Browsing by Subject "Cancer chemotherapy"

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Activity and toxicity of GI147211 in breast, colorectal and non-small-cell lung cancer patients: An EORTC-ECSG phase II clinical study

Gamucci, T.; Paridaens, R.; Heinrich, B.; Schellens, J. H. M.; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Verweij, J.; Sessa, Cristiana; Kaye, Stanley B.; Roelvink, M.; Wanders, J.; Hanauske, A. R. (2000)

Background: GI147211 is a water-soluble synthetic analogue of camptothecin showing promising in vivo and in vitro antitumor activity and an acceptable toxicity profile. Patients and methods: Between April 1995 and November ...

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Advanced stage clear-cell epithelial ovarian cancer: The Hellenic cooperative oncology group experience

Pectasides, Dimitrios; Fountzilas, George; Aravantinos, Gerasimos; Kalofonos, H. P.; Efstathiou, E.; Farmakis, D.; Skarlos, Dimosthenis V.; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Economopoulos, T.; Dimopoulos, M. A. (2006)

Purpose.: Ovarian clear-cell carcinomas (OCCC) are known to be possibly resistant to platinum-based chemotherapy and to have a poorer prognosis with respect to other subtypes of epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC). This study ...

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Anthracycline-based chemotherapy of primary non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of the testis: The Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group experience

Pectasides, Dimitrios; Economopoulos, T.; Kouvatseas, G.; Antoniou, A.; Zoumbos, Z.; Aravantinos, Gerasimos; Tsatalas, C.; Halikia, A.; Nikolaides, C.; Kiamouris, Ch; Pappa, E.; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Skarlos, Dimosthenis V.; Fountzilas, George; Dimopoulos, M. A. (2000)

Testicular non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is an uncommon disease and its outcome following chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy has been variable. A retrospective analysis was performed on 26 patients with primary testicular lymphoma ...

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Association of ERCC1 SNPs with outcome in platinum-treated patients with advanced urothelial cancer: A Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group study

Nikitas, N.; Karadimou, A.; Tsitoura, E.; Soupos, N.; Tsiatas, M.; Karavasilis, V.; Pectasides, Dimitrios; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Chrisofos, M.; Adamakis, I.; Murray, S.; Fountzilas, George; Dimopoulos, M. A.; Bamias, A. T. (2012)

Aim: The association between two polymorphisms of ERCC1 and treatment outcomes after platinum-based chemotherapy in patients with advanced urothelial cancer (UC) was examined. Materials & methods: Genotyping of 19007C>T ...

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Biweekly administration of low-dose docetaxel in hormone-resistant prostate cancer: Pilot study of an effective subtoxic therapy

Karavasilis, V.; Briassoulis, E. Ch; Siarabi, O.; Pavlidis, Nicholas (2003)

Taxane-based chemotherapy has shown activity but also toxicity when administered at standard doses in patients with hormone-resistant prostate cancer (HRPC). In this pilot study, we investigated biweekly low-dose docetaxel ...

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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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Can circulated lung cancer cells pass to the urine without apparent urine tract metastases?. A single centre series

Kamposioras, K.; Pentheroudakis, George; Malamou-Mitsi, Vassiliki D.; Pappa, L.; Bafa, M.; Pavlidis, Nicholas (2008)

Urine cytology has been a useful tool for the diagnosis of urinary tract malignancies. However, the presence of tumor cells in the urine sediment without an obvious urothelial metastatic deposit is a rare phenomenon and ...

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Cancer and pregnancy: A comprehensive review

Voulgaris, E.; Pentheroudakis, George; Pavlidis, Nicholas (2011)

Background: Pregnancy complicated by cancer is relatively rare but, as women in western societies tend to delay childbearing to the third and fourth decade of life, this phenomenon is going to be encountered more often in ...

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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 origin in the genomic era: Elucidating the dark box of cancer

Economopoulou, P.; Mountzios, G.; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Pentheroudakis, George (2015)

Cancer of Unknown Primary (CUP) comprises a heterogeneous disease group with diagnosis of metastatic malignancy in the absence of an identifiable primary site after diagnostic work up. CUP may either resemble a specific ...

