EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PREVENTION

Lifestyle and breast cancer recurrences: The DIANA-5 trial
Anna Villarini, Patrizia Pasanisi, Adele Traina, Maria Piera Mano, Bernardo Bonanni, Salvatore Panico, Corrado Scipioni, Rocco Galasso, Adriana Paduos, Milena Simeoni, Elena Bellotti, Maggiorino Barbero, Giorgio Macellari, Elisabetta Venturelli, Milena Raimondi, Eleonora Bruno, Giuliana Gargano, Giuseppe Fornaciari, Daniele Morelli, Ettore Seregni, Vittorio Krogh, Franco Berrino
doi 10.1700/1053.11494HTML | PDF (364,5 kb)

Hospital discharge database as a tool to monitor incidence, survival and burden of cancer in adolescents and young adults
Veronica Scurti, Sabrina Di Ienno, Caterina Fanizza, Maurizio Belfiglio, Antonio D’Ettorre, Marilena Romero, Gianni Tognoni
doi 10.1700/1053.11495HTML

Cervical cancer screening visit as an occasion for counseling female smokers to quit
Elisabetta Chellini, Giuseppe Gorini, Antonio Gasparrini, Grazia Grazzini, Anna Iossa, Pietro Mario Martellucci, Rosangela Terrone
doi 10.1700/1053.11496HTML

CLINICAL ONCOLOGY

Lapatinib-based therapy in heavily pretreated HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer: a single institution experience
Diana Crivellari, Simon Spazzapan, Davide Lombardi, Loredana Militello, Elena Torrisi, Alessia E Russo, Roberto Sorio, Renato Talamini, GianMaria Miolo, Paolo Carli, Andrea Veronesi
doi 10.1700/1053.11497HTML

HER-3 status by immunohistochemistry in HER-2-positive metastatic breast cancer patients treated with trastuzumab: correlation with clinical outcome
Stefania Gori, Jennifer Foglietta, Maria Grazia Mameli, Lucia Stocchi, Daniela Fenocchio, Paola Anastasi, Daniela Iacono, Rachele Del Sordo, Carlo Basurto, Verena De Angelis, Angelo Sidoni
doi 10.1700/1053.11498HTML

Changes in lymphocyte count induced by repeated cycles with low-dose interleukin-2 and interferon-α in 146 patients with renal cell carcinoma
Sebastiano Buti, Rodrigo Kraft Rovere, Maddalena Donini, Rodolfo Passalacqua, Debora Pezzuolo, Carlo Buzio
doi 10.1700/1053.11499HTML

Limited-stage small-cell lung cancer treated with early chemo-radiotherapy: the impact of effective chemotherapy
Vieri Scotti, Icro Meattini, Calogero Saieva, Andrea Rampini, Carla De Luca Cardillo, Paolo Bastiani, Monica Mangoni, Benedetta Agresti, Carmine Santomaggio, Vanessa Di Cataldo, Ciro Franzese, Lorenzo Livi, Stefano Maria Magrini, Giampaolo Biti
doi 10.1700/1053.11500HTML

RADIATION ONCOLOGY

Clinical study of concurrent chemoradiotherapy or radiotherapy alone for esophageal cancer patients with positive lymph node metastasis
Jihua Han, Weiguo Zhu, Changhua Yu, Xilei Zhou, Tao Li, Xiaoye Zhang
doi 10.1700/1053.11501HTML

Radiotherapy in Italy for non-small cell lung cancer: patterns of care survey
Sara Ramella, Ernesto Maranzano, Paolo Frata, Cristina Mantovani, Grazia Lazzari, Claudia Menichelli, Piera Navarria, Stefano Pergolizzi, Fabrizio Salvi
doi 10.1700/1053.11502HTML

A feasibility study of neo-adjuvant low-dose fractionated radiotherapy with two different concurrent anthracycline-docetaxel schedules in stage IIA/B-IIIA breast cancer
Luigia Nardone, Vincenzo Valentini, Lorenza Marino, Maria Carmen De Santis, Daniela Terribile, Gianluca Franceschini, Mario Balducci, Giovanna Mantini, Giancarlo Mattiucci, Antonino Mulè, Paolo Belli, Riccardo Masetti
doi 10.1700/1053.11503HTML

