INTRODUCTION To assess the outcomes of immediate LDT versus observation strategies for T1 hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) with respect to progression beyond Milan and survival. METHOD T1 HCCs were retrospectively reviewed from a multidisciplinary tumour board database between September 2007 and May 2015. In the observation group, T1 lesions were observed until the tumour grew to meet T2 criter...

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) has been a major reason for liver transplantation (LT). Globally, LT for HCC is performed on the basis of the Milan criteria, and if performed within those criteria, then the outcome is not different from that of LT performed for other primary diseases. On the other hand, the scope of the Milan criteria covers only early-stage HCC, and many HCC patients do not mee...

AIM Liver transplantation (LT) is the best therapy for early hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in cirrhosis. Whereas the Milan criteria are routinely applied, the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) criteria are occasionally considered in large-volume transplant centers. Poor information is available about the real "gain" in patients' outcome when extending the listing criteria from Mila...

AIM Efforts are currently made to detect vesicoureteric reflux (VUR) early after urinary infections in order to limit secondary renal damage. This study investigated the extent to which recommendations for the detection of VUR are put into practice, and their influence on the age at diagnosis. METHODS The age at diagnosis of VUR after urinary tract infections was analysed in 126 patients (48M...

No empirical studies have defined the posttransplant survival that would justify expansion of the Milan criteria for liver transplantation of hepatocellular carcinoma. We created a Markov model comparing the survival benefit of transplantation for a patient with >Milan HCC, versus the harm caused to other patients on the waiting list. In the base-case analysis, the strategy of transplanting the...

a Neuroradiology Unit, IRCCS “C. Mondino Institute of Neurology” Foundation, University of Pavia, Italy b Institute of Radiological Sciences, University of Milan and Unit of Nuclear Medicine, San Paolo Hospital, Milan, Italy c Stroke Unit, IRCCS “C. Mondino Institute of Neurology” Foundation, Pavia, Italy d Department of Neurology and Otorhinolaryngology, University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’ and IR...

Erasmo Recami Facoltà di Ingegneria, Università statale di Bergamo, Dalmine (BG), Italy; I.N.F.N.–Sezione di Milano, Milan, Italy; and C.C.S., State University at Campinas, Campinas, S.P., Brazil; e-mail: [email protected] and Giovanni Salesi I.N.F.N.–Sezione di Milano, Milan, Italy; and Facoltà di Ingegneria, Università statale di Bergamo, 24044–Dalmine (BG), Italy; e-mail: Giovanni.Sal...

1Oral Health Research Centre, Department of Biomedical, Surgical and Dental Sciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Milan, Italy 2Department of Endodontology, Maurice and Gabriela Goldschleger School of Dental Medicine, Tel Aviv, Israel 3Oral Implantology Research Centre, Department of Biomedical, Surgical and Dental Sciences, Università degli Studi di Mi...

1Department of Otolaringology, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, Department of Biomedical Science, Humanitas University, Rozzano (Milan), Italy 2Personalized Medicine Clinic Asthma & Allergy, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, Department of Biomedical Science, Humanitas University, Rozzano (Milan), Italy 3Allergy & Respiratory Diseases, DIMI Department of Internal Medicine, Universit...

Nadia Bolognini1,2 and Tony Ro3,4 1Department of Psychology, University of Milano-Bicocca, 20126 Milan, Italy, 2Neuropsychological Laboratory, IRCCS-Istituto Auxologico Italiano, 20122 Milan, Italy, 3Department of Psychology, The City College of the City University of New York, New York, New York 10031, and 4Program in Cognitive Neuroscience, The Graduate Center of the City University of New Yo...