin, paclitaxel and CMF in high-risk breast cancer
Fountzilas, George; Papadimitriou, C.; Aravantinos, Gerasimos; Nikolaides, C.; Stathopoulos, G. P.; Bafaloukos, Dimitrios; Kalofonos, H. P.; Economopoulos, T.; Skarlos, Dimosthenis V.; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Dimopoulos, M. A. (2001)Dose-dense sequential chemotherapy appears to be a promising approach in the management of patients with operable breast cancer. We evaluated the tolerability of such a novel chemotherapeutic regimen in high-risk patients. ...
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Dose-dense sequential chemotherapy with epirubicin and paclitaxel in advanced breast cancer
Razi, E. D.; Dimopoulos, M. A.; Bafaloukos, Dimitrios; Papadimitriou, C.; Kalogera-Fountzila, Anna; Kalofonos, H. P.; Briassoulis, E. Ch; Samantas, E.; Keramopoulos, A.; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Kosmidis, Paraskevas A.; Fountzilas, George (2001)The purpose of this study was to evaluate the activity and toxicity profile of dose-dense sequential chemotherapy with epirubicin (EPI) and paclitaxel in advanced breast cancer (ABC). From January to September 1997, 41 ...
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Dose-dense sequential chemotherapy with epirubicin and paclitaxel versus the combination, as first-line chemotherapy, in advanced breast cancer: A randomized study conducted by the hellenic cooperative oncology group
Fountzilas, George; Papadimitriou, C.; Dafni, U.; Bafaloukos, Dimitrios; Skarlos, Dimosthenis V.; Moulopoulos, L. A.; Razi, E. D.; Kalofonos, H. P.; Aravantinos, Gerasimos; Briassoulis, E. Ch; Papakostas, P.; Abela, K.; Gogas, H.; Kosmidis, Paraskevas A.; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Dimopoulos, M. A. (2001)Purpose: To compare the efficacy of two different schedules of epirubicin and paclitaxel, as first-line chemotherapy, in patients with advanced breast cancer (ABC). Patients and Methods: From October 1997 until May 1999, ...
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Epithelial ovarian cancer in Greece: A retrospective study of 1,791 patients by the hellenic cooperative oncology group (HeCOG)
Pectasides, Dimitrios; Papaxoinis, G.; Fountzilas, George; Aravantinos, Gerasimos; Bamias, A. T.; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Kalofonos, H. P.; Timotheadou, E.; Samantas, E.; Briassoulis, E. Ch; Skarlos, Dimosthenis V.; Economopoulos, T.; Dimopoulos, M. A. (2009)Background: The aim of this retrospective study was to present the epidemiological, pathological and clinical characteristics and treatment results of Greek women with epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC). Patients and Methods: ...
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Gemcitabine and vinorelbine as second-line treatment in patients with metastatic breast cancer progressing after first-line taxane-based chemotherapy: A phase II study conducted by the Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group
Nikolaides, C.; Dimopoulos, M. A.; Samantas, E.; Bafaloukos, Dimitrios; Kalofonos, H. P.; Fountzilas, George; Razi, E. D.; Kosmidis, Paraskevas A.; Pavlidis, Nicholas (2000)Background: Gemcitabine and vinorelbine have shown activity in breast cancer. A phase II trial was initiated in order to evaluate the response rate (RR) and time to progression (TTP) of the combination of the two drugs in ...
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Gemcitabine plus pegylated liposomal doxorubicin in patients with advanced epithelial ovarian cancer resistant/refractory to platinum and/or taxanes. A HeCOG phase II study
Skarlos, Dimosthenis V.; Kalofonos, H. P.; Fountzilas, George; Dimopoulos, M. A.; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Razi, E. D.; Economopoulos, T.; Pectasides, Dimitrios; Gogas, H.; Kosmidis, Paraskevas A.; Bafaloukos, Dimitrios; Klouvas, G. D.; Kyratzis, G.; Aravantinos, Gerasimos (2005)Background: A phase II study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy and toxicity of the combination of gemcitabine (GEM) and pegylated liposomal doxorubicin (PLD) in patients with platinum- and/or taxane-resistant/refractory ...
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Gene expression of estrogen receptor, progesterone receptor and microtubule-associated protein Tau in high-risk early breast cancer: A quest for molecular predictors of treatment benefit in the context of a Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group trial
Pentheroudakis, George; Kalogeras, K. T.; Wirtz, R. M.; Grimani, I.; Zografos, G.; Gogas, H.; Stropp, U.; Pectasides, Dimitrios; Skarlos, Dimosthenis V.; Hennig, G.; Samantas, E.; Bafaloukos, Dimitrios; Papakostas, P.; Kalofonos, H. P.; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Fountzilas, George (2009)Background Estrogen receptor (ER) and progesterone receptor (PgR) protein expression carry weak prognostic and moderate predictive utility for the outcome of early breast cancer patients on adjuvant chemohormonotherapy. ...
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KRAS, NRAS and BRAF mutations in Greek and Romanian patients with colorectal cancer: A cohort study
Negru, S.; Papadopoulou, E.; Apessos, A.; Stanculeanu, D. L.; Ciuleanu, E.; Volovat, C.; Croitoru, A.; Kakolyris, S.; Aravantinos, Gerasimos; Ziras, N.; Athanasiadis, E.; Touroutoglou, N.; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Kalofonos, H. P.; Nasioulas, G. (2014)Objectives: Treatment decision-making in colorectal cancer is often guided by tumour tissue molecular analysis. The aim of this study was the development and validation of a high-resolution melting (HRM) method for the ...
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Matrix metalloproteinases in carcinoma of unknown primary
Karavasilis, V.; Malamou-Mitsi, Vassiliki D.; Briassoulis, E. Ch; Tsanou, E.; Kitsou, E.; Kalofonos, H. P.; Fountzilas, George; Fotsis, T.; Pavlidis, Nicholas (2005)BACKGROUND. The purpose was to study proteolysis-related molecules, matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2) and MMP-9 and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases-1 (TIMP-1), in carcinoma of unknown primary (CUP). METHODS. ...