Shedding Light on Roman Glass Consumption on the Western Coast of the Black Sea.

The chemical composition of 48 glass finds from Histria and Tomis, Romania, chiefly dated to the 1st-4th c. AD, was determined using prompt gamma activation analysis (PGAA) at the Budapest Neutron Centre (BNC). Most fragments have composition typical for the Roman naturally colored blue-green-yellow (RNCBGY) glass; Mn-colorless, Sb-colorless, and Sb-Mn colorless glass finds were evidenced, too.

The favorable prognostic significance of atelectasis in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer: results of a prospective observational study.

Purpose: For lung cancer, the TNM staging system included atelectasis (At) as a negative prognostic factor, within the T category. However, according to our clinical experience, we observed the opposite. The aim of the study was to evaluate the influence of At on patient outcome for unresectable stage III and IV non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

Split course radiation with concurrent vinorelbine and cisplatin in locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer. A phase II study.

Purpose: Recent results coming from large randomized trials suggest that for locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), integration of chemotherapy (CT) with irradiation (RT) should be concurrent rather than sequential. This study aimed at evaluating the actually delivered RT and CT dose intensities (DI), along with the toxicity and efficacy of a split course RT program with concurrent CT.

Patients And Methods: From October 2000 to September 2002, 24 patients with histologically or cytologically documented NSCLC were included.

Compliance with adjuvant chemotherapy in non-small cell lung cancer. The experience of a single institution evaluating a cohort of 356 patients.

Purpose: To evaluate the patient compliance with adjuvant chemotherapy (CT) following radical surgery for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), and to identify the potential confounding factors affecting this particular aspect.

Patients And Methods: We retrospectively evaluated a series of 356 consecutively treated NSCLC patients at a single institution during 1994-2003. All patients had macroscopic and microscopic radical resection of the primary tumor, with or without mediastinal node dissection or sampling, had received at least one adjuvant CT cycle, with or without postoperative irradiation (RT).

Adjuvant chemotherapy for radically resected non-small cell lung cancer: a retrospective analysis of 311 consecutively treated patients.

Background: The impact of adjuvant chemotherapy (CT) in the management of resectable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is highly debated. The aim of the study was to evaluate the outcome of this category of patients, treated at the Military Hospital Bucharest (surgery) and Institute of Oncology Bucharest (CT).

Patients And Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the survival data according to various patients' characteristics, the corresponding pattern of relapses, along with the data concerning the CT program.