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Management of surgical diseases of thyroid gland indications of the United Italian Society of Endocrine Surgery (SIUEC) by Del Rio, P., Polistena, A., Chiofalo, M. G., De Pasquale, L., Dionigi, G., Docimo, G., Graceffa, G., Iacobone, M., Medas, Fabio, Pezzolla, A., Sorrenti, S., Spiezia, S., Calò, P. G.

“…A task force of the United Italian society of Endocrine Surgery (SIUEC) was commissioned to review the position statement on diagnostic, therapeutic and…”
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Predictive value of pentagastrin test for preoperative differential diagnosis between C-cell hyperplasia and medullary thyroid carcinoma in patients with moderately elevated basal calcitonin levels by Milone, F., Ramundo, V., Chiofalo, M. G., Severino, R., Paciolla, I., Pezzullo, L., Lombardi, G., Colao, A., Faggiano, A.

“…Summary Background and Objectives  Medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) is a calcitonin (CT)‐secreting neuroendocrine tumour originating from thyroid C cells…”
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47P TREATMENT OPTIONS FOR SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER: DOES LANREOTIDE REPRESENT A NEW CHOICE? by Franchina, T, Proto, C, Russo, A, Chiofalo, G, Scimone, A, Adamo, V

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Cervical vagal schwannoma. A case report by CHIOFALO, M. G, LONGO, F, MARONE, U, FRANCO, R, PETRILLO, A, PEZZULLO, L

“…Schwannoma originating from the cervical vagus nerve is an extremely rare neoplasm. Vagal nerve schwannoma usually occurs between the third and fifth decades…”
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Secretive and proliferative tumor profile helps to select the best imaging technique to identify postoperative persistent or relapsing medullary thyroid cancer by Faggiano, A, Grimaldi, F, Pezzullo, L, Chiofalo, M G, Caracò, C, Mozzillo, N, Angeletti, G, Santeusanio, F, Lombardi, G, Colao, A, Avenia, N, Ferolla, P

“…In patients with postoperative persistent medullary thyroid cancer (MTC), the tumor detection rate is generally low for most of the imaging techniques now…”
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Thyroid cancer management: from a suspicious nodule to targeted therapy by Perri, Francesco, Giordano, Antonio, Pisconti, Salvatore, Ionna, Franco, Chiofalo, Maria G, Longo, Francesco, Leopardo, Davide, Della Vittoria Scarpati, Giuseppina, Pezzullo, Luciano

“…Thyroid nodules are very common, and their frequency is four to five times higher in women than in men. Most of them are benign, with only a very little…”
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Diagnostic, therapeutic and health-care management protocol in thyroid surgery: a position statement of the Italian Association of Endocrine Surgery Units (U.E.C. CLUB) by Rosato, L., De Crea, C., Bellantone, R., Brandi, M. L., De Toma, G., Filetti, S., Miccoli, P., Pacini, F., Pelizzo, M. R., Pontecorvi, A., Avenia, N., De Pasquale, L., Chiofalo, M. G., Gurrado, A., Innaro, N., La Valle, G., Lombardi, C. P., Marini, P. L., Mondini, G., Mullineris, B., Pezzullo, L., Raffaelli, M., Testini, M., De Palma, M.

“…Purpose The diagnostic, therapeutic and health-care management protocol (Protocollo Gestionale Diagnostico-Terapeutico-Assistenziale, PDTA) by the Association…”
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A Modified Weekly Docetaxel Schedule as First-Line Chemotherapy in Elderly Metastatic Breast Cancer: A Safety Study by Maisano, R., Mare, M., Caristi, N., Chiofalo, G., Picciotto, M., Carboni, R., Mafodda, A., La torre, F.

“…Standard dose docetaxel is burdened by severe toxicity. Weekly schedules have been shown to be active as standard scheme with reduced side effects. In 20-30%…”
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Sensitivity and specificity of epiluminescence microscopy: evaluation on a sample of 2731 excised cutaneous pigmented lesions by Ascierto, P.A., Palmieri, G., Celentano, E., Parasole, R., Caracò, C., Daponte, A., Chiofalo, M.G., Melucci, M.T., Mozzillo, N., Satriano, R.A., Castello, G.

“…To evaluate the role of epiluminescence microscopy (ELM) in the differential diagnosis of cutaneous pigmented lesions, and to improve the early diagnosis of…”
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Sentinel lymph node biopsy in patients with cutaneous melanoma: outcome after 3-year follow-up by Mozzillo, N., Caracò, C., Chiofalo, M.G., Celentano, E., Lastoria, S., Botti, G., Ascierto, P.A.

