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A genomic view of estrogen actions in human breast cancer cells by expression profiling of the hormone-responsive transcriptome

scientific article published on June 2004

A retrospective analysis on 197 cases of breast cancer local recurrence: Biology, treatment, and prognosis

scientific article published on 25 November 2019

Androgenic progestogens oppose the decrease of insulin-like growth factor I serum level induced by conjugated oestrogens in postmenopausal women. Preliminary report.

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Angiopoietin-2 expression in breast cancer correlates with lymph node invasion and short survival.

scientific article published on February 2003

Attitudes and perceptions towards vulvar and vaginal atrophy in Italian post-menopausal women: Evidence from the European REVIVE survey

scientific article published on 11 June 2016

Attitudes on fertility issues in breast cancer patients: an Italian survey

scientific article published on 18 May 2015

Axillary dissection in patients with preoperative positive nodal cytology: Genuine need or overtreatment?

scientific article published on 25 August 2019

Behaviour of ovarian tumors of low malignant potential treated with conservative surgery

Benefit from anthracyclines in relation to biological profiles in early breast cancer.

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Benign breast disease. An update.

scientific article published on January 1990

Body mass index (BMI) and breast cancer: impact on tumor histopatologic features, cancer subtypes and recurrence rate in pre and postmenopausal women

scientific article published on November 23, 2012

Brain metastases in patients with EOC: Clinico-pathological and prognostic factors. A multicentric retrospective analysis from the MITO group (MITO 19).

scientific article published on 4 October 2016

Breast cancer and hormone replacement therapy: putting the risk into perspective.

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Breast cancer treatment in mutation carriers: surgical treatment

scientific article published on 28 January 2016

Cancer of the male breast. Presentation of 4 cases

scientific article published on 01 September 1987

Characteristics of post-menopausal women with genitourinary syndrome of menopause: Implications for vulvovaginal atrophy diagnosis and treatment selection

scientific article published on 30 May 2015

Chemoprevention or mastectomy for women at high risk of developing breast cancer

scientific article published on 26 July 2015

Clinical Significance of Microinvasion in Borderline Ovarian Tumors and Its Impact on Surgical Management

scientific article published on September 1, 2012

Clinical and radiological predictors of nipple-areola complex involvement in breast cancer patients.

scientific article published on 28 May 2012

Clinical outcome of adjuvant endocrine treatment according to PR and HER-2 status in early breast cancer

scientific article published on 15 September 2006

Clinical profile of women with vulvar and vaginal atrophy who are not candidates for local vaginal estrogen therapy.

scientific article published on 10 April 2017

Clinical-pathologic features, long term-outcome and surgical treatment in a large series of patients with invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC) and invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC).

scientific article published on 13 March 2013

Comparative gene expression profiling reveals partially overlapping but distinct genomic actions of different antiestrogens in human breast cancer cells

scientific article published on August 2006

Comparison of two models for the prediction of nonsentinel node metastases in breast cancer

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Concerns and Expectations of Risk-Reducing Surgery in Women with Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Syndrome

scientific article published on 05 March 2019

Critical review of the article by Colditz et al. on 'The use of estrogens and progestins and the risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women' published in the N.E.J.M. 1995, 332: 1589.

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Current Evidence of the Oncological Benefit-Risk Profile of Hormone Replacement Therapy

scientific article published on 07 September 2019

Decreasing arm morbidity by refining axillary surgery in breast cancer

Diagnosis and management of symptoms associated with vulvovaginal atrophy: expert opinion on behalf of the Italian VVA study group

scientific article published on 17 May 2016

Differential effects of oral conjugated estrogens and transdermal estradiol on insulin-like growth factor 1, growth hormone and sex hormone binding globulin serum levels.

scientific article published in December 1993

Distribution of Ha-RAS-1 proto-oncogene alleles in breast cancer patients and in a control population

scientific article published on 01 May 1988

Duloxetine and escitalopram for hot flushes: efficacy and compliance in breast cancer survivors

scientific article published on 3 March 2016

Dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI and sonography in patients receiving primary chemotherapy for breast cancer

scientific article published on 27 January 2005

Effect of different doses of metformin on serum testosterone and insulin in non-diabetic women with breast cancer: a randomized study.

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Effects of oestrogen on microRNA expression in hormone-responsive breast cancer cells

scientific article published on June 2012

Effects of tibolone on climacteric symptoms and quality of life in breast cancer patients--data from LIBERATE trial

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Endometrial thickness in the evaluation of clinical response to medical treatment for deep infiltrating endometriosis: a retrospective study

scientific article published on 14 September 2020

Endometriosis-associated Ovarian Cancer: A Distinct Clinical Entity?

scientific article published on July 2016

Extensive nodal disease may impair axillary reverse mapping in patients with breast cancer.

scientific article published on 13 October 2009

Extra-nuclear signalling of estrogen receptor to breast cancer cytoskeletal remodelling, migration and invasion

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Feasibility and oncological safety of sentinel node biopsy in breast cancer patients with a local recurrence

scientific article published on 07 June 2018

Fractional CO2 laser therapy: a new challenge for vulvovaginal atrophy in postmenopausal women.