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Cancer of unknown primary patients with midline nodal distribution: Midway between poor and favourable prognosis?

Pentheroudakis, George; Stoyianni, A.; Pavlidis, Nicholas (2011)

Background: Midline nodal cancer of unknown primary (CUP) has varying definitions and an unclear natural history compared to that of extragonadal germ cell cancer (EGCC) and neuroendocrine tumors. Methods: We systematically ...

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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: What kind of chemotherapy? what kind of disease?

Pentheroudakis, George; Pavlidis, Nicholas (2009)

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Cancer, pregnancy and fertility: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up

Peccatori, Fedro A.; Azim, Hatem A.; Orecchia, R.; Hoekstra, H. J.; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Kesic, V.; Pentheroudakis, George (2013)

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CENP-B specific anti-centromere autoantibodies heralding small-cell lung cancer. A case study and review of the literature

Briassoulis, E. Ch; Kamposioras, K.; Tzovaras, V.; Pafitanis, G.; Kostoula, A.; Mavridis, A. K.; Pavlidis, Nicholas (2008)

We report on a small-cell lung cancer case that was heralded by the presence of CENP-B specific anti-centromere autoantibodies (ACA) detected well before the diagnosis of cancer. The patient received chemotherapy plus ...

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Chemotherapy cytotoxicity of human MCF-7 and MDA-MB 231 breast cancer cells is altered by osteoblast-derived growth factors

Koutsilieris, M.; Reyes-Moreno, C.; Choki, I.; Sourla, A.; Doillon, C.; Pavlidis, Nicholas (1999)

One-third of women with breast cancer will develop bone metastases and eventually die from disease progression at these sites. Therefore, we analyzed the ability of human MG-63 osteoblast-like cells (MG-63 cells), MG- 63 ...

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Chemotherapy for patients with two favourable subsets of unknown primary carcinoma: Active, but how effective?

Pentheroudakis, George; Briassoulis, E. Ch; Karavasilis, V.; Fountzilas, George; Xeros, N.; Samelis, G.; Samantas, E.; Pavlidis, Nicholas (2005)

Carcinoma of unknown primary (CUP) is characterized by dismal patient survival. The outcome of patients with two favourable risk CUP subsets was studied. Eighty patients diagnosed with either midline lymph node metastases ...

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Chemotherapy-induced noncardiogenic pulmonary edema related to gemcitabine plus docetaxel combination with granulocyte colony-stimulating factor support

Briassoulis, E. Ch; Froudarakis, M. E.; Milionis, Haralampos J.; Peponis, I. A.; Constantopoulos, S. H.; Pavlidis, Nicholas (2000)

Several cancer therapeutic agents have been associated with pulmonary toxicity. Herein, we describe the case of a 73-year-old woman with breast cancer metastatic to the liver, who developed noncardiogenic pulmonary edema ...

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Clear evidence that long‐term, low‐dose tamoxifen treatment can induce ocular toxicity a prospective study of 63 patients

Pavlidis, Nicholas; Petris, C.; Briassoulis, E. Ch; Klouvas, G. D.; Psilas, C.; Rempapis, J.; Petroutsos, G. (1992)

The current study has prospectively investigated the incidence and course of ocular toxicity after low‐dose tamoxifen treatment. Sixty‐three patients with cancer who could be examined were analyzed. Tamoxifen was administered ...

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Clinicopathologic study of vascular endothelial growth factor, thrombospondin-1, and microvessel density assessed by CD34 in patients with stage III ovarian carcinoma

Karavasilis, V.; Malamou-Mitsi, Vassiliki D.; Briassoulis, E. Ch; Tsanou, E.; Kitsou, E.; Pavlidis, Nicholas (2006)

The aim of the study was to investigate angiogenesis in patients with advanced-stage ovarian carcinoma. We used paraffin-embedded tumor tissues from 33 patients diagnosed with FIGO III ovarian cancer who had optimal surgery ...