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Predictors of severe acute and late toxicities in patients with localized head-and-neck cancer treated with radiation therapyFrancois Meyer
Laval University Cancer Research Center, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec L Hôtel Dieu de Québec, Quebec, Canada
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 82:1454-62. 2012..In a large cohort of patients treated with RT for localized head and neck cancer (HNC), we prospectively assessed the occurrence of RT-induced acute and late toxicities and identified characteristics that predicted these toxicities...- Health-related quality of life as a survival predictor for patients with localized head and neck cancer treated with radiation therapyFrancois Meyer
Laval University Cancer Research Center, CHUQ HDQ, Quebec, Canada
J Clin Oncol 27:2970-6. 2009..To assess the added prognostic value for overall survival (OS) of baseline health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and of early changes in HRQOL among patients with localized head and neck cancer (HNC) treated with radiation therapy... - Dietary vitamin D intake and serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D level in relation to disease outcomes in head and neck cancer patientsFrancois Meyer
Laval University Cancer Research Center, Quebec, QC, Canada
Int J Cancer 128:1741-6. 2011..Our results contrast with those from most published studies, which suggest prognostic significance of vitamin D status in cancer patients at least in subgroups... - Interaction between antioxidant vitamin supplementation and cigarette smoking during radiation therapy in relation to long-term effects on recurrence and mortality: a randomized trial among head and neck cancer patientsFrancois Meyer
Laval University Cancer Research Center, Quebec City, QC, Canada
Int J Cancer 122:1679-83. 2008..Particular attention should be devoted to prevent patients from both smoking and taking antioxidant supplements during radiation therapy... - Antioxidant vitamin and mineral supplementation and prostate cancer prevention in the SU.VI.MAX trialFrancois Meyer
Laval University Cancer Research Center, Quebec, Canada
Int J Cancer 116:182-6. 2005..54; 95% CI = 0.87-2.72). The supplementation had no effect on PSA or IGF levels. Our findings support the hypothesis that chemoprevention of prostate cancer can be achieved with nutritional doses of antioxidant vitamins and minerals... - A prospective study of the insulin-like growth factor axis in relation with prostate cancer in the SU.VI.MAX trialFrancois Meyer
Laval University Cancer Research Center, Quebec, Canada
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 14:2269-72. 2005..Our results are consistent with those of some previous prospective studies and suggest that IGF axis variables are not long-term predictors of the occurrence of prostate cancer... - Serum prognostic markers in head and neck cancerFrancois Meyer
Laval University Cancer Research Center, Quebec, Canada
Clin Cancer Res 16:1008-15. 2010..We identified from the literature nine potential serum prognostic markers and assessed whether they improve outcome prediction... - Acute adverse effects of radiation therapy and local recurrence in relation to dietary and plasma beta carotene and alpha tocopherol in head and neck cancer patientsFrancois Meyer
Laval University Cancer Research Center, Quebec, Canada
Nutr Cancer 59:29-35. 2007..This study suggests that a higher usual dietary beta carotene intake can reduce the occurrence of severe adverse effects of radiation therapy and decrease local cancer recurrence... - Predictors of weight loss during radiotherapy in patients with stage I or II head and neck cancerAlice Nourissat
Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Laval University Cancer Research Center, Chuq Hotel Dieu de Quebec, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Cancer 116:2275-83. 2010..The purpose of the study was to identify predictors of weight loss during radiotherapy (RT) in patients with stage I or II head and neck (HN) cancer... - Prognostic significance of cyclooxygenase-2 overexpression in glottic cancerMelanie K Sackett
Pathology Department, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec and Université Laval, Quebec, Canada
Clin Cancer Res 14:67-73. 2008..However, the role of COX-2 overexpression in head and neck cancers remains undetermined. The objective of this study was to evaluate whether COX-2 is a prognostic factor in glottic cancer... - Insulin-like growth factor binding protein 2: an androgen-dependent predictor of prostate cancer survivalBrant A Inman
Division of Urology, Laval University, CRHDQ, 11 Cote du Palais, Quebec, QC, Canada G1R 2J6
Eur Urol 47:695-702. 2005..Evidence suggests that the insulin-like growth factor (IGF) family is important in prostate cancer. We evaluate the ability of IGF markers to predict biochemical recurrence-free survival (bRFS) following radical prostatectomy (RRP)... - Maintenance bacillus Calmette-Guérin in high-risk nonmuscle-invasive bladder cancer: how much is enough?Marc Decobert
Centre de recherche en cancérologie de l Université Laval, CHUQ L Hôtel Dieu de Québec, Quebec, Canada
Cancer 113:710-6. 2008..The outcome of BCG therapy was prospectively evaluated on patients according to the number of maintenance cycles received... - A randomized trial of antioxidant vitamins to prevent second primary cancers in head and neck cancer patientsIsabelle Bairati
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J Natl Cancer Inst 97:481-8. 2005..CONCLUSIONS: alpha-Tocopherol supplementation produced unexpected adverse effects on the occurrence of second primary cancers and on cancer-free survival... - Antioxidant vitamins supplementation and mortality: a randomized trial in head and neck cancer patientsIsabelle Bairati
Laval University Cancer Research Center, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Int J Cancer 119:2221-4. 2006..38, 95% confidence interval 1.03-1.85. Cause-specific mortality rates tended to be higher in the supplement arm than in the placebo arm. Our results concur with previous reports to suggest that high-dose vitamin E could be harmful... - Randomized trial of antioxidant vitamins to prevent acute adverse effects of radiation therapy in head and neck cancer patientsIsabelle Bairati
Laval University Cancer Research Center, CHUQ-HDQ, 11, Cote du Palais, Quebec, G1R 2J6 Canada
J Clin Oncol 23:5805-13. 2005..However, this trial suggests that use of high doses of antioxidants as adjuvant therapy might compromise radiation treatment efficacy... - Significance of MMP-2 expression in prostate cancer: an immunohistochemical studyDominique Trudel
Departments of Pathology, Laval University, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Quebec, L Hôtel Dieu de Québec, Quebec, Canada
Cancer Res 63:8511-5. 2003..267; P = 0.0012). Increased MMP-2 expression by malignant prostatic epithelia is an independent predictor of decreased prostate cancer disease-free survival... - Implementing the role of patient-navigator nurse at a university hospital centreLise Fillion
Faculte des sciences infirmieres, Universite Laval, Quebec City, QC
Can Oncol Nurs J 16:11-7, 5-10. 2006..Several recommendations are formulated, one being the importance of situating the implementation process from an organizational change perspective... - Systematic review of the literature on characteristics of late-talking toddlersChantal Desmarais
Departement de Readaptation, Programme d Orthophonie, Universite Laval, Quebec, Canada
Int J Lang Commun Disord 43:361-89. 2008..It is also important to consider this group of children with regards to the immediate characteristics which are detrimental to their development and for which early intervention has become increasingly available... - Validation of the GSFQ, a self-administered symptom frequency questionnaire for patients with gastroesophageal reflux diseasePierre Pare
Division of Gastroenterology, Centre Hospitalier Affilié Universitaire de Québec Hôpital St Sacrement, 1050 Chemin Ste Foy, Quebec City, Quebec G1S 4L8, Canada
Can J Gastroenterol 17:307-12. 2003..The present article presents the validation of the short, self-administered GERD Symptom Frequency Questionnaire (GSFQ)...