Browsing by Subject "Drug therapy"

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

Pentheroudakis, George; Orecchia, R.; Hoekstra, H. J.; Pavlidis, Nicholas (2010)

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Cancers of unknown primary site: ESMO clinical practice guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up

Pavlidis, Nicholas; Briassoulis, E. Ch; Pentheroudakis, George (2010)

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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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Hydroxyurea therapy in thalassemia

Loukopoulos, D.; Voskaridou, E.; Stamoulakatou, A.; Papassotiriou, Y.; Kalotychou, V.; Loutradi, A.; Cozma, G.; Tsiarta, H.; Pavlidis, Nicholas (1998)

The clinical effectiveness of Hydroxyurea in thalassemia is still controversial. The present paper puts together the authors' experience in two groups of patients with thalassemia intermedia and sickle cell/beta-thalassemia ...

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Immunization of patients with sjögren's syndrome with pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine

Karsh, J.; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Schiffman, G.; Moutsopoulos, H. M. (1980)

Thirty‐two patients with Sjögren's syndrome were randomly selected to receive either multivalent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine or saline placebo in a double‐blind study. Among placebo treated patients, levels of ...

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Measuring recent thymic emigrants in blood of normal and HIV-1-infected individuals before and after effective therapy

Zhang, L.; Lewin, S. R.; Markowitz, M.; Lin, L. -H; Skulsky, E.; Karanicolas, R.; Yuxian, H.; Xia, J.; Tuttleton, S.; Vesanen, M.; Spiegel, H.; Kost, R.; Van Lunzen, J.; Stellbrink, H. -J; Wolinsky, S.; Borkowsky, W.; Palumbo, P.; Kostrikis, Leontios G.; Ho, David D. (1999)

The role of the thymus in HIV-1 pathogenesis remains unclear. We developed an assay to quantify the number of recent thymic emigrants in blood based on the detection of a major excisional DNA byproduct (termed α1 circle) ...

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Methylphenidate and problem solving in children with ADHD: Does equal outcome mean equal process?

Papadopoulos, Timothy C.; Parrila, Rauno K.; Das, J. P. (2001)

This study examined between-group differences in planning of 9 grade 6 children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) who were on stimulant medication and a matched comparison group of 9 without ADHD on a ...

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Mitoxantrone (novantrone*) as single agent and in combination chemotherapy in the treatment of advanced breast cancer

Smith, I. E.; Stuart-Harris, R. C.; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Bozek, T. (1983)

Nineteen out of 62 evaluable patients with advanced breast cancer achieved an objective tumour response to mitoxantrone (31%) given in a dose of 12-14 mg/m2 by i.v. infusion repeated at 3-weekly intervals. The response ...

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Mitoxantrone: An active new agent in the treatment of advanced breast cancer

Stuart-Harris, R. C.; Bozek, T.; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Smith, I. E. (1984)

Sixty-five patients with advanced breast carcinoma were treated with mitoxantrone, an anthracenedione with structural similarities to adriamycin. The series included 26 patients who had received no prior chemotherapy. ...

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Oral chemotherapy in advanced breast cancer. A reconsideration

Pavlidis, Nicholas (1985)

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A randomized open-label parallel-group study comparing ondansetron with ondansetron plus dexamethasone in patients with metastatic breast cancer receiving high-dose epirubicin. A Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group Study

Janinis, J.; Giannakakis, T.; Athanasiades, A.; Fountzilas, George; Bafaloukos, Dimitrios; Kosmidis, Paraskevas A.; Nikolaides, C.; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Skarlos, Dimosthenis V. (2000)

Aims and background: The purpose of this multicenter randomized, open- label, parallel-group study was to assess whether the addition of low-dose dexamethasone to ondansetron results in improved control of chemotherapy- ...

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Survival of medically treated thalassemia patients in Cyprus. Trends and risk factors over the period 1980-2004

Telfer, Paul; Coen, Pietro G.; Christou, Soteroula; Hadjigavriel, Michael; Kolnakou, Anita; Pangalou, Evangelia; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Psiloines, Michael; Simamonian, Krikor; Skordos, Georghios; Sitarou, Maria; Angastiniotis, Michael (2006)

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: A large number of patients with thalassemia major have been born and treated exclusively in Cyprus. They have been managed according to standard international practice, but few have been transplanted. ...