Search Results - "D'amico, Davide Francesco"
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Prospective validation of the Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer staging system
Published in Journal of hepatology (01-04-2006)“…The Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC) classification offers a prognostic stratification of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). We recently…”
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Role of blood AFP mRNA and tumor grade in the preoperative prognostic evaluation of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma
Published in World journal of gastroenterology : WJG (28-11-2005)“…To explore the potential prognostic role of preoperative tumor grade and blood AFP mRNA in a cohort of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) eligible…”
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Liver transplantation for the treatment of moderately or well-differentiated hepatocellular carcinoma
Published in Annals of surgery (01-02-2004)“…To determine the long-term results of liver transplantation for well- or moderately differentiated hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). HCC patient selection for…”
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True solitary pancreatic cyst in an adult: report of a case
Published in Surgery today (Tokyo, Japan) (01-11-2005)“…The differential diagnosis of cystic neoformations in the pancreas is challenging. We report a case of a true solitary cyst of the pancreas in a 26-year old…”
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The critical issue of hepatocellular carcinoma prognostic classification: which is the best tool available?
Published in Journal of hepatology (2004)“…Background/Aims: Prognosis assessment in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remains controversial. The most widely used HCC prognostic tool is the…”
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Diffuse small bowel Crohn's disease treated with side-to-side isoperistaltic strictureplasty: report of two cases and description of a variation of the original technique
Published in Surgery today (Tokyo, Japan) (01-01-2002)“…Diffuse small bowel Crohn's disease is unusual and it is characterized by multiple diseased segments involving the jejunum and ileum. The most frequent…”
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Expression of costimulatory molecule cd80 in colonic dysplasia in ulcerative colitis : An immunosurveillance mechanism against colorectal cancer?
Published in International journal of colorectal disease (01-12-2006)“…Ulcerative colitis is an established risk factor for colorectal cancer but dysplasia reports are much more frequent than invasive neoplasm diagnosis. The…”
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Growth hormone/insulin‐like growth factor 1 axis recovery after liver transplantation: A preliminary prospective study
Published in Liver transplantation (01-05-2004)“…Many studies on cirrhotic patients have shown that insulin‐like growth factor 1 (IGF‐1) plasma levels are related to the severity of liver dysfunction. This…”
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Incidental Cystadenoma After Laparoscopic Treatment of Hepatic Cysts: Which Strategy?
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Development of a New Bioartificial Liver Using a Porcine Autologous Biomatrix as Hepatocyte Support
Published in ASAIO journal (1992) (01-11-2002)“…Long-term maintenance of hepatocyte viability and differentiated function expression is crucial for bioartificial liver support. The maintenance of hepatocyte…”
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Cytokine network in chronic perianal Crohn's disease and indeterminate colitis after colectomy
Published in Journal of gastrointestinal surgery (01-01-2007)“…Antitumor necrosis factor alpha (anti-TNF-alpha) therapy in perianal Crohn's disease (CD) is widely established but recent studies suggest that the underlying…”
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Cytokine network in rectal mucosa in perianal Crohn's disease: Relations with inflammatory parameters and need for surgery
Published in Inflammatory bowel diseases (01-10-2008)“…Background: Nowadays anti‐TNF‐α antibodies are used for the treatment of perianal Crohn's disease (CD). Nevertheless, this treatment is effective in only a…”
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Liver transplantation using suboptimal grafts: Impact of donor harvesting technique
Published in Liver transplantation (01-10-2007)“…In recent years, an increasing number of suboptimal grafts has been used to reduce the gap between the supply and demand of organs for liver transplantation…”
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Partial hepatectomy as first-line treatment for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma
Published in Journal of surgical oncology (01-03-2007)“…Background Partial hepatectomy (PH) and liver transplantation (LT) compete as first‐line treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). A prospectively…”
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The role of costimulatory molecules CD80 and CD86 and IFNγ in the pathogenesis of ulcerative colitis
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Unusual cause of small bowel perforation: metastasis of a subcutaneous angiosarcoma of the head
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Early surgery for the treatment of toxic megacolon
Published in Digestion (01-01-2005)“…Toxic megacolon (TM) is a potentially lethal complication of idiopathic inflammatory bowel disease or infectious colitis, characterized by total or segmental…”
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Urologic complications in Crohn's disease: suspicion criteria
Published in Hepato-gastroenterology (01-05-2006)“…Genitourinary complications occur in 4 to 35% of Crohn's disease patients. The aim of this study was to assess the threshold to suspect urologic involvement in…”
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Clinical significance of alpha-fetoprotein mRNA in blood of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma
Published in Clinica chimica acta (01-09-2004)“…Background: Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) messenger RNA (mRNA) in the blood reflects the presence of circulating hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cells and is a…”
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Incidental cystadenoma after laparoscopic treatment of hepatic cysts: which strategy?
Published in Surgical laparoscopy, endoscopy & percutaneous techniques (01-10-2004)“…Biliary cystadenoma is a very rare hepatic neoplasm, accounting for fewer than 5% of cystic neoplasms of the liver; regardless of the various diagnostic…”
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