Radiotherapy for inoperable non-small cell lung cancer using helical tomotherapy
Alessia Monaco, Cristina Caruso, Daniela Giammarino, Michele Cianciulli, Maria Cristina Pressello, Vittorio Donato
doi 10.1700/1053.11504HTML

SURGICAL ONCOLOGY

Pulmonary resections: cytostructural effects of different-wavelength lasers versus electrocautery
Paolo Scanagatta, Giuseppe Pelosi, Francesco Leo, Simone Furia, Leonardo Duranti, Alessandra Fabbri, Aldo Manfrini, Antonello Villa, Barbara Vergani, Ugo Pastorino
doi 10.1700/1053.11505HTML

Morbidity of selective lymph node biopsy for melanoma: meta-analysis of complications
Emanuele Cigna, Angela Gradilone, Diego Ribuffo, Paola Gazzaniga, Pasquale Fino, Valentina Sorvillo, Nicolò Scuderi
doi 10.1700/1053.11506HTML

PROGNOSTIC FACTORS

Prognostic effect of age on survival of patients with stage I adenocarcinoma of the lung
Jeong-Seon Ryu, Chang-Min Choi, Seok-Chul Yang, Sang-Yun Song, Young-June Jeon, Tae-Won Jang, Do-Jin Kim, Seung Hun Jang, Sei-Hoon Yang, Min-Ki Lee, Kwan-Ho Lee, Hyang-Jeong Jo, Se-Jin Jang, Young-Tae Kim, Jae-Hwa Cho, Yoo-Duk Choi, Hae-Seong Nam, Hyun-Jung Kim, Young Ju Suh
doi 10.1700/1053.11507HTML | PDF (155,6 kb)

Expression of the hepatocyte growth factor and c-Met in colon cancer: correlation with clinicopathological features and overall survival
Yao Liu, Qiaoyan Li, Liwei Zhu
doi 10.1700/1053.11508HTML

DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES

On the diagnostic accuracy of stereotactic vacuum-assisted biopsy of nonpalpable breast abnormalities. Results in a consecutive series of 769 procedures performed at the Trento Department of Breast Diagnosis
Daniela Bernardi, Giuliana Borsato, Marco Pellegrini, Paolina Tuttobene, Carmine Fanto’, Marvi Valentini, Daniela Aldovini, Stefano Ciatto
doi 10.1700/1053.11509HTML | PDF (109,8 kb)

PSYCHOONCOLOGY

Emotional distress and needs in Italian cancer patients: prevalence and associations with socio-demographic and clinical factors
Maria Antonietta Annunziata, Barbara Muzzatti, Ettore Bidoli, Andrea Veronesi
doi 10.1700/1053.11510HTML

LABORATORY AND TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH

Analysis of gene copy number variations using a method based on lab-on-a-chip technology
Laura de Lellis, Sandra Mammarella, Maria Cristina Curia, Serena Veschi, Zhirajr Mokini, Chiara Bassi, Paola Sala, Pasquale Battista, Renato Mariani-Costantini, Paolo Radice, Alessandro Cama
doi 10.1700/1053.11511HTML | PDF (220,4 kb)

Expression of A1 and A3 adenosine receptors in human breast tumors
Mojtaba Panjehpour, Simin Hemati, Mohammad Ali Forghani
doi 10.1700/1053.11512HTML

PRECLINICAL STUDIES

Dichloroacetate induces different rates of cell death in cancer and noncancer cell lines in vitro
Jovonia T Washington, Nicholas J Quintyne
doi 10.1700/1053.11513HTML

Activation of aryl hydrocarbon receptor suppresses invasion of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma cell lines
Jianhao Zhang, Hong Zong, Shenglei Li, Dandan Zhang, Lei Zhang, Qingxin Xia
doi 10.1700/1053.11514HTML

