Browsing by Author "Kosmidis, Paraskevas A."
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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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Bcl2 and p53 protein expression in metastatic carcinoma of unknown primary origin: Biological and clinical implications. A Hellenic co-operative oncology group study
Briassoulis, E. Ch; Tsokos, M.; Fountzilas, George; Bafaloukos, Dimitrios; Kosmidis, Paraskevas A.; Samantas, E.; Skarlos, Dimosthenis V.; Nikolaides, C.; Pavlidis, Nicholas (1998)We have previously shown that metastatic carcinomas of unknown primary site overexpress several tumor markers as well as the products of the oncogenes c-myc, ras and c-erbB2. We analysed the tissue expression of the protein ...
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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
Skarlos, Dimosthenis V.; Aravantinos, Gerasimos; Kosmidis, Paraskevas A.; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Gennatas, Constantinos; Beer, M.; Mylonakis, N.; Makrantonakis, P.; Klouvas, G. D.; Karpathios, S.; Linardou, H.; Konstantaras, C.; Fountzilas, George (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
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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Cisplatin/etoposide versus carboplatin/etoposide chemotherapy and irradiation in small cell lung cancer: A randomized phase III study
Kosmidis, Paraskevas A.; Samantas, E.; Fountzilas, George; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Apostolopoulou, F.; Skarlos, Dimosthenis V. (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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Combination chemotherapy with cisplatin and/or doxorubicin in malignant mesothelioma. A prospective study
Tsavaris, N.; Primikirios, N.; Mylonakis, N.; Varouchakis, G.; Dosios, T.; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Skarlos, Dimosthenis V.; Tasopoulos, T.; Dritsas, J.; Kosmidis, Paraskevas A. (1997)From June 1984 to October 1995, forty seven consecutive patients (pts) with a confirmed diagnosis of diffuse malignant mesothelioma (MM) of the pleura (41) and peritoneum (6), were treated with cisplatin (CDDP) (24 pts) ...
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Combination chemotherapy with cisplatin-vinblastine in malignant mesothelioma
Tsavaris, N.; Mylonakis, N.; Karvounis, N.; Bacoyiannis, Charalambos; Briassoulis, E. Ch; Skarlos, Dimosthenis V.; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Stamatelos, G.; Kosmidis, Paraskevas A. (1994)From June 1985 to March 1993, 20 consecutive patients with histologically proven malignant mesothelioma were treated with cisplatin 100 mg/m2 i.v. infusion on day 1 and vinblastine 6 mg/m2 i.v. on day 1 and 8. Treatment ...
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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 and gemcitabine followed by concurrent chemoradiotherapy in non-operable localized non-small cell lung cancer. A Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group (HeCOG) phase II study
Kosmidis, Paraskevas A.; Fountzilas, George; Baka, S.; Samantas, E.; Dimopoulos, M. A.; Gogas, H.; Skarlos, Dimosthenis V.; Papacostas, P.; Boukovinas, I.; Bakoyiannis, Chris; Pantelakos, P.; Athanassiou, E.; Misailidou, D.; Tsekeris, P.; Pavlidis, Nicholas (2007)Concurrent chemoradiotherapy has become a standard therapy for locoregionally advanced inoperable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The purpose of this phase II trial was to evaluate the efficacy and toxicity of concurrent ...
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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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Combination regimen with carboplatin, epirubicin and etoposide in metastatic carcinomas of unknown primary site: A Hellenic Co-operative Oncology Group phase II study
Briassoulis, E. Ch; Tsavaris, N.; Fountzilas, George; Athanasiades, A.; Kosmidis, Paraskevas A.; Bafaloukos, Dimitrios; Skarlos, Dimosthenis V.; Samantas, E.; Pavlidis, Nicholas (1998)The encouraging results that have been reported for cisplatin combination chemotherapy in a minority of patients with cancer of unknown primary (CUP) together with the previously shown equal activity of carboplatin in this ...
