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A meta-iodobenzylguanidine scintigraphic scoring system increases accuracy in the diagnostic management of pheochromocytoma

scientific article published on 01 June 2006

Accuracy of fine-needle aspiration cytology and frozen-section examination in patients with thyroid cancer

scientific article published on 01 January 2004

Accuracy of technetium-99m sestamibi scintimammography and X-ray mammography in premenopausal women with suspected breast cancer.

scientific article published on 23 October 2001

Accuracy of ultrasonography and 99mTc-sestamibi scintimammography for assessing axillary lymph node status in breast cancer patients. A prospective study

scientific article published on 21 June 2006

Adjuvant Hormonal Therapy in Women with Early-stage Breast Cancer

scientific article published on January 2016

Adjuvant Treatment of Early Breast Cancer in the Elderly.

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Adjuvant and neoadjuvant chemotherapy for soft tissue sarcomas.

scientific article published on January 2013

Adjuvant chemotherapy for elderly patients (> or =70 years) with early high-risk breast cancer: a retrospective analysis of 260 patients

scientific article published on 26 May 2005

Adrenalectomy in primary aldosteronism: a long-term follow-up study in 52 patients

scientific article published on 01 July 1992

Adrenocortical carcinoma. Our experience

scientific article published on March 1, 1995

Advances in the Treatment of Triple-negative Early Breast Cancer.

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Advantages of combined technetium-99m-sestamibi scintigraphy and high-resolution ultrasonography in parathyroid localization: comparative study in 91 patients with primary hyperparathyroidism

scientific article published on 01 December 2000

Aminoguanidine inhibits the generation of nitric oxide in vitro and prolongs islet xenograft survival in rats

scientific article published on 01 June 1997

An antibiotic care bundle approach based on results of rapid molecular screening for nasal carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the intensive care unit.

scientific article published in May 2012

An unusual post-traumatic case of extrahepatic bile duct compression.

scientific article published on December 2006

Apoptosis: life through planned cellular death regulating mechanisms, control systems, and relations with thyroid diseases.

scientific article

Are frozen sections useful and cost-effective in the era of intraoperative qPTH assays?

scientific article published on 01 December 2005

Arterial blood pressure, serum calcium and PTH in elderly men with parathyroid tumors and primary hyperparathyroidism

scientific article published on 01 November 2011

Association of hyperplasia and cancer of the parathyroid glands in patients under dialysis. Pathogenetic hypotheses

scientific article published on March 1985

Axillary lymph node metastases detection with 99mTc-sestamibi scintimammography in patients with breast cancer undergoing curative surgery

scientific article published on 01 July 2007

Axillary node sampling in conjunction with sentinel node biopsy in patients with breast cancer. A prospective preliminary study.

scientific article published in February 2011

Biochemical markers of endothelial activation in primary hyperparathyroidism

scientific article published on 01 February 2006

Bone mineral density improvement after successful parathyroidectomy in pre- and postmenopausal women with primary hyperparathyroidism: a prospective study

scientific article published on 23 July 2007

Bone mineral density, osteocalcin, and bone-specific alkaline phosphatase in patients with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus

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Bone turnover markers in women with early stage breast cancer who developed bone metastases. A prospective study with multivariate logistic regression analysis of accuracy.

scientific article published on 9 July 2016

Breast cancer detection with 99m-Tc-sestamibi scintigraphy, mammography, and fine-needle aspiration cytology: comparative study in 64 surgically treated patients

scientific article published on 01 September 1999

Breast cancer risk in symptomatic women spontaneously undergoing clinical breast examination

scientific article published on 01 July 2003

Breast complaints and risk of breast cancer. Population-based study of 2,879 self-selected women and long-term follow-up

scientific article published on 01 March 2002

CT and MR imaging of the adrenal glands in cortisol-secreting tumors.

