Search Results - "ROVELLI, F"
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Effects of the Conventional Antitumor Therapies Surgery, Chemotherapy, Radiotherapy and Immunotherapy on Regulatory T Lymphocytes in Cancer Patients
Published in Anticancer research (01-05-2009)“…Background: Several clinical studies have clearly demonstrated that the immune status is one a major prognostic factor for the survival time in cancer…”
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Anti-angiogenic activity of melatonin in advanced cancer patients
Published in Neuro-endocrinology letters (2001)“…The anticancer activity of the indole melatonin has been explained to be due to its immunomodulatory, anti-prolferative and anti-oxidant effects, whereas at…”
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A Study of Immunoendocrine Strategies with Pineal Indoles and Interleukin-2 to Prevent Radiotherapy-induced Lymphocytopenia in Cancer Patients
Published in In vivo (Athens) (01-05-2008)“…Background: Lymphocytopenia represents one of the most evident side-effects of radiotherapy (RT), particularly in the case of irradiation of pelvis, since it…”
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A Spiritual Approach in the Treatment of Cancer: Relation between Faith Score and Response to Chemotherapy in Advanced Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Patients
Published in In vivo (Athens) (01-09-2008)“…Background: The recent advances in the psychooncological and psychoneuroimmunological investigations of cancer patients has allowed the rediscovery of the…”
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T-Helper / T-Regulator Lymphocyte Ratio as a New Immunobiological Index to Quantify the Anticancer Immune Status in Cancer Patients
Published in In vivo (Athens) (01-09-2008)“…Background: The evaluation of the immune status of cancer patients is not routinely included in clinical oncological practice mainly because of the great…”
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Immune and Endocrine Mechanisms of Advanced Cancer-related Hypercortisolemia
Published in In vivo (Athens) (01-07-2007)“…Background: Cancer progression depend on the immune and endocrine status of the patients. In particular, it has been observed that abnormally high levels of…”
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Prevalence and prognostic significance of ventricular arrhythmias after acute myocardial infarction in the fibrinolytic era. GISSI-2 results
Published in Circulation (New York, N.Y.) (01-02-1993)“…Several studies performed before the advent of thrombolysis have shown that the presence of ventricular arrhythmias is an independent risk factor for…”
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A Study of Surgical Psychoncology in Breast Cancer: Perioperative Variation of Prolactin Serum Levels in Women with Operable Breast Cancer in Relation to their Maternal Psychological Behaviour
Published in In vivo (Athens) (01-11-2008)“…Background: The pituitary hormone prolactin (PRL) may be a potential growth factor for breast cancer. High blood levels of PRL are associated with a poor…”
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Pretreatment serum markers and lymphocyte response to interleukin-2 therapy
Published in British Journal of Cancer (01-05-1999)“…Lymphocytosis is a marker of subcutaneous interleukin (IL)-2 therapy efficacy, whereas baseline elevated inflammatory indices were noticed in IL-2-resistant…”
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Abnormally enhanced blood concentrations of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in metastatic cancer patients and their relation to circulating dendritic cells, IL-12 and endothelin-1
Published in Journal of biological regulators and homeostatic agents (01-04-2001)“…Elevated VEGF blood concentrations have been proven to be associated with poor prognosis in human neoplasms. This finding is generally explained as a…”
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Changes in circulating VEGF levels in relation to clinical response during chemotherapy for metastatic cancer
Published in The International journal of biological markers (01-04-2003)“…Abnormally high blood levels of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) appear to be associated with a poor prognosis in advanced cancer, probably as a…”
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Correlation between soluble IL-2 receptor serum levels and regulatory T lymphocytes in patients with solid tumors
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A study of light/dark rhythm of melatonin in relation to cortisol and prolactin secretion in schizophrenia
Published in Neuro-endocrinology letters (01-04-2001)“…Recent studies have suggested the involvement of the pineal gland and its main hormone melatonin (MLT) in the pathogenesis of psychiatric disturbances, namely…”
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Cancer chemotherapy-induced lymphocytosis: a revolutionary discovery in the medical oncology
Published in Journal of biological regulators and homeostatic agents (01-01-2006)“…The recent advances in the investigation of tumor immunobiology have suggested that cancer chemotherapy, in addition to its well known cytotoxic activity, may…”
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A randomised study with subcutaneous low-dose interleukin 2 alone vs interleukin 2 plus the pineal neurohormone melatonin in advanced solid neoplasms other than renal cancer and melanoma
Published in British journal of cancer (1994)“…Our previous experimental studies have shown that the best approach to increase the biological anti-tumour activity of interleukin 2 (IL-2) is not…”
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Antiphospholipid syndrome in 2014: more clinical manifestations, novel pathogenic players and emerging biomarkers
Published in Arthritis research & therapy (23-04-2014)“…The clinical spectrum of the anti-phospholipid syndrome (APS) is not limited to vascular thrombosis or miscarriages but includes additional manifestations that…”
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Thrombopoietic properties of 5-methoxytryptamine plus melatonin versus melatonin alone in the treatment of cancer-related thrombocytopenia
Published in Journal of pineal research (01-03-2001)“…Recent studies have shown that the hematopoietic system is under neuroendocrine control. In particular, thrombopoiesis has been proven to be stimulated by…”
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In vivo stimulation of IL-12 secretion by subcutaneous low-dose IL-2 in metastatic cancer patients
Published in British journal of cancer (01-06-1998)“…Despite the well-demonstrated involvement of both interleukin 2 (IL-2) and interleukin 12 (IL-12) in the activation of host anti-cancer response, the knowledge…”
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A review on cancer--psychospiritual status interactions
Published in Neuro-endocrinology letters (01-06-2001)“…With the advances in the knowledge of neuroimmunomodulation, a new era of investigations about the chemical basis of the state of mind has been initiated. Both…”
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Cortisol response to an acute injection of IL-2 in healthy subjects and cancer patients: a first immunoneuroendocrine standardized clinical test to explore the interactions between immune and neuroendocrine systems
Published in Journal of biological regulators and homeostatic agents (01-07-2005)“…Preliminary clinical studies would suggest that the immune alterations characterizing severe human illnesses, such as autoimmune diseases and cancer itself,…”
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