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Cyclophosphamide, mitoxantrone, fluorouracil versus conventional CMF as adjuvant treatment in node-positive breast cancer patients
Fountzilas, George; Polichronis, A.; Katsohis, C.; Gennatas, Constantinos; Toussis, D.; Skarlos, Dimosthenis V.; Kosmidis, Paraskevas A.; Vassilaros, S.; Semoglou, C.; Giannakakis, T.; Fahantidis, E.; Klouvas, G. D.; Tsavaris, N.; Konstantaras, C.; Makrantonakis, P.; Kolotas, C.; Zamboglou, N.; Tsiliakos, S.; Hainoglou, D.; Mylonakis, N.; Pavlidis, Nicholas (1996)362 evaluable node-positive patients with stage II breast cancer were randomized, receiving either 6 cycles of conventional CMF or 6 cycles of the combination of cyclophosphamide (500 mg/m2), mitoxantrone (Novantrone 10 ...
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Diffuse large cell lymphomas: Identification of prognostic factors and validation of the international non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Prognostic Index
Nikolaides, C.; Fountzilas, George; Zoumbos, N.; Skarlos, Dimosthenis V.; Kosmidis, Paraskevas A.; Pectasides, Dimitrios; Karabelis, A.; Giannakakis, T.; Symeonidis, A.; Papadopoulos, A.; Antoniou, F.; Pavlidis, Nicholas (1998)Several clinical prognostic factors have been identified that predict treatment outcome in patients with diffuse large cell lymphomas. An International Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Prognostic Index (IPI) has been recently ...
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Docetaxel and gemcitabine combination, as first-line treatment, in patients with extensive disease small-cell lung cancer. A phase II study of the Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group
Skarlos, Dimosthenis V.; Dimopoulos, M. A.; Kosmidis, Paraskevas A.; Papakostas, P.; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Bacoyiannis, Charalambos; Kiamouris, Ch; Klouvas, G. D.; Gogas, H.; Fountzilas, George; Samantas, E. (2003)There is some evidence that taxanes and gemcitabine are effective antitumor agents against small-cell lung cancer (SCLC). A total of 20 chemotherapy-naive patients with extensive disease (ED) SCLC, were treated as a part ...
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Dose-dense adjuvant chemotherapy with epirubicin monotherapy in patients with operable breast cancer and ≥ 10 positive axillary lymph nodes
Fountzilas, George; Nikolaides, C.; Aravantinos, Gerasimos; Skarlos, Dimosthenis V.; Kosmidis, Paraskevas A.; Papakostas, P.; Stathopoulos, G. P.; Kontostolis, E.; Bafaloukos, Dimitrios; Pavlidis, Nicholas (1998)Forty-one patients with operable breast cancer and ≥ 10 positive axillary lymph nodes were treated with 6 cycles of dose-dense adjuvant chemotherapy consisting of epirubicin (100 mg/m2) every 2 weeks with G-CSF support. A ...
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Dose-dense sequential adjuvant chemotherapy followed, as indicated, by trastuzumab for one year in patients with early breast cancer: First report at 5-year median follow-up of a Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group randomized phase III trial
Fountzilas, George; Dafni, U.; Papadimitriou, C.; Timotheadou, E.; Gogas, H.; Eleftheraki, A. G.; Xanthakis, I.; Christodoulou, C.; Koutras, A. K.; Papandreou, C. N.; Papakostas, P.; Miliaras, S.; Markopoulos, C.; Dimitrakakis, C.; Korantzopoulos, Panagiotis; Karanikiotis, C.; Bafaloukos, Dimitrios; Kosmidis, Paraskevas A.; Samantas, E.; Varthalitis, I.; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Pectasides, Dimitrios; Dimopoulos, M. A. (2014)Background: Dose-dense sequential chemotherapy including anthracyclines and taxanes has been established in the adjuvant setting of high-risk operable breast cancer. However, the preferable taxane and optimal schedule of ...
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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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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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First-line chemotherapy with paclitaxel by three-hour infusion and carboplatin in advanced breast cancer (final report): A phase II study conducted by the Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group
Fountzilas, George; Dimopoulos, M. A.; Papadimitriou, C.; Kalogera-Fountzila, Anna; Aravantinos, Gerasimos; Bafaloukos, Dimitrios; Athanasiades, A.; Nikolaides, C.; Keramopoulos, A.; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Kosmidis, Paraskevas A.; Skarlos, Dimosthenis V. (1998)Purpose: To evaluate the activity and toxicity of the combination of paclitaxel given by three-hour infusion, and carboplatin as first- line chemotherapy in patients with advanced breast cancer (ABC). Background: Paclitaxel ...