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| Alberto QuagliaSummaryAffiliation: National Cancer Research Institute Country: Italy Publications
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The cancer survival gap between elderly and middle-aged patients in Europe is wideningAlberto Quaglia
Liguria Cancer Registry, National Cancer Research Institute, Genoa 16132, Italy
Eur J Cancer 45:1006-16. 2009....- Use of socio-economic factors and healthcare resources to estimate cancer survival in European countries with partial national cancer registrationRoberto Lillini
Liguria Region Cancer Registry at the Descriptive Epidemiology Unit, National Cancer Research Institute, Genoa, Italy
Tumori 97:265-74. 2011.... - The combined effect of age and socio-economic status on breast cancer survivalAlberto Quaglia
Liguria Region Tumour Registry, S S Descriptive Epidemiology, IST National Institute of Cancer Research, Genoa, Italy
Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 77:210-20. 2011..These variations are probably due to inequity in healthcare access and to a difficult taken in charge... - A wide difference in cancer survival between middle aged and elderly patients in EuropeAlberto Quaglia
Descriptive Epidemiology Unit, Liguria Region Cancer Registry, National Cancer Research Institute, Largo Rosanna Benzi 10, 16132 Genoa, Italy
Int J Cancer 120:2196-201. 2007..In conclusion, clinical management of cancer in the elderly remains a major issue to be faced with complex social and health care policies... - Prostate cancer in Italy before and during the 'PSA era': survival trend and prognostic determinantsA Quaglia
National Cancer Research Institute, Cancer Registry Unit, Largo Rosanna Benzi, n 10, 16132 Genova, Italy
Eur J Cancer Prev 12:145-52. 2003.... - Socio-economic factors and health care system characteristics related to cancer survival in the elderly. A population-based analysis in 16 European countries (ELDCARE project)Alberto Quaglia
Descriptive Epidemiology Unit, National Cancer Research Institute, Largo Rosanna Benzi n 10, 16132 Genoa, Italy
Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 54:117-28. 2005..These results highlight how health outcomes in the elderly are a complex phenomenon, not determined only by GDP and THE, but affected by social organisation and life habits as well as economic development conditions... - Cancer survival in the elderly: effects of socio-economic factors and health care system features (ELDCARE project)Marina Vercelli
Descriptive Epidemiology Unit, National Cancer Research Institute, Cancer Registry Unit, Largo Rosanna Benzi, n 10, 16132 Genova, Italy
Eur J Cancer 42:234-42. 2006..Social conditions could play a major role in determining health outcomes, particularly in the elderly, by affecting access to health care and delay in diagnosis... - Prostate cancer incidence and mortality trends among elderly and adult EuropeansM Vercelli
Dipartimento di Oncologia, Biologia e Genetica, Universita di Genova, Sezione Registro Tumori, Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Genova, Largo Rosanna Benzi, Genoa, Italy
Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 35:133-44. 2000.... - Differences in the epidemic rise and decrease of prostate cancer among geographical areas in Southern Europe. an analysis of differential trends in incidence and mortality in France, Italy and SpainA Quaglia
Cancer Registry Unit, National Cancer Research Institute, 16132 Genoa, Italy
Eur J Cancer 39:654-65. 2003..e. in France and in younger people, suggesting that the PSA test may have had a positive effect on mortality, although other clinical advances also have to be taken into account... - Relative survival in elderly European cancer patients: evidence for health care inequalities. The EUROCARE Working GroupM Vercelli
Department of Clinical and Experimental Oncology, University of Genoa UNIGE, Genoa, Italy
Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 35:161-79. 2000.... - Vascular invasion and herniation by hepatocellular carcinoma in cirrhosis: A wolf in sheep's clothing?Alberto Quaglia
Department of Histopathology, Royal Free Hospital, London, United Kingdom
Arch Pathol Lab Med 129:639-44. 2005..Intravascular free-floating tumor clusters (IvCs) of HCC are found histologically in the vicinity of HCC. Thrombus formation is not seen morphologically in association with these IvCs, which are usually covered by endothelium... - X-inactivation patch size in human female tissue confounds the assessment of tumor clonalityMarco Novelli
Department of Histopathology, Rockefeller Building, University Street, University College London Hospitals, London WC1E 6JJ, United Kingdom
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 100:3311-4. 2003..Results show that the patch size is relatively large in both the human colon and breast, confounding assessment of tumor clonality with traditional X-inactivation studies... - Evaluation of risk factors in the development of hepatocellular carcinoma in autoimmune hepatitis: Implications for follow-up and screeningAndrew D Yeoman
Institute of Liver Studies, King s College Hospital National Health Service NHS Foundation Trust, Denmark Hill, London, UK
Hepatology 48:863-70. 2008..042). CONCLUSION: Cirrhosis in AIH is the sine qua non for HCC development, which subsequently occurs at a rate of 1.1% per year and affects men and women in equal proportions... - Hepatic venous pressure gradient to assess fibrosis and its progression after liver transplantation for HCV cirrhosisDimitrios N Samonakis
Liver Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Unit and Histopathology Department, Royal Free Hospital, London, United Kingdom
Liver Transpl 13:1305-11. 2007..In 29 with HVPG <6 mmHg at 1 yr, none decompensated compared to 4 of 13 (31%) with PHT. In conclusion, HVPG correlates with fibrosis and its progression, due to recurrent HCV infection, assessed in TJB... - Liver transplantation for HCV cirrhosis: improved survival in recent years and increased severity of recurrent disease in female recipients: results of a long term retrospective studyLuca S Belli
Hepatology and Abdominal Organ Transplantation Unit, Niguarda Hospital, Milan, Italy
Liver Transpl 13:733-40. 2007..The combination of a female recipient receiving an older graft emerged as a strong risk factor for a severe recurrence... - Liver transplantation and recurrent hepatocellular carcinoma: predictive value of nodule size in a retrospective and explant studyAlessandro Grasso
Liver Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Medicine Unit, London UK, Royal Free Hospital London, United Kingdom
Transplantation 81:1532-41. 2006..New proposals for increasing the diameter of the largest nodule as a selection criteria for LT do not agree with our data, which on the contrary indicate the optimal nodule diameter should be 35 mm or less... - Liver transplantation in cirrhotic patients with small hepatocellular carcinoma: an analysis of pre-operative imaging, explant histology and prognostic histologic indicatorsShantanu Bhattacharjya
Department of Surgery, Royal Free Hospital, Royal Free and University College School of Medicine, London, UK
Dig Surg 21:152-9; discussion 159-60. 2004..IOCT and DCT are similar in their ability to detect unifocal or multifocal HCC. Tumour size and number are not predictive of recurrence with these selective criteria, but microscopic vascular invasion is a bad prognostic factor... - Immunosuppression and donor age with respect to severity of HCV recurrence after liver transplantationDimitrios N Samonakis
Royal Free Hospital, Liver Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Unit, London, UK
Liver Transpl 11:386-95. 2005..Maintenance azathioprine gave survival advantage... - The epidemiological revolution of the 20th centurySilvio De Flora
Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa, Via A Pastore 1, I 16132 Genoa, Italy
FASEB J 19:892-7. 2005....