scientific article published on September 2011

CT-scan, MRI and image-guided FNA cytology of incidental adrenal masses

scientific article published on 01 October 2003

Calcium metabolism & hypercalcemia in adults

scientific article published on 01 January 2011

Calcium metabolism and treatment of hypercalcemia

scientific article published on 01 July 2012

Changes of bone formation markers osteocalcin and bone-specific alkaline phosphatase in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis

scientific article

Clinical and radiological outcome after endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair: comparison of different grafts. preliminary single-center experience

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Comment on "repetitive transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) of liver metastases from gastric cancer: local control and survival results": will there be clinical implications in the future?

scientific article published in May 2013

Complete metabolic remission with Gefitinib in a hemodialysis patient with bone metastases from non-small cell lung cancer

article by Alessandro Del Conte et al published 1 January 2014 in Anticancer Research

Congenital anomalies of the spleen mimicking hematological disorders and solid tumors: a single-center experience of 2650 consecutive diagnostic laparoscopies

scientific article published on 01 November 2005

Cost-effective therapy in patients with idiopathic hirsutism.

scientific article published on June 2004

Current medical treatment of estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer

scientific article (publication date: 26 August 2015)

Cytokines, thyroid diseases and thyroid cancer.

scientific article published on 08 April 2010

Diagnosis of alterations of serum calcium metabolism

scientific article published on 01 July 2012

Editorial: Adjuvant Systemic Treatment Strategy for Early Breast Cancer.

scientific article published in January 2016

Endocrine therapy of breast cancer

Endothelial activation markers soluble E-selectin and von Willebrand factor in primary hyperparathyroidism

scientific article published on 01 March 2011

Estrogen therapy and risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women: a case-control study and results of a multivariate analysis

scientific article

Evaluation of predictive value of pleural CEA in patients with pleural effusions and histological findings: A prospective study and literature review.

scientific article published on 10 August 2016

Expression of p53 and Ki-67 as prognostic factors for survival of men with colorectal cancer

scientific article published on 01 September 2012

Extraadrenal and multiple pheochromocytomas. Are there really any differences in pathophysiology and outcome?

scientific article published on 01 September 1998

FNA cytology and frozen section examination in patients with follicular lesions of the thyroid gland

scientific article published on 01 December 2009

Factors Affecting Survival in Patients with Lung Metastases from Colorectal Cancer. A Short Meta-analysis

scientific article published on January 2016

Fine-needle aspiration cytology and (99m)Tc-pertechnetate scintigraphy together in patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma

scientific article published on 01 July 2010

Fine-needle aspiration cytology of adrenal masses in noncancer patients

scientific article published on 01 October 2001

Giant splenic epithelial cyst with elevated serum markers CEA and CA 19-9 levels: an incidental association?

scientific article published on 01 January 2003

Hepatocyte transplantation: an experimental study to treat acute liver failure in pigs

scientific article published on 01 February 2001

High prevalence of thyroid ultrasonographic abnormalities in primary aldosteronism.

scientific article published in November 2003

High risk of malignancy in patients with incidentally discovered adrenal masses: accuracy of adrenal imaging and image-guided fine-needle aspiration cytology

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Hyperfunctioning parathyroid tumours in patients with thyroid nodules. Sensitivity and positive predictive value of high-resolution ultrasonography and 99mTc-sestamibi scintigraphy

scientific article published on 01 September 2003

Hypoxemia and hypoventilation syndrome improvement after laparoscopic bariatric surgery in patients with morbid obesity

scientific article published on 01 May 2010

Iloprost enhances portal flow velocity and volume in patients with systemic sclerosis

scientific article published on 01 May 2006

Image-guided fine-needle aspiration cytology and flow cytometry phenotyping of neck lymphadenopathy for the diagnosis of recurrent lymphoma

scientific article published on 18 January 2017

Image-guided robotic stereotactic radiosurgery for unresectable liver metastases: preliminary results.

scientific article published in August 2009

Immunomodulation techniques in a pig-to-rat model of xenoislet transplantation to prolong graft survival.

