Browsing by Subject "Folinic acid"

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Adjuvant chemotherapy using CPT-11, leucovorin plus bolus 5-fluorouracil and radiotherapy in patients with rectal cancer. A feasibility study

Kalofonos, H. P.; Kardamakis, D.; Bamias, A. T.; Skarlos, Dimosthenis V.; Papakostas, P.; Bafaloukos, Dimitrios; Sakantamis, A.; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Fountzilas, George (2003)

Background: The addition of CPT-11 to 5FU/leucovorin resulted in survival benefit in patients with advanced colorectal cancer suggesting that this combination could be used successfully in the adjuvant setting. We studied ...

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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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Cancer and pregnancy: What should we know about the management with systemic treatment of pregnant women with cancer?

Pavlidis, Nicholas (2011)

The incidence of cancer during pregnancy is a rare phenomenon and is estimated to occur in 1:1000 pregnancies. This co-existence is likely to rise since the delay of childbearing to the later reproductive age is nowadays ...

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Cancer of unknown primary: Biological and clinical characteristics

Pavlidis, Nicholas (2003)

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Comparative survival with diverse chemotherapy regimens for cancer of unknown primary site: Multiple-treatments meta-analysis

Golfinopoulos, Vassilis; Pentheroudakis, George; Salanti, G.; Nearchou, A. D.; Ioannidis, J. P. A.; Pavlidis, Nicholas (2009)

Objectives: To synthesize the evidence from randomized controlled trials concerning systemic treatment regimens for patients with cancer of unknown primary site (CUP). Data sources: PubMed and the Cochrane Library Central ...

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The diagnosis and management of gastric cancer: Expert discussion and recommendations from the 12th ESMO/World Congress on Gastrointestinal Cancer, Barcelona, 2010

Cutsem, E. van; Dicato, M.; Geva, R.; Arber, N.; Bang, Y.; Benson, A.; Cervantes, A.; Diaz-Rubio, E.; Ducreux, M.; Glynne-Jones, R.; Grothey, Axel; Haller, D.; Haustermans, K.; Kerr, D.; Nordlinger, B.; Marshall, J.; Minsky, B. D.; Kang, Y. K.; Labianca, R.; Lordick, F.; Ohtsu, A.; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Roth, A.; Rougier, P.; Schmoll, H. J.; Sobrero, A.; Tabernero, Josep; Velde, C. van de; Zalcberg, J. (2011)

Well-recognized experts in the field of gastric cancer discussed during the 12th European Society Medical Oncology (ESMO)/World Congress Gastrointestinal Cancer (WCGIC) in Barcelona many important and controversial topics ...

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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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The diagnostic and therapeutic management of leptomeningeal carcinomatosis

Pavlidis, Nicholas (2004)

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Fluorouracil and leucovorin with or without interferon alfa-2a as adjuvant treatment, in patients with high-risk colon cancer. A randomized phase III study conducted by the Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group

Fountzilas, George; Zisiadis, A.; Dafni, U.; Konstantaras, C.; Hatzitheoharis, G.; Papavramidis, S.; Bousoulegas, A.; Basdanis, G.; Giannoulis, E.; Dokmetzioglou, J.; Katsohis, C.; Nenopoulou, E.; Karvounis, N.; Briassoulis, E. Ch; Aravantinos, Gerasimos; Kosmidis, Paraskevas A.; Skarlos, Dimosthenis V.; Pavlidis, Nicholas (2000)

Background: It has been shown in randomized studies that adjuvant treatment with the combination of fluorouracil (FU) and levamisole reduced the risk of recurrence and deaths of patients with stage III colon cancer. ...

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Fluorouracil and leucovorin with or without interferon alfa-2b in advanced colorectal cancer: Analysis of a prospective randomized phase III trial

Kosmidis, Paraskevas A.; Tsavaris, N.; Skarlos, Dimosthenis V.; Theocharis, D.; Samantas, E.; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Briassoulis, E. Ch; Fountzilas, George (1996)

Purpose: To investigate if double modulation of fluorouracil (5-FU) with leucovorin (folinic acid [FA]) and interferon alfa-2b (IFN 2b) improves responses and survival in comparison to single modulation of 5-FU with FA. ...

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Forty years experience of treating cancer of unknown primary

Pavlidis, Nicholas (2007)

Cancer of unknown primary site (CUP) is not a rare tumour. It accounts as the seventh to eighth most frequently diagnosed cancer in a general medical oncology service. Since CUP is not a homogeneous disease and it consists ...

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Immunomodulation in colorectal cancer: Disappointment or promise?

Pentheroudakis, George; Pavlidis, Nicholas (2003)

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Intensified bimonthly cisplatin with bolus 5-fluorouracil, continuous 5-fluorouracil and high-dose leucovorin (LV5FU2) in patients with advanced gastrointestinal carcinomas: A phase I dose-finding and pharmacokinetic study

Bamias, A. T.; Syrigos, K.; Fountzilas, George; Tzamakou, E.; Soulti, K.; Karavasilis, V.; Alamanos, Y. P.; Christodoulou, C.; Pavlidis, Nicholas (2004)

5-Fluorouracil (5FU) and cisplatin are commonly used in the treatment of gastric cancer. Continuous 5FU appears to be more effective and less toxic than bolus administration, while increasing the dose intensity of cisplatin ...

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Is the combination of 5-fluorouracil and folinic acid effective in advanced gastric carcinoma? Results of a pilot study and review of the literature

Pavlidis, Nicholas; Nikolaides, C.; Klouvas, G. D.; Briassoulis, E. Ch (1994)

The main purpose of this trial was to investigate the activity of a less toxic regimen in patients with advanced gastric carcinoma regarding response rate and survival. We report on a pilot study of 20 patients treated ...

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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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Liver metastases from cancer of unknown primary (CUPL): A retrospective analysis of presentation, management and prognosis in 49 patients and systematic review of the literature

Lazaridis, G.; Pentheroudakis, George; Fountzilas, George; Pavlidis, Nicholas (2008)

Aim: Patients with liver metastases from cancer of unknown primary (CUPL) have a dismal prognosis. We retrospectively analysed their management and outcome and performed a systematic review of CUPL series published in the ...

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Management of leptomeningeal malignancy

Pentheroudakis, George; Pavlidis, Nicholas (2005)

Leptomeningeal carcinomatosis is defined as malignant infiltration of the pia matter and arachnoid membrane. Leukaemias and lymphomas, lung, breast cancer and melanoma are the primary tumours commonly associated with ...

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Molecular assignment of tissue of origin in cancer of unknown primary may not predict response to therapy or outcome: A systematic literature review

Pentheroudakis, George; Greco, F. A.; Pavlidis, Nicholas (2009)

Background: Gene expression profiling platforms were recently shown to accurately assign cancer of unknown primary (CUP) to a primary tissue of origin, with unknown impact on patient outcome. We examined chemotherapy ...

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Neoadjuvant versus adjuvant systemic treatment in breast cancer: A meta-analysis

Mauri, D.; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Ioannidis, J. P. A. (2005)

Background: Interest in the use of preoperative systemic treatment in the management of breast cancer has increased because such neoadjuvant therapy appears to reduce the extent of local surgery required. We compared the ...

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Optimal therapeutic management of patients with distinct clinicopathological cancer of unknown primary subsets

Pavlidis, Nicholas (2012)

Cancer of unknown primary sites (CUP) is a compilation of various malignant entities-the majority of which behave aggressively and carry poor prognosis. CUP is classified into two different clinicopathological groups: the ...