Publications by authors named "D Tarroni"
Clinical and epidemiological evidence indicate a relationship between thyroid diseases and melanoma. In particular, the hypothyroidism condition appears to promote melanoma spread, which suggests a protective role of thyroid hormones against disease progression. In addition, experimental data suggest that, in addition to thyroid hormones, other hormonal players of the hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid (HPT) axis, namely the thyrotropin releasing hormone and the thyrotropin, are likely to affect melanoma cells behavior.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFClinical presentation after ingestion of foreign body is a common finding in surgical practice. Perianal sepsis due to a foreign body is, usually, secondary to introduction via the trans-anal route. The case here reported is extremely rare since an ingested fishbone passed asymptomatically through most of the gastrointestinal tract, with resultant late-onset ischiorectal abscess.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe transcription factors involved in epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT-TFs) silence the genes expressed in epithelial cells (e.g., E-cadherin) while inducing those typical of mesenchymal cells (e.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe American Joint Committee on Cancer has revised the Tumor-Node-Metastasis (TNM) staging system for papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) patients. We examined the impact of this new classification (TNM-8) on patient stratification and estimated the prognostic value of clinicopathological features for the disease-free interval (DFI) in a cohort of 1148 PTC patients. Kaplan-Meier analyses showed that all clinicopathological parameters analyzed, except age and multifocality, were associated significantly with DFI.
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- Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is a common surgery to treat gallbladder problems, but sometimes doctors need to change it to a different method called open cholecystectomy to keep patients safe.
- In a study of 1,323 patients, researchers found that factors like being older than 65, having certain health issues, or having emergencies can increase the chances of needing this change during surgery.
- Some patients faced higher risks after the conversion, including more health problems and even some deaths, which highlights the importance of understanding these risk factors.