Publications by authors named "M Zuffante"

Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are the most frequent mesenchymal tumors of the gastrointestinal tract, usually arising in the stomach or in the small bowel. Most GISTs are diagnosed early due to the presence of symptoms (e.g.

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Problem: Indigenous populations experience higher odds of poor maternal and infant health outcomes than non-Hispanic White mothers yet have lower odds of receiving adequate prenatal care.

Background: Many Indigenous communities rely on modern Western medical institutions to provide pregnancy related health care. These systems were not developed with or for Indigenous communities and often fail to meet the needs of Indigenous pregnant patients.

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In August 2021, the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services was notified by a local public health department of a cluster of two Lyme disease cases in patients with local exposure to wooded areas in a county located in their jurisdiction. Epidemiological investigations revealed that the two patients had similar symptom onset dates and had likely exposure to ticks at wooded sites located directly adjacent to one another. Two environmental investigations were completed in October 2021 and consisted of tick surveys at the patients' reported sites of tick exposure.

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Objectives: To test whether 3T MRI radiomics of breast malignant lesions improves the performance of predictive models of complete response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy when added to other clinical, histological and radiological information.

Methods: Women who consecutively had pre-neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) 3T DCE-MRI between January 2016 and October 2019 were retrospectively included in the study. 18F-FDG PET-CT and histological information obtained through lesion biopsy were also available.

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Introduction: The combined use of 68gallium (68Ga)-DOTA-peptides and 18fluorine-fluoro-2-deoxyglucose (18F-FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) scans in the workup of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PanNETs) is controversial. This study aimed at assessing both tracers' capability to identify tumors and to assess its association with pathological predictors of recurrence.

Methods: Prospectively collected, preoperative, dual-tracer PET/CT scan data of G1-G2, nonmetastatic, PanNETs that underwent surgery between January 2013 and October 2019 were retrospectively analyzed.

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