Browsing by Author "Kyrgias, G."
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Accelerated Hypofractionated Whole-Breast Irradiation With Concomitant Daily Boost in Early Breast Cancer
Kyrgias, G.; Zygogianni, A.; Theodorou, K.; Koukourakis, M.; Oikonomou, A.; Kouvaris, J.; Kouloulias, V. (2015)Objectives:The aim of this study is to evaluate the feasibility and the related toxicity of hypofractionated whole-breast irradiation with a concomitant daily boost in early breast cancer women not eligible for accelerated ... -
Challenges and Choices in Prostate Cancer Irradiation: From the Three Dimensional Conformal Radiotherapy to the Era of Intensity Modulated, Image-Guided and Adaptive Radiation Treatment
Kalogeridi, M. A.; Kyrgias, G.; Zygogianni, A.; Kouvaris, J.; Theodorou, K.; Kelekis, N.; Kouloulias, V. (2014)In the last decades the status of radiotherapy was tremendously increased in terms of conformity to the target as well as image-guided techniques in conjunction with intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT). The technological ... -
Comparison of Two Radiotherapeutic Hypofractionated Schedules in the Application of Tumor Bed Boost
Zygogianni, A.; Kouloulias, V.; Kyrgias, G.; Armpilia, C.; Antypas, C.; Theodorou, K.; Kouvaris, J. (2013)The application of the tumor bed boost by using 2 different hypofractionated planning techniques permit more efficient use of resources in hospitals. The evaluation of the radiation toxicity and the efficacy of the 2 ... -
Concurrent administration of liposomal doxorubicin improves the survival of patients with invasive bladder cancer undergoing hypofractionated accelerated radiotherapy (HypoARC)
Panteliadou, M.; Touloupidis, S.; Giatromanolaki, A.; Pistevou, K.; Kyrgias, G.; Tsoutsou, P.; Kalaitzis, C.; Koukourakis, M. I. (2011)Cisplatin-based radio-chemotherapy is an effective alternative to cystectomy. The position of cisplatin has been challenged by novel drugs, while altered radiotherapy fractionation is also tested against conventional ... -
Dose Escalation of Amifostine for Radioprotection During Pelvic Accelerated Radiotherapy
Koukourakis, M. I.; Kyrgias, G.; Panteliadou, M.; Papadopoulou, A.; Tsiarkatsi, M.; Papachristou, E.; Bebeli, M. (2013)Objectives: Experimental data suggest a dose-dependent efficacy of amifostine so that the low overall doses used in clinical trials may have masked the full potential of the drug. In this study, we report our experience ... -
Hidradenocarcinoma of the temporal area successfully treated with concomitant electrochemotherapy and radiotherapy
Kyrgias, G.; Kostopoulou, E.; Zafiriou, E.; Skarlatos, J.; Theodorou, K. (2013)Hidradenocarcinoma, the malignant counterpart of hidradenoma, is an extremely rare malignant tumour which may exhibit an aggressive clinical course. The standard primary treatment is wide local excision with or without ... -
The Impact of Intermediate Time between Chemotherapy and Hypofractionated Radiotherapy to the Radiation Induced Skin Toxicity for Breast Adjuvant Treatment
Zygogianni, A.; Kouloulias, V.; Antypas, C.; Armpilia, C.; Kyrgias, G.; Kouvaris, J. (2014)To evaluate the impact of intermediate time between chemotherapy and radiotherapy (ITCR) to skin toxicity for a hypofractionated irradiation schedule. Forty-four patients with stage I-II invasive breast cancer receiving ... -
Intraoperative radiation therapy on pancreatic cancer patients: a review of the literature
Zygogianni, G. A.; Kyrgias, G.; Kouvaris, J.; Antypas, C.; Skarlatos, J.; Armpilia, C.; Nikiteas, N.; Kouloulias, E. V. (2011)Pancreatic cancer is rarely curable, and the overall survival rate at 5 years is under 4%. This study aimed to assess the efficacy, effectiveness and safety of intraoperative radiation therapy (IORT) as treatment in ... -
Male Breast Carcinoma: Epidemiology, Risk Factors and Current Therapeutic Approaches
Zygogianni, A. G.; Kyrgias, G.; Gennatas, C.; Ilknur, A.; Armonis, V.; Tolia, M.; Papaloukas, C.; Pistevou, G.; Kouvaris, J.; Kouloulias, V. (2012)Male breast cancer is a very rare disease with an incidence of about 0.5-1% comparing with the one of female breast cancer but relatively little is known about its cause. Treatment strategies for breast cancer in males are ... -
Melanoma: The Radiotherapeutic point of view; review of the current literature
Zygogianni, A.; Kyrgias, G.; Kouvaris, J.; Mystakidou, K.; Gogas, H.; Kouloulias, V. (2011)Surgery remains the mainstay of melanoma therapy at all sites. Melanoma is widely believed to be a radioresistant tumor, a misconception that has historically led to the limited use of RT for its treatment. We searched ... -
