Ιατρική Σχολή / Medical School: Recent submissions
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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 ...
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Near-absolute expression of the bcl-2 protein identifies a subgroup of stage II breast cancer patients with a most favorable outcome. Results of a clinicopathological study
(2001)The clinical relevance of quantitative assessment of tumor-tissue expression of the bcl-2 protein in operated stage II breast cancer was investigated in this study. Thirty-five cases were studied by immunohistochemistry ...
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Systemic treatment-induced gastrointestinal toxicity: Incidence, clinical presentation and management
(2012)The toxicity of cancer chemotherapy is among the most important factors limiting its use. Clear delineation and communication of benefits and risks is an essential component of treatment decisions. Gastrointestinal toxicity ...
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Phase i trial of weekly irinotecan and paclitaxel combined with carboplatin in patients with advanced cancer: A hellenic cooperative oncology group study
(2010)This trial aimed to define a recommended safe dose (RSD) of weekly paclitaxel and irinotecan combined with carboplatin in patients with advanced cancer. Patients with advanced cancer were eligible for this trial. Dose-limiting ...
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Human immunodeficiency virus in injecting drug users in Europe following a reported increase of cases in Greece and Romania, 2011
(2011)Greece and Romania reported an increased number of HIV cases among injecting drug users (IDUs) during 2011. Most European countries reported no changes in the rate of newly diagnosed cases of HIV or HIV prevalence in IDUs; ...
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Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma (ARIA): Achievements in 10 years and future needs
(2012)Allergic rhinitis (AR) and asthma represent global health problems for all age groups. Asthma and rhinitis frequently coexist in the same subjects. Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma (ARIA) was initiated during a ...
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Weekly docetaxel in minimally pretreated cancer patients: A dose- escalation study focused on feasibility and cumulative toxicity of long-term administration
(1999)Background: Docetaxel is an agent with impressive clinical activity but a rather poor profile of toxicity when given every three weeks. Therefore, optimisation of its clinical use is highly warranted. This is a dose- ...
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Renal cell carcinoma in pregnancy: A rare coexistence
(2014)Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is rarely diagnosed during pregnancy and its management represents a real challenge. As the symptomatology might mimic other common pregnancy-related disorders, the diagnosis is often delayed. ...
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AIRWAYS-ICPs (European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing) from concept to implementation
(2016)Chronic respiratory diseases (CRDs) are major non-communicable diseases (NCDs) [1, 2] that induce a significant burden. Asthma often occurs along the life cycle from early childhood, affecting 30 million children and adults ...
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Pharmacodynamics of non-break weekly paclitaxel (Taxol) and pharmacokinetics of Cremophor-EL vehicle: Results of a dose-escalation study
(2002)We characterized the toxicity and determined the maximum tolerated dose of non-break weekly paclitaxel (Taxol) in chemotherapy-naive cancer patients, and studied pharmacokinetics of the formulation vehicle Cremophor-EL ...
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MACVIA clinical decision algorithm in adolescents and adults with allergic rhinitis
(2016)The selection of pharmacotherapy for patients with allergic rhinitis (AR) depends on several factors, including age, prominent symptoms, symptom severity, control of AR, patient preferences, and cost. Allergen exposure and ...
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Can statin therapy reduce the risk of melanoma? A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
(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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Scaling up strategies of the chronic respiratory disease programme of the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing (Action Plan B3: Area 5)
(2016)Action Plan B3 of the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing (EIP on AHA) focuses on the integrated care of chronic diseases. Area 5 (Care Pathways) was initiated using chronic respiratory diseases ...
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Liens entre le développement de la pleine conscience et l’amélioration de la dépression et de l’anxiété
(2015)Résumé Dernièrement, de nombreuses études se sont intéressées à la notion de pleine conscience, incluse dans la troisième vague des thérapies comportementales et cognitives. Notre objectif est de déterminer l’existence de ...
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Developmental determinants in non-communicable chronic diseases and ageing
(2015)Prenatal and peri-natal events play a fundamental role in health, development of diseases and ageing (Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD)). Research on the determinants of active and healthy ageing is a ...