BERTOZZI S.

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Introduction: The literature reports rare cases of isolated axillary lymph node metastasis from cancer of unknown primary (CUP). The authors reviewed the prevalence and outcome of patients with isolated axillary nodal swelling suspicious for malignancy affected or not by isolated axillary node metastasis from CUP. Materials and Methods: The...

The sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) has progressively substituted complete axillary lymph node dissection (CALND), and has dramatically changed breast surgery impact on women's psychophysical wellness, reducing surgical morbidity while granting an adequate nodal staging. The present authors have seen a gradual improvement in the technique in...

Gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GIST) represent a rare borderline neoplastic disease, which is currently thought to arise from the interstitial cells of Cajal, very few cases of pancreatic GIST having been reported so far. We report a case of a 60 year-old man with an incidental imaging (MRI) finding of a solid mass in the pancreatic head,...

Objective: Breast-conserving surgery has become the preferred treatment for early breast cancer. Yet the question of what constitutes a 'safe margin', in terms of impact on patient outcome, remains unanswered. Our aim was to address this knowledge gap by determining the prevalence of positive and narrow margins after breast-conserving surgery,...

AbstractSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection is experiencing pandemic diffusion. The experience of an Italian private health care structure was reviewed.We retrospectively collected data about services provided in a single medium complexity private health care structure. Furthermore, we classified specialties...

Background: The radio-guided occult lesion localization (ROLL) technique allows the identification of nonpalpable breast lesions by means of the preoperative, intratumoral injection of a radiotracer. Our study aimed to determine the incidence and risk factors of ROLL failure. Methods: We collected data about all women who underwent ROLL in our...

Benign breast disease (BBD) is very common among women in their fertile age, but its correlation with breast reproductive function remains unclear. Our study aimed to investigate the relation between BBD and breast-feeding. We collected data on 105 women with BBD and 98 controls, focusing on their reproductive history and breast-feeding. We...

Aim: From radical mastectomy by Halstedt to quadrantectomy by Veronesi, surgical treatment of breast cancer has become more and more conservative in order to preserve women quality of life. We analyzed the evolution of breast interventions through a nine-year period. Methods: We collected data about all breast surgery interventions performed...

INTRODUCTION: Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) has progressively replaced complete axillary lymph node dissection in the evaluation of breast cancer patients with clinically node-negative disease. Our study investigates the rate of and risk factors involved in sentinel node identification failure. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We collected data on...

Introduction: Our aim was to state the correlation between placental index and pregnancy outcomes or in vitro fertilization/intracytoplasmic sperm injection (IVF/ICSI) pregnancies. Materials and methods: We included in this retrospective study all singleton births in a third level clinic during the period 2001-2011 (n = 18 386). We divided...

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Aim. Italy is experiencing a continuous increase in female immigration and, as a consequence, the number of births by immigrant mothers. The objective of our study was therefore to compare indices for maternal-foetal wellbeing as regards immigrant as opposed to autochthonous pregnant women. Methods. An analysis was made of CEDAP data from 2001...

Introduction Breast cancer screening is known to reduce mortality. In the present study, we analyzed the prevalence of breast cancers detected through screening, before and after introduction of an organized screening, and we evaluated the overall survival of these patients in comparison with women with an extrascreening imaging-detected breast...

: Millions of women give birth every year worldwide [...].

Introduction: The aim was to determine the characteristics of G3 breast cancers as well as to evaluate the treatment patients received and their outcome in terms of overall- and disease-free survival. Materials and Methods: 2,407 women affected by invasive breast cancer were retrospectively analyzed. Patients were divided into three groups...

Background: The necessity of complete axillary lymph node dissection (CALND) after sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) for women with sentinel lymph node metastases is a matter of debate because non-sentinel lymph nodes after CALND contain no further metastases in about 50 % of cases. Our study aims to determine the applicability in our setting...

Objective: Our study investigates a possible couple predisposition for pregnancy-related hypertensive disorders (PRHDs). Materials and methods: We selected 350 women with PRHDs and a random control cohort without PRHDs. We analyzed their clinical files and asked them and their partners about clinical information and family history for some...

Two vaccines focused on the prevention of HPV-related diseases have been introduced in the last decade, the quadrivalent vaccine Gardasil® and the bivalent vaccine Cervarix® . They are targeted to prevent precancerous and cancerous lesions not only of the cervix, but also of the vulva, vagina, anal and head-neck region. Furthermore, the...

A chronic infection with "high risk" human papillomavirus (HPV) is as an obligated step in the development of cervical dysplasia and cancer and, less frequently, other types of cancers. It has been suggested to be responsible for an estimated 100% of cases of cervical cancer, 90% of anal cancers, 40% of vulvar, vaginal and penile cancers and...

Introduction: Our aim was to state the role of first trimester pregnancy-associated plasma protein A (PAPP-A)-multiple of the median (MoM) value as a predictor for breech presentation at term of pregnancy. Materials and methods: In this retrospective study, we present data for 1100 singleton full-term deliveries that took place in a third-level...

Peritoneal metastasis from breast cancer is a serious and deadly condition only limited considered in the literature. Our aim was to study prevalence, risk factors, and prognosis of breast cancer peritoneal metastasis. We retrospectively analyzed 3096 women with a diagnosis of invasive breast cancer. We took into consideration presence and...

Aim: To determine the accuracy of cervical elastography in predicting labor induction success. Materials and methods: A systematic search, review, and meta-analysis of observational studies published in English language between January 2000 and October 2014 was performed. It included studies considering cervix sonoelastography as the index test...

Introduction: The aim of this study was to assess the global contribution to cervical elastography research in PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science databases. Materials and Methods: PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science databases were queried without language restrictions for records present up to January 2016. All indexed publications under cervix...