External beam radiotherapy followed by image-guided adaptive brachytherapy in locally advanced cervical cancer: a multicenter retrospective analysis.

Purpose: To evaluate oncological outcomes and toxicities in patients with locally advanced cervical cancer (LACC) treated with concurrent chemoradiotherapy followed by image-guided adaptive brachytherapy at two Italian centres.

Material And Methods: A retrospective analysis was conducted on 122 patients with LACC treated between 2010 and 2022. Primary endpoints were local control (LC), pelvic control (PC), and nodal control (NC).

Focus on Non-osteoporotic Post-menopausal Women with Asymptomatic Primary Hyperparathyroidism: A Monocentric Series.

Objective: Primary Hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) is a common disease, frequently diagnosed in post-menopausal women, among whom Osteoporosis (OP) is a common finding. To date, no study has specifically evaluated the asymptomatic PHPT (aPHPT) patients without OP, in particular post-menopausal women who are exposed to an increased risk of developing OP.

Design: This study involved a retrospective cross-sectional evaluation.

Calcium/phosphate ratio: an additional tool for the clinical management of asymptomatic primary hyperparathyroidism?

Purpose: Serum calcium/phosphate ratio (Ca/P) has been recently proposed as an additional tool to identify primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT), especially in patients with subclinical presentation, with a proposed cut-off of 3.3 when both values are expressed in mg/dL. No data are available on the relationship between Ca/P and the clinical presentation of PHPT.

A Multi-professional Approach for Transition of Care at Discharge in Hyperglycemic Inpatients with COVID-19: A Single Center Study.

Background: The discharge from the hospital of insulin-treated hyperglycemic patients is always challenging. This is even more so in patients requiring glucocorticoid treatment, such as those with COVID-19.

Patients And Methods: A retrospective monocentric study of 23 inpatients was conducted with newly diagnosed or already known diabetes mellitus (DM) who were naïve to insulin treatment, and who were hospitalized with COVID-19 in non-critical settings and then discharged.

Serum Phosphate: A Neglected Test in the Clinical Management of Primary Hyperparathyroidism.

Background: Although the inverse correlation between serum PTH and phosphate (P) levels in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) is well known, the relationship between P levels and the clinical picture of the disease has not been well investigated. This was thus the aim of this paper.

Patients: A total of 472 consecutive patients with PHPT attending our center were retrospectively evaluated at diagnosis.