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Open AccessCytidine deaminase enzymatic activity is a prognostic biomarker in gemcitabine/platinum-treated advanced non-small-cell lung cancer: a prospective validation study
Cytidine deaminase (CDA) plays a crucial role in the degradation of gemcitabine. In our previous retrospective study, CDA enzymatic activity was the strongest prognostic biomarker of the activity and efficacy ...
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Open AccessEGFR and K-Ras mutations in women with lung adenocarcinoma: implications for treatment strategy definition
We aimed at investigating the outcomes of female patients with stage IIIB-IV adenocarcinoma of the lung according to EGFR and K-Ras mutational status.
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Open AccessAdjuvant chemotherapy of pT1a and pT1b breast carcinoma: results from the NEMESI study
The prognosis of pT1a-pT1b breast cancer (BC) used to be considered very good, with a 10-y RFS of 90%. However, some retrospective studies reported a 10-y RFS of 81%–86% and suggested benefit from adjuvant sys...
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Randomized phase III trial of adjuvant epirubicin followed by cyclophosphamide, methotrexate, and 5-fluorouracil (CMF) versus CMF followed by epirubicin in patients with node-negative or 1–3 node-positive rapidly proliferating breast cancer
Adjuvant cyclophosphamide, methotrexate, and 5-fluorouracil (CMF) have proven highly effective in rapidly proliferating breast cancer (RPBC). It has also been seen that sequential administration of doxorubicin...
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Gemcitabine, ifosfamide and Navelbine (GIN): a platinum-free combination in advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC)
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Gemcitabine plus epirubicin plus taxol (GET) in advanced breast cancer: a phase II study*
Purpose. To investigate the activity of the combination of gemcitabine (G) plus epirubicin (E) and taxol (T), (GET), in metastatic breast cancer, to evaluate the feasibility of this regimen as induction before h...
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Epirubicin/vinorelbine as first line therapy in metastatic breast cancer
This study was aimed at investigating the toxicity and activity of the combination epirubicin and vinorelbine in chemotherapy-naive patients with metastatic breast cancer. Fifty-one patients with measurable or...
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Intraperitoneal infusion of interleukin-2 in patients with malignant ascites: Phenotypic and functional effects on tumor-associated lymphocytes
The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effects of intraperitoneal interleukin-2 (IL-2) infusion on tumor-associated lymphocytes (TAL) and peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL) in patients with malignant...