Dietary and familial determinants of 10-year survival among patients with gastric carcinomaD Palli
Analytical Epidemiology Branch, Epidemiology Unit, Centro per lo Studio e la Prevenzione Oncologica, Florence, Italy
Cancer 89:1205-13. 2000
..Although the role of diet in gastric carcinoma (GC) causation has been investigated extensively, its association with long term survival has never been explored in detail...
- Dietary patterns, nutrient intake and gastric cancer in a high-risk area of Italy
D Palli
Sezione Epidemiologia Analitica, U O Epidemiologia, Centro per lo Studio e la Prevenzione Oncologica, Florence, Italy
Cancer Causes Control 12:163-72. 2001
..To better understand the role of overall dietary patterns and major energy-providing components in gastric cancer etiology...
- Hodgkin's disease risk is increased in patients with ulcerative colitis
D Palli
Analytical Epidemiology Branch, Epidemiology Unit, Centro per lo Studio e la Prevenzione Oncologica, Florence, Italy
Gastroenterology 119:647-53. 2000
..All patients diagnosed with ulcerative colitis (UC) or Crohn's disease (CD) residing in Florence, Italy, in 1978-1992 were identified and included in a population-based study of cancer risk evaluation...
- Diet, metabolic polymorphisms and dna adducts: the EPIC-Italy cross-sectional study
D Palli
Epidemiology Unit, CSPO, A O Careggi, Florence, Italy
Int J Cancer 87:444-51. 2000
..Frequent consumption of fresh fruit and vegetables is associated with reduced levels of DNA adducts, possibly contributing to the role of diet in modulating cancer risk...
- Plasma levels of antioxidant vitamins and cholesterol in a large population sample in central-northern Italy
D Palli
Analytical Epidemiology Section, CSPO, A O Careggi, Florence, Italy
Eur J Nutr 38:90-8. 1999
..9 years), were randomly sampled from the general population in 3 areas of Central-Northern Italy...
A case-control study of cancers of the gastric cardia in ItalyD Palli
U O di Epidemiologia, Centro per lo Studio e la Prevenzione Oncologica, Firenze, Italy
Br J Cancer 65:263-6. 1992
..The authors discuss these findings in view of the rising incidence of adenocarcinomas of the cardia and lower oesophagus that has been reported in some western countries...
- Serum levels of ochratoxin A in healthy adults in Tuscany: correlation with individual characteristics and between repeat measurements
D Palli
Epidemiology Unit, CSPO, A O Careggi, Florence, Italy
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 8:265-9. 1999
..Additional analyses are needed to explore the dietary determinants of OTA levels in this population...
- Diet, Helicobacter pylori, and p53 mutations in gastric cancer: a molecular epidemiology study in Italy
D Palli
Epidemiology Unit, CSPO, A O Careggi, Florence, Italy
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 6:1065-9. 1997
..The findings of this case-case analysis suggest that p53 mutations at non-CpG sites are related to exposure to alkylating compounds from diet, whereas p53 mutations at CpG sites might be related to H. pylori infection...
- Red meat, family history, and increased risk of gastric cancer with microsatellite instability
D Palli
Epidemiology Unit, Centro per lo Studio e la Prevenzione Oncologica, 50135 Florence, Italy
Cancer Res 61:5415-9. 2001
..In contrast, the risk of MSI- tumors was strongly reduced by the frequent consumption of fresh fruit and vegetables...
- Reproducibility of histologic classification of gastric cancer
D Palli
U O di Epidemiologia, Centro per lo Studio e la Prevenzione Oncologica, Firenze, Italy
Br J Cancer 63:765-8. 1991
..The findings indicate that, although overall concordance was good, it is important to standardise diagnoses in multi-centre epidemiologic studies of GC by histologic type...
