Browsing by Subject "Clinical protocol"

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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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Alcohol and psychoactive drugs increased the pre-hospital mortality in 655 fall-related fatalities in Greece: A call for management protocols

Papadopoulos, I. N.; Bonovas, Stefanos; Kanakaris, Nikolaos K.; Nikolopoulos, Georgios K.; Kotsilianou, Olympia; Konstantoudakis, Georgios; Leukidis, Christos (2012)

Introduction: The frequency of alcohol and psychoactive drugs in fall-related fatalities and their effect on type, severity of injury and location of death constitute the subjects of this study. Methods: A retrospective ...

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Docetaxel and gemcitabine combination, as first-line treatment, in patients with extensive disease small-cell lung cancer. A phase II study of the Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group

Skarlos, Dimosthenis V.; Dimopoulos, M. A.; Kosmidis, Paraskevas A.; Papakostas, P.; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Bacoyiannis, Charalambos; Kiamouris, Ch; Klouvas, G. D.; Gogas, H.; Fountzilas, George; Samantas, E. (2003)

There is some evidence that taxanes and gemcitabine are effective antitumor agents against small-cell lung cancer (SCLC). A total of 20 chemotherapy-naive patients with extensive disease (ED) SCLC, were treated as a part ...

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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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ESMO minimum clinical recommendations - The beginning of a process

Stahel, R. A.; Purkalne, Gunta; Herrstedt, J.; Jelic, S.; Fervers, B.; Kloke, O.; Mellstedt, H.; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Jost, Lorenz M. (2001)

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ESMO minimum clinical recommendations for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of cancers of unknown primary site (CUP)

Briassoulis, E. Ch; Ch, F. Tolis; Pavlidis, Nicholas (2001)

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Heterogeneity in cancer guidelines: Should we eradicate or tolerate?

Pentheroudakis, George; Stahel, R. A.; Hansen, H.; Pavlidis, Nicholas (2008)

Background: Heterogeneity in aspects of development, structure and context of oncology guidelines was not evaluated. We analysed and critically examined its implications. Materials and methods: Nine cancer clinical practice ...

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Is the mortality rate for septic shock really decreasing?

Christaki, Eirini; Opal, Steven M. (2008)

Survival rates for patients in septic shock have gradually improved in critical care units worldwide over the last 25 years. Further improvement will be predicated on the discovery of new therapies to disrupt the underlying ...

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Levels of absolute survival benefit for systemic therapies of advanced cancer: A call for standards

Ioannidis, J. P. A.; Pavlidis, Nicholas (2003)

Research on systemic interventions in patients with advanced stage malignancies should be systematised with an emphasis on the absolute gain in survival for the median patient. Such information is most meaningful with ...

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Psychometric properties and prognostic usefulness of the Youth Psychopathic Traits Inventory (YPI) as a component of a clinical protocol for detained youth: A multiethnic examination

Colins, Olivier F.; Fanti, Kostas A.; Andershed, Henrik; Mulder, Eva; Salekin, R. T.; Blokland, Arjan; Vermeiren, Robert R. J. M. (American Psychological Association Inc, 2017)

Prior studies have shown that the Youth Psychopathic Traits Inventory (YPI) holds promise as a self-report tool for assessing psychopathic traits in detained adolescents. However, these studies have been conducted in a ...