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L’adenocarcinoide dell'appendice. Presentazione di un caso e considerazioni anatomo-patologiche e clinico-terapeutiche.
No full text[Adenocarcinoid of the appendix: a case report and anatomo-pathological and clinico-therapeutic considerations]. Fornaro R, Secco GB, Terrizzi A, Boaretto R, Fardelli R, Canaletti M, Baldi E, Pastorino A, Ferraris R. G Chir. 1998 Apr;19(4):165-9. Cattedra di Semeiotica Chirurgica I, Università degli Studi di Genova. The Authors underline the most important pathological, clinical and therapeutic aspects of appendiceal adenocarcinoid. Appendiceal adenocarcinoid is quite a rare tumor, presently considered as a single entity; it differs from typical carcinoid of the appendix because of its well definite histology, its aggressive behaviour and its poorer prognosis. There are no precise prognostic and therapeutic criteria to direct the operative choice between appendectomy and hemicolectomy. In particular the tumor diameter is of no use since the tumor often present diffuse rather than nodular growth. According to most Authors appendectomy is not sufficient in the following cases: liver lymph-node or retroperitoneal metastases; cecal meso-appendiceal or peritoneal spreading; histological poorly differentiated tumors, with nuclear atypia and high mitotic count. Some Authors performed hemicolectomy and bilateral oophorectomy in all case with peritoneal involvement since the ovaries are a frequent site of metastases
The prognostic value of Jass' histopathological classification of cancer of the left colon and rectum
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Factors influencing local recurrence after curative surgery for rectal cancer.
No full textThe histories of 90 consecutive patients who underwent curative surgery for rectal cancer from January 1975 to December 1981 were reviewed. Twenty of 90 patients (22.2%) recurred locally. The site of the primary lesion and tumor differentiation are the most important factors influencing local recurrence. Median survival from recurrence was 3 months and no patient was alive after 15 months. No significant difference in survival was observed in patients surgically treated for recurrence compared to untreated patients
Preoperative chemotherapy and radiotherapy in the management of epidermoid carcinoma of the anal canal.
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Efficacy and cost of risk-adapted follow-up in patients after colorectal cancer surgery. A prospective, randomized and controlled trial.
No full textPrognostic value of the Jass histopathologic classification in left colon and rectal cancer: a multivariate analysis.
No full textVariables correlated to survival were studied in 121 patients who had undergone potentially curative surgery for left colon and rectal cancer. To investigate the prognostic value of the parameters both univariate and multivariate analysis were carried out. Minimum follow-up was 5 years. Multivariate analysis showed that while disease stage (p < 0.0001) and site of primary tumor (p < 0.0006) independently influenced survival, type of surgical procedure and histopathologic grade had no impact on survival. Jass histopathologic classification predicted survival for patient group I and IV whereas no significant relationship was observed for group II and III, which, in our series, were the most frequently encountered groups. Of the three parameters considered for Jass classification, tubule configuration, pattern of tumor growth and lymphocytic infiltration, only the latter was significantly correlated to survival (p < 0.005). Different results were obtained when the prognostic values of Jass group was investigated separately for the 49 patients with adenocarcinoma of the left colon and the 72 patients with rectal cancer. Further investigation is required before routine clinical application of the Jass classification can be recommended
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
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