Browsing by Subject "Nitrosourea derivative"

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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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      Juvenile cancer: Improving care for adolescents and young adults within the frame of medical oncology 

      Pentheroudakis, George; Pavlidis, Nicholas (2005)
      Despite unique tumour epidemiology, a higher cancer incidence and modest survival improvement compared to paediatric patients, adolescents and young adults aged 15-30 have not been considered as a separate, 'special' group ...
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      Late toxicity in survivors from adolescent cancers 

      Pentheroudakis, George; Pavlidis, Nicholas (2007)
      Nowadays three quarters of adolescents with cancer are cured but half of them experience a late toxic effect of antineoplastic therapy that interferes with their physical and psychosocial health. This review recapitulates ...
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      Noncardiogenic pulmonary edema: An unusual and serious complication of anticancer therapy 

      Briassoulis, E. Ch; Pavlidis, Nicholas (2001)
      Noncardiogenic pulmonary edema (NCPE) is a rare and less well-recognizable pulmonotoxic syndrome of anticancer therapy than pneumonitis/fibrosis. NCPE is a clinical syndrome characterized by simultaneous presence of severe ...
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      Second malignancies following treatment for Hodgkin's disease: A Greek experience 

      Economopoulos, T.; Stathakis, N.; Alexopoulos, C.; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Constantinidou, M.; Briassoulis, E. Ch; Papageorgiou, E.; Dervenoulas, John; Pappa, Vassiliki; Vaslamatzis, M.; Raptis, S. (1994)
      The risk and the type of second malignancies (SM) developing in 217 treated Hodgkin's disease (HD) patients were studied. The median age of the patients was 35 years (range 14-83) and the M/F ratio 1.8. Treatment consisted ...