Browsing by Subject "High risk population"

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Assessing the secular trends in the transmission of HIV in Greece

Tsantes, Argirio E.; Nikolopoulos, Georgios K.; Masgala, Aikaterini; Paraskeva, D. (2005)

Objective: To evaluate the current trends in HIV transmission in Greece. Methods: A retrospective study of HIV infected individuals reported to the Hellenic Center for Infectious Diseases Control (HCIDC) was conducted. ...

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The association of community violence exposure with middle-school achievement: A prospective study

Henrich, Christopher C.; Schwab-Stone, M.; Fanti, Kostas A.; Jones, S. M.; Ruchkin, V. (2004)

This study investigated the long-term effects of exposure to community violence on academic achievement and feelings of safety in school among a large sample of urban middle-school students (N = 759). It also considered ...

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Colorectal cancer screening awareness in European primary care

Mauri, D.; Pentheroudakis, George; Milousis, A.; Xilomenos, A.; Panagoulopoulou, E.; Bristianou, M.; Zacharias, G.; Christidis, D.; Mustou, E. A.; Gkinosati, A.; Pavlidis, Nicholas (2006)

Background: Adjustment for stage at diagnosis markedly reduces USA versus European colorectal cancer survival differences and a screening bias was therefore suspected. Moreover, little is known about colorectal cancer ...

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High-burden epidemics in Greece in the era of economic crisis. Early signs of a public health tragedy

Bonovas, Stefanos; Nikolopoulos, Georgios K. (2012)

Background. Economic hardships have unleashed epidemics of infectious diseases in many countries in the past. In the era of the current financial crisis in Greece, it is interesting to assess the preliminary evidence ...

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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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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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Multifocal extranodal non-Hodgkin lymphoma: A clinicopathologic study of 37 cases in Greece, a Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group Study

Economopoulos, T.; Papageorgiou, S.; Rontogianni, D.; Kaloutsi, V.; Fountzilas, George; Tsatalas, C.; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Pectasides, Dimitrios; Papageorgiou, E.; Dimopoulos, M. A. (2005)

The purpose of this retrospective study was to illustrate the clinicopathological features of patients presenting with multifocal extranodal non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). Among 810 patients with NHL, 37 cases (4.2%) were ...

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Neuroendocrine Merkel cell nodal carcinoma of unknown primary site: Management and outcomes of a rare entity

Kotteas, E. A.; Pavlidis, Nicholas (2015)

Merkel cell nodal carcinoma of unknown primary (MCCUP) is a rare neuroendocrine tumour with distinct clinical and biological behaviour. We conducted a review of retrospective data extracted from 90 patients focusing on the ...

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Old habits die hard: Chest radiography for screening purposes in primary care

Mauri, D.; Kamposioras, K.; Proiskos, A.; Xilomenos, A.; Peponi, C.; Dambrosio, M.; Zacharias, G.; Koukourakis, G.; Pentheroudakis, George; Pavlidis, Nicholas (2006)

Objective: To assess whether the use of chest radiography for screening changes over time. Design: Systematic review. Data Sources: MEDLINE, ISI, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, and handsearching of selected ...

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Prognostication in cancer of unknown primary (CUP): Development of a prognostic algorithm in 311 cases and review of the literature

Petrakis, Dimitrios; Pentheroudakis, George; Voulgaris, E.; Pavlidis, Nicholas (2013)

Background: CUP represents a heterogeneous population of patients with systemic malignancy and variable outcomes. Identification of clinical, pathologic and laboratory parameters with prognostic utility could contribute ...