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Silvano Gallus
Oncology
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Exposure to second-hand smoke and breast cancer risk in non-smoking women: a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis
Through the use of an innovative method to identify original publications, we conducted a meta-analysis of all epidemiological studies evaluating the association between second-hand smoke (SHS) exposure and br...
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Dose–response association between cigarette smoking and gastric cancer risk: a systematic review and meta-analysis
This study aims at providing an accurate and up-to-date quantification of the dose–response association between cigarette smoking and gastric cancer (GC) risk, overall and by subsite. We conducted a systematic...
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Second-hand smoke exposure and cervical cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis
The association between second-hand smoke (SHS) exposure and cervical cancer (CC) risk is still unclear. The aim of this study is to provide an accurate and updated estimate of this association.
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Open AccessHistologic subty** affecting outcome of triple negative breast cancer: a large Sardinian population-based analysis
Triple Negative breast cancer (TNBC) includes a heterogeneous group of tumors with different clinico-pathological features, molecular alterations and treatment responsivity. Our aim was to evaluate the clinico...
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Dose–risk relationships between cigarette smoking and ovarian cancer histotypes: a comprehensive meta-analysis
Although smoking has not been associated with overall ovarian cancer risk, a different impact on various histotypes has been reported. Our aim is to provide an accurate, up-to-date estimate of the dose–risk re...
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Open AccessClinical and pathological factors influencing survival in a large cohort of triple-negative breast cancer patients
To provide further information on the clinical and pathological prognostic factors in triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), for which limited and inconsistent data are available.
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Aspirin and Prostate Cancer Prevention
Aspirin has been associated to a reduced risk of colorectal, and possibly of other cancers. Data from at least 25 observational studies also suggest a modest reduced risk of prostate cancer in regular aspirin ...
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Soft drinks, sweetened beverages and risk of pancreatic cancer
Soft drinks usually contain sugar and caffeine that might influence pancreatic carcinogenesis. We considered the association between carbonated drink consumption and pancreatic cancer risk in an Italian case–c...
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Alcohol and endometrial cancer risk: a case–control study and a meta-analysis
To evaluate the association between alcohol consumption and endometrial cancer risk, we analyzed data from a hospital-based case–control study, conducted in Italy between 1992 and 2006, on 454 endometrial canc...
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Coffee, black tea and risk of gastric cancer
To provide information about the association of coffee, black tea with gastric cancer risk.
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Aspirin and Cancer Risk: A Summary Review to 2007
With few exceptions, epidemiological studies have found that individuals who take nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) have a reduced risk of colorectal adenomas and carcinoma. Similarly, randomized st...
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Prevalence of Pancreatic Insufficiency in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. Assessment by Fecal Elastase-1
Pancreatic insufficiency (PI) may be an extraintestinal manifestation of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). We report the results of a cross-sectional study that was carried out to investigate both the prevale...
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Aspirin and cancer risk: an updated quantitative review to 2005
Aspirin has been associated to a reduced risk of colorectal, and possibly of a few other common cancers. Epidemiological studies on aspirin and cancer risk published up to December 2005 have been reviewed, and...
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Milk, Dairy Products and Cancer Risk (Italy)
Inconclusive information is available on the potential role of milk and dairy products on the risk of cancer at several sites.
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Sun Exposure, Phenotypic Characteristics, and Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma. An Analysis According to Different Clinico-Pathological Variants and Anatomic Locations (Italy)
The aim of the study was to examine the relation between sun exposure and other selected risk factors and the development of different clinico-pathological variants of cutaneous malignant melanoma (CMM) at di...
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Glycemic index and load and risk of upper aero-digestive tract neoplasms (Italy)
Background: The ability of dietary carbohydrates to affect blood glucose and insulin levels by dietary carbohydrates is best measured by the glycemic index (GI) and glycemic load (GL) which have been directly as...
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Cigarette smoking and risk of cancers of the colon and rectum: A case–control study from Italy
The relationship between smoking habit and risk of colon and rectal cancers was considered in a case–control study conducted between 1991 and 1996 in six Italian centers. Cases were 1225 patients below age 75 ...