- Physical activity in the EPIC cohort in Italy
S Salvini
Molecular and Nutritional Epidemiology Branch, Epidemiology Unit, Centro per lo Studio e la Prevenzione Oncologica, Florence, Italy
IARC Sci Publ 156:267-9. 2002
- Interleukin-1 gene polymorphisms and gastric cancer risk in a high-risk Italian population
D Palli
Molecular and Nutritional Epidemiology Unit, Cancer Research and Prevention Center CSPO, Scientific Institute of Tuscany, Florence, Italy
Am J Gastroenterol 100:1941-8. 2005
..The aim of the study was to investigate the relationship between selected IL1 loci polymorphisms and gastric cancer risk in an Italian population...
- Methodological issues in a multicentric study of gastric cancer and diet in Italy: study design, data sources and quality controls
E Buiatti
Centro per lo Studio e la Prevenzione Oncologica, Firenze, Italy
Tumori 75:410-9. 1989
..Finally, the phases of the study and the methods for improving and controlling homogeneity among Centers are summarized...
- DNA adduct levels and DNA repair polymorphisms in traffic-exposed workers and a general population sample
D Palli
Molecular Epidemiology Branch, Epidemiology Unit, CSPO, Via di San Salvi 12, 50135 Florence, Italy
Int J Cancer 94:121-7. 2001
..Photochemical pollution in warmer months might be responsible for the seasonal trend of genotoxic damage in this Mediterranean urbanized area...
- Preoperative assessment of melanoma thickness by ABCD score of dermatoscopy
P Carli
Department of Dermatology, University of Florence, S Maria Annunziata Hospital, Florence, Italy
J Am Acad Dermatol 43:459-66. 2000
..This technique could be useful in the preoperative assessment of tumor thickness as an indication for sentinel node biopsy...
- How vegetables are eaten in Italy EPIC centres: still setting a good example?
V Pala
Epidemiology Unit, National Cancer Institute, Milan, Italy
IARC Sci Publ 156:119-21. 2002
Sensitivity to ultraviolet B is a risk factor for cutaneous melanoma in a Mediterranean population: results from an Italian case-control studyA Chiarugi
Department of Dermatology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
Clin Exp Dermatol 34:8-15. 2009
..However, it is unclear how best to measure sun sensitivity in order to quantify the individual risk of melanoma...
- Helicobacter pylori infection, anti-cagA antibodies and peptic ulcer: a case-control study in Italy
D Palli
Epidemiology Unit, CSPO, Florence, Italy
Aliment Pharmacol Ther 16:1015-20. 2002
..pylori strain and the presence of peptic disease was found. The seroprevalence of anti-cagA antibodies among patients with non-ulcer dyspepsia is so high (41%) to preclude its use as a pre-endoscopic screening test...
- Histopathologic classification of breast cancer in Sweden and Italy: a comparison between two pathologists
D Palli
Epidemiology Unit, Florence, Italy
Tumori 78:247-9. 1992
..These findings suggest that when planning geographical or temporal comparisons of distribution for BC histologic categories, standardization of classification and a centralized review may play an important role...
- Gastric cancer and Helicobacter pylori: a critical evaluation of the epidemiological evidence
D Palli
Epidemiology Unit, CSPO, A O Careggi Florence, Italy
Helicobacter 2:S50-5. 1997
..This issue remains controversial, and it is possible that progression of these lesions might occur after eradication...
- Positive predictive value for malignancy on surgical excision of breast lesions of uncertain malignant potential (B3) diagnosed by stereotactic vacuum-assisted needle core biopsy (VANCB): a large multi-institutional study in Italy
S Bianchi
Division of Pathological Anatomy, Department of Medical and Surgical Critical Care, University of Florence, AOU Careggi, Viale Morgagni 85, Florence, Italy
Breast 20:264-70. 2011
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- Meat, fish and dairy products
D Palli
Molecular and Nutritional Epidemiology Branch, Epidemiology Unit, Centro per lo Studio e la Prevenzione Oncologica (CSPO, Florence, Italy
IARC Sci Publ 156:179-80. 2002