“…Aims. The management of patients with cutaneous melanoma in the absence of lymph-node metastases is still controversial. The experience of the National Cancer…”
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A Decrease of Calcitonin Serum Concentrations Less Than 50 Percent 30 Minutes after Thyroid Surgery Suggests Incomplete C-Cell Tumor Tissue Removal by Faggiano, A., Milone, F., Ramundo, V., Chiofalo, M. G., Ventre, I., Giannattasio, R., Severino, R., Lombardi, G., Colao, A., Pezzullo, L.

“…Context and Objectives: The prognosis of medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) depends on the completeness of the first surgical treatment. To date, it is not…”
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Diagnostic, therapeutic and healthcare management protocols in parathyroid surgery: II Consensus Conference of the Italian Association of Endocrine Surgery Units (U.E.C. CLUB) by Rosato, L., Raffaelli, M., Bellantone, R., Pontecorvi, A., Avenia, N., Boniardi, M., Brandi, M. L., Cetani, F., Chiofalo, M. G., Conzo, G., De Palma, M., Gasparri, G., Giordano, A., Innaro, N., Leopaldi, E., Mariani, G., Marcocci, C., Marini, P., Miccoli, P., Nasi, P., Pacini, F., Paragliola, R., Pelizzo, M. R., Testini, M., De Toma, G.

“…Aim To update the Diagnostic-Therapeutic-Healthcare Protocol (Protocollo Diagnostico-Terapeutico-Assistenziale, PDTA) created by the U.E.C. CLUB (Association…”
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A novel CDC73 gene mutation in an Italian family with hyperparathyroidism-jaw tumour (HPT-JT) syndrome by Chiofalo, M. G., Sparaneo, A., Chetta, M., Franco, R., Baorda, F., Cinque, L., Granatiero, M., D’Agruma, L., Pezzullo, L., Scillitani, A., Guarnieri, V.

“…Purpose The CDC73 gene, encoding parafibromin, has been identified as a tumour suppressor gene both in hyperparathyroidism-jaw tumour (HPT-JT) syndrome and in…”
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Changing incidence and clinical implications of bone metastases in colorectal cancer: a pooled analysis by Smiroldo, V., Franchina, T., Silvestro, M.A., Chillari, F., Provazza, G., Toscano, G., Chiofalo, G., Adamo, V.

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New molecular targeted therapies in thyroid cancer by Milano, Amalia, Chiofalo, Maria G, Basile, Maria, Salzano de Luna, Antonella, Pezzullo, Luciano, Caponigro, Francesco

“…Carcinoma of the thyroid gland is the most common malignancy of the endocrine system. Differentiated tumors are often curable with surgical resection and…”
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Hyperthyroidism due to coexistence of Graves' disease and Struma ovarii by Chiofalo, Maria G, Misso, Claudia, Insabato, Luigi, Lastoria, Secondo, Pezzullo, Luciano

“…To report an unusual case of persistent thyrotoxicosis after treatment of Graves' disease, because of coexistence of struma ovarii. We report the clinical…”
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Impact of Maintenance Pemetrexed in the Management of Non-Progressing Malignant Mesotheliomas After Standard Fist-Line Chemotherapy: a Single Institution Experience by Franchina, T., Russo, A., Picone, A., Ricciardi, G.R.R., Raiti, F., Scimone, A., Chiofalo, G., Toscano, G., Adamo, V.

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Sentinel lymph node biopsy to stage patients with cutaneous melanoma at the National Cancer Institute of Naples. Results from 240 sentinel node biopsies by Caracò, C, Chiofalo, M G, Niro, J, Ascierto, P A, Botti, G, Lastoria, S, Mozzillo, N

“…The presence of lymph node metastases in patients with cutaneous melanoma represents the basis for correct therapy planning and is the most powerful prognostic…”
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Thyroid lymphoma: Early clinical suspicion may be critical for cure by Chiofalo, M. G., Corazzelli, G., Franco, R., De Chiara, A., Pezzullo, L.

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Neck dissection for Head and Neck cancers: state of the art and classification by Pezzullo, L, Chiofalo, M G, Di Cecilia, M L, Marone, U

“…The purposes of this article are to review the history and evolution of neck dissections, including an update on node levels and their anatomical landmark. A…”
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