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| Marios E FroudarakisSummaryAffiliation: Democritus University of Thrace Country: Greece Publications
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Pleural effusion in lung cancer: more questions than answersMarios E Froudarakis
Department of Pneumonology, Medical School, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece
Respiration 83:367-76. 2012..The current review aims to summarize the actual situation of research in pleural disease due to lung carcinoma in relation to novel targeted therapies tested in this patient population...
Down-regulation of the inhibitor of growth family member 4 (ING4) in different forms of pulmonary fibrosisArgyris Tzouvelekis
Department of Pneumonology, University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Medical School, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
Respir Res 10:14. 2009....
Stem cell therapy for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a protocol proposalArgyris Tzouvelekis
Department of Pneumonology, Medical School, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece
J Transl Med 9:182. 2011..However, pilot safety studies are of major importance and represent the first hamper that should be overcome to establish a rigid basis for larger clinical trials...
Acute fibrinous and organising pneumonia: a case report and review of the literatureArgyris Tzouvelekis
Department of Pneumonology, Medical School, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis 68100, Greece
J Med Case Reports 3:74. 2009..The latter characteristics constitute a recently described anatomoclinical entity called acute fibrinous and organising pneumonia...
A rare case of "switch on and off" multi-system Langerhans cell histiocytosis in an adult patientGeorgia Karpathiou
Department of Pneumonology, Medical School, Democritus University of Thrace, 68100 Alexandroupolis, Greece
J Med Case Reports 5:302. 2011..abstract:..
New challenges in medical thoracoscopyMarios E Froudarakis
Department of Pneumonology, Medical School, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece
Respiration 82:197-200. 2011..For these reasons, training in thoracoscopy should be considered equally important as training in bronchoscopy for residents in respiratory medicine...
Intrapleural administration of lipoplatin in an animal modelMarios E Froudarakis
Department of Pneumonology, Medical School Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
Lung Cancer 72:78-83. 2011..Lipoplatin is a new liposomal cisplatin already tested in solid tumors with encouraging results. Little is known about the activity of lipoplatin administered intrapleurally (IP)...
Respiratory muscle strength and lung function in patients undergoing medical thoracoscopyMarios E Froudarakis
Department of Pneumonology, Medical School, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece
Respiration 80:220-7. 2010..Although MT is applied by respiratory physicians who are also dealing with patients with impairment of lung function, it is surprising that there are no data concerning lung mechanics and function in this patient population...
Recombinant tissue plasminogen activator in the treatment of pleural infections in adultsMarios E Froudarakis
Department of Pneumonology, Medical School, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
Respir Med 102:1694-700. 2008..Yet, there is no data concerning r-TPA in adults with CPE/PE. The aim of our study was to investigate the efficacy and complications of r-TPA in adult patients with CPE/PE...
Total lung lavage by awake flexible fiberoptic bronchoscope in a 13-year-old girl with pulmonary alveolar proteinosisMarios E Froudarakis
Department of Pneumonology, University Hospital of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
Respir Med 101:366-9. 2007..This is the first reported case of a PAP in a child that was treated by being awake during bronchoscopy. After one-year of follow-up, the patient remains free of symptoms...
Diagnostic work-up of pleural effusionsMarios E Froudarakis
Department of Pneumonology, Medical School of Alexandroupolis, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece
Respiration 75:4-13. 2008..This should help to accurately diagnose pleural effusion and keep time-consuming, but necessary, invasive investigations to the minimum...
Phase 1 trial of lipoplatin and gemcitabine as a second-line chemotherapy in patients with nonsmall cell lung carcinomaMarios E Froudarakis
Department of Pneumonology, Democritus University of Thrace Medical School, Alexandroupolis, Greece
Cancer 113:2752-60. 2008....
