Clinicopathological Features Associated with Microsatellite Instability/Mismatch Repair Deficiency in Uterine Carcinosarcoma: A Quantitative Systematic Review.

Introduction: Recent studies suggested that microsatellite instability/mismatch repair deficiency (MSI/MMR-d) might define a clinicopathologically distinct subset of uterine carcinosarcomas (UCSs).

Objective: The aim of this study was to compare clinicopathological features between MSI/MMR-d and microsatellite-stable/mismatch repair-proficient (MSS/MMR-p) UCSs.

Methods: A quantitative systematic review was performed by searching electronic databases from January 2000 to January 2021.

Prognostic value of Bcl2 and Bcl6 in primary cutaneous large B-cell lymphoma: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Aims: To assess the prognostic value of Bcl2 and Bcl6 in primary cutaneous diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (pcDLBCL), through a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Methods: Electronic databases were searched from their inception to April 2021 for studies reporting Bcl2 and Bcl6 expression and survival outcomes in pcDLBCL series. Kaplan-Meier and Cox regression survival analyses with hazard ratio calculation were performed for overall survival (OS), with a significant p-value< 0.

Lymphovascular space invasion in endometrial carcinoma: A prognostic factor independent from molecular signature.

Background: The 2020 ESGO/ESTRO/ESP guidelines stratify the prognosis of endometrial carcinoma (EC) patients combining The Cancer Genome ATLAS (TCGA) molecular signature and pathological factors, including lymphovascular space invasion (LVSI). However, little is known about the prognostic independence of LVSI from molecular signature.

Aim: To assess whether the prognostic value of LVSI is independent from the TCGA signature.

Histological Prognostic Factors of Endometrial Cancer in Patients with Adenomyosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Background: A better endometrial cancer (EC) prognosis in patients with coexistent adenomyosis has been hypothesized based on a different prevalence of favorable EC histological prognostic factors. However, pooled risk of EC unfavorable histological prognostic factors in patients with adenomyosis has never been calculated.

Objectives: We aimed to assess the risk of EC unfavorable histological prognostic factors in patients with adenomyosis.

Risk of Recurrence in Uterine Leiomyoma with Bizarre Nuclei: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Leiomyoma with bizarre nuclei (LBN) is a variant of uterine leiomyoma, which has replaced the previous category of "atypical leiomyoma" and must be distinguished from smooth muscle tumors of uncertain malignant potential (STUMP). However, previously published series of "atypical leiomyoma" might have included both LBN and STUMP, due to the lack of strict diagnostic criteria. Based on such hypothesis, we aimed to define the risk of recurrence in LBN.

Clinical Characteristics of Patients with Endometrial Cancer and Adenomyosis.

A better endometrial cancer (EC) prognosis in patients with coexistent adenomyosis has been reported. Unfortunately, it is still unclear if this better prognosis is related to a more favorable clinical profile of adenomyosis patients. We aimed to evaluate differences in the clinical profiles of EC patients with and without adenomyosis.

Application of the iBox prognostication system as a surrogate endpoint in the TRANSFORM randomised controlled trial: proof-of-concept study.

Objectives: Development of pharmaceutical agents in transplantation is currently limited by long waits for hard endpoints. We applied a validated integrative risk-prognostication system integrative Box (iBox) as a surrogate endpoint to the TRANSFORM Study, a large randomised controlled trial, to project individual patient long-term kidney allograft survival from 1 year to 11 years after randomisation.

Design: Post-hoc analysis of a randomised open-label controlled trial.

LPHN2 inhibits vascular permeability by differential control of endothelial cell adhesion.

Dynamic modulation of endothelial cell-to-cell and cell-to-extracellular matrix (ECM) adhesion is essential for blood vessel patterning and functioning. Yet the molecular mechanisms involved in this process have not been completely deciphered. We identify the adhesion G protein-coupled receptor (ADGR) Latrophilin 2 (LPHN2) as a novel determinant of endothelial cell (EC) adhesion and barrier function.

Prognostic value of the TCGA molecular classification in uterine carcinosarcoma.

Background: The TCGA molecular groups of endometrial carcinoma are "POLE-mutated" (POLEmut), "microsatellite-instable/mismatch repair-deficient" (MSI/MMRd), "TP53-mutated/p53-abnormal" (TP53mut/p53abn), and "no specific molecular profile" (NSMP).

Objective: Prognostic assessment of the TCGA groups in uterine carcinosarcoma (UCS).

Search Strategy: Systematic review from January 2000 to January 2021.

Clear cell endometrial carcinomas with mismatch repair deficiency have a favorable prognosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Introduction: In the ESGO/ESTRO/ESP guidelines for endometrial carcinoma management, the risk category of clear cell carcinoma (CCC) is not well defined. In fact, while p53-abnormal (p53abn) CCC are known to be aggressive, the prognosis of mismatch repair-deficient (MMRd) and p53-wild-type (p53wt) CCCs is less clear.

Objective: To assess the prognostic value of the MMRd and p53wt groups in CCC through a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Impact of adenomyosis on the prognosis of patients with endometrial cancer.

Background: Despite the high prevalence of adenomyosis in hysterectomy specimens of endometrial carcinoma (EC) patients, the relationship between adenomyosis and EC prognosis appears unclear.

Objective: To assess the prognostic value of coexistent adenomyosis in patients with EC.

Methods: A systematic review and meta-analysis was performed by searching six electronic databases for studies reporting data on prognosis of EC patients with and without coexistent adenomyosis.

Prognostic value of myometrial invasion and TCGA groups of endometrial carcinoma.

