Browsing by Subject "Risk reduction"

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Can statin therapy reduce the risk of melanoma? A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Bonovas, Stefanos; Nikolopoulos, Georgios K.; Filioussi, K.; Peponi, Evangelia; Bagos, Pantelis G.; Sitaras, N. M. (2010)

A growing body of literature suggests that statins may have a chemopreventive potential against melanoma through pleiotropic anti-inflammatory, immunomodulatory, and antiangiogenesis mechanisms. Our aim was to examine this ...

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Safety of pregnancy following breast cancer diagnosis: A meta-analysis of 14 studies

Jr, H. A. Azim; Santoro, L.; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Gelber, S.; Kroman, N.; Azim, Hatem A.; Peccatori, Fedro A. (2011)

Background: Due to the rising trend of delaying pregnancy to later in life, more women are diagnosed with breast cancer before completing their families. Therefore, enquiry into the feasibility and safety of pregnancy ...

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Socially-Integrated Transdisciplinary HIV Prevention

Friedman, Samuel R.; Jr, M. J. Downing; Smyrnov, P.; Nikolopoulos, Georgios K.; Schneider, J. A.; Livak, B.; Magiorkinis, Gkikas; Slobodianyk, L.; Vasylyeva, T. I.; Paraskeva, D.; Psichogiou, M.; Sypsa, V.; Malliori-Minerva, Melpomeni; Hatzakis, A. (2014)

Current ideas about HIV prevention include a mixture of primarily biomedical interventions, socio-mechanical interventions such as sterile syringe and condom distribution, and behavioral interventions. This article presents ...

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Statins and reduced risk of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with hepatitis C virus infection: Further evidence is warranted

Bonovas, Stefanos; Sitaras, N. M.; Nikolopoulos, Georgios K. (2013)

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Survival and disease-progression benefits with treatment regimens for advanced colorectal cancer: a meta-analysis

Golfinopoulos, Vassilis; Salanti, G.; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Ioannidis, J. P. A. (2007)

Background: Many randomised trials have compared different systemic treatment regimens in patients with advanced colorectal cancer. While survival advances have apparently been achieved, the magnitude of these incremental ...

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Survival benefits with diverse chemotherapy regimens for ovarian cancer: Meta-analysis of multiple treatments

Kyrgiou, M.; Salanti, G.; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Paraskevaidis, E.; Ioannidis, J. P. A. (2006)

Background: Numerous randomized trials have compared different chemotherapy regimens in women with ovarian cancer. Although ovarian cancer survival has improved in recent years, the magnitude of these incremental benefits ...

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Water Resources Conservancy and Risk Reduction Under Climatic Instability

Christodoulou, Symeon E. (2011)

Abstract not available.