List of works by Enrico Ruffini

A comparative analysis of Pancoast tumour resection performed via video-assisted thoracic surgery versus standard open approaches.

scientific article published on 22 July 2014

A review of prognostic factors in thymic malignancies

scientific article published on July 2011

Addressing a missing point: The short- and long-term effects of a lung sealant patch

scientific article published on 13 January 2015

Adenosquamous lung carcinomas: a histologic subtype with poor prognosis

scientific article published on 02 March 2011

As originally published in 1994: Postoperative bronchopleural fistula: endoscopic closure in 12 patients. Updated in 2000

scientific article published on 01 May 2000

Bilateral pneumothorax, pneumonia, and pneumomediastinum after injection of a hard drug into the neck.

scientific article published in December 2002

Bronchial carcinoid tumors: surgical management and long-term outcome.

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Clinical significance of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes in lung neoplasms

scientific article published on 01 February 2009

Closure of an iatrogenic tracheo-esophageal fistula with bronchoscopic gluing in a mechanically ventilated adult patient.

scientific article published in January 2004

Combined cytomegalovirus prophylaxis in lung transplantation: effects on acute rejection, lymphocytic bronchitis/bronchiolitis, and herpesvirus infections.

scientific article published in July 2008

Combined prophylaxis decreases incidence of CMV-associated pneumonia after lung transplantation.

scientific article published in May 2009

Combined radiosurgical treatment of Pancoast tumor

scientific article published on 01 January 1994

Control of postoperative pain by transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation after thoracic operations

scientific article published on 01 March 1997

Correction: genetic variants associated with increased risk of malignant pleural mesothelioma: a genome-wide association study.

scientific article published on 3 June 2015

DNA repair gene expression level in peripheral blood and tumour tissue from non-small cell lung cancer and head and neck squamous cell cancer patients.

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Development of the international thymic malignancy interest group international database: an unprecedented resource for the study of a rare group of tumors

scientific article published on October 2014

Does adjuvant radiation therapy improve disease-free survival in completely resected Masaoka stage II thymoma?

scientific article published on 15 November 2006

Does lobectomy for lung cancer in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease affect lung function? A multicenter national study.

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Does myasthenia gravis influence overall survival and cumulative incidence of recurrence in thymoma patients? A Retrospective clinicopathological multicentre analysis on 797 patients.

scientific article published on 14 March 2015

Does the World Health Organization histological classification predict outcomes after thymomectomy? Results of a multicentre study on 750 patients

scientific article published on 21 September 2014

Efficacy and safety of human fibrinogen-thrombin patch (TachoSil®) in the treatment of postoperative air leakage in patients submitted to redo surgery for lung malignancies: a randomized trial.

scientific article published on 17 February 2013

Efficacy and safety of stereotactic ablative radiotherapy in patients with previous pneumonectomy

scientific article published on 11 March 2015

European guidelines on structure and qualification of general thoracic surgery.

scientific article published on 20 February 2014

Exploring Stage I non-small-cell lung cancer: development of a prognostic model predicting 5-year survival after surgical resection†.

scientific article published on 12 November 2014

Extended transcervical thymectomy with partial upper sternotomy: results in non-thymomatous patients with myasthenia gravis

scientific article published on 26 November 2014

Extrapleural pneumonectomy for malignant mesothelioma: an Italian multicenter retrospective study

scientific article published on 14 April 2014

Factors affecting pattern of care and survival in a population-based cohort of non-small-cell lung cancer incident cases

Genetic variants associated with increased risk of malignant pleural mesothelioma: a genome-wide association study.

