VARALDO E.

Differentiated nonmedullary thyroid cancers (DTCs) are highly differentiated tumors that in most of the cases have a very good prognosis but may sometimes lead the patient to death despite aggressive treatments. Many classifications exist that stratify the clinical risk of recurrence or death in patients with DTC through several prognostic...

"Can the thyroid gland... be removed with a reasonable hope of saving the patient?... If a surgeon should be so foolhardy as to undertake it... every step he takes will be followed by a torrent of blood, and lucky will it be for him if his victim live long enough to enable him to finish his horrid butchery... no honest and sensible surgeon...

Purpose: The endocrine surgeon and the endocrinologist should standardize how they deal with patients with an indication for thyroidectomy, as the road to surgery starts well before the operation itself. The patient should be thoroughly informed about where and how surgery will be performed, the postoperative improvements that can be expected,...

Background and objectives: The increasing use of arm totally implantable vascular access devices for breast cancer patients who require chemotherapy has led to a greater risk of complications and failures and, in particular, to upper extremity deep vein thrombosis. This study aims to investigate the outcomes of the arm peripherally inserted...