TUMORI a Journal of Clinical and Experimental Oncology
Volume 94 - Number 1 January-February 2008

Abstract

REVIEW

• Francesca Consoli, Teodoro Sava, and Gian Luigi Cetto
  Clinical stage I seminoma
  Tumori 2008; 94: 1-6

EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PREVENTION

• Tiziana Cassetti, Fabrizio Stracci, Liliana Minelli, Massimo Scheibel, Ida Elena Sapia, and Francesco La Rosa
  Metachronous malignancies in men with previous prostate cancer in Umbria, Italy, 1994-2003
  Tumori 2008; 94: 7-10
• Aldo Bono, Elena Tolomio, Cesare Bartoli, Antonino Carbone, Stefano Tomatis, Stefano Zurrida, and Mario Santinami
  Metamorphosis of melanoma. Trends in size and thickness of cutaneous melanoma over one decade at the Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milan
  Tumori 2008; 94: 11-13

CLINICAL ONCOLOGY

• Paul Sugarbaker, Tristan Yan, Luis Zappa, Namik Haveric, and Erwin Brun
  Thin-walled cysts as a pathognomonic CT finding in cystic mesothelioma
  Tumori 2008; 94: 14-18
• Oguz Cetinayak, Fadime Akman, Suleyman Kentli, Murat Duzen, Ferhat Eyiler, Mehme Sen, and Munir Kinay
  Assessment of treatment-related thyroid dysfunction in patients with head and neck cancer
  Tumori 2008; 94: 19-23
• Elena Hernández Montero, Javier Martínez Trufero, Javier Azúa Romeo, and Fernando Clau Terré
  Comorbidity and prognosis in advanced hypopharyngeal-laryngeal cancer under combined therapy
  Tumori 2008; 94: 24-29
• Francesco Di Fabio, Michael Koller, Riccardo Nascimbeni, Carlo Talarico, and Bruno Salerni
  Long-term outcome after colorectal cancer resection. Patients' self-reported quality of life, sexual dysfunction and surgeons' awareness of patients' needs
  Tumori 2008; 94: 30-35
• Adin Selcuk, Barin Selcuk, Secil Bahar, and Huseyin Dere
  Shoulder function in various types of neck dissection. Role of spinal accessory nerve and cervical plexus preservation
  Tumori 2008; 94: 36-39
• Manolo Piccirilli, Giacoma Maria Floriana Brunetto, Giovanni Rocchi, Felice Giangaspero, and Maurizio Salvati
  Extra central nervous system metastases from cerebral glioblastoma multiforme in elderly patients. Clinico-pathological remarks on our series of seven cases and critical review of the literature
  Tumori 2008; 94: 40-51

RADIATION THERAPY

• Viviana Galimberti, Maria Cristina Leonardi, Nicole Rotmensz, Edoardo Botteri, Simona Iodice, Andrea Sagona, Rafaela Cecilio Sahium, Gulliermo Bassani, Anastasio Berrettini, Simonetta Monti, Oreste Gentilini, Claudia Sangalli, Alberto Luini, Roberto Orecchia, and Umberto Veronesi
  Can axillary and supraclavicular radiotherapy be avoided after breast-conserving surgery and axillary dissection in women with multiple involved axillary nodes? Experience at the European Institute of Oncology
  Tumori 2008; 94: 52-58
• Paolo Frata, Pietro Ponticelli, Dorian Cosentino, Alberto Buffoli, Angelo Di Pilla, Brunello Morrica, and Mauro Palazzi
  Radiotherapy resources for the care of head and neck patients in Italy. A survey by the head and neck group of the Italian Association for Radiation Oncology (AIRO)
  Tumori 2008; 94: 59-64
• Stefano Cirillo, Massimo Petracchini, Cristina Maria Bona, Sabina Durando, Cinzia Ortega, Roberto Vormola, Michele Stasi, Giuseppe Malinverni, Massimo Aglietta, Daniele Regge, and Pietro Gabriele
  Comparison of endorectal magnetic resonance imaging, clinical prognostic factors and nomograms in the local staging of prostate cancer patients treated with radiotherapy
  Tumori 2008; 94: 65-69
• Serdar Surenkok, Murat Beyzadeoglu, Kaan Oysul, Gokhan Ozyigit, Selmin Ataergin, Fikret Arpaci, and Ahmet Ozet
  The management of gastric adenocarcinoma with postoperative chemoirradiation. A non-randomized comparison of oral UFT and 5-FU
  Tumori 2008; 94: 70-74

