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Quality of life in idiopathic dystonia: a systematic review
(2019)OBJECTIVE: Dystonia is characterised by sustained muscular contractions frequently producing repetitive, twisting and patterned movements. The primary aim of this systematic review was to establish how quality of life (QoL) ...
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Quality of Life in Painful Peripheral Neuropathies: A Systematic Review
(2019)Objective: Neuropathic pain is a common presenting complaint of patients with peripheral neuropathy (PN) and is considered one of the most disabling neuropathic symptoms, with detrimental effects on patients' quality of ...
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Quality of Life in Patients with Gluten Neuropathy: A Case-Controlled Study
(2018)Background: Gluten neuropathy (GN) is defined as an otherwise idiopathic peripheral neuropathy in the presence of serological evidence of gluten sensitivity (positive native gliadin antibodies and/or transglutaminase or ...
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Radiation and concurrent carboplatin administration in locally advanced head and neck cancer
(1995)Aims and Background: To improve local control in patients with locally advanced inoperable head and neck cancer we administered carboplatin concurrently with radiation. Methods: Thirty-nine patients entered the study. There ...
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Radiogenomics for Precision Medicine With a Big Data Analytics Perspective
(2019)Precision medicine promises better healthcare delivery by improving clinical practice. Using evidence-based substratification of patients, the objective is to achieve better prognosis, diagnosis, and treatment that will ...
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Radiological evaluation of surgical treatment in Perthes' disease
(2001)We compared the late radiographic results of femoral head coverage in two unselected groups of patients with Perthes' disease, one treated conservatively and one with surgical containment. Forty-eight hips were treated ...
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Radiopharmaceuticals in neurological and psychiatric disorders
(2008)The development of functional brain nuclear medicine techniques and their application in the investigation of neuropsychiatric disorders, have contributed significantly in the illumination of the underlying pathophysiological ...
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Randomised trials comparing chemotherapy regimens for advanced non-small cell lung cancer: Biases and evolution over time
(2003)We systematically evaluated the evidence from randomised trials comparing various chemotherapy regimens for advanced non-small cell lung cancer. Across 254 eligible trials (42 661 patients), no regimens were compared in ...
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Randomized comparison of early versus late hyperfractionated thoracic irradiation concurrently with chemotherapy in limited disease small-cell lung cancer: A randomized phase II study of the Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group (HeCOG)
(2001)Background: Concurrent platinum-etoposide chemotherapy given in combination with hyperfractionated thoracic radiation therapy (HTRT) in limited disease (LD) small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is associated with a high response ...
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Randomized comparison of etoposide-cisplatin vs. etoposide-carboplatin and irradiation in small-cell lung cancer: A hellenic co-operative oncology group study
(1994)Purpose: To compare the efficacy and toxicity of etoposide and cisplatin (EP) with etoposide and carboplatin (EC) in combination with irradiation in small-cell lung cancer (SCLC). Methods: Previously untreated patients ...
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Randomized evidence on chemotherapy and hormonal therapy regimens for advanced endometrial cancer: An overview of survival data
(2006)Several chemotherapy and hormonal therapy regimens have been used in advanced endometrial cancer. In this review we have systematically evaluated the available data from randomized trials on survival. We searched MEDLINE, ...
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A randomized open-label parallel-group study comparing ondansetron with ondansetron plus dexamethasone in patients with metastatic breast cancer receiving high-dose epirubicin. A Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group Study
(2000)Aims and background: The purpose of this multicenter randomized, open- label, parallel-group study was to assess whether the addition of low-dose dexamethasone to ondansetron results in improved control of chemotherapy- ...
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A randomized phase II study with two schedules of the novel indoloquinone EO9 in non-small-cell lung cancer: A study of the EORTC early clinical studies group (ECSG)
(1996)In a multicentre randomized trial of the EORTC-ECSG, we have treated 38 chemotherapy naive patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with EO9, a novel bioreductive alkylating indoloquinone. The drug was ...
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A randomized study of epirubicin monotherapy every four or every two weeks in advanced breast cancer. A Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group Study
(1997)Purpose: To evaluate the impact on the response rate in patients with advanced breast cancer (ABC) of the doubling of the dose intensity (DI) of epirubicin monotherapy. Patients and methods: From January 1991 until April ...
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A randomized trial to compare the efficacy and safety of antiemetic treatment with ondansetron and ondansetron zydis in patients with breast cancer treated with high-dose epirubicin
(2007)Objective: The objective of this study was to compare the efficacy of a disintegrating tablet of ondansetron (ODT) and the conventional tablet formulation of ondansetron (OT) in controlling nausea and vomiting in breast ...
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Rapid Decline in HIV Incidence among Persons Who Inject Drugs during a Fast-Track Combination Prevention Program after an HIV Outbreak in Athens
(2017)Background. A "seek-test-treat" intervention (ARISTOTLE) was implemented in response to an outbreak of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection among persons who inject drugs (PWID) in Athens. We assess trends in HIV ...
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Rare Cancers Europe (RCE) methodological recommendations for clinical studies in rare cancers: A European consensus position paper
(2015)While they account for one-fifth of new cancer cases, rare cancers are difficult to study. A higher than average degree of uncertainty should be accommodated for clinical as well as for population-based decision making. ...
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A rare case of an antenatally diagnosed tumor of the neck - A hamartoma of the thyroid gland
(1996)A case of connatal hamartoma of the left thyroid lobe is reported. During routine prenatal ultrasonographic examination, a tumor of the neck was diagnosed. The baby was born at 30 weeks' gestation, and the tumor (measuring ...
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A rare coexistence of adrenal cavernous hemangioma with extramedullar hemopoietic tissue: A case report and brief review of the literature
(2009)Background: Cavernous hemangiomas of the adrenal gland are rare, benign, non-functioning neoplastic tumors. To our knowledge, 55 cases have been reported in the literature to date. Case presentation: We report the first ...