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Giant fibrovascular polyp of the esophagus

scientific article published on 01 January 2005

Glucose and leucine metabolism in lung tranplanted patients on low dose of steroids for immunosuppressive therapy.

scientific article published in June 2008

Heart herniation after blunt chest trauma

scientific article published on 01 February 2002

Hemoptysis caused by an endobronchial lipoma

scientific article published on 01 April 2008

Historical perspectives: The evolution of the thymic epithelial tumors staging system

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IL-7 up-regulates TNF-alpha-dependent osteoclastogenesis in patients affected by solid tumor

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ITMIG consensus statement on the use of the WHO histological classification of thymoma and thymic carcinoma: refined definitions, histological criteria, and reporting

scientific article published on May 2014

Images in cardio-thoracic surgery. Giant benign localized fibrous tumor of the pleura

scientific article published on 01 September 1998

Impact of initial pattern of care on hospital costs in a cohort of incident lung cancer cases

scientific article published on 25 October 2010

Initial analysis of the international association for the study of lung cancer mesothelioma database

scientific article published in November 2012

Interlocking sternal closure

scientific article published on 01 November 1998

Intraoperative OctreoScan and management of bronchial carcinoid

scientific article published on 01 October 2002

Intrathoracic splenosis: a case report and an update of invasive and noninvasive diagnostic techniques

scientific article published on 01 December 2007

Invited commentary

scientific article published on 01 June 2005

Large-cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the lung: a clinicopathologic study of eighteen cases and the efficacy of adjuvant treatment with octreotide

scientific article published in April 2005

Long-Term Results after Treatment for Recurrent Thymoma: A Multicenter Analysis

scientific article published on 01 December 2014

Long-term survival of atypical bronchial carcinoids with liver metastases, treated with octreotide

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Management of thymic tumors: a European perspective.

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Management of thymic tumors: a survey of current practice among members of the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Messenger RNA and protein expression of thymidylate synthase and DNA repair genes in thymic tumors.

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Multidisciplinary management of advanced lung neuroendocrine tumors.

scientific article published on April 2015

Neuroendocrine tumors of the thymus

scientific article published on February 2011

Outcome and prognostic factors in bronchial carcinoids: a single-center experience

scientific article published on October 2013

Outcome of primary neuroendocrine tumors of the thymus: a joint analysis of the International Thymic Malignancy Interest Group and the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons databases

scientific article published on 16 September 2014

Outcome of surgically resected thymic carcinoma: a multicenter experience.

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Postoperative bronchopleural fistula: endoscopic closure in 12 patients

scientific article published on 01 January 1994

Posttraumatic and iatrogenic foreign bodies in the heart: report of fourteen cases and review of the literature

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Preliminary results of a new small-bore percutaneous pleural catheter used for treatment of malignant pleural effusions in ECOG PS 3-4 patients.

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Primary malignant melanoma of the bronchus intermedius

Prognostic Score of Long-Term Survival After Surgery for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma: A Multicenter Analysis

scientific article published on 9 July 2015

Prognostic factors in neuroendocrine tumours of the lung: a single-centre experience.

scientific article published on 3 October 2013

Prognostic impact of lung adenocarcinoma second predominant pattern from a large European database

scientific article published on 10 November 2020

Pulmonary metastasectomy for melanoma.

scientific article published on June 2010

Pulmonary metastases from epithelial tumours: late results of surgical treatment

scientific article published on 07 July 2006

Pulmonary resection for metastases from colorectal cancer: factors influencing prognosis. Twenty-year experience

scientific article published on 01 May 2002

Radical resection of a giant, invasive and symptomatic malignant Solitary Fibrous Tumour (SFT) of the pleura

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Radical surgical resection of a giant pleural metastasis of a malignant phyllodes tumor of the breast

scientific article published on 01 December 2005

Re: Survival after extended thymectomy for thymoma

scientific article published on 01 March 2012

Recommended changes for T and N descriptors proposed by the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer - Lung Cancer Staging Project: a validation study from a single-centre experience

scientific article published on 18 August 2009

Recurrence of thymoma

scientific article published on 03 April 2011

Recurrence of thymoma: analysis of clinicopathologic features, treatment, and outcome

scientific article published on 01 January 1997

Reply to Hamaji

scientific article published on 11 December 2014

Significance of the presence of microscopic vascular invasion after complete resection of Stage I-II pT1-T2N0 non-small cell lung cancer and its relation with T-Size categories: did the 2009 7th edition of the TNM staging system miss something?

scientific article published in February 2011

Single versus double lung transplantation in pulmonary fibrosis: a debated topic.

scientific article published in July 2008

Spontaneous osteoclastogenesis is a predictive factor for bone metastases from non-small cell lung cancer.

scientific article published on 3 December 2007

Spontaneous pneumomediastinum: a rare complication of anorexia nervosa.

