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Species | Martin R WeihrauchSummaryAffiliation: University of Cologne Country: Germany Publications
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[Factitious disorders. Hematologic, neurologic and dermatologic symptoms in a physician with factitious disorder]M R Weihrauch
Klinik I fur Innere Medizin, Universitat zu Koln
Med Klin (Munich) 96:555-60. 2001..The self-reported history was inconsistent and incoherent. On physical examination neurological and dermatological disorders could be found...
Complete remission in a colon cancer patient with a large, irresectable liver metastasis after XELOX/cetuximab/bevacizumab treatmentMartin R Weihrauch
Department of Hematology and Oncology, University of Cologne, Germany
Onkologie 31:464-7. 2008..Even with primarily irresectable disease, cure can be achieved in patients who become operable after neoadjuvant treatment. To improve the prognosis of these patients, highly effective neoadjuvant regimens need to be developed...
T cell responses to hepatitis B surface antigen are detectable in non-vaccinated individualsMartin R Weihrauch
Molecular Tumor Biology and Tumor Immunology, University of Cologne, Köln 50924, Germany
World J Gastroenterol 14:2529-33. 2008..To evaluate, whether humoral hepatitis-B-vaccine non-responders also fail to mount a T cell response and to compare these results to normal vaccinees...
Phase I/II combined chemoimmunotherapy with carcinoembryonic antigen-derived HLA-A2-restricted CAP-1 peptide and irinotecan, 5-fluorouracil, and leucovorin in patients with primary metastatic colorectal cancerMartin R Weihrauch
Center for Experimental Medicine, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Clin Cancer Res 11:5993-6001. 2005....
Elevated serum levels of CC thymus and activation-related chemokine (TARC) in primary Hodgkin's disease: potential for a prognostic factorMartin R Weihrauch
Molecular Tumor Biology and Tumor Immunology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
Cancer Res 65:5516-9. 2005....
Artificial sweeteners--do they bear a carcinogenic risk?M R Weihrauch
Department of Internal Medicine I of the University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
Ann Oncol 15:1460-5. 2004..However, according to the current literature, the possible risk of artificial sweeteners to induce cancer seems to be negligible...
Phase I/II clinical study of topotecan and cytarabine in patients with myelodysplastic syndrome, chronic myelomonocytic leukemia and acute myeloid leukemiaMartin R Weihrauch
Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Cologne, Germany
Leuk Lymphoma 45:699-704. 2004..TA is a feasible and efficacious chemotherapeutic combination for the treatment of MDS RAEB, RAEB-t, CMML and AML. For patients of 60 years and older, this regimen is also a safe option...
Prognostic significance of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography in lymphomaMartin R Weihrauch
Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
Leuk Lymphoma 44:15-22. 2003..To assess the prognostic implications of PET in the post-therapeutic setting, we performed a MedLine Search and reviewed the current available studies on this important issue together with our own data...
[Artificial sweeteners--are they potentially carcinogenic?]M R Weihrauch
Klinik I fur Innere Medizin, Universitat zu Koln
Med Klin (Munich) 96:670-5. 2001..STUDIES: This article gives an overview about the most important publications dealing with the cancerogenic potential of artificial sweeteners...
Immunomagnetic enrichment and detection of isolated tumor cells in bone marrow of patients with epithelial malignanciesMartin R Weihrauch
Department of Internal Medicine I of the University of Cologne, Germany
Clin Exp Metastasis 19:617-21. 2002..None of the negative controls showed any CK+ cells. Enrichment with magnetically labeled anti cytokeratin antibodies increases the detection rate of epithelial cells in bone marrow of cancer patients compared to immunocytology...
Immunomagnetic enrichment and detection of micrometastases in colorectal cancer: correlation with established clinical parametersMartin R Weihrauch
Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Cologne, Germany
J Clin Oncol 20:4338-43. 2002..We used magnetic activated cell sorting (MACS), a highly sensitive method, to increase detection rates and correlated the presence of cytokeratin (CK)-expressing cells with clinical parameters...
Whole-body positron emission tomography using 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose for initial staging of patients with Hodgkin's diseaseM R Weihrauch
Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Cologne, Immunologisches Labor Haus 16, Joseph Stelzmann Str 9, 50924 Cologne, Germany
Ann Hematol 81:20-5. 2002..However, PET should not be used as the only imaging modality as it failed to detect CT-positive, active tumor regions in some cases...
Thoracic positron emission tomography using 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose for the evaluation of residual mediastinal Hodgkin diseaseM R Weihrauch
Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Cologne, Germany
Blood 98:2930-4. 2001..On the other hand, a positive PET result indicates a significantly higher risk of relapse and demands further diagnostic procedures and a closer follow-up...
Analysis of Tie2-expressing monocytes (TEM) in patients with colorectal cancerValentin Goede
Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Cologne, Center of Integrated Oncology Cologne Bonn, Cologne, Germany
Cancer Invest 30:225-30. 2012..These unexpected findings are at odds with murine tumor models and question the diagnostic or therapeutic value of TEM in human cancer...
In vivo peripheral expansion of naive CD4+CD25high FoxP3+ regulatory T cells in patients with multiple myelomaMarc Beyer
Molecular Tumor Biology and Tumor Immunology, Clinic I for Internal Medicine, University of Cologne, Joseph Stelzmann Strasse 9 Haus 16, 50931 Cologne, Germany
Blood 107:3940-9. 2006..These findings strongly suggest that the increase of functional T(reg) cells in cancer patients is a response to the process of malignant transformation...
Cyclin D1-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes are present in the repertoire of cancer patients: implications for cancer immunotherapyEisei Kondo
1st Department of Internal Medicine, Max Eder Nachwuchsgruppe der Deutschen Krebshilfe, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
Clin Cancer Res 14:6574-9. 2008..We attempted to induce autologous CTL from healthy donors and patients with cyclin D1-overexpressing tumors using a highly efficient T-cell expansion system based on CD40-activated B cells as antigen-presenting cells...
Toll-like receptor 9 agonists as cancer therapeuticsUdo Holtick
University of Cologne, Department I for Internal Medicine, Hematology, Oncology, Cologne, Germany
Expert Opin Investig Drugs 20:361-72. 2011..Combinatory approaches of the future might also seek for synergism of TLR9 agonists with other immunomodulatory strategies such as B-cell activation using the CD40-CD40L system...
Targeting malignant B cells as antigen-presenting cells: TLR-9 agonist induces systemic regression of lymphomaNela Klein-Gonzalez
Department I for Internal Medicine, Hematology, Oncology, University of Cologne, Germany
Expert Rev Vaccines 10:295-8. 2011..TLR-9 in situ vaccination combined with local radiotherapy clearly warrants further in-depth analysis and investigation in a Phase III randomized trial, and may provide a new opportunity for the treatment of B-cell malignancies...
Carboxypeptidase-G2 rescue in cancer patients with delayed methotrexate elimination after high-dose methotrexate therapyAnke S Krause
Department for Internal Medicine I, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
Leuk Lymphoma 43:2139-43. 2002..CPDG2 provides an alternative route of MTX elimination by converting it to inactive and non-toxic metabolites. CPDG2 rescue was well tolerated, safe and very effective in preventing severe or life-threatening MTX toxicity...