SHORT COMMUNICATIONS

Is the spiritual life of cancer patients a resource to be taken into account by professional caregivers from the time of diagnosis?
Guido Miccinesi, Tullio Proserpio, Maria Adelaide Pessi, Alice Maruelli, Andrea Bonacchi, Claudia Borreani, Carla Ripamonti
doi 10.1700/1053.11515HTML

High lapatinib plasma levels in breast cancer patients: risk or benefit?
Magdalena Cizkova, Katerina Bouchalova, David Friedecky, Adriana Polynkova, Anna Janostakova, Lenka Radova, Karel Cwiertka, Radek Trojanec, Michaela Zezulova, Miloslava Zlevorova, Marian Hajduch, Bohuslav Melichar
doi 10.1700/1053.11516HTML

Prospective Registry On Mesothelioma Peritonei Treatment (PROMPT): study design and rationale
Christopher Cao, Tristan D Yan, David L Morris, Kurt van der Speeten, Søren Laurberg, Olivier Glehen, Karl Link, Pompiliu Piso, Antonios-Apostolos K Tentes, Marcello Deraco, Stein G Larsen, Dragutin Kecmanovic, Luis G Bayón, Juan T Melero, Santiago González-Moreno, Haile Mahteme, Philippe Gertsch, Brendan Moran, Jesus Esquivel, Richard Alexander, Edward A Levine, Paul H Sugarbaker
doi 10.1700/1053.11517

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

“Reirradiation: hopes and concerns of the radiation oncologist”
Sergio Maluta, Stefano Dall’Oglio, Mario Palazzi
doi 10.1700/1053.11518

“Reirradiation: hopes and concerns of the radiation oncologist”: Reply
Filippo Alongi, Marta Scorsetti
doi 10.1700/1053.11519

ONLINE ONLY ARTICLES: CASE REPORTS

Radiation therapy for pituitary metastasis: report of four cases
Aruna Turaka, Rosaleen B Parsons, Mark K Buyyounouski
doi 10.1700/1053.11520HTML

Pericardial breast cancer metastasis 25 years after mastectomy
Rodrigo Kraft Rovere, Daniel Brito de Araujo, Daniel Rios Pinto Ribeiro, Rogério Torres Marques
doi 10.1700/1053.11521HTML

Ewing sarcoma of the thoracic wall in a 54-year-old man
Alba Fiorentino, Costanza Chiumento, Rocchina Caivano, Vincenzo Fusco
doi 10.1700/1053.11522HTML

Ileal Vanek’s tumor mimicking cecal carcinoma
Antonio Piñero, Pedro A García-Muñoz, María J López, Jose A Ruiz-Maciá, Joaquín Sola, Jose A Pons
doi 10.1700/1053.11523HTML | PDF (229,8 kb)

Synchronous association of two neuroendocrine gastroenteropancreatic tumors, an adenocarcinoma of the cecum, and a Meckel’s diverticulum: a case report
Paolo Pozzato, Gian Piero Casadei, Adele Fornelli, Vincenzo Arigliano, Salvatore Virzì, Arrigo Bondi, Paola Tomassetti, Maurizio Ventrucci
doi 10.1700/1053.11524HTML

Unexpected granular cell tumor in abdominal wall: case report and literature review
Andrea Panunzi, Valerio D’Orazi, Francesca Toni, Giovanni Andrea Coppola, Valentina D’Alessandro, Stefano Pontone, Daniele Pironi, Andrea Ortensi
doi 10.1700/1053.11525HTML

Multifocal capillary hemangioma (hemangiomatosis) of the spleen
Maria Raffaella Ambrosio, Bruno Jim Rocca, Nicoletta Di Mari, Alessandra Ambrosio, Stefano Lazzi
doi 10.1700/1053.11526HTML

Mirror therapy for phantom limb pain in an adolescent cancer survivor
Carlo Alfredo Clerici, Filippo Spreafico, Gaia Cavallotti, Annalisa Consoli, Laura Veneroni, Alessio Sala, Maura Massimino
doi 10.1700/1053.11527HTML