Browsing by Subject "Death"
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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
(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 (Taxotere™) is active in non-small-cell lung cancer: A phase II trial of the EORTC early clinical trials group (ECTG)
(1994)In a multicentre trial of the EORTC ECTG we have treated 43 non-pretreated patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with the new semisynthetic taxoid docetaxel (Taxotere). Six patients were ineligible; of ...
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Impact of HIV type 1 DNA levels on spontaneous disease progression: A meta-analysis
(2012)Several studies have reported the prognostic strength of HIV-1 DNA with variable results however. The aims of the current study were to estimate more accurately the ability of HIV-1 DNA to predict progression of HIV-1 ...
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Integrating trastuzumab in the neoadjuvant treatment of primary breast cancer: Accumulating evidence of efficacy, synergy and safety
(2008)Neoadjuvant chemotherapy is used in non-metastatic breast cancer in order to eradicate micrometastatic deposits early during disease course, as well as in order to decrease tumour bulk and render surgery feasible or ...
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Non-small cell lung cancer in the young: A retrospective analysis of diagnosis, management and outcome data
(2006)Background: Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in young patients is uncommon and is thought to constitute a distinct oncological entity with characteristic clinicopathological patterns. Since the reported data are scant ...
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Randomized comparison of early versus late hyperfractionated thoracic irradiation concurrently with chemotherapy in limited disease small-cell lung cancer: A randomized phase II study of the Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group (HeCOG)
(2001)Background: Concurrent platinum-etoposide chemotherapy given in combination with hyperfractionated thoracic radiation therapy (HTRT) in limited disease (LD) small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is associated with a high response ...
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Zur Terminologie des Sterbens. Ausdrucksweisen über Tod und Sterben in den griechischen dokumentarischen Papyri
(Verlag Adolf Holzhausens, 2010)Der Befund der griechischen dokumentarischen Papyri zeigt, daß in der gehobenen Umgangssprache die Terminologie über Tod und Sterben reicher und vielfältiger ist, als man auf den ersten Blick annehmen würde. Die große ...