scientific article published in November 2006

Improved quality of life in patients with malignant pleural effusion following videoassisted thoracoscopic talc pleurodesis. Preliminary results

scientific article published on November 1, 2012

Incidence of arm lymphoedema following sentinel node biopsy, axillary sampling and axillary dissection in patients with breast cancer

scientific article published on 01 November 2009

Incidentally discovered asymptomatic splenic hamartoma with rapidly expansive growth: a case report.

scientific article published in November 2012

Influence of age and menopausal status on pathologic and biologic features of breast cancer

scientific article published on 01 December 2000

Late liver metastases of choroidal melanoma detected by laparoscopy.

scientific article published in November 2008

Localization of parathyroid tumours in the minimally invasive era: which technique should be chosen? Population-based analysis of 253 patients undergoing parathyroidectomy and factors affecting parathyroid gland detection

scientific article published on 01 March 2001

Long-term follow-up study in breast cancer patients using serum tumor markers CEA and CA 15-3

scientific article published on 01 September 1999

Long-term outcome of stapled transanal rectal resection (STARR) versus stapled hemorrhoidopexys (STH) for grade III-IV hemorrhoids: preliminary results

scientific article published in November 2014

Long-term results of adrenalectomy in patients with aldosterone-producing adenomas: multivariate analysis of factors affecting unresolved hypertension and review of the literature.

scientific article

Lumbar spine bone mineral density changes in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism according to age and gender

scientific article published on 26 July 2007

Malignant Hypercalcemia

scientific article published on 01 January 2011

Management of incidentally discovered adrenal masses and risk of malignancy

scientific article published on 01 December 2000

Measurement of serum carcinoembryonic antigen, carbohydrate antigen 19-9, cytokeratin-19 fragment and matrix metalloproteinase-7 for detecting cholangiocarcinoma: a preliminary case-control study

scientific article published on 01 November 2014

Medical treatment of hirsutism in women.

scientific article published on January 2010

Method of counting alveoli in the post-perfusional lung

scientific article published on July 1, 1977

Minimally invasive radioguided parathyroidectomy

scientific article published on 01 July 2003

Multimodal approach and its impact on survival for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma

scientific article published on 01 September 2003

Noninvasive localization procedures in ectopic hyperfunctioning parathyroid tumors

scientific article published on 01 March 1999

Noninvasive parathyroid imaging in primary hyperparathyroidism.

scientific article

Oligonucleotide probe array for p53 gene alteration analysis in DNA from formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded breast cancer tissues.

scientific article published on September 2009

PCNA-LII, Ki-67 immunostaining, p53 activity and histopathological variables in predicting the clinical outcome in patients with parathyroid carcinoma

scientific article published on 01 March 2006

Parathyroid cancer: etiology, clinical presentation and treatment.

scientific article published on November 2006

Parathyroid carcinoma: sixteen new cases and suggestions for correct management

scientific article published on 01 December 1998

Parathyroid localization in primary hyperparathyroidism: double-tracer scintigraphy and venous sampling techniques combined. A first evaluation

scientific article published on 01 August 1984

Pathophysiology and treatment of nonfamilial hyperparathyroidism.

scientific article

Phalangeal quantitative ultrasound technology and dual energy X-ray densitometry in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism: influence of sex and menopausal status

scientific article published on 29 April 2003

Pheochromocytoma, a rare cause of hypertension: long-term follow-up of 55 surgically treated patients.

scientific article published in July 1998

Positive predictive value of 99mTc sestamibi scintimammography in patients with non-palpable, mammographically detected, suspicious, breast lesions

scientific article published on 01 November 2002

Postmeal portal flow variations in HCV-related chronic hepatitis and liver cirrhosis with and without hyperdynamic syndrome.

