Publications by authors named "A Marzocco"
Circulating tumor cells and cell-free nucleic acids are novel diagnostic, prognostic and predictive tools for non-invasive and cost-effective cancer detection in liquid biopsy. Carbonic anhydrase IX (CAIX) has been proposed as a biomarker in urogenital tumors and urine sediment. Our aim was to evaluate CAIX full-length percentage (CAIX FL%) in urine-cell-free RNA (cfRNA) and its relationship with tumor-cell-associated RNA (TC-RNA).
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- The study aimed to determine if delays in surgery for prostate cancer patients undergoing robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) are linked to a higher likelihood of cancer progression (pathological upstaging).
- A total of 2017 patients with various risk categories for prostate cancer were analyzed, finding that the average time from diagnosis to treatment varied by risk level, with localized high-risk patients experiencing delays.
- Results indicated that delays in surgery, particularly for localized high-risk cases, could increase the risk of worse pathological outcomes, suggesting timely intervention is important.
Background: Differences have often been reported in the outcomes of bladder cancer (BC) patients according to gender.
Objective: This study aims to provide data on patients undergoing radical cystectomy (RC) in a high-volume tertiary urologic center and to assess whether gender discrepancies do exist in terms of surgical options and clinical outcomes.
Materials And Methods: Consecutive BC patients treated between 2016 and 2020 at a single center (Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy) were included in the study.