Milica Popovic's research while affiliated with University of Novi Sad and other places

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Relapsed or refractory non-Hodgkin's lymphomas, especially diffuse large B-cell lymphoma as well as relapsed or refractory Hodgkin lymphomas are hard-to-treat diseases. Patients who do not respond to initial therapy or experience relapse are treated with salvage regimens, and if eligible for aggressive therapy, treatment is continued with high-dose...
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Testicular germ cell cancer (TGCC) is rare form of malignant disease that occurs mostly in young man between age 15 and 40. The worldwide incidence of TGCC is 1.5 per 100000 man with the highest rates in North Europe. After discovery of cisplatin cure rates of TGCC are very favorable between 90%-95% and unlike most solid tumors, cure rate for metas...
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Uveal, especially choroidal melanoma is the most common ocular melanoma. There is no clear evidence that pregnancy impacts its development. Enucleation is generally indicated for advanced tumors. Five-year mortality rate is 53% in patients with large melanomas (>8 mm).

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... Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) is the proliferation of abnormal B lymphocytes which accounts for 15-20% of all lymphomas in some Western countries, with 90% constituting the classic subtype [1]. The standard treatment for HL is chemotherapy, which when combined with radiotherapy can cure up to 80% of patients [2]. However, about 10-30% of treated patients do not respond to the first-line therapy [3]. ...
... The most common HD-CE regimen was used in all the three patients. 5,21,22 HDCT/ASCT is associated with various hematologic or nonhematologic morbidities. The common toxicities are myelosuppression, mucositis, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, peripheral neuropathy, and otologic abnormalities. ...
... Reviewing the literature revealed 10 case series (38 women total, Table 1) describing rapid growth of UM during pregnancy, often requiring enucleation [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]. Rate of enucleation may be a measure of how aggressive tumors were. ...