Browsing by Subject "Brain metastasis"

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Angiogenesis in cancer of unknown primary: Clinicopathological study of CD34, VEGF and TSP-1

Karavasilis, V.; Malamou-Mitsi, Vassiliki D.; Briassoulis, E. Ch; Tsanou, E.; Kitsou, E.; Kalofonos, H. P.; Fountzilas, George; Fotsis, T.; Pavlidis, Nicholas (2005)

Background: Cancer of unknown primary remains a mallignancy of elusive biology and grim prognosis that lacks effective therapeutic options. We investigated angiogenesis in cancer of unknown primary to expand our knowledge ...

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Brain metastases from epithelial ovarian cancer. The Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group (HeCOG) experience and review of the literature

Pectasides, Dimitrios; Aravantinos, Gerasimos; Fountzilas, George; Kalofonos, H. P.; Efstathiou, E.; Karina, M.; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Farmakis, D.; Economopoulos, T.; Dimopoulos, M. A. (2005)

Background: Brain metastases from epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) are rare. A retrospective study of all patients diagnosed with brain metastases from EOC over the last 20 years, according to the Hellenic Cooperative ...

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Brain metastasis of unknown primary: A diagnostic and therapeutic dilemma

Polyzoidis, K. S.; Miliaras, G.; Pavlidis, Nicholas (2005)

The diagnosis of a brain metastasis is usually made during the routine follow up examinations of patients with known cancer, who are under the care of oncology departments. The involvement of the neurosurgeon depends on ...

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Cancer of unknown primary: Biological and clinical characteristics

Pavlidis, Nicholas (2003)

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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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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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ESMO minimum clinical recommendations for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of small-cell lung cancer (SCLC)

Felip, E.; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Stahel, R. A. (2005)

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Lung cancer in pregnancy: Report of nine cases from an international collaborative study

Boussios, Stergios; Han, S. N.; Fruscio, R.; Halaska, M. J.; Ottevanger, P. B.; Peccatori, Fedro A.; Koubková, L.; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Amant, F. (2013)

Objective: Lung cancer is an uncommon diagnosis during pregnancy. The combination of smoking in young women, increased maternal age during pregnancy, and increasing incidence of lung cancer worldwide may cause an increase ...

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Oxaliplatin (eloxatin™) plus irinotecan combination chemotherapy found effective in refractory metastatic insular thyroid carcinoma

Briassoulis, E. Ch; Rontogianni, D.; Karavasilis, V.; Pavlidis, Nicholas (2005)

Therapeutic options for metastatic insular thyroid carcinoma (ITC) are very limited. We present the case of a 39-year-old woman with refractory metastatic ITC who responded to oxaliplatin plus irinotecan chemotherapy. She ...