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| Adriano DecarliSummaryAffiliation: University of Milan Country: Italy Publications
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An estimate of prostate cancer prevalence in ItalyCarlo La Vecchia
Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Milan, Italy
Tumori 88:367-9. 2002..The number of clinically detected cases, including cases with advanced disease, is less subject to uncertainty, with reasonable estimates ranging from 45,000 to 60,000...
Obesity and prevalence of chronic diseases in the 1999-2000 Italian National Health SurveyStefano Calza
Section of Medical Statistics and Biometry, Department of Biotechnologies and Biomedical Sciences, University of Brescia, Italy
BMC Public Health 8:140. 2008..We investigated the prevalence of overweight and obesity and their relationship with 14 groups of chronic diseases in a Mediterranean population using data from the Italian National Survey collected in 1999-2000...
Gail model for prediction of absolute risk of invasive breast cancer: independent evaluation in the Florence-European Prospective Investigation Into Cancer and Nutrition cohortAdriano Decarli
Medical Statistics and Biometry Institute, University of Milan, Via Venezian 1, 20133 Milan, Italy
J Natl Cancer Inst 98:1686-93. 2006..Although the GM has been validated in US populations, its performance in other populations is unclear because of the wide variation in international breast cancer rates...
Nutrient-based dietary patterns and laryngeal cancer: evidence from an exploratory factor analysisValeria Edefonti
Facolta di Medicina e Chirurgia, Istituto di Statistica Medica e Biometria Giulio A Maccacaro, Universita degli Studi di Milano, Via Venezian, 1, 20133 Milan, Italy
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 19:18-27. 2010..The issue of diet and laryngeal cancer has been rarely addressed considering the potential role of dietary patterns...
Survival analysis with clustered observations of orthodontic bracketsElisabetta Petracci
Institute of Medical Statistics and Biometry Giulio A Maccacaro, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
Stat Med 28:3483-91. 2009..Age, gender and vertical craniofacial morphology did not affect bracket failure. A Cox proportional hazards model with a shared frailty term represents a useful approach for modelling orthodontic bracket failures...
Dietary patterns and breast cancer: a review with focus on methodological issuesValeria Edefonti
Istituto di Statistica Medica e Biometria Giulio A Maccacaro, Universita degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
Nutr Rev 67:297-314. 2009....
Nutrient dietary patterns and the risk of breast and ovarian cancersValeria Edefonti
Istituto di Statistica Medica e Biometria Giulio A Maccacaro, Universita degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
Int J Cancer 122:609-13. 2008....
Birthmarks and transient skin lesions in newborns and their relationship to maternal factors: a preliminary report from northern ItalyDaniela Boccardi
Pediatric Dermatology, IV Dermatologic Department, San Paolo Hospital, Milan, Italy
Dermatology 215:53-8. 2007....
Nutrient intake and ovarian cancer: an Italian case-control studyEttore Bidoli
Epidemiology Unit, Centro di Riferimento Oncologico, Aviano, Italy
Cancer Causes Control 13:255-61. 2002..The role of selected macronutrients, cholesterol, and fatty acids in the etiology of epithelial ovarian cancer was analyzed using data from a case-control study carried out in five Italian areas between January 1992 and December 1999...
Hysterectomy with or without unilateral oophorectomy and risk of ovarian cancerFrancesca Chiaffarino
Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Via Eritrea 62, 20157 Milan, Italy
Gynecol Oncol 97:318-22. 2005..No appreciable heterogeneity emerged across strata of parity and family history of ovarian/breast cancer. CONCLUSION: Women who had undergone hysterectomy had a long-term reduced risk of epithelial ovarian cancer...
EPIC-Italy cohorts and multipurpose national surveys. A comparison of some socio-demographic and life-style characteristicsStefano Calza
Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche e Biotecnologie, Universita di Brescia, Italy
Tumori 89:615-23. 2003..Knowledge of the bias related to self-selected sampling is important for better directing the interpretation of the EPIC-Italy study results...
A molecular epidemiology project on diet and cancer: the EPIC-Italy Prospective Study. Design and baseline characteristics of participantsDomenico Palli
UO Epidemiologia Molecolare e Nutrizionale, Centro per lo Studio e la Prevenzione Oncologica CSPO, Istituto scientifico della Regione Toscana, Florence, Italy
Tumori 89:586-93. 2003..Baseline characteristics of participants are briefly described...
A gene-environment interaction between occupation and BRCA1/BRCA2 mutations in male breast cancer?Domenico Palli
Molecular and Nutritional Epidemiology Unit, CSPO, Scientific Institute of Tuscany, Via di San Salvi 12, 50135 Florence, Italy
Eur J Cancer 40:2474-9. 2004....
Twenty-four-hour urinary excretion of ten pesticide metabolites in healthy adults in two different areas of Italy (Florence and Ragusa)Calogero Saieva
Molecular and Nutritional Epidemiology Unit, CSPO, Scientific Institute of Tuscany, Via di San Salvi 12, 50135 Florence, Italy
Sci Total Environ 332:71-80. 2004..Our results suggest that food monitoring programs should be supported by general campaigns aimed to reduce the use of pesticides in agriculture...
DNA bulky adducts in a Mediterranean population correlate with environmental ozone concentration, an indicator of photochemical smogDomenico Palli
Molecular and Nutritional Epidemiology Unit, CSPO Scientific Institute of Tuscany, Florence, Italy
Int J Cancer 109:17-23. 2004....
DNA adducts and PM(10) exposure in traffic-exposed workers and urban residents from the EPIC-Florence City studyDomenico Palli
Molecular and Nutritional Epidemiology Unit, CSPO Scientific Institute of Tuscany, Florence, Italy
Sci Total Environ 403:105-12. 2008..Since DNA adduct levels have been found predictive of lung cancer risk, our findings provide clues relevant to the reduction of genotoxic damage and possibly cancer risk among traffic-exposed urban workers...
Cancer mortality in Italy, 1998Eva Negri
Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Milan, Italy
Tumori 88:89-94. 2002..Any inference should in any case be based on age-standardized rates, and, essentially, on detailed inspection of age-specific rates...
De novo chromosomal abnormalities and month of conceptionMariella Tonelli
Division of Biology and Genetics, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Brescia, Italy
Prenat Diagn 26:118-22. 2006..We cannot explain the unusual findings concerning Robertsonian translocations that were only found for conceptions in December. This may be related to the annual minimum daylight hours (winter solstice) as opposed to the summer solstice...
