Browsing by Subject "Hormonal therapy"

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Cancer and pregnancy: A comprehensive review

Voulgaris, E.; Pentheroudakis, George; Pavlidis, Nicholas (2011)

Background: Pregnancy complicated by cancer is relatively rare but, as women in western societies tend to delay childbearing to the third and fourth decade of life, this phenomenon is going to be encountered more often in ...

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Effect of letrozole on the lipid profile in postmenopausal women with breast cancer

Elisaf, Moses S.; Bairaktari, Eleni Th; Nikolaides, C.; Kakaidi, B.; Tzallas, C. S.; Katsaraki, A.; Pavlidis, Nicholas (2001)

Hormonal therapy plays a central role in the overall treatment of breast cancer. Aromatase inhibitors can inhibit the aromatase enzyme system resulting in a reduction of oestrogens. Letrozole is a non-steroidal aromatase ...

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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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Inflammatory prostate cancer: An underestimated paraneoplastic clinical manifestation

Mauri, D.; Pentheroudakis, George; Ch, F. Tolis; Chojnacka, M.; Pavlidis, Nicholas (2005)

Purpose: To identify the incidence of prostate cancer associated-systemic inflammatory syndrome (SIS), and to characterize further this entity, we searched our database as well as the medical literature. Methods: We ...

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Metastatic breast carcinoma confined to bone: Portrait of a clinical entity

Briassoulis, E. Ch; Karavasilis, V.; Kostadima, Lida; Ignatiadis, M.; Fountzilas, George; Pavlidis, Nicholas (2004)

BACKGROUND. The current study was performed to study metastatic breast carcinoma that remains confined to bone. METHODS. The medical notes of 2514 breast carcinoma patients who were treated in 2 academic units over a 20-year ...

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Randomized evidence on chemotherapy and hormonal therapy regimens for advanced endometrial cancer: An overview of survival data

Polyzos, N. P.; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Paraskevaidis, E.; Ioannidis, J. P. A. (2006)

Several chemotherapy and hormonal therapy regimens have been used in advanced endometrial cancer. In this review we have systematically evaluated the available data from randomized trials on survival. We searched MEDLINE, ...