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pro vyhledávání: '"Ritva Valavaara"'
Autor:
Lauri Sillanmäki, Liisa Elomaa, Juhani Laine, Jarmo Kulmala, Paula Lindholm, Ritva Valavaara, Kalle Aitasalo, Heikki Minn, Reidar Grénman
Publikováno v:
Radiotherapy and Oncology. 78:146-151
Background and purpose To evaluate whether preoperative hyperfractionated accelerated radiotherapy (RT) combined with major radical surgery is feasible and successful in the treatment of advanced primary head and neck cancer. Patients and methods Nin
Autor:
Päivi Hietanen, Heikki Joensuu, Eero Pukkala, Kaija Holli, Guillermo Blanco, Vesa Kataja, Ritva Valavaara, Martti Flander
Publikováno v:
Journal of Clinical Oncology. 18:3487-3494
PURPOSE: In this multicenter trial, toremifene 40 mg/d was compared with tamoxifen 20 mg/d, both given orally for 3 years to postmenopausal, axillary node–positive women after breast surgery. PATIENTS AND METHODS: The first 899 patients (toremifene
Publikováno v:
Cancer. 66:2264-2269
The predictive value of estrogen receptor (ER) concentrations was evaluated in a group of 113 postmenopausal patients with estrogen-receptor-positive (ER greater than 7 fmol/mg protein) advanced breast cancer. In 103 patients, tumors were also sample
Publikováno v:
Cancer Immunology Immunotherapy. 31:381-386
The immune status of breast cancer patients was followed during antiestrogen treatment for at least 1 year or until progression of the disease. Twelve post-menopausal women with advanced estrogen-receptor-positive breast cancer were treated with a no
Autor:
Ilpo Huhtaniemi, Juha S. Tapanainen, Tuna Jaakkola, Ying-Qing Ding, Hannu Martikainen, Ritva Valavaara, P. Kellokumpu-Lehtinen, Lars Rönnberg
Publikováno v:
The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 70:1496-1505
Serum bioactive and immunoreactive LH and FSH were measured in clinical conditions with increased or decreased gonadotropin secretion. Gonadotropin immunoreactivity was measured using a conventional RIA (I) and an ultrasensitive immunofluorometric me
Autor:
Ritva Valavaara, Jaakko Pulkkinen, Reidar Grénman, Kalle Aitasalo, Marjaana Luukkaa, Paula Lindholm
Publikováno v:
Acta oto-laryngologica. 122(3)
The aim of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of a contact neodymium YAG laser for the treatment of squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the mobile tongue in 35 patients. The TNM stage and histologic grade were as follows: T1, n = 20; T2, n = 11;
Publikováno v:
Acta Oncologica. 31:429-431
Twenty-two patients with operable head and neck cancer were randomized to receive natural leukocyte alpha interferon (IFN) and radiotherapy, or radiotherapy alone (control) before operation. IFN was administered at 6 MU i.m. daily for 4 weeks and the
Publikováno v:
Breast cancer research and treatment. 63(3)
Tamoxifen decreases serum cholesterol (S-cholesterol) level about 10% and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (S-LDL) 15–20%, but in most studies it has increased serum triglyceride levels and had little effect on serum high-density cholesterol (S-
Autor:
Jarmo Kulmala, Stefan Norrgård, Ritva Valavaara, Joanne Nuutinen, Pirkko Sonninen, Esa Eronen, Pertti Lehikoinen, Heikki Minn, Mika Teräs, Eija Sutinen
Publikováno v:
International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics. 48(1)
Purpose: To evaluate the feasibility of [ 11 C]-methionine positron emission tomography (MET PET) in radiotherapy (RT) treatment planning and long-term follow-up in patients with low-grade glioma. Patients: Thirteen patients with low-grade astrocytom
Publikováno v:
European journal of radiology. 20(2)
Twenty-seven consecutive breast cancer patients receiving tangential field radiation therapy were followed by high resolution CT (HRCT) in order to compare the accuracy of reduced-dose HRCT and conventional-dose HRCT in the evaluation of subtle pulmo