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1: Gramenzi A, Golfieri R, Mosconi C, Cappelli A, Granito A,
Cucchetti A,
Marinelli S, Pettinato C, Erroi V, Fiumana S, Bolondi L,
Bernardi M, Trevisani F;
BLOG (Bologna Liver Oncology Group). Yttrium-90
radioembolization versus
sorafenib for intermediate-locally advanced hepatocellular
carcinoma: a cohort
study with propensity score analysis. Liver Int. 2014 Apr 22.
doi:
10.1111/liv.12574. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID:
24750853.
2: Cucchetti A, Trevisani F, Pecorelli A, Erroi V, Farinati F,
Ciccarese F,
Rapaccini GL, Marco MD, Caturelli E, Giannini EG, Zoli M,
Borzio F, Cabibbo G,
Felder M, Gasbarrini A, Sacco R, Foschi FG, Missale G, Morisco
F, Baroni GS,
Virdone R, Bernardi M, Pinna AD; for the Italian Liver Cancer
(ITA.LI.CA) group..
Estimation of lead-time bias and its impact on the outcome of
surveillance for
the early diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma. J Hepatol.
2014 Apr 6. pii:
S0168-8278(14)00222-0. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2014.03.037. [Epub
ahead of print]
PubMed PMID: 24717522.
3: Cescon M, Ercolani G, Cucchetti A, Ravaioli M, Pinna AD. Is
really full right
full left split liver transplantation a valuable tool to
increase organ
availability? Hepatobiliary Surg Nutr. 2013 Aug;2(4):182-3.
doi:
10.3978/j.issn.2304-3881.2013.05.03. PubMed PMID: 24570942;
PubMed Central PMCID:
PMC3924681.
4: Vitale A, Cucchetti A, Qiao GL, Cescon M, Li J, Ramirez
Morales R, Frigo AC,
Xia Y, Tuci F, Shen F, Cillo U, Pinna AD. Is resectable
hepatocellular carcinoma
a contraindication to liver transplantation? A novel decision
model based on
"number of patients needed to transplant" as measure of
transplant benefit. J
Hepatol. 2014 Feb 6. pii: S0168-8278(14)00094-4. doi:
10.1016/j.jhep.2014.01.022.
[Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 24508550.
5: Cucchetti A, Qiao GL, Cescon M, Li J, Xia Y, Ercolani G,
Shen F, Pinna AD.
Anatomic versus nonanatomic resection in cirrhotic patients
with early
hepatocellular carcinoma. Surgery. 2014 Mar;155(3):512-21.
doi:
10.1016/j.surg.2013.10.009. Epub 2013 Oct 14. PubMed PMID:
24439747.
6: Angelico M, Nardi A, Romagnoli R, Marianelli T, Corradini
SG, Tandoi F,
Gavrila C, Salizzoni M, Pinna AD, Cillo U, Gridelli B, De
Carlis LG, Colledan M,
Gerunda GE, Costa AN, Strazzabosco M; Liver Match Study
Investigators. A Bayesian
methodology to improve prediction of early graft loss after
liver transplantation
derived from the Liver Match study. Dig Liver Dis. 2014
Apr;46(4):340-7. doi:
10.1016/j.dld.2013.11.004. Epub 2014 Jan 9. PubMed PMID:
24411484.
7: Giannini EG, Cucchetti A, Erroi V, Garuti F, Odaldi F,
Trevisani F.
Surveillance for early diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma:
how best to do it?
World J Gastroenterol. 2013 Dec 21;19(47):8808-21. doi:
10.3748/wjg.v19.i47.8808.
PubMed PMID: 24379604; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3870532.
8: Serenari M, Cescon M, Cucchetti A, Pinna AD. Liver function
impairment in
liver transplantation and after extended hepatectomy. World J
Gastroenterol. 2013
Nov 28;19(44):7922-9. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i44.7922. Review.
PubMed PMID:
24307786; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3848140.
9: Cucchetti A, Piscaglia F, Cescon M, Serra C, Colecchia A,
Maroni L, Venerandi
L, Ercolani G, Pinna AD. An explorative data-analysis to
support the choice
between hepatic resection and radiofrequency ablation in the
treatment of
hepatocellular carcinoma. Dig Liver Dis. 2014
Mar;46(3):257-63. doi:
10.1016/j.dld.2013.10.015. Epub 2013 Nov 24. PubMed PMID:
24284006.
10: Cucchetti A, Siniscalchi A, Cescon M, Mazzotti F, Ercolani
G, Ravaioli M,
Faenza S, Pinna AD. Assessment of Perioperative Transfusion
Requirement for
Cirrhotic Patients Undergoing Elective Hepatectomy. Minerva
Anestesiol. 2013 Nov
26. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 24280819.
11: Cescon M, Cucchetti A, Colecchia A, Ercolani G, Festi D,
Pinna AD. Reply to
Letter: "Value of Transient Elastography Measured With
Fibroscan in Predicting
the Outcome of Hepatic Resection for Hepatocellular
Carcinoma". Ann Surg. 2013
Nov 20. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 24263331.
