Browsing by Author "Xiros, N."
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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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CEOP-21 versus CEOP-14 chemotherapy with or without rituximab for the first-line treatment of patients with aggressive lymphomas: Results of the HE22A99 trial of the hellenic cooperative oncology group
Economopoulos, T.; Psyrri, A.; Dimopoulos, M. A.; Kalogera-Fountzila, Anna; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Tsatalas, C.; Nikolaides, C.; Mellou, S.; Xiros, N.; Fountzilas, George (2007)Background: In this study we investigated whether administering CEOP (cyclophosphamide, epirubicin, vincristine [Oncovin], and prednisone) every 2 weeks (CEOP-14) instead of every 3 weeks (the standard CEOP-21 regimen) ...
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DCC and TS protein expression in resected gastric cancer: A Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group Study
Bamias, A. T.; Fountzilas, George; Michael, M. C.; Konstantaras, C.; Vrettou, E.; Eleftheriadis, E.; Papakostas, P.; Papadimitriou, K.; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Xiros, N.; Bai, M. C. (2008)There is a high risk of relapse after resection of gastric cancer. We studied the prognostic significance of the deleted colorectal cancer (DCC) gene and thymidylate synthase (TS) protein expression after resection of ...
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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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Low-grade mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma: A retrospective analysis of 97 patients by the Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group (HeCOG)
Papaxoinis, G.; Fountzilas, George; Rontogianni, D.; Dimopoulos, M. A.; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Tsatalas, C.; Pectasides, Dimitrios; Xiros, N.; Economopoulos, T. (2008)Background: The aim was to examine characteristics and treatment results of patients with mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) non-Hodgkin's lymphomas. Patients and methods: Epidemiological and clinical features of 97 ...
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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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A phase-II study with idarubicin, etoposide and prednisone (IVPP), in patients with refractory or early relapsed intermediate or high grade non- Hodgkin's lymphoma [6]
Xiros, N.; Economopoulos, T.; Fountzilas, George; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Samantas, E.; Raptis, S. (1999)
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Primary gastrointestinal non-Hodgkin's lymphoma: A clinicopathologic study of 128 cases in Greece. A Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group study (HeCOG)
Papaxoinis, G.; Papageorgiou, S.; Rontogianni, D.; Kaloutsi, V.; Fountzilas, George; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Dimopoulos, M. A.; Tsatalas, C.; Xiros, N.; Economopoulos, T. (2006)The aim of this retrospective study was to illustrate the clinicopathologic data and the treatment results in patients with primary gastrointestinal tract non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (GI NHL). Among 810 patients with NHL, 128 ...