Browsing by Author "Mylonakis, N."
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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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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 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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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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Intensified carboplatin regimen with GM-CSF support in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). A Hellenic Co-operative Oncology Group study (HeCOG)
Nikolaides, C.; Klouvas, G. D.; Fountzilas, George; Athanasiades, A.; Skarlos, Dimosthenis V.; Samantas, E.; Kosmidis, Paraskevas A.; Mylonakis, N.; Pavlidis, Nicholas (1997)This is a continuation of a HeCOG previous trial utilizing carboplatin and vindesine in conventional doses as a non-toxic regimen provided easily on an outpatient basis in NSCLC. In the present study we investigated whether ...
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Multicenter phase-II trial of irinotecan plus oxaliplatin [IROX regimen] in patients with poor-prognosis cancer of unknown primary: A hellenic cooperative oncology group study
Briassoulis, E. Ch; Fountzilas, George; Bamias, A. T.; Dimopoulos, M. A.; Xiros, N.; Aravantinos, Gerasimos; Samantas, E.; Kalofonos, H. P.; Makatsoris, T.; Mylonakis, N.; Papakostas, P.; Skarlos, Dimosthenis V.; Varthalitis, I.; Pavlidis, Nicholas (2008)Background: Cancer of unknown primary (CUP) lacks established therapy although it affects 3% of cancer patients. We evaluated the irinotecan- oxaliplatin combination (IROX regimen) in previously untreated patients with ...
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Paclitaxel (175 mg/m2) plus carboplatin (6 AUC) versus paclitaxel (225 mg/m2) plus carboplatin (6 AUC) in advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC): A multicenter randomized trial
Kosmidis, Paraskevas A.; Mylonakis, N.; Skarlos, Dimosthenis V.; Samantas, E.; Dimopoulos, M. A.; Papadimitriou, C.; Kalofonos, H. P.; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Nikolaides, C.; Papaconstantinou, C.; Fountzilas, George (2000)Purpose: The combination of paclitaxel and carboplatin has become a widely used regimen in NSCLC due to phase II reports of moderate toxicity, reasonable activity and easy outpatient administration. Purpose of our present ...
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Paclitaxel (175 mg/m2) plus carboplatin versus paclitaxel (225 mg/m2) plus carboplatin in non-small cell lung cancer: A randomized study
Kosmidis, Paraskevas A.; Mylonakis, N.; Fountzilas, George; Samantas, E.; Athanasiades, A.; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Skarlos, Dimosthenis V. (1997)A recent phase II study by our group documented a response rate of 27% with the combination paclitaxel (Taxol; Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Princeton, NJ) 175 mg/m2 plus carboplatin dosed to a target area under the ...
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Paclitaxel (175 mg/m2) plus carboplatin versus paclitaxel (225 mg/m2) plus carboplatin in non-small cell lung cancer: a randomized study.
Kosmidis, Paraskevas A.; Mylonakis, N.; Fountzilas, George; Samantas, E.; Athanasiades, A.; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Skarlos, Dimosthenis V. (1997)A recent phase II study by our group documented a response rate of 27% with the combination paclitaxel (Taxol; Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Princeton, NJ) 175 mg/m2 plus carboplatin dosed to a target area under the ...
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Paclitaxel and carboplatin in inoperable non-small-cell lung cancer: A phase II study
Kosmidis, Paraskevas A.; Mylonakis, N.; Fountzilas, George; Samantas, E.; Athanasiades, A.; Andreopoulou, E.; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Skarlos, Dimosthenis V. (1997)Background: Based on the high activity of single-agent paclitaxel and the superior one-year survival rates of patients with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) treated with carboplatin, a phase II trial was initiated using ...
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A phase III study of 5-fluorouracil versus 5-fluorouracil plus interferon alpha 2b versus 5-fluorouracil plus leucovorin in patients with advanced colorectal cancer: A Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group (HeCOG) study
Kalofonos, H. P.; Nikolaides, C.; Samantas, E.; Mylonakis, N.; Aravantinos, Gerasimos; Dimopoulos, M. A.; Gennatas, Constantinos; Kouvatseas, G.; Giannoulis, E.; Dervenis, C.; Basdanis, G.; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Androulakis, G.; Fountzilas, George (2002)We conducted a phase III study in patients with advanced colorectal carcinoma (ACC). The total number of patients randomized from October 1993 until July 1998 was 192, whereas therapy was started on 179 and 158 (82.3%) ...
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A prospective randomized phase III study in non-small-cell lung cancer comparing cisplatin, ifosfamide, vinblastine (VIP) versus cisplatin, ifosfamide and etoposide (VIP-16)
Kosmidis, Paraskevas A.; Mylonakis, N.; Fountzilas, George; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Samantas, E.; Karabelis, A.; Kattis, K.; Skarlos, Dimosthenis V. (1996)Background: It was recently reported that when ifosfamide was added to cisplatin and vinblastine the response rate was increased but not the survival in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The purpose of this ...
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Randomized comparison of etoposide-cisplatin vs. etoposide-carboplatin and irradiation in small-cell lung cancer: A hellenic co-operative oncology group study
Skarlos, Dimosthenis V.; Samantas, E.; Kosmidis, Paraskevas A.; Fountzilas, George; Angelidou, M.; Palamidas, P.; Mylonakis, N.; Provata, A.; Papadakis, E.; Klouvas, G. D.; Theocharis, D.; Panoussaki, E.; Boleti, E.; Sphakianoudis, G.; Pavlidis, Nicholas (1994)Purpose: To compare the efficacy and toxicity of etoposide and cisplatin (EP) with etoposide and carboplatin (EC) in combination with irradiation in small-cell lung cancer (SCLC). Methods: Previously untreated patients ...