A new role of PET/CT for target delineation for radiotherapy treatment planning for head and neck carcinomas
Zygogianni, A.; Kyrgias, G.; Kouvaris, J.; Pistevou-Gompaki, K.; Kouloulias, V. (2012)Fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose- positron emission tomography (F-18-FDG PET) in head and neck cancer patients is useful for staging, identification of macroscopic disease, detection of invaded lymph nodes and distant ... -
Oral squamous cell cancer: early detection and the role of alcohol and smoking
Zygogianni, A. G.; Kyrgias, G.; Karakitsos, P.; Psyrri, A.; Kouvaris, J.; Kelekis, N.; Kouloulias, V. (2011)Objective: Oral squamous cell carcinoma has a remarkable incidence worldwide and a fairly onerous prognosis, encouraging further research on factors that might modify disease outcome. Data sources: A web-based search for ... -
Otto Hahn (1879-1968): pioneer in radiochemistry and discoverer of radiotherapeutic mesothorium
Sgantzos, M.; Kyrgias, G.; Georgoulias, P.; Karamanou, M.; Tsoucalas, G.; Androutsos, G. (2014)Otto Hahn was a German innovative chemist. He had discovered various radioactive elements, as well as the nuclear fission. He finally received the Nobel Prize for his participation in the atomic energy project, which Hahn ... -
Potential Role of the Alcohol and Smoking in the Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head And Neck: Review of the Current Literature and New Perspectives
Zygogianni, A.; Kyrgias, G.; Mystakidou, K.; Antypas, C.; Kouvaris, J.; Papadimitriou, C.; Armonis, V.; Alkati, H.; Kouloulias, V. (2011)Alcohol and tobacco are responsible for a very large proportion of chronic disease and some tumors in particular may be the result of interactions between the two risk factors. The present systematic literature review was ... -
Prognostic Significance of Serum Inflammatory Response Markers in Newly Diagnosed Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer before Chemoirradiation
Tolia, M.; Tsoukalas, N.; Kyrgias, G.; Mosa, E.; Maras, A.; Kokakis, I.; Liakouli, Z.; Kouvaris, J. R.; Liaskonis, K.; Charalampakis, N.; Pistevou-Gombaki, K.; Kelekis, N.; Kouloulias, V. (2015)Purpose. To identify whether the serum's baseline C-reactive protein (CRP) and albumin (Alb) levels related to clinicopathological parameters and overall survival (OS) in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Methods. In ... -
Prognostic Value of MRS Metabolites in Postoperative Irradiated High Grade Gliomas
Tolia, M.; Verganelakis, D.; Tsoukalas, N.; Kyrgias, G.; Papathanasiou, M.; Mosa, E.; Kokakis, I.; Kouvaris, J. R.; Pissakas, G.; Pistevou-Gombaki, K.; Kelekis, N.; Kouloulias, V. (2015)Purpose. We studied the prognostic significance of Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRS) in operated high grade gliomas. Materials and Methods. Twelve patients were treated with radiotherapy and Temozolomide. The MRS data ... -
Radiological and radiotherapeutic approaching of pediatric tumors in head and neck area
Zygogianni, A.; Kyrgias, G.; Kouvaris, J.; Alexopoulou, E.; Zefkili, S.; Theodorou, K.; Capezzali, G.; Mazioti, A.; Kirova, Y.; Antypas, C.; Armpilia, C.; Efstathopoulos, E.; Kelekis, N.; Kouloulias, V. (2013)The most common pediatric malignancies in head and neck area consisted of lymphoma, leukemia, brain tumors, neuroblastoma, Wilms' tumor, sarcomas and primarily rhabdomyosarcoma. This review reports in brief radiological ... -
Radiotherapy for Hodgkin's lymphoma: too hard to die?
Zygogianni, A. G.; Kyrgias, G.; Psyrri, A.; Kantzou, I.; Koumarianou, A.; Tolia, M.; Tsekeris, P.; Tsirigotis, P.; Sarris, G.; Kouvaris, J.; Kouloulias, V. (2012)The treatment of Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) is associated with significant toxicity. The objective of high quality management is to keep the concept of combined modality, while trying to decrease the radiation dose, to diminish ... -
Radiotherapy of early breast cancer in scleroderma patients: Our experience with four cases and a short review of the literature
Kyrgias, G.; Theodorou, K.; Zygogianni, A.; Tsanadis, K.; Zervoudis, S.; Tzitzikas, J.; Koukourakis, M. (2012)Purpose: Connective vascular diseases (CVD), including scleroderma, are reported to represent for some researchers a relative contraindication and for others absolute contraindication for radiotherapy. The purpose of our ... -
Re-irradiation in head and neck cases using IMRT technique: A retrospective study with toxicity and survival report
Zygogianni, A.; Kyrgias, G.; Kouvaris, J.; Antypas, C.; Theodorou, K.; Papageorgiou, S.; Kouloulias, V. (2013)