The dynamic optical breast imaging in the preoperative workflow of women with suspicious or malignant breast lesions: development of a new comprehensive score.

Purpose. To determine the diagnostic accuracy of DOBIComfortScan in patients with Breast Imaging Reporting suspect breast lesions (BI-RADS) 4-5 breast lesions. Materials and Methods.

[Laparoscopy in patients with colonic diverticulitis. Results of a prospectic data base].

Aim Of Study: To evaluate the outcome of laparoscopic surgery in patients affected by colonic diverticulitis.

Materials And Methods: A prospective database was established in 1998 at our department to evaluate the results of laparoscopic treatment for diverticular disease. Contraindications to laparoscopic approach were: intestinal obstruction, faecal peritonitis, previuos major abdominal operations, presence of abdominal mass.

IGF-1 and IGF-1BP3 in gastric adenocarcinoma. Preliminary study.

Background/aims: Insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) is a mitogenic and anti-apoptotic factor, mainly produced by the liver, which regulates cell proliferation. Most serum IGF-1s are bound with IGF-1BP3. Plasma IGF-1 values are positively related to cancer risk (breast, colon, and lung cancer) and seem to have a prognostic significance in prostatic cancer.