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Luisa Benvegnù

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Hepatocellular carcinoma recurrence in patients with curative resection or ablation: impact of HCV eradication does not depend on the use of interfer…

2016

none 48 no Background: In HCV-infected cirrhotic patients with successfully treated early hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the time to HCC recurrence and the effects of sustained viral eradication (SVR) by interferon (IFN)-based or IFN-free regimens on HCC recurrence remain unclear. Aim: To perform an indirect comparison of time to recurrence (TTR) in patients with successfully treated early HCC and active HCV infection with those of patients with SVR by IFN-based and by IFN-free regimens. Methods: We evaluated 443 patients with HCV-related cirrhosis and Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer Stage A/0 HCC who had a complete radiological response after curative resection or ablation. Active HCV infec…

Liver CirrhosisMaleCirrhosisDatabases FactualGastroenterologyHCV-infected cirrhotic patients; hepatocellular carcinoma; HCC; sustained viral eradication; SVR; interferon0302 clinical medicineRetrospective StudiePharmacology (medical)Prospective StudiesHCV-infected cirrhotic patientsHCCProspective cohort studyAged 80 and overLiver NeoplasmsGastroenterologyvirus diseasesHepatitis Chepatocellular carcinomainterferonMiddle AgedHepatitis CLiver Neoplasm030220 oncology & carcinogenesisHepatocellular carcinomaCatheter AblationInterferon030211 gastroenterology & hepatologyFemaleLiver cancerHumanAdultmedicine.medical_specialtyCarcinoma HepatocellularSVRLiver CirrhosiAntiviral AgentsFollow-Up Studie03 medical and health sciencesInternal medicinemedicineCarcinomaEarly Hepatocellular CarcinomaHumansAgedRetrospective StudiesAntiviral AgentHepatologybusiness.industrySettore MED/09 - MEDICINA INTERNARetrospective cohort studymedicine.diseasedigestive system diseasesSurgeryProspective Studiesustained viral eradicationInterferonsNeoplasm Recurrence LocalbusinessFollow-Up Studies
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The evolutionary scenario of hepatocellular carcinoma in Italy: an update

2017

Background and aims Epidemiology of hepatocellular carcinoma is changing worldwide. This study aimed at evaluating the changing scenario of etiology, presentation, management and prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma in Italy during the last 15 years. Methods Retrospective analysis of the ITA.LI.CA (Italian Liver Cancer) database including 5192 hepatocellular carcinoma patients managed in 24 centers from 2000 to 2014. Patients were divided into three groups according to the date of cancer diagnosis (2000-2004, 2005-2009 and 2010-2014). Results The main results were: 1) progressive patient aging; 2) progressive expansion of non-viral cases and, namely, of “metabolic” hepatocellular carcinoma…

OncologyMaleEtiologyDatabases FactualRadiofrequency ablationmedicine.medical_treatmentlaw.invention0302 clinical medicinelawEpidemiologyepidemiology; hepatocellular carcinoma; survival; treatment; HepatologyAged 80 and overSurveillancetreatmentLiver Neoplasmshepatocellular carcinomaMiddle AgedPrognosisItaly030220 oncology & carcinogenesisHepatocellular carcinomaCatheter Ablation030211 gastroenterology & hepatologyFemaleepidemiology; hepatocellular carcinoma; survival; treatmentepidemiologyalpha-FetoproteinsLiver cancerAdultmedicine.medical_specialtyCarcinoma Hepatocellularsurvival03 medical and health sciencesYoung AdultAge DistributionInternal medicinemedicineHumansSex DistributionAgedNeoplasm StagingRetrospective StudiesCirrhosiHepatologybusiness.industryCancer stageSettore MED/09 - MEDICINA INTERNACancermedicine.diseaseSurgeryepidemiology; hepatocellular carcinoma; survival; treatment; Adult; Age Distribution; Aged; Aged 80 and over; Carcinoma Hepatocellular; Catheter Ablation; Databases Factual; Female; Humans; Italy; Liver Neoplasms; Male; Middle Aged; Neoplasm Staging; Prognosis; Retrospective Studies; Sex Distribution; Young Adult; alpha-FetoproteinsEtiologyPercutaneous ethanol injectionbusiness
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Lack of association between serological markers of past HBV exposure and HCC development in patients with HCV-induced cirrhosis

2007

medicine.medical_specialtyCirrhosisHepatologybusiness.industryInternal medicineGastroenterologymedicineIn patientmedicine.diseasebusinessGastroenterologySerologyDigestive and Liver Disease
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Years of life that could be saved from prevention of hepatocellular carcinoma