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Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause in Breast Cancer Survivors: Are We Facing New and Safe Hopes?

scientific article published on 18 June 2015

HRT and gynaecologic cancer after WHI: old stuff or new doubts?

scientific article published on 01 May 2004

HRT, breast and endometrial cancers: strategies and intervention options.

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High expression of long non-coding RNA MALAT1 in breast cancer is associated with poor relapse-free survival.

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Hormone replacement therapy and breast cancer risk

scientific article published on 01 April 1996

Hormone replacement therapy in cancer survivors.

scientific article published in August 2004

Hormone-replacement therapy and lobular cancers: new deals and old myths

scientific article published on 01 May 2008

Identification of new genes associated with breast cancer progression by gene expression analysis of predefined sets of neoplastic tissues

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Impact of body mass index (BMI) on the prognosis of high-risk early breast cancer (EBC) patients treated with adjuvant chemotherapy.

scientific article published on 26 July 2016

Increased incidence of lobular breast cancer in women treated with hormone replacement therapy: implications for diagnosis, surgical and medical treatment.

scientific article published on September 2007

Influence of estrogens and antiestrogens on the expression of selected hormone-responsive genes

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Insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) serum level modifications during transdermal estradiol treatment in postmenopausal women: A possible bimodal effect depending on basal IGF-I values

scientific article published on August 1, 1998

Insulin-like growth factor-l and risk of breast cancer

scientific article published in The Lancet

Italian position statement on hormone replacement therapy following the National Conference on Menopause and Hormone Replacement Therapy, Villa Tuscolana, Frascati (Rome), May 8-9, 2007.

scientific article published on January 2007

LIN-28B/let-7a/IGF-II axis molecular subtypes are associated with epithelial ovarian cancer prognosis.

scientific article published on 2 January 2016

Laparoscopic surgery in the treatment of stage I adult granulosa cells tumors of the ovary: Results from the MITO-9 study.

scientific article published on 10 March 2018

Long non-coding RNAs, ASAP1-IT1, FAM215A, and LINC00472, in epithelial ovarian cancer.

scientific article published on 23 September 2016

Low-dose vaginal estrogens or vaginal moisturizer in breast cancer survivors with urogenital atrophy: a preliminary study.

scientific article published in June 2010

Lower Body Lymphedema in Patients with Gynecologic Cancer.

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Lower limb lymphedema and neurological complications after lymphadenectomy for gynecological cancer

scientific article published on March 2015

Macro-regional variation in attitudes toward and experiences of vulvar and vaginal atrophy among Italian post-menopausal women: a post hoc analysis of REVIVE survey data

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Management of endometrial cancer in Italy: a national survey endorsed by the Italian Society of Gynecologic Oncology.

scientific article published on 20 August 2014

Medical treatment of early stage and rare histological variants of epithelial ovarian cancer

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Menopause after breast cancer: a survey on breast cancer survivors

scientific article published on May 30, 2003

Menopause and hormone replacement therapy: the 2017 Recommendations of the Italian Menopause Society

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Metformin decreases circulating androgen and estrogen levels in nondiabetic women with breast cancer.

scientific article published in December 2013

Metformin use and gynecological cancers: A novel treatment option emerging from drug repositioning.

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MicroRNA let-7a modifies the effect of self-renewal gene HIWI on patient survival of epithelial ovarian cancer

scientific article published on 28 January 2015

Mirtazapine for the treatment of hot flushes in breast cancer survivors: a prospective pilot trial.

scientific article published in September 2007

Misplaced confidences?

scientific article published in November 1996

Molecular Characterization of Breast Cancer Aggressiveness

scientific article published on January 1, 2003

Neoadjuvant systemic treatment for breast cancer in Italy: The Italian Society of Surgical Oncology (SICO) Breast Oncoteam survey

scientific article published on 31 March 2018

Nipple-Sparing Mastectomy: Reliability of sub-areolar sampling and frozen section in predicting occult nipple involvement in breast cancer patients

scientific article published on 02 August 2018

Non-hormonal treatment of hot flushes in breast cancer survivors: gabapentin vs. vitamin E.

scientific article published in August 2009

Objective and self-reported cognitive dysfunction in breast cancer women treated with chemotherapy: a prospective study.

