Browsing by Author "Kostadima, Lida"
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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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Elderly patients with squamous lung carcinoma: Faring better or worse?
Pentheroudakis, George; Neanidis, K.; Kostadima, Lida; Fountzilas, George; Pavlidis, Nicholas (2006)Introduction: Nonsmall cell lung cancer is increasingly diagnosed at an advanced age and squamous cell carcinoma is the commonest histological type encountered in older patients. The clinical course, management, and outcome ...
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Juvenile oncology–a missing subspecialty. The experience of a reference cancer centre
Pentheroudakis, George; Mauri, Davide; Kostadima, Lida; Golfinopoulos, Vassilis; Alexiou, George; Karakatsanis, A.; Pavlidis, Nicholas (2006)INTRODUCTION: Despite unique tumor epidemiology and a higher cancer incidence compared to pediatric patients, adolescents and young adults have not been receiving specialized, multidisciplinary, centralized care. In an ...
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«Juvenile» oncology - A missing subspecialty. The experience of a reference cancer centre
Pentheroudakis, George; Mauri, D.; Kostadima, Lida; Golfinopoulos, Vassilis; Alexiou, G.; Karakatsanis, A.; Pavlidis, Nicholas (2006)Introduction: Despite unique tumor epidemiology and a higher cancer incidence compared to pediatric patients, adolescents and young adults have not been receiving specialized, multidisciplinary, centralized care. In an ...
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Metastatic breast carcinoma confined to bone: Portrait of a clinical entity
Briassoulis, E. Ch; Karavasilis, V.; Kostadima, Lida; Ignatiadis, M.; Fountzilas, George; Pavlidis, Nicholas (2004)BACKGROUND. The current study was performed to study metastatic breast carcinoma that remains confined to bone. METHODS. The medical notes of 2514 breast carcinoma patients who were treated in 2 academic units over a 20-year ...
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The missing kiss of life: Transcriptional activity of the metastasis suppressor gene KiSS1 in early breast cancer
Kostadima, Lida; Pentheroudakis, George; Pavlidis, Nicholas (2007)Background: KiSS-1 is a metastasis suppressor gene encoding a neuropeptide with potent antimetastatic activities in tumour cell lines. The transcriptional activity of the gene and its associations in resected breast cancer ...
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Recurrent episodes of recall dermatitis of irradiated breast after LHRH agonist administration
Kostadima, Lida; Pentheroudakis, George; Pavlidis, Nicholas (2011)
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Survivin and glycodelin transcriptional activity in node-positive early breast cancer: mRNA expression of two key regulators of cell survival
Kostadima, Lida; Pentheroudakis, George; Fountzilas, George; Dimopoulos, M. A.; Pectasides, Dimitrios; Gogas, H.; Christodoulou, C.; Samantas, E.; Bafaloukos, Dimitrios; Arapantoni, P.; Kalofonos, H. P.; Papakostas, P.; Economopoulos, T.; Bamias, A. T.; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Stropp, U.; Wirtz, R. M.; Hennig, G. (2006)Introduction: Glycodelin and survivin are key polypeptide regulators of cellular proliferation, apoptosis and angiogenesis. In view of contradictory reports on their functional role in tumors, we studied their transcriptional ...
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A twisted kiss: In vitro and in vivo evidence of genetic variation and suppressed transcription of the metastasis-suppressor gene KiSS1 in early breast cancer
Pentheroudakis, George; Kostadima, Lida; Dova, L.; Georgiou, I.; Tzavaras, T.; Vartholomatos, G.; Wirtz, R. M.; Fountzilas, George; Malamou-Mitsi, Vassiliki D.; Pavlidis, Nicholas (2010)KiSS-1 is a metastasis suppressor gene, its inactivation linked to advanced tumor stage and dismal prognosis. We studied its mutational status, transcription and protein expression in human cancer cell lines and patients ...