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Novel High-Sensitive D-Dimer Determination Predicts Chemotherapy-Associated Venous Thromboembolism in Intermediate Risk Lung Cancer Patients
17 May 2012
Patrizia Ferroni, Francesca Martini, Ilaria Portarena, Gioia Massimiani, Silvia Riondino, Francesca La Farina, Sabrina Mariotti, Fiorella Guadagni, Mario Roselli
Micro-Abstract: Identification of patients in whom venous thromboembolism (VTE) risk justifies thromboprophylaxis is a major challenge. We investigated the predictive value of a novel D-dimer assay in...
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Identifying Barriers Associated With Enrollment of Patients With Lung Cancer into Clinical Trials
17 May 2012
Leora Horn, Vicki L. Keedy, Norma Campbell, Gabe Garcia, Amy Hayes, Brady Spencer, David P. Carbone, Alan Sandler, David H. Johnson
Micro-Abstract: A retrospective chart review of patients with lung cancer seen at Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center (VICC) was conducted to determine barriers associated with enrollment into clinical tr...
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Gemcitabine and Paclitaxel Combination as Second-Line Chemotherapy in Patients With Small-Cell Lung Cancer: A Phase II Study
27 April 2012
Claudio Dazzi, Anna Cariello, Claudia Casanova, Alberto Verlicchi, Marco Montanari, Giorgio Papiani, Eva Freier, Valentina Mazza, Carlo Milandri, Alessandro Gamboni, Maximilian Papi, Maurizio Leoni, Giorgio Cruciani, Bernadette Vertogen
Micro-Abstract: We conducted a phase II study to evaluate the activity and toxicity of gemcitabine and paclitaxel as second-line chemotherapy in patients with refractory or relapsed small-cell lung ca...
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Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy: A New Guidance Tool for Improvement of Biopsy Procedures in Lung Malignancies
26 April 2012
Daniel J. Evers, Rami Nachabé, Houke M. Klomp, Johanna W. van Sandick, Michel W. Wouters, Gerald W. Lucassen, Benno H.W. Hendriks, Jelle Wesseling, Theo J.M. Ruers
Micro-Abstract: Procedural accuracy of percutaneous intrathoracic biopsies can be improved with diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS). Normal and malignant lung tissue from 10 patients after resectio...
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Docetaxel Versus Vinorelbine in Elderly Patients With Advanced Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer
23 April 2012
Athanasios Karampeazis, Vassilis Georgoulias
Thank you for your interest and your comments on the recently published HORG (Hellenic Oncology Research Group) study.
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