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Rectal metastases from lobular carcinoma of the breast: Report of a case and literature review
(2001)
Metastatic involvement of the gastrointestinal (G1) tract secondary to breast cancer is rare. Reported herein is the case of a 74-year-old woman with metastatic lobular breast carcinoma to the rectum presenting with ...
DCC and TS protein expression in resected gastric cancer: A Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group Study
(2008)
There is a high risk of relapse after resection of gastric cancer. We studied the prognostic significance of the deleted colorectal cancer (DCC) gene and thymidylate synthase (TS) protein expression after resection of ...
Prognostic significance of WNT and hedgehog pathway activation markers in cancer of unknown primary
(2015)
Background: Cancer of unknown primary (CUP) possesses distinct biology and peculiar natural history, in which the roles of the winged and hedgehog signalling pathways are unclear. Materials and methods: We constructed ...
Anxiety, depression and defense mechanisms associated with treatment decisional preferences and quality of life in non-metastatic breast cancer: A 1-year prospective study
(2013)
Objective: Treatment decisional preferences impact breast cancer patients' health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and may relate to psychological variables, although many aspects of this relationship remain unknown. This ...
Paclitaxel and carboplatin in inoperable non-small-cell lung cancer: A phase II study
(1997)
Background: Based on the high activity of single-agent paclitaxel and the superior one-year survival rates of patients with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) treated with carboplatin, a phase II trial was initiated using ...
Can circulated lung cancer cells pass to the urine without apparent urine tract metastases?. A single centre series
(2008)
Urine cytology has been a useful tool for the diagnosis of urinary tract malignancies. However, the presence of tumor cells in the urine sediment without an obvious urothelial metastatic deposit is a rare phenomenon and ...
Prognostic factors in Greek patients with small cell lung cancer (SCLC). A Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group study
(2002)
Background: Prognostic factors among Greek patients with SCLC were evaluated. Patients and Methods: Data from 516 patients with SCLC treated by the Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group were analyzed. Multivariate analysis ...
Serum‐soluble interleukin‐2 receptors in B‐cell lymphoproliferative malignancies
(1992)
The levels of soluble interleukin‐2 receptors (sIL‐2R) were determined in the serum of 53 patients with B‐cell lymphoproliferative malignancies, including 31 patients with non‐Hodgkin lymphomas (NHL), 16 with chronic ...
Weekly alternating non-cross-resistant chemotherapy for small cell lung cancer with a good prognosis: A study of the Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group
(1999)
This trial was conducted by the Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group to improve the responses and survival in small cell lung cancer with a good prognosis, using a weekly intensive chemotherapy with alternated non-cross- ...
A retrospective analysis of serum CA 15-3 concentrations in patients with localised or metastatic renal cancer and its impact on prognosis and follow-up. A single-centre experience
(2002)
Background. Monitoring patients with renal cancer for recurrence or progression is ineffective, inconvenient and costly. We conducted a retrospective analysis of serum CA 15-3 concentrations in a single-centre patient ...