scientific article published on July 2008

Predictive value of different prognostic factors in breast cancer recurrences: multivariate analysis using a logistic regression model

scientific article published on 01 November 2001

Preoperative assessment of peritoneal carcinomatosis in patients undergoing hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy following cytoreductive surgery

scientific article published in May 2014

Preoperative serum C-reactive protein and its prognostic significance in patients with stage III-IV colorectal cancer

scientific article published on 01 December 2014

Prevalence of breast cancer in women with breast complaints. Retrospective analysis in a population of symptomatic patients

scientific article published on 01 November 2002

Prognostic factors of survival in patients treated with nab-paclitaxel plus gemcitabine regimen for advanced or metastatic pancreatic cancer: a single institutional experience

scientific article published on April 2015

Quantitative ultrasound technology in evaluating bone status and osteoporosis in patients with Cushing's syndrome

scientific article published on 13 September 2007

Recurrent dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans sixteen years after radical excition. A case report

scientific article published on 01 September 2003

Relationship between body mass index, age and hypoxemia in patients with extremely severe obesity undergoing bariatric surgery

scientific article published on September 1, 2010

Relationship between bone formation markers bone alkaline phosphatase, osteocalcin and amino-terminal propeptide of type I collagen and bone mineral density in elderly men. Preliminary results

scientific article published on 01 November 2012

Relationship between oral contraceptive therapy and estrogen receptor status in patients with breast cancer.

scientific article published in January 2008

Relationship between preoperative serum markers CA 15-3 and CEA and relapse of the disease in elderly (>65 years) women with breast cancer

scientific article published on 01 June 2010

Relationship between serum parathyroid hormone, serum calcium and arterial blood pressure in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism: results of a multivariate analysis

scientific article published on 01 May 2002

Results and long-term follow-up after unilateral adrenalectomy for ACTH-independent hypercortisolism in a series of fifty patients.

scientific article published in April 2005

Risk factors of endoleak following endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm. A multicentric retrospective study

scientific article published on 01 November 2007

Role and cost-effectiveness of adrenal imaging and image-guided FNA cytology in the management of incidentally discovered adrenal tumours

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Role of bilateral adrenalectomy in Cushing's disease

scientific article published on 01 July 1994

Ropivacaine versus levobupivacaine for minor breast surgery in outpatients: inversion of postoperative pain relief efficacy.

scientific article published on November 2012

Sensitivity and positive predictive value of CT, MRI and 123I-MIBG scintigraphy in localizing pheochromocytomas: a prospective study

scientific article published on 01 July 2006

Sensitivity of serum tumor markers CEA and CA 15-3 in breast cancer recurrences and correlation with different prognostic factors

scientific article published on 01 November 2000

Sentinel Node Biopsy in Early Breast Cancer.

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Seroma prevention following axillary dissection in patients with breast cancer by using ultrasound scissors: a prospective clinical study

scientific article published in June 2004

Serum N-telopeptide of type I collagen and bone alkaline phosphatase and their relationship in patients with non-small cell lung carcinoma and bone metastases. Preliminary results

scientific article published on 01 November 2011

Serum Tumor Markers in Stage I-II Breast Cancer

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Serum tumor markers in patients with breast cancer.

scientific article published in October 2004

Sestamibi scintimammography in pT1 breast cancer: alternative or complementary to X-ray mammography?

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Short- and long-term changes in bone mineral density of the lumbar spine after parathyroidectomy in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism

scientific article published on 01 July 2003

Short-term Survival of Patients with Lung Metastases from Colorectal and Non-colorectal Cancer Who Underwent Pulmonary Metastasectomy

scientific article

Simultaneous multianalyte immunoassay measurement of five serum tumor markers in the detection of colorectal cancer

scientific article published on 01 March 2012

Splenomegaly as risk factor of liver cirrhosis. A retrospective cohort study of 2,525 patients who underwent laparoscopy

scientific article published on 01 November 2011

Surgical treatment of medullary carcinoma of the thyroid

scientific article published on 01 July 2001

Talc pleurodesis as surgical palliation of patients with malignant pleural effusion. Analysis of factors affecting survival

scientific article published on 01 November 2012

Targeted approaches to triple-negative breast cancer: current practice and future directions

scientific article published on January 2013

Technetium-99m sestamibi scintigraphy and helical CT together in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism: a prospective clinical study

scientific article published on 01 February 2004

Temozolomide in patients with glioblastoma at second relapse after first line nitrosourea-procarbazine failure: a phase II study

scientific article published in January 2002

Thyroid C-cell hyperplasia shown by combined In-111 pentetreotide, Tc-99m pertechnetate, and Tc-99m MIBI scintigraphy.

