Publications by authors named "Laura Boschetti"
Background: Early detection and diagnosis of venous thromboembolism are vital for effective treatment. To what extent methodological shortcomings exist in studies of diagnostic tests and whether this affects published test performance is unknown.
Objectives: We aimed to assess the methodological quality of studies evaluating diagnostic tests for venous thromboembolic diseases and quantify the direction and impact of design characteristics on diagnostic performance.
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- - Benign tumors of the chest wall are uncommon and can develop from various types of chest tissues, including vessels, nerves, and bones, though they usually don’t affect life expectancy.
- - While these tumors can cause symptoms like pain, over 20% of patients may not show any symptoms and might be diagnosed incidentally through imaging tests.
- - Diagnosis often requires a thorough medical history and imaging assessment, and while surgery is a common treatment, it may not be suitable for all cases due to the tumor's size or location, with limited guidelines available for treatment.
Lung cancer is the worldwide leading oncological cause of death in both genders combined and accounts for around 40-50% of brain metastases in general. In early-stage lung cancer, the incidence of brain metastases is around 3%. Since the early detection of asymptomatic cerebral metastases is of prognostic value, the aim of this study was to analyze the incidence of brain metastases in early-stage lung cancer and identify possible risk factors.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: This study aimed to provide an extensive overview of clinical and pathological findings along with various therapeutic options analyzing in addiction, retrospectively, the surgical outcomes of a single center cohort.
Background: Thymic neoplasms are rare thoracic tumors which commonly are located in the anterior mediastinum and are associated with a wide spectrum of clinical presentations. They may run an indolent course or could present a very aggressive biologic progression with infiltration of mediastinal structures and presence of distant metastases.