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Open AccessThe risk-based breast screening (RIBBS) study protocol: a personalized screening model for young women
The optimal mammography screening strategy for women aged 45–49 years is a matter of debate. We present the RIBBS study protocol, a quasi-experimental, prospective, population-based study comparing a risk- and...
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Open AccessCutaneous melanoma in older patients
In industrialized countries, the aging population is steadily rising. The incidence of cutaneous malignant melanoma (CMM) is highest in old people. This study focuses on the clinicopathological profile of CMM ...
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Open AccessRenal cell carcinoma: the population, real world, and cost-of-illness
The RCC treatment landscape has evolved dramatically over the past decade. The purpose of this study is to present a real-world data estimation of RCC’s cost-of-illness for this tumour’s clinical pathway.
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Open AccessMalignant Melanoma: Direct Costs by Clinical and Pathological Profile
A number of studies have examined the impact of tumor stage on direct health care costs of patients with melanoma. This study aimed to investigate the association between the direct costs for melanoma and the ...
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Quality management of cutaneous melanoma: impact on short-term outcomes and costs
Promoting standardization and quality assurance (QA) may guarantee better outcomes for patients and ensure a better allocation of healthcare system resources.
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Staging Cancer Through Text Mining of Pathology Records
information is stored in a healthcare record system and over 40% of it is estimated to be unstructured in the form of free clinical text. A collection of pathology records is provided by the Venet...
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Renin–Angiotensin–Aldosterone System Inhibitors and Risk of Death in Patients Hospitalised with COVID-19: A Retrospective Italian Cohort Study of 43,000 Patients
The epidemic due to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection has been spreading globally, raising increasing concerns. There are several controversial hypotheses on the potentiall...
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Patterns of care and cost profiles of women with breast cancer in Italy: EPICOST study based on real world data
To estimate total direct health care costs associated to diagnosis and treatment of women with breast cancer in Italy, and to investigate their distribution by service type according to the disease pathway and...
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SARS-CoV-2 infection in the Italian Veneto region: adverse outcomes in patients with cancer
In 84,246 consecutive Italians tested for SARS-CoV-2, we examined the prevalence of cancer and clinical outcomes of viral infection. Overall, 5.7% (4,789/84,246) had previously been diagnosed with cancer and, ...
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Comparison of breast cancers detected in the Verona screening program following transition to digital breast tomosynthesis screening with cancers detected at digital mammography screening
The Verona population-based breast cancer (BC) screening program provides biennial mammography to women aged 50–69 years. Based on emerging evidence of enhanced detection, the program transitioned to digital b...
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Open AccessCharacteristics of people living in Italy after a cancer diagnosis in 2010 and projections to 2020
Estimates of cancer prevalence are widely based on limited duration, often including patients living after a cancer diagnosis made in the previous 5 years and less frequently on complete prevalence (i.e., incl...
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Open AccessScreening women for cervical cancer carcinoma with a HPV mRNA test: first results from the Venice pilot program
HPV DNA-based screening is more effective than a Pap test in preventing cervical cancer, but the test is less specific. New HPV tests have been proposed for primary screening. The HPV mRNA test showed a simila...
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Open AccessHPV prevalence and risk of pre-cancer and cancer in regular immigrants in Italy: results from HPV DNA test-based screening pilot programs
Immigrants from low- and medium-income countries have a higher risk of cervical cancer due both to barriers in access to screening and to higher human papillomavirus (HPV) prevalence.
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Open AccessDifference in overall and age-specific prevalence of high-risk human papillomavirus infection in Italy: evidence from NTCC trial
Although among women a decreasing prevalence of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection with increasing age has been consistently observed in high-resource countries, different age profiles have been reported els...
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Open AccessUsefulness of a fast track list for anxious patients in a upper GI endoscopy
To determine whether patients with no alarm signs who ask the endoscopist to shorten their waiting time due to test result anxiety, represent a risk category for a major organic pathology.
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Open AccessDiffusion of good practices of care and decline of the association with case volume: the example of breast conserving surgery
Several previous studies conducted on cancer registry data and hospital discharge records (HDR) have found an association between hospital volume and the recourse to breast conserving surgery (BCS) for breast ...
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Open AccessEstimate of overdiagnosis of breast cancer due to mammography after adjustment for lead time. A service screening study in Italy
Excess of incidence rates is the expected consequence of service screening. The aim of this paper is to estimate the quota attributable to overdiagnosis in the breast cancer screening programmes in Northern an...