PROGNOSTIC FACTORS

• Athanasios G Papatsoris, Michael Chrisofos, Andreas Skolarikos, Ioannis Varkarakis, Alexandros Lekas, Athanasios Dellis, Sotirios Koritsiadis, and Charalambos Deliveliotis
  Upper urinary tract transitional cell carcinoma. A 10-year experience
  Tumori 2008; 94: 75-78
• Zsolt Csontos, Edit Nádasi, András Csejtey, László Illényi, Miklós Kassai, László Lukács, Dezso Kelemen, Attila Kvarda, Annamária Zólyomi, Örs Péter Horváth, and István Ember
  Oncogene and tumor suppressor gene expression changes in the peripheral blood leukocytes of patients with colorectal cancer
  Tumori 2008; 94: 79-82
• Iztok Takac
  Human papillomavirus infection in patients with residual or recurrent cervical intraepithelial neoplasia
  Tumori 2008; 94: 83-86

SUPPORTIVE CARE

• Mario Saugo, Michele Pellizzari, Laura Marcon, Pierpaolo Benetollo, Roberto Toffanin, Pietro Gallina, Giovanna Cecchetto, Guido Miccinesi, Stefano Rigon, Maurizio Cancian, and Daniela Sichetti
  Impact of home care on place of death, access to emergency departments and opioid therapy in 350 terminal cancer patients
  Tumori 2008; 94: 87-95

SPECIAL ARTICLE

• Ugo De Giorgi, Nicola Nicolai, Silvia Tana, Ivan Matteo Tavolini, Silvia Palazzi, Sergio Bracarda, Lucilla Tedeschi, Giovannella Palmieri, Luca Frassineti, Luigi Da Pozzo, Ugo Pastorino, Ermanno Emiliani, Maurizio Marangolo, Giorgio Pizzocaro, Giovanni Rosti, and Roberto Salvioni
  IGG practice guidelines on germ cell tumor in adult male patients
  Tumori 2008; 94: 96-109

CASE REPORTS

• Franco Mattavelli, Paola Collini, Natalia Pizzi, Carlo Gervasoni, Elisabetta Pennacchioli, Vincenzo Mazzaferro, and the Thyroid Cancer Study Group of INT Milan
  Case 1 - Thyroid as a target of metastases. A case of foregut neuroendocrine carcinoma with multiple abdominal metastases and a thyroid localization after 21 years
  Tumori 2008; 94: 110-113
• Wei-Feng Lee, Shyr-Ming Sheen-Chen, Shun-Yu Chi, Hsuan-Ying Huang, and Sheung-Fat Ko
  Case 2 - Hamartoma of the breast: an underrecognized disease?
  Tumori 2008; 94: 114-115
• Handan Kaya, Bahadir Güllüoglu, and Erkin Aribal
  Case 3 - Myoepithelial differentiation in breast carcinoma
  Tumori 2008; 94: 116-120
• Filippo Alongi, Nadia Di Muzio, Micaela Motta, Sara Broggi, Elena De Martin, Angelo Bolognesi, Mauro Cattaneo, Riccardo Calandrino, and Ferruccio Fazio
  Case 4 - Adenoid cystic carcinoma of trachea treated with adjuvant hypofractionated tomotherapy. Case report and literature review
  Tumori 2008; 94: 121-125
• Roberta Invernizzi, Barbara Martinelli, and Graziella Pinotti
  Case 5 - Association of GIST, breast cancer and schwannoma in a 60-year-old woman affected by type-1 von Recklinghausen's neurofibromatosis
  Tumori 2008; 94: 126-128
• Giuseppina Gallucci, Alba Maria Capobianco, Mariarosa Coccaro, Angela Venetucci, Vincenzo Suriano, and Vincenzo Fusco
  Case 6 - Myocardial perfusion defects after radiation therapy and anthracycline chemotherapy for left breast cancer: a possible marker of microvascular damage. Three cases and review of the literature
  Tumori 2008; 94: 129-133
• Stavros Charalambous, Efrosyni Mylonaki, Asterios Fotas, Athanasios G Papatsoris, Athanasios Papathanasiou, Argyrios Triantafyllidis, Vasilios Rombis, and Stravros Touloupidis
  Case 7 - Large adrenal metastasis in non-small cell lung carcinoma. Case report and literature review
  Tumori 2008; 94: 134-136

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

• Alberto Vannelli, Elia Poiasina, Luigi Battaglia, Filiberto Belli, Giuliano Bonfanti, Gianfrancesco Gallino, Mario Rampa, Marco Vitellaro, and Ermanno Leo
  Pitfalls and controversies of guidelines in oncology
  Tumori 2008; 94: 137-138

• Announcements
  Tumori 2008; 94: 139-140

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