Browsing by Subject "Incidence"

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Age-Dependent Metastatic Spread and Survival: Cancer of Unknown Primary as a Model

Hemminki, K.; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Tsilidis, K. K.; Sundquist, K.; Ji, J. (2016)

In order to describe a novel approach for the clinical study of metastases, we provide here age-specific incidence and survival data for cancer of unknown primary (CUP). Metastases in various organs are found at CUP ...

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Brain metastasis of unknown primary: A diagnostic and therapeutic dilemma

Polyzoidis, K. S.; Miliaras, G.; Pavlidis, Nicholas (2005)

The diagnosis of a brain metastasis is usually made during the routine follow up examinations of patients with known cancer, who are under the care of oncology departments. The involvement of the neurosurgeon depends on ...

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Cancer of unknown primary origin

Briassoulis, E. Ch; Pavlidis, Nicholas (1997)

About 3 % of all cancer patients suffer from cancer of unknown primary origin. These patients present with metastatic disease for which a primary site cannot be detected at the time of diagnosis. Sophisticated diagnostic ...

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Cancer of unknown primary site: 20 questions to be answered

Pavlidis, Nicholas; Pentheroudakis, George (2010)

Cancer of unknown primary (CUP) is a common, well-recognized and heterogeneous clinical syndrome. Patients with CUP present with metastatic disease in the absence of an identifiable primary tumour despite a diagnostic ...

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Cancer prevalence and mortality in centenarians: A systematic review

Pavlidis, Nicholas; Stanta, G.; Audisio, R. A. (2012)

Life expectancy has dramatically expanded, the global population has aged unprecedentedly and the number of centenarians has significantly increased. The analysis of autopsy series, cancer registries data, vital statistics ...

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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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Cancer, fertility and pregnancy: ESMO clinical recommendations for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up

Pentheroudakis, George; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Castiglione, M. (2008)

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

Briassoulis, E. Ch; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Felip, E. (2008)

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Coexistence of pregnancy and malignancy

Pavlidis, Nicholas (2002)

Cancer complicating pregnancy is a rare coexistence. The incidence is approximately 1 in 1,000 pregnancies. The most common cancers are those more frequently seen during the reproductive age of a woman. Breast cancer, ...

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Cost-effectiveness of leucoreduction for prevention of febrile non-haemolytic transfusion reactions

Tsantes, Argirio E.; Kyriakou, Elias; Nikolopoulos, Georgios K.; Stylos, D.; Sidhom, M.; Bonovas, Stefanos; Douramani, Panagiota; Kalantzis, Dimitrios; Kokoris, Styliani; Valsami, S.; Stamoulis, K.; Politou, M.; Foudoulaki-Paparizos, Leontini (2014)

Background. The cost-effectiveness of universal leucoreduction of blood components remains unclear. When using leucoreduced red blood cells, the decrease in the rate of febrile non-haemolytic transfusion reactions (FNHTR) ...

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The diagnostic and therapeutic management of leptomeningeal carcinomatosis

Pavlidis, Nicholas (2004)

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Efficacy and safety of more intensive lowering of LDL cholesterol [1]

Bonovas, Stefanos; Nikolopoulos, Georgios K.; Sitaras, N. M. (2011)

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Epidemiology of aids defining conditions in Greece

Masgala, Aikaterini; Nikolopoulos, Georgios K.; Tsantes, Argirio E.; Paraskeva, D. (2004)

Objective: To examine the secular trends of all AIDS opportunistic infections to occur first (Ols) in Greece, by year, by gender and by mode of transmission. Methods: The study included all AIDS defining conditions reported ...

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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; Bergh, Jonas; Pavlidis, Nicholas (2005)

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ESMO minimum clinical recommendations for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of malignant glioma

Stupp, Roger; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Jelic, S. (2005)

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ESMO minimum clinical recommendations for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC)

Felip, E.; Stahel, R. A.; Pavlidis, Nicholas (2005)

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ESMO minimum clinical recommendations for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up pancreatic cancer

Herrmann, R.; Jost, Lorenz M.; Pavlidis, Nicholas (2005)

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Estimating HIV incidence and number of undiagnosed individuals living with HIV in the European union/ European economic area, 2015

Pharris, Anastasia; Quinten, C.; Noori, T.; Amato-Gauci, A. J.; Sighem, A. van; Schmid, D.; Rueckerl, I.; Zangerle, R.; Sasse, A.; Beckhoven, D. van; Denauw, F.; Varleva, T.; Georgieva, V.; Blazic, T. N.; Pavlic, J.; Begovac, J.; Koliou, M.; Hadjihannas, L.; Demetriou, A.; Maly, M.; Šikolová, V.; Cowan, Susan; Fouchard, J.; Rüütel, K.; Pääsukene, A. L.; Liitsola, K.; Salminen, M.; Brummer-Korvenkontio, H.; Cazein, F.; Pillonel, J.; Lot, F.; Comboroure, J.-C.; Gunsenheimer-Bartmeyer, Barbara; Heiden, M. A. Der; Kupfer, G.; Marcus, U.; Nikolopoulos, Georgios K.; Paraskeva, D.; Konte, Vasileia; Dudas, M.; Szalay, K.; Briem, H.; Sigmundsdottir, G.; Igoe, D.; O’Donnell, K.; Hurley, C.; Lyons, F.; Suligoi, B.; Caraglia, A.; Konova, S.; Erne, S.; Caplinskiene, I.; Fischer, A.; Hoffmann, P.; Melillo, J. M.; Melillo, T.; Coul, Eline Op de; David, S.; Blystad, H.; Myrberg, A. J.; Rosinska, M.; Wawer, I.; Mansinho, K.; Martins, H. C.; Melillo, T.; Mardarescu, Mariana; Truska, P.; Mikas, J.; Klavs, I.; Diaz, Alejandro; Nuñez, O.; Castillo, O.; Avdicova, Maria; Sonnerborg, A.; Kirwan, P.; Chau, C.; Okala, S.; Brown, A.; Delpech, Valerie (2016)

Since 2011, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) incidence appears unchanged in the European Union/ European Economic Area with between 29,000 and 33,000 new cases reported annually up to 2015. Despite evidence that HIV ...

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Evaluation of the limiting antigen avidity EIA (LAg) in people who inject drugs in Greece

Nikolopoulos, Georgios K.; Katsoulidou, Antigoni; Kantzanou, Maria; Rokka, C.; Tsiara, Chrissa G.; Sypsa, V.; Paraskeva, D.; Psichogiou, M.; Friedman, Samuel R.; Hatzakis, A. (2017)

This analysis assessed the utility of the limiting antigen avidity assay (LAg). Samples of people who inject drugs (PWID) in Greece with documented duration of HIV-1 infection were tested by LAg. A LAg-normalized optical ...

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HBV-DNA levels predict overall mortality in HIV/HBV coinfected individuals

Nikolopoulos, Georgios K.; Paraskeva, D.; Psichogiou, M.; Hatzakis, A. (2016)

The coinfection of Hepatitis B virus (HBV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has been associated with increased death rates. However, the relevant research has mostly relied on serologic HBV testing [HBV surface antigen ...