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Zytokine zur Therapie maligner Ergüsse
Maligne Ergüsse stellen seit jeher ein therapeutisches Problem dar, da in kurzen Zeitabständen wiederholte Punktionen erforderlich sind, die neben der psychischen Belastung für den Patienten einen hohen Eiweiß...
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Article
Comparison of 5 vs 10 μg/kg per day of GM-CSF following dose-intensified chemotherapy with cisplatin, etoposide, and ifosfamide in patients with advanced testicular cancer
Despite the increasing use of granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) for the treatment of chemotherapy-induced neutropenia, few studies have focused on the activity and toxicity of the diffe...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
System zum Vergleich von sonographischer Textur und histologischem Aufbau
Mit Hilfe der Sonographie können aufgrund der Wechselwirkungen zwischen Gewebe und Ultraschallwellen Organstrukturen und umschriebene Prozesse makroanatomisch bis in Millimeterbereiche abgegrenzt werden. Die U...
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Cisplatin/etoposide/ifosfamide stepwise dose escalation with concomitant granulocyte/macrophage-colony-stimulating factor for patients with far-advanced testicular carcinoma
In order to develop a more dose-intensive induction regimen for the treatment of far-advanced testicular tumours, the German Cooperative Group for Testicular Tumours started a dose-escalation trial of cisplati...
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Tumour necrosis factor production and natural killer cell activity in peripheral blood during treatment with recombinant tumour necrosis factor
Tumour necrosis factor (TNF) has been found to be an important immunomodulator. Among other functions TNF activates natural killer (NK) cells and stimulates monocytes/macrophages in an autocrine fashion. TNF p...
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Randomized study on the treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) in chronic phase with busulfan versus hydroxyurea versus interferon-alpha
For palliative therapy during the chronic phase of CML busulfan has proved to be the drug of choice. During the past years hydroxyurea and also interferon-alpha have gained increasing significance since they m...
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Tumor regression of an ileal carcinoid under the treatment with the somatostatin analogue SMS 201–995
A 53-year-old man with metastatic ileal carcinoid ultimately failed to respond to conventional measures of surgery and was finally treated with a new long acting somatostatin analogue, SMS 201–995 for 7 months...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
(“PEBOI”) beim disseminierten Hodenkarzinom mit ungünstiger Prognose Cisplatin/Etoposid/Bleomycin/Vincristin/Ifosfamid
Though the majority of patients with nonseminomatous germ cell tumors can be cured with Cisplatin-containing chemotherapy, patients with advanced disease still have a bad prognosis. Thus the AIO-Study Group fo...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Diffraktion und ihre Bedeutung für die computerunterstützte B-Bild-Analyse
Die Parameter aus den Grauwerthistogrammen werden als sehr wichtige Parameter für die Gewebsdifferenzierung diffuser Parenchymveränderungen angesehen [1].
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Computer-Assisted Echographic Tissue Characterization in Tumor Diagnostics
The echographic characterization of tissue is open to three different biophysical approaches:
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The analysis of the radio-frequency sign...
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Ultrasonic Tissue Characterization Using a Diagnostic Expert System
Conventional gray scale B-mode ultrasound is a commonly applied and useful method for a large number of diseases. The operator dependency, however, is limiting its clinical usefulness as well as the reproducab...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
An Image Analysis Workstation for Ultrasonic Tissue Characterization
Conventional ultrasound imaging is a frequently applied and useful method for the diagnosis of a wide variety of diseases. However, in the literature there is some discussion about considerable operator variat...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Hepatologie II
Der Echinococcus alveolaris (multilocularis) wächst beim Menschen wie ein maligner Tumor expansiv, infiltrativ destruierend und metastasierend. Die einzige Heilungsmöglichkeit besteht in einer kompletten Resek...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Gastroenterologie
Nach Oberbauchoperationen wird zur Verhütung einer postoperativen Magenatonie häufig für einige Tage eine Magensonde gelegt. Die klinische Erfahrung zeigt, daß es nach längerer Liegezeit einer Magensonde zur E...