2016

Summary Background Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) causes premature death and loss of life expectancy worldwide. Its primary and secondary prevention can result in a significant number of years of life saved. Aim To assess how many years of life are lost after HCC diagnosis. Methods Data from 5346 patients with first HCC diagnosis were used to estimate lifespan and number of years of life lost after tumour onset, using a semi-parametric extrapolation having as reference an age-, sex- and year-of-onset-matched population derived from national life tables. Results Between 1986 and 2014, HCC lead to an average of 11.5 years-of-life lost for each patient. The youngest age-quartile group (18–61 y…

RegistrieMalePediatricsDatabases FactualHepatocellular carcinoma0302 clinical medicineprevention80 and overSecondary PreventionPharmacology (medical)Prospective StudiesRegistriesYoung adultProspective cohort studySecondary preventionAged 80 and overeducation.field_of_studyLiver NeoplasmsGastroenterologyDisease ManagementMiddle AgedPrimary PreventiondiagnosiItalyLiver Neoplasm030220 oncology & carcinogenesisHepatocellular carcinoma030211 gastroenterology & hepatologyFemaleHumanAdultmedicine.medical_specialtyCarcinoma HepatocellularAdolescentPopulationlife expentancyMilan criteria03 medical and health sciencesDatabasesYoung AdultLife ExpectancymedicineHumansAdolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged 80 and over; Carcinoma Hepatocellular; Databases Factual; Disease Management; Female; Humans; Italy; Life Expectancy; Liver Neoplasms; Male; Middle Aged; Primary Prevention; Prospective Studies; Registries; Secondary Prevention; Young Adult; Pharmacology (medical)educationFactualAgedHepatologybusiness.industryCarcinomaSettore MED/09 - MEDICINA INTERNAHepatocellularmedicine.diseaseSurgeryProspective StudieYears of potential life lostLife expectancybusiness
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Serum antibodies to thymus epithelial cells in non-A, non-B and cryptogenic chronic liver disease

2008

Antibodies against thymus epithelial cells (anti-TEC) and the basal cell layer (BCLA) of squamous epithelia have been described in association with HDV-related chronic liver disease (CLD). Data are lacking on their presence during nAnB virus infection. Sera from 51 patients with nAnB post-transfusion hepatitis, including acute and chronic cases diagnosed during a prospective study on candidates for cardiac surgery, and 167 with various forms of CLD were tested for the presence of anti-TEC and BCLA using indirect immunofluorescence on human thymus and rat forestomach sections. Both antibodies mainly occurred in nAnB, HDV and cryptogenic CLD (anti-TEC: 51%, 47% and 42%; BCLA: 29%, 38% and 31%…

Pathologymedicine.medical_specialtyHepatitis Viral Humanmedicine.drug_classFluorescent Antibody TechniqueThymus GlandChronic liver diseaseMonoclonal antibodyEpitheliumSerologyPrimary biliary cirrhosisAntigenAntibody SpecificitymedicinePrevalenceHumansProspective StudiesChildAutoantibodiesHepatitis ChronicHepatitisHepatologybiologyLiver DiseasesAutoantibodyAntibodies MonoclonalTransfusion Reactionmedicine.diseaseHepatitis CImmunologyAcute Diseasebiology.proteinKeratinsAntibody
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The concept of therapeutic hierarchy for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma: A multicenter cohort study

2019

Background: The Italian Liver Cancer (ITA.LI.CA) prognostic system for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) has recently been proposed and validated. We sought to explore the relationship among the ITA.LI.CA prognostic variables (ie tumour stage, functional score based on performance status and Child-Pugh score, and alpha-fetoprotein), treatment selection and survival outcome in HCC patients. Patients and Methods: We analysed 4,867 consecutive HCC patients undergoing six main treatment strategies (liver transplantation, LT; liver resection, LR; ablation, ABL; intra-arterial therapy, IAT; Sorafenib, SOR; and best supportive care, BSC) and enrolled during 2002-2015 in a multicenter It…

MaleOncologySorafenibmedicine.medical_specialtyPrognostic variableCarcinoma Hepatocellularmedicine.medical_treatmenttreatment selectionLiver transplantationhepatocellular carcinoma; prognostic variable; survival benefit; treatment selection;03 medical and health sciencesprognostic variable0302 clinical medicineInternal medicinemedicineHumanssurvival benefithepatocellular carcinoma; prognostic variable; survival benefit; treatment selectionAgedNeoplasm StagingRetrospective StudiesAged 80 and overHepatologyPerformance statusbusiness.industryLiver NeoplasmsHazard ratiohepatocellular carcinomaMiddle Agedmedicine.diseaseConfidence intervalItaly030220 oncology & carcinogenesisHepatocellular carcinomaFemale030211 gastroenterology & hepatologyLiver cancerbusinessmedicine.drug
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