Browsing by Subject "Axillary lymph node"

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Axillary nodal metastases from carcinoma of unknown primary (CUPAx): A systematic review of published evidence

Pentheroudakis, George; Lazaridis, G.; Pavlidis, Nicholas (2010)

Axillary lymph node metastases from adenocarcinoma or poorly differentiated carcinoma of unknown primary (CUPAx) represent a rare clinical entity without consensus on its biology, management and outcome. We systematically ...

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Cancer of unknown primary (CUP)

Pavlidis, Nicholas; Fizazi, K. (2005)

Carcinoma of unknown primary (CUP) is one of the 10 most frequent cancers worldwide. It constitutes 3-5% of all human malignancies. Patients with CUP present with metastases without an established primary site. CUP manifests ...

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Cancer of unknown primary site

Pavlidis, Nicholas; Pentheroudakis, George (2012)

Cancer of unknown primary site (CUP) is a well recognised clinical disorder, accounting for 3-5 of all malignant epithelial tumours. CUP is clinically characterised as an aggressive disease with early dissemination. ...

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Cancer of unknown primary site: 20 questions to be answered

Pavlidis, Nicholas; Pentheroudakis, George (2010)

Cancer of unknown primary (CUP) is a common, well-recognized and heterogeneous clinical syndrome. Patients with CUP present with metastatic disease in the absence of an identifiable primary tumour despite a diagnostic ...

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Cancers of unknown primary site: ESMO Clinical Recommendations for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up

Briassoulis, E. Ch; Pavlidis, Nicholas (2007)

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Diagnostic and therapeutic management of cancer of an unknown primary

Pavlidis, Nicholas; Briassoulis, E. Ch; Hainsworth, J.; Greco, F. A. (2003)

Metastatic Cancer of Unknown Primary Site (CUP) accounts for approximately 3% of all malignant neoplasms and is therefore one of the 10 most frequent cancer diagnoses in man. Patients with CUP present with metastatic disease ...

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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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Forty years experience of treating cancer of unknown primary

Pavlidis, Nicholas (2007)

Cancer of unknown primary site (CUP) is not a rare tumour. It accounts as the seventh to eighth most frequently diagnosed cancer in a general medical oncology service. Since CUP is not a homogeneous disease and it consists ...

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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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Probing the unknown in cancer of unknown primary: Which way is the right way?

Pentheroudakis, George; Pavlidis, Nicholas (2010)

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Prognostic utility of β-tubulin isotype III and correlations with other molecular and clinicopathological variables in patients with early breast cancer: A translational Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group (HeCOG) study

Pentheroudakis, George; Batistatou, Anna; Kalogeras, K. T.; Kronenwett, R.; Wirtz, R. M.; Bournakis, E.; Eleftheraki, A. G.; Pectasides, Dimitrios; Bobos, M.; Papaspirou, I.; Kamina, S.; Gogas, H.; Koutras, A. K.; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Fountzilas, George (2011)

We evaluated the prognostic and predictive utility of β-tubulin isotype III (TUBB3) tumour gene transcription in early breast cancer patients enrolled in a randomised study. Quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase ...

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Prognostic variables in Greek patients with stage II breast cancer: A Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group Study

Fountzilas, George; Vasilaros, S.; Koukouras, D.; Malamos, N.; Pectasides, Dimitrios; Adamou, A.; Nenopoulou, E.; Kiriakou, K.; Zouvani, I.; Katsohis, C.; Kappas, A. M.; Skopa, C.; Semoglou, C.; Fahantidis, E.; Konstantaras, C.; Vasilaki, E.; Economopoulos, T.; Bacoyiannis, Charalambos; Bafaloukos, Dimitrios; Razi, E. D.; Polichrnis, A.; Androulakis, G.; Papaioannou, T.; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Skarlos, Dimosthenis V.; Kosmidis, Paraskevas A. (1997)

The independent effects of several patient, tumor and treatment-related prognostic factors on relapse-free survival (RFS) and overall survival (OS) were assessed by Cox multivariate regression analysis in 988 Greek patients ...

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Rectal metastases from lobular carcinoma of the breast: Report of a case and literature review

Bamias, A. T.; Baltayiannis, G.; Kamina, S.; Fatouros, M.; Lymperopoulos, E.; Agnantis, Niki J.; Tsianos, Epameinondas; Pavlidis, Nicholas (2001)

Metastatic involvement of the gastrointestinal (G1) tract secondary to breast cancer is rare. Reported herein is the case of a 74-year-old woman with metastatic lobular breast carcinoma to the rectum presenting with ...

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Recurrent episodes of recall dermatitis of irradiated breast after LHRH agonist administration

Kostadima, Lida; Pentheroudakis, George; Pavlidis, Nicholas (2011)