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Oral contraceptive use and breast cancer risk in areas with different incidence. A case-control study among young women

scientific article published on 01 April 1996

Oral contraceptives and breast cancer

scientific article published on 01 December 1992

Oral contraceptives, salpingo-oophorectomy and hormone replacement therapy in BRCA1–2 mutation carriers

scientific article published on 09 May 2008

Ovarian cancer in BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutation carriers: analysis of prognostic factors and survival.

scientific article published on 03 May 2016

Palliative care in patients with ovarian cancer and bowel obstruction

scientific article published on 25 March 2015

Pathological classification of ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast correlates with surgical treatment and may be predicted by mammography

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Personal use of HRT by postmenopausal women doctors and doctors' wives in the north of Italy.

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Personal use of hormone therapy by postmenopausal women doctors and male doctors' wives in Italy after the publication of WHI trial

scientific article published on 5 December 2005

Potential impact on breast cancer risk of circulating insulin-like growth factor I modifications induced by oral HRT in menopause.

scientific article published on March 1995

Predictors of response after a second attempt of pharmacological labor induction: a retrospective study

scientific article published on 22 May 2020

Purified and specific cytoplasmic pollen extract: a non-hormonal alternative for the treatment of menopausal symptoms

scientific article published on 05 February 2020

Quantitative analysis of human kallikrein gene 14 expression in breast tumours indicates association with poor prognosis

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Randomized phase III trial of adjuvant epirubicin followed by cyclophosphamide, methotrexate, and 5-fluorouracil (CMF) versus CMF followed by epirubicin in patients with node-negative or 1–3 node-positive rapidly proliferating breast cancer

scientific article published on 04 December 2010

Role of MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) versus conventional imaging for breast cancer presurgical staging in young women or with dense breast

scientific article published on 14 January 2011

Role of re-excision for positive and close resection margins in patients treated with breast-conserving surgery

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Satisfaction and Impact on Quality of Life of Clinical and Instrumental Surveillance and Prophylactic Surgery in BRCA-mutation Carriers

scientific article published on 26 July 2018

Secondary cytoreductive surgery for isolated lymph node recurrence of epithelial ovarian cancer: a multicenter study.

scientific article published on 14 December 2013

Sentinel node biopsy for breast cancer: yes, less surgery is better surgery.

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Sentinel node dissection as definitive treatment for node negative breast cancer patients.

scientific article published in November 2003

Sonographic Pitfall in Endometriotic Ovarian Cysts: A Rare Case of a Spontaneous Sigmoid Colonic Perforation in a Nonpregnant Woman

scientific article published in November 2016

Systematic indirect comparison of ospemifene versus local estrogens for vulvar and vaginal atrophy

scientific article published on 07 March 2017

The additionally glycosylated variant of human sex hormone‐binding globulin (SHBG) is linked to estrogen‐dependence of breast cancer

scientific article published on 01 March 1999

The androgen-regulated gene human kallikrein 15 (KLK15) is an independent and favourable prognostic marker for breast cancer

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The cellular apoptosis susceptibility CAS/CSE1L gene protects ovarian cancer cells from death by suppressing RASSF1C.

scientific article published on 2 March 2012

The influence of hormone replacement therapy on the pathology of breast cancer

scientific article published on 01 June 2005

The prognostic value of the human kallikrein gene 9 (KLK9) in breast cancer.

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The role of surgery in recurrent endometrial cancer

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Tibolone in postmenopausal women: a review based on recent randomised controlled clinical trials

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Time to initiation of adjuvant chemotherapy in patients with rapidly proliferating early breast cancer

scientific article published on 20 July 2015

Transvaginal high uterosacral ligament suspension: An alternative to McCall culdoplasty in the treatment of pelvic organ prolapse

scientific article published on 21 July 2019

Treatment of climacteric symptoms in survivors of gynaecological cancer.

scientific article published on 22 July 2015

Treatment options for pregnant women with ovarian tumors

scientific article published on July 2014

Ulipristal acetate: a novel pharmacological approach for the treatment of uterine fibroids

scientific article published on 20 February 2014

Unexpected uterine leiomyosarcoma in a woman with multiple myomas treated with ulipristal acetate: case report and literature review.

scientific article published on 21 September 2017

Vaginal Atrophy in Breast Cancer Survivors: Attitude and Approaches Among Oncologists

scientific article published on 19 May 2017

Vaginal oestrogen therapy after breast cancer: is it safe?

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Vasomotor symptoms in menopause: a biomarker of cardiovascular disease risk and other chronic diseases?

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[Postoperative infections and antibiotic prophylaxis in radical hysterectomy. Retrospective study]

scientific article published on 01 October 1991

[Postoperative infections and antibiotic prophylaxis in radical hysterectomy. Review of the literature]

scientific article published on 01 October 1991

miR148b is a major coordinator of breast cancer progression in a relapse-associated microRNA signature by targeting ITGA5, ROCK1, PIK3CA, NRAS, and CSF1.

scientific article published on 11 December 2012