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Stage I pure bronchioloalveolar carcinoma: recurrences, survival and comparison with adenocarcinoma of the lung

scientific article published on 01 March 2003

Stereotactic body radiation therapy for lung metastases

scientific article published on 02 July 2011

Successful bilateral lung volume reduction in a child with emphysema from bronchiolitis obliterans

scientific article published on 01 October 2004

Successful bilobectomy for pulmonary venous obstruction after bilateral lung transplantation

scientific article published on 01 October 1998

Successful surgical management of a delayed pharyngo-esophageal perforation after anterior cervical spine plating

scientific article published on 26 January 2008

Supplementary prognostic variables for pleural mesothelioma: a report from the IASLC staging committee.

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Surgical management of flail chest

scientific article published on 01 June 1999

Synchronous bilateral typical carcinoid of the lung.

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The IASLC Lung Cancer Staging Project: Proposals for Revision of the TNM Stage Groupings in the Forthcoming (Eighth) Edition of the TNM Classification for Lung Cancer

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The IASLC Mesothelioma Staging Project: Improving Staging of a Rare Disease Through International Participation

scientific article published on 23 September 2016

The IASLC Mesothelioma Staging Project: Proposals for the M Descriptors and for Revision of the TNM Stage Groupings in the Forthcoming (Eighth) Edition of the TNM Classification for Mesothelioma

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The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Lung Cancer Staging Project: Proposals for the Revision of the Clinical and Pathologic Staging of Small Cell Lung Cancer in the Forthcoming Eighth Edition of the TNM Classification for Lung C

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The management of malignant pleural mesothelioma

scientific article published on 01 February 2003

The role of surgery in recurrent thymic tumors.

scientific article published on February 2009

The role of surgery in the management of solitary pulmonary nodule in breast cancer patients

scientific article published on 30 January 2007

The significance of associated pre-invasive lesions in patients resected for primary lung neoplasms

scientific article published on 01 July 2004

The significance of intraoperative pleural effusion during surgery for bronchogenic carcinoma

scientific article published on 01 March 2002

The significance of intrapulmonary metastasis in non-small cell lung cancer: upstaging or downstaging? A re-appraisal for the next TNM staging system.

scientific article published on 27 May 2008

The specific effects of prior opioid exposure on placebo analgesia and placebo respiratory depression.

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The use of video-assisted thoracic surgery in the management of Pancoast tumors

scientific article published on 21 September 2010

Thymic carcinoma outcomes and prognosis: results of an international analysis.

scientific article published on 5 October 2014

Thymic carcinoma: a cohort study of patients from the European society of thoracic surgeons database.

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Thymic epithelial tumors express vascular endothelial growth factors and their receptors as potential targets of antiangiogenic therapy: a tissue micro array-based multicenter study

scientific article published on 22 May 2014

Thymic neuroendocrine tumors

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Thymidylate synthase but not excision repair cross-complementation group 1 tumor expression predicts outcome in patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma treated with pemetrexed-based chemotherapy.

scientific article published on 22 February 2010

Thymoma and inter-relationships between clinical variables: a multicentre study in 537 patients

scientific article published on 23 January 2014

Thymoma: inter-relationships among World Health Organization histology, Masaoka staging and myasthenia gravis and their independent prognostic significance: a single-centre experience

scientific article published on 18 November 2010

Thyroid metastasis after resection of atypical bronchial carcinoid

scientific article published on 01 June 2004

Trimodality management of malignant pleural mesothelioma

scientific article published on 01 March 2001

Tumours of the thymus: a cohort study of prognostic factors from the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons database

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World Health Organization histologic classification: an independent prognostic factor in resected thymomas.

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XRCC1 and ERCC1 variants modify malignant mesothelioma risk: A case–control study

scientific article published on 26 January 2011

[A review of prognostic factors in thymic malignancies]

scientific article published on 01 February 2014