Thoracoscopic talc poudrage decreases T-lymphocytes in the peripheral bloodMarios E Froudarakis
Department of Pneumonology, University Hospital of Heraklion, Crete, Greece
Respir Med 101:1212-7. 2007..Thoracoscopic talc poudrage induces peripheral blood granulocytosis and lymphopenia. The aim of this study is to investigate the type of lymphopenia in patients undergoing thoracoscopic talc poudrage...
Intrapleural r-tPA in association with low-molecular heparin may cause massive hemothorax resulting in hypovolemiaStavros Anevlavis
Department of Pneumonology, and CardioThoracic Surgery Medical School, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece anevlavis yahoo com
Respiration 81:513-6. 2011....
Rare cases of primary pleural Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin lymphomasPaschalis Steiropoulos
Department of Pneumonology, Medical School Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece
Respiration 77:459-63. 2009..To date, primary pleural Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin follicular lymphomas have not been reported...
Systemic inflammatory reaction after thoracoscopic talc poudrageMarios E Froudarakis
Department of Pneumonology, Medical School, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
Chest 129:356-61. 2006..The aim of the study was to investigate whether systemic inflammatory response is due to talc poudrage or to thoracoscopy...
Response of a patient with pleural and peritoneal mesothelioma after second-line chemotherapy with lipoplatin and gemcitabineGeorgia Karpathiou
Department of Pneumonology, Medical School Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece
Oncology 73:426-9. 2007..Treatment with lipoplatin-gemcitabine was decided on in November 2006, and the patient showed important improvement in the clinical status and peritoneal effusion. He survived for 36 weeks, with symptom-free survival of 34 weeks...
Sleepiness as a marker of glucose deregulation in obstructive sleep apneaEvangelia Nena
Department of Pneumonology, Medical School, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece
Sleep Breath 16:181-6. 2012..The aim of this study was to examine the role of EDS by investigating potential differences between somnolent and non-somnolent OSAS patients in glucose metabolism, insulin resistance, and levels of cardiovascular risk factors...
Hypofractionated accelerated radiochemotherapy with cytoprotection (Chemo-HypoARC) for inoperable non-small cell lung carcinomaMichael I Koukourakis
Department of Radiotherapy Oncology, Democritus University of Thrace, Medical School, Alexandroupolis, Greece
Anticancer Res 27:3625-31. 2007..Concurrent radiochemotherapy and altered radiotherapy fractionation are under thorough investigation in locally advanced non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC)...
Light-chain 3A autophagic activity and prognostic significance in non-small cell lung carcinomasGeorgia Karpathiou
Department of Pathology, Democritus University of Thrace Medical School, Alexandroupolis, Greece
Chest 140:127-34. 2011..Despite evaluation of various prognostic factors, the role of autophagy, a self-degradative process involved in the turnover of cytoplasmic material, remains unexplored in lung malignancy...
Long-term oxygen therapy in IoanninaStamatis Katsenos
Department of Pneumonology, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
Respiration 71:619-24. 2004..Long-term oxygen treatment (LTOT) is very important, especially in patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but its efficacy is closely related to patient compliance...
Prognostic value of serum tumor markers in patients with lung cancerKostas D Hatzakis
Department of Pneumonology, University of Crete Medical School, Heraklion, Greece
Respiration 69:25-9. 2002..The role of tumor markers in the diagnosis and prognosis of lung cancer is under investigation...
Reduction in cotton dust concentration does not totally eliminate respiratory health hazards: the Greek studyNectarios J Boubopoulos
Laboratory of Hygiene and Environmental Protection, Medical School of Alexandroupolis, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
Toxicol Ind Health 26:701-7. 2010....
Safety of pleurodesis with talc poudrage in malignant pleural effusion: a prospective cohort studyJulius P Janssen
Canisius Wilhelmina Hospital, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Lancet 369:1535-9. 2007..Our aim was to establish whether use of large-particle-size talc is safe in patients with malignant pleural effusion...
Bronchoscopic lung volume reduction: a window for the future?Demosthenes Bouros
Respiration 71:214-5. 2004
