Browsing by Subject "Bone marrow"
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Bone pain in thalassaemia: assessment of DEXA and MRI findings
(1998)An increasing number of adult thalassaemics have been complaining of aches and pains of varying degrees of severity. In a minority the pains are debilitating and there is stiffness in movement. This study is an attempt to ...
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Diffuse large cell lymphomas: Identification of prognostic factors and validation of the international non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Prognostic Index
(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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Is androgen substitution necessary in hypogonadal patients when they are treated with chemotherapy for malignant diseases?
(1989)A patient with hypogonadotropic hypogonadism owing to endogenous gonadotropin releasing hormone deficiency, who developed Hodgkin's disease is described. Chemotherapy administration caused prolonged and life‐threatening ...
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The neutrophil, not the tumor: Serum CA 15-3 elevation as a result of granulocyte-colony-stimulating factor-induced neutrophil MUC1 overexpression and neutrophilia in patients with breast carcinoma receiving adjuvant chemotherapy
(2004)BACKGROUND. Patients with resected breast carcinoma who received granulocyte-colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF)-supported adjuvant chemotherapy exhibited an increase in their serum CA 15-3 levels. The authors investigated ...
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The treatment of cancer in Greek antiquity
(2004)Literary sources provide considerable information on the existence of various malignant tumours in the classical period. Based on a close reading of the ancient Greek medical treatises, this paper traces the history of the ...