P Maisonneuve

..The aim of this study was to examine the risk of cancer in a large cohort of patients treated by dialysis but not transplantation...

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..Treatment recommendations for systemic therapy should not take into account the presence of a single micrometastatic lymph node identified during complete serial sectioning of sentinel node(s)...

..There is limited knowledge about prognosis, and treatment effects in young women with node-negative disease...

..To evaluate the dose-response relationship between cigarette smoking and pancreatic cancer and to examine the effects of temporal variables...

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..There is limited knowledge about prognosis of selected breast cancer subtypes among very young women...

..4%), focal (368, 14.1%), moderate (51, 2.0%) and extensive (170, 6.5%)...

..The identification of special types of breast cancer might be of value in assessing prognosis and predicting response to therapy...

..This study aimed to analyze the factors that may lead to skin necrosis after NSM...

..In conclusion, women with small size, node-negative, breast cancer are at higher risk of relapse if with HER2-positive endocrine receptor absent or Triple Negative disease...

..Heavy alcohol drinking has been related to pancreatic cancer, but the issue is still unsolved...

..The association between oral contraceptive and BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene mutations carriers is unclear...

..It is too early to assess the significance of this finding...

..4% and 84.6%, respectively). The high prevalence of positive reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction assays in histologically uninvolved SLNs, however, may hamper extensive application of these techniques in the clinical setting...

..Whereas a trial of tamoxifen in women already on transdermal HRT is warranted, prescription of HRT during tamoxifen may attenuate its activity...

..A programme of activities and research, focussing on three major themes [prevention (particularly tobacco control), screening, and education and training], was developed together with the European Code Against Cancer...

..53%). Patients with tumours larger than 2 cm were at greater risk of local recurrences and distant metastasis. Long-term oncologic results of BCT with oncoplastic surgery are comparable with the results of BCT randomized trials...

..Our findings suggest that TTF-1 could be involved in the development of small pulmonary adenocarcinomas, but it has not prognostic implications in patients with stage I NSCLC...

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..Despite a recognized association between venous thromboembolic events (VTE) and cancer, little is known about the strength and the features of this association. We performed a meta-analysis in order to clarify this issue...

..The aim of the study was to assess the role of axillary radiotherapy (RT) in reducing axillary metastases in patients with early breast cancer who did not receive axillary dissection...

..During ovarian cancer surgery, colorectal resection may be required. In our institution, preoperative colonoscopy is performed in order to assess visceral involvement...

..We previously demonstrated efficacy and impact on serum vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) for metronomic cyclophosphamide (C) and methotrexate (M) in patients with breast cancer. New metronomic schedules were investigated...

..Although more work is needed, it is becoming clear that there could be an important role of HPV testing to further enhance cervix cancer screening...

..Cigarette smoking is the best-characterized risk factor for pancreatic cancer. However, data are limited for other tobacco smoking products and smokeless tobacco...

..Conversely, the CYP2D6*2A allele may be associated with increased efficacy of tamoxifen. These findings support the relevance of pharmaco-genomics in tailoring tamoxifen treatment...

..The purpose of this paper is to describe the development of the TR at the European Institute of Oncology (IEO), Milan, Italy, from its origin to its current applications...

..Smoking is a recognised risk factor for pancreatic cancer and has been associated with chronic pancreatitis and also with type II diabetes...

..While data exist to clearly correlate small tumor size to better prognosis, the fact that very small breast cancers may express biological markers of dire prognosis leads many to ignore small tumor size during treatment decision-making...

..0001). There were fewer thrombotic events in the patients receiving i.v. LMWH prophylaxis than in those receiving i.v. UFH. The use of anticoagulants was safe and not associated with hemorrhages...

..Worldwide, the incidence of pancreatic cancer is very well known, that of acute pancreatitis and chronic pancreatitis not. Our study sought to determine the incidence of all three pancreatic diseases in a well-defined population in Germany...

..So far, no woman has died from breast cancer in this study. Decisions about introduction of tamoxifen to reduce risk of breast cancer remain important and open questions...

..2). INTERPRETATION: A single measurement of low serum thyrotropin in individuals aged 60 years or older is associated with increased mortality from all causes, and in particular mortality due to circulatory and cardiovascular diseases...

..The characteristics of recently infected donors, estimates of HIV-1 incidence, and the residual risk of transfusion-transmitted HIV-1 are presented, in both first-time and repeat donors...

..7% did not change, 2.5% grew to > 5 mm and were followed yearly In conclusion, prevalent and incident nodules < or =5 mm detected by low-dose CT screening for lung cancer can be safely checked at 1 year intervals...

..Our findings suggest that fascin is a useful prognostic marker for colonic adenocarcinomas...

..The aim of the study was to evaluate whether serum cystatin C (CysC) may have a diagnostic impact on pediatric patients...

..Early detection of pancreatic necrosis allows better management of the disease. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) as the gold standard for detecting pancreatic necrosis is expensive...

..These data suggest that loss of Numb is implicated in aberrant differentiation programs of salivary gland carcinomas and may serve as a prognostic indicator in patients treated for these neoplasms...