Sfoglia per Soggetto "oncology"
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Aretaeus of cappadocia (ca lst-3rd century AD): Views on hepatic cancer
(2016)Aretaeus lived in an era when cancer was known to be a fatal disease. He had understood both liver's capacity to regenerate, and its vital role for the body's homeostasis, and proposed the treatment to confront hepatic ... -
Behind the numbers and the panic of a viral pandemic: Fixed restrictive oncology guidance may jeopardize patients’ survival
(2020)To protect cancer patients from COVID-19exposure, prioritization strategies are being implemented at global level. Measures include use of tele-health services, deferring elective surgeries, delaying non life-saving ... -
Immunotherapy of Cancer: Developments and Reference Points, an Unorthodox Approach
(2019)Oncology is currently a sector of medical science with accelerated progress due to rapid technological development, the advancement in molecular biology, and the invention of many innovative therapies. Immunotherapy partially ... -
The impact of Greek publications on the international literature by scientific category
(2004)OBJECTIVE: To investigate the penetration of Greek publications in the international literature by scientific category. METHOD: We used the publications database of the Institute for Scientific Information® (ISI), the ... -
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Monoclonal Antibody Biosimilars in Oncology: Critical Appraisal of Available Data on Switching
(2018)Purpose: With the introduction of biosimilars of anticancer monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) in oncology, physicians are potentially confronted with the question whether it is clinically adequate to switch patients who are ... -
Postural ergonomics and work-related musculoskeletal disorders in neurosurgery: lessons from an international survey
(2021)Background: Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) affect a significant percentage of the neurosurgical workforce. The aim of the current questionnaire-based study was to examine the prevalence of WMSDs amongst ... -
A revised international prognostic score system for Waldenström’s macroglobulinemia
(2019)A staging system was developed a decade ago for patients with Waldenström’s macroglobulinemia (WM), however, since then WM treatments have changed. A revised staging system could better capture prognosis of WM patients in ... -
Toward fully exploiting the therapeutic potential of marketed pharmaceuticals: The use of octreotide and chloroquine in oncology
(2019)Pleiotropy in biological systems and their targeting allows many pharmaceuticals to be used for multiple therapeutic purposes. Fully exploiting the therapeutic properties of drugs that are already marketed would be highly ...