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    Pancreatic enzyme supplementation after gastrectomy for gastric cancer: a randomized controlled trial

    Gastrectomy for gastric cancer is a significant cause of secondary exocrine pancreatic insufficiency. Pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy may influence nutritional status and quality of life after gastrectom...

    Marco Catarci, Manuele Berlanda, Giovanni Battista Grassi in Gastric Cancer (2018)

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    The SIC-GIRCG 2013 Consensus Conference on Gastric Cancer

    The topic chosen by the Board of the Italian Society of Surgery for the 2013 annual Consensus Conference was gastric cancer. With this purpose, under the direction of 2 chairmen, 36 experts nominated by the Re...

    Giovanni De Manzoni, Gian Luca Baiocchi, Massimo Framarini in Updates in Surgery (2014)

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    Locally Advanced Breast Cancer

    Locally advanced breast cancer (LABC) has been the usual clinical presentation in the past and still accounts for a sizable number of breast cancer cases in develo** countries or in medically underserved pop...

    Stefano P. Drago, Giovanni Battista Grassi in Oncologic Breast Surgery (2014)

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    Long-term results of tailored D2 lymph node dissection after R0 surgery for gastric cancer

    Implementation of extended lymph node dissection for gastric cancer in western non-specialized centers through tailoring its extent upon disease stage and patient comorbidities was suggested as a wise policy t...

    Marco Catarci, Leonardo Antonio Montemurro, Sabrina Ghinassi in Updates in Surgery (2011)

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    Lymph node retrieval and examination during the implementation of extended lymph node dissection for gastric cancer in a non-specialized western institution

    The optimal degree of lymph node dissection for gastric cancer is still matter of debate. Particularly, there are serious doubts about the reproducibility of extended lymph node dissection in western surgical ...

    Marco Catarci, Leonardo Antonio Montemurro, Antonio Di Cintio in Updates in Surgery (2010)

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    Expression of the proto-oncogene c-KIT in normal and tumor tissues from colorectal carcinoma patients

    The proto-oncogene c-KIT encodes a tyrosine kinase receptor essential during embryonic development and postnatal life. Although deregulated expression of c-KIT has been reported, its role in colorectal carcino...

    Innocenzo Sammarco, Gabriele Capurso in International Journal of Colorectal Disease (2004)

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    Traumatic ventral hernia: Report of a case, with special reference to surgical treatment

    A traumatic abdominal wall hernia is an unusual injury that may follow various types of blunt trauma. Differing patterns of muscular and fascial disruption can occur due to the different types of force involve...

    Stefano Paolo Drago, Michele Nuzzo, Giovanni Battista Grassi in Surgery Today (1999)