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Undergraduate training in oncology: An ESO continuing challenge for medical students
(2012)During the last six years the European School of Oncology (ESO) opened an undergraduate programme for European medical students, aiming to further improve their oncology knowledge and clinical skills. In this endeavour a ...
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Effect of maleic anhydride-divinyl ether copolymers on experimental M109 metastases and macrophage tumoricidal function
(1978)Pyran copolymer (NSC-46015) was compared with five maleic anhydride-divinyl ether copolymers (MVEs) of narrow molecular weight range both for the ability to render macrophages nonspecifically tumoricidal and to retard the ...
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Carcinoma of unknown primary: Natural history and treatment. Analysis of 30 cases and review of the literature
(1990)In this study, the natural history and therapeutic management of 30 patients with carcinoma of unknown primary (CUP syndrome) is presented. Despite detailed laboratory investigations, the primary occult tumor was not ...
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Transcriptional activity of human epidermal growth factor receptor family and angiogenesis effectors in locoregionally recurrent head and neck squamous cell carcinoma and correlation with patient outcome
(2009)Locoregional recurrence is the most common failure pattern in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). We retrospectively identified 41 HNSCC patients with locoregional relapse and used kinetic reverse ...
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No response or survival improvement in small cell lung cancer after sequential chemotherapy with three non-cross resistant drug regimens - a pilot study
(1991)In a pilot phase II study we have treated 25 patients with small cell lung cancer by utilizing 3 non-cross resistant drug regimens given in a sequential fashion in combination with radiotherapy to the primary tumor. VAC ...
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Soluble interleukin-2 receptors in patients with advanced colorectal carcinoma
(1996)The levels of soluble interleukin-2 receptors (sIL-2R) were measured in the serum of 52 patients with advanced colorectal carcinoma and compared to CEA and CA 19-9 levels. Twenty-five normal, age and sex-matched individuals ...
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Cervical lymph node metastases of squamous cell carcinoma from an unknown primary site
(Springer International Publishing, 2016)Cancer of unknown primary (CUP) is a well-recognized clinical disorder where the primary site cannot be identified after a standard diagnostic approach and it accounts for 3-5 % of all tumors. CUP is distinguished into two ...
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Neglected cases of papillary and follicular thyroid carcinoma. Occurrence of subcutaneous scalp metastases
(1990)Three cases, two of follicular and one of papillary thyroid carcinoma are reported. All three patients presented with subcutaneous cystic scalp metastases; they had a long-standing history of thyroid cancer, although two ...
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Cutaneous lymphocytic vasculopathy in lymphoproliferative disorders-a paraneoplastic lymphocytic vasculitis of the skin
(1995)In this report the histopathology and the natural history of cutaneous lymphocytic vasculopathy (lymphocytic vasculitis) in patients with lymphoproliferative diseases, is described. Between January 1986 and June 1992,116 ...
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Cervical lymph node metastases of squamous cell carcinoma from an unknown primary site: A favourable prognosis subset of patients with CUP
(2009)Squamous cervical cancer of unknown primary site (SQCCUP) presents in patients as neck lymph nodes involved by squamous carcinoma in the absence of identifiable primary in the head, neck or lung. This CUP subset affects ...
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Cancer of unknown primary site
(2012)Cancer of unknown primary site (CUP) is a well recognised clinical disorder, accounting for 3-5 of all malignant epithelial tumours. CUP is clinically characterised as an aggressive disease with early dissemination. ...
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Clear evidence that long‐term, low‐dose tamoxifen treatment can induce ocular toxicity a prospective study of 63 patients
(1992)The current study has prospectively investigated the incidence and course of ocular toxicity after low‐dose tamoxifen treatment. Sixty‐three patients with cancer who could be examined were analyzed. Tamoxifen was administered ...
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Stage I testicular seminoma: Management and controversies
(2009)Seminomas constitute more than half of testicular germ-cell tumours and 70-80% of patients with seminoma present with clinical stage I disease. Post-orchiectomy, management options include irradiation, surveillance or ...
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Phase II Study of 5-Fluorouracil and Interferon-Gamma in Patients with Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
(1996)Preclinical data have shown a synergism between 5-fluorouracil and interferon-γ against human colon carcinoma cell lines. We conducted a phase II trial of this combination in 34 patients with metastatic colorectal cancer. ...
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The pregnant mother with breast cancer: Diagnostic and therapeutic management
(2005)This review describes the epidemiology, pathology, clinical picture and therapeutic management of pregnant women with breast cancer. In addition, it covers other important issues like the safety of both diagnostic and ...
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Cancer of unknown primary during pregnancy: An exceptionally rare coexistence
(2015)Background: Cancer in pregnancy is a rare disease with breast cancer, cervical cancer, melanoma and Hodgkin's disease to be the most commonly diagnosed malignancies during gestation. Cancer of unknown primary (CUP) is a ...
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