scientific article published in May 2007

Touch imprint cytology and frozen-section analysis for intraoperative evaluation of sentinel nodes in early breast cancer.

scientific article

Treatment of Estrogen Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer

scientific article published on 01 January 2013

Treatment of brain metastases in uncommon tumors.

scientific article published in October 2004

Treatment of chronic hypercalcemia.

scientific article published in July 2012

Ultrasonic dissection system technology in breast cancer: a case-control study in a large cohort of patients requiring axillary dissection

scientific article published on 2 November 2013

Ultrasound evaluation of carotid artery in primary hyperparathyroidism

scientific article published on 01 May 2003

Unilateral adrenal tumor, erectile dysfunction and infertility in a patient with 21-hydroxylase deficiency: effects of glucocorticoid treatment and surgery

scientific article published on 01 February 2003

Unusual Development of Iatrogenic Complex, Mixed Biliary and Duodenal Fistulas Complicating Roux-en-Y Antrectomy for Stenotic Peptic Disease of the Supraampullary Duodenum Requiring Whipple Procedure: An Uncommon Clinical Dilemma

scientific article published on October 23, 2010

Up-to-date on parathyroid carcinoma: analysis of an experience of 19 cases.

scientific article published in December 2004

Use of cyproterone acetate, finasteride, and spironolactone to treat idiopathic hirsutism.

scientific article published in April 2003

Usefulness and limits of ultrasound-guided hook-wire positioning for localisation of soft tissue lesions prior to surgery

scientific article published on 01 November 2005

Usefulness of CT scan, MRI and radiocholesterol scintigraphy for adrenal imaging in Cushing's syndrome.

scientific article published in May 2002

Usefulness of chromogranin A, neuron-specific enolase and 5-hydroxyindolacetic acid measurements in patients with malignant carcinoids

scientific article published on November 1, 2011

Usefulness of combined sestamibi scintimammography, axillary ultrasonography and FNA cytology in reducing the number of sentinel node procedures in patients with early-stage breast cancer.

scientific article published in February 2009

Usefulness of ultrasound scissors in reducing serous drainage after axillary dissection for breast cancer: a prospective randomized clinical study.

scientific article published in January 2004

Which benefit from adding gemcitabine to vinorelbine in elderly (>or=70 years) women with metastatic breast cancer? Early interruption of a phase II study.

scientific article published on 6 October 2006

[Adrenal incidentaloma: proposal for a correct treatment]

scientific article published on 01 July 1997

[Fibrocystic disease of breast. Clinico-therapeutic considerations]

scientific article published on 01 May 1988

[Hürthle cell tumor of the thyroid: which surgical approach?]

scientific article published on 01 April 1989

[Lipolytic and lipoprotein lipase activity of subcutaneous and visceral adipose tissue in Cushing's syndrome]

scientific article published on 01 July 1990

[Parathyroidectomy in secondary hyperparathyroidism]

scientific article published on 01 March 1985

[Physiopathological aspects of bone tissue in hyperparathyroidism. Pre- and postoperative evaluation of several parameters]

scientific article published on 01 June 1988

[Primary hyperparathyroidism. Critical analysis of a 20-year experience]

scientific article published on 01 May 1999

[Radical interventions in the treatment of thyroid carcinoma]

scientific article published on 01 January 1994

[Surgical approach in the treatment of recurrent primary hyperparathyroidism]

scientific article published on 01 July 1993