Browsing by Subject "Life expectancy"

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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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      International medical technology diffusion 

      Papageorgiou, Chris; Savvides, Andreas; Zachariadis, Marios (2007)
      Does medical technology generated in frontier countries have a significant impact on health outcomes in the rest of the world? This paper considers a framework where non-frontier countries may benefit from medical innovation ...
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      Longevity and education externalities: a macroeconomic perspective 

      Ricci, Francesco; Zachariadis, Marios (2008-12)
      We argue that education exerts positive external effects on health, beyond the standard internal effects documented in the literature. We put forward a model that clarifies the links between education and longevity in ...
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      Longevity and education: a macroeconomic perspective 

      Ricci, Francesco; Zachariadis, Marios (2007-12)
      This paper investigates the determinants of longevity at a macroeconomic level, emphasizing the important role played by education. To analyze the determinants of longevity, we build a model where households intentionally ...
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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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      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 ...