Background: 2021 ESGO/ESTRO/ESP guidelines for the management of patients with endometrial carcinoma (EC) encourage molecular classification and propose a new prognostic risk stratification based on both pathologic and molecular features. Although deep myometrial invasion (DMI) has been considered as a crucial risk factor in EC, it is unclear if its prognostic value is independent from The Cancer Genome ATLAS (TCGA) groups.

Aim: To assess if the prognostic value of DMI is independent from the TCGA groups in EC patients.

Stanford parameters stratify the risk of recurrence in gynecologic smooth muscle tumors of uncertain malignant potential.

Smooth muscle tumor of uncertain malignant potential (STUMP) is an ill-defined category of neoplasms, which represent a diagnostic challenge. We aimed to assess whether the Stanford parameters, that is, high mitotic index (≥10/10HPF), significant atypia (moderate-to-severe), and coagulative tumor cell necrosis (CTCN), even when focal or ambiguous, may be used to stratify the risk of recurrence in gynecological smooth muscle tumor of uncertain malignant potential (STUMP). Electronic databases were searched from their inception to October 2019.

Prognostic significance of atypical mitotic figures in smooth muscle tumors of uncertain malignant potential (STUMP) of the uterus and uterine adnexa.

We aimed to assess whether the presence of atypical mitotic figures (AMF) in smooth muscle tumors of uncertain malignant potential (STUMP) of the uterus and uterine adnexa is associated with increased risk of recurrence, and the association of AMF with the Stanford criteria, that is, significant cytologic atypia, mitotic index ≥ 10/10HPF, and coagulative tumor cell necrosis (CTCN). A systematic review was performed to identify all studies reporting the presence of AMF and oncologic outcomes in STUMP series. Fisher's exact test was used to assess the association of AMF with the three Stanford parameters.

Comorbidities, Cardiovascular Therapies, and COVID-19 Mortality: A Nationwide, Italian Observational Study (ItaliCO).

Italy has one of the world's oldest populations, and suffered one the highest death tolls from Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) worldwide. Older people with cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), and in particular hypertension, are at higher risk of hospitalization and death for COVID-19. Whether hypertension medications may increase the risk for death in older COVID 19 inpatients at the highest risk for the disease is currently unknown.

Gardnerella vaginalis and Trichomonas vaginalis infections and the risk of persistence or progression of low-grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasia.

Gardnerella vaginalis (GV) and Trichomonas vaginalis (TV) infections have been proposed as risk factors for persistence or progression of low-grade precancerous cervical lesions (CIN1/L-SIL). However, their role is still undefined. We aimed to assess if GV and TV infections affect the risk of persistence/progression of CIN1/L-SIL.

Estimating the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on services provided by Italian Neuromuscular Centers: an Italian Association of Myology survey of the acute phase.

Introduction: Since February 2020, the outbreak of COVID-19 in Italy has forced the health care system to undergo profound rearrangements in its services and facilities, especially in the worst-hit areas in Northern Italy. In this setting, inpatient and outpatient services had to rethink and reorganize their activities to meet the needs of patients during the "lockdown". The Italian Association of Myology developed a survey to estimate the impact of these changes on patients affected by neuromuscular disorders and on specialized neuromuscular centers during the acute phase of COVID-19 pandemic.

Structured reporting of chest CT in COVID-19 pneumonia: a consensus proposal.

Objectives: The need of a standardized reporting scheme and language, in imaging of COVID-19 pneumonia, has been welcomed by major scientific societies. The aim of the study was to build the reporting scheme of chest CT in COVID-19 pneumonia.

Methods: A team of experts, of the Italian Society of Medical and Interventional Radiology (SIRM), has been recruited to compose a consensus panel.

Description of a new biosafe procedure for cytological specimens from patients with COVID-19 processed by liquid-based preparations.

Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and represents the causative agent of a potentially fatal disease. The spread of the infection and the severe clinical disease have led to the widespread adoption of social distancing measures. Special attention and efforts to protect or reduce transmission have been applied at all social levels, including health care operators.

TCGA Classification of Endometrial Cancer: the Place of Carcinosarcoma.

In 2013, The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) Research Network found four novel prognostic subgroups of endometrial carcinoma: POLE/ultramutated (POLE), microsatellite-instable/hypermutated (MSI), copy-number-low/TP53-wild-type (CNL), and copy-number-highTP53-mutant (CNH). However, poor is known regarding uncommon histotypes of endometrial cancer. We aimed to assess the genetic profile of uterine carcinosarcoma (UCS) on the light of these findings.

TCGA molecular subgroups and FIGO grade in endometrial endometrioid carcinoma.

Background: International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) grade is a crucial factor in the current system for the risk stratification of endometrial endometrioid carcinoma (EC). The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) demonstrated four molecular prognostic subgroups for EC: POLE (good prognosis), microsatellite-instable (MSI, intermediate prognosis), copy-number-high (CNH, poor prognosis), and copy-number-low (CNL, variable prognosis).

Objective: To assess how the prevalence of the TCGA molecular subgroups changes from low-grade (G1-2) to high-grade (G3) EC, to understand how it may affect the current risk-assessment system.

Imaging of Cardiopulmonary Involvement in Systemic Immune-mediated Diseases: A Comprehensive Review.

Systemic immune-mediated diseases (SID) are a large group of disorders characterized by complex inflammatory and autoimmune damage to various organs and tissues. Among the possible manifestations, SIDs may potentially involve each structure of the cardiopulmonary system. Each disease is characterized by a specific clinical presentation.

Effect of music on labor and delivery in nulliparous singleton pregnancies: a randomized clinical trial.

Background: Women's experience of pain during labor varies greatly, and pain control is a major concern for obstetricians. Several methods have been studied for pain management for women in labor, including drug and non-drug interventions.

Objective: To test the hypothesis that in nulliparous women with singleton pregnancies at term, listening to music would reduce the pain level during labor.