12: Brandi G, de Rosa F, Agostini V, di Girolamo S, Andreone
P, Bolondi L, Serra
C, Sama C, Golfieri R, Gramenzi A, Cucchetti A, Pinna AD,
Trevisani F, Biasco G;
Italian Liver Cancer (ITA.LI.CA) Group. Metronomic
capecitabine in advanced
hepatocellular carcinoma patients: a phase II study.
Oncologist.
2013;18(12):1256-7. doi: 10.1634/theoncologist.2013-0093. Epub
2013 Nov 13.
PubMed PMID: 24232581; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3868418.
13: Cucchetti A, Cescon M, Erroi V, Pinna AD.
Cost-effectiveness of liver cancer
screening. Best Pract Res Clin Gastroenterol. 2013
Dec;27(6):961-72. doi:
10.1016/j.bpg.2013.08.021. Epub 2013 Oct 4. Review. PubMed
PMID: 24182614.
14: Cucchetti A, Vitale A, Cescon M, Gambato M, Maroni L,
Ravaioli M, Ercolani G,
Burra P, Cillo U, Pinna AD. Can liver transplantation provide
the statistical
cure? Liver Transpl. 2014 Feb;20(2):210-7. doi:
10.1002/lt.23783. Epub 2013 Dec
12. PubMed PMID: 24166895.
15: Lisotti A, Azzaroli F, Buonfiglioli F, Montagnani M,
Cecinato P, Turco L,
Calvanese C, Simoni P, Guardigli M, Arena R, Cucchetti A,
Colecchia A, Festi D,
Golfieri R, Mazzella G. Indocyanine green retention test as a
noninvasive marker
of portal hypertension and esophageal varices in compensated
liver cirrhosis.
Hepatology. 2014 Feb;59(2):643-50. doi: 10.1002/hep.26700.
Epub 2013 Dec 20.
PubMed PMID: 24038116.
16: Piscaglia F, Cucchetti A, Dietrich CF, Salvatore V.
Towards new tools for
refined management of patients with advanced hepatocellular
carcinoma under
systemic therapy: some enthusiasm with a word of caution. J
Hepatol. 2013
Nov;59(5):924-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2013.07.028. Epub 2013
Aug 6. PubMed PMID:
23928406.
17: Cucchetti A, Piscaglia F, Cescon M, Ercolani G, Pinna AD.
Systematic review
of surgical resection vs radiofrequency ablation for
hepatocellular carcinoma.
World J Gastroenterol. 2013 Jul 14;19(26):4106-18. doi:
10.3748/wjg.v19.i26.4106.
Review. PubMed PMID: 23864773; PubMed Central PMCID:
PMC3710412.
18: Sagrini E, Ardoino I, Marano G, Gianstefani A, Orlandini
A, Sebastiani G,
Donati G, Cucchetti A, Pelosi G, Ferrari C, Alberti A,
Biganzoli E, Piscaglia F,
Bolondi L. Development and validation of a nomogram based on
clinical factors and
standard laboratory tests for prediction of clinically
significant liver fibrosis
in chronic hepatitis C virus infection. Eur J Gastroenterol
Hepatol. 2013
Dec;25(12):1385-95. doi: 10.1097/MEG.0b013e328363e29d. PubMed
PMID: 23839163.
19: Cucchetti A, Mazzotti F, Pellegrini S, Cescon M, Maroni L,
Ercolani G, Pinna
AD. The use of the Hirsch index in benchmarking hepatic
surgery research. Am J
Surg. 2013 Oct;206(4):560-6. doi:
10.1016/j.amjsurg.2013.01.037. Epub 2013 Jun
25. PubMed PMID: 23806828.
20: Liang Y, Cucchetti M, Roncagalli R, Yokosuka T, Malzac A,
Bertosio E, Imbert
J, Nijman IJ, Suchanek M, Saito T, Wülfing C, Malissen B,
Malissen M. The
lymphoid lineage-specific actin-uncapping protein Rltpr is
essential for
costimulation via CD28 and the development of regulatory T
cells. Nat Immunol.
2013 Aug;14(8):858-66. doi: 10.1038/ni.2634. Epub 2013 Jun 23.
PubMed PMID:
23793062.
21: Giannini EG, Savarino V, Farinati F, Ciccarese F,
Rapaccini G, Marco MD,
Benvegnù L, Zoli M, Borzio F, Caturelli E, Chiaramonte M,
Trevisani F; Italian
Liver Cancer (ITA.LI.CA) group. Influence of clinically
significant portal
hypertension on survival after hepatic resection for
hepatocellular carcinoma in
cirrhotic patients. Liver Int. 2013 Nov;33(10):1594-600. doi:
10.1111/liv.12199.
Epub 2013 May 8. PubMed PMID: 23654354.
22: Cucchetti A, Piscaglia F, Cescon M, Colecchia A, Ercolani
G, Bolondi L, Pinna
AD. Cost-effectiveness of hepatic resection versus
percutaneous radiofrequency
ablation for early hepatocellular carcinoma. J Hepatol. 2013
Aug;59(2):300-7.
doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2013.04.009. Epub 2013 Apr 18. PubMed
PMID: 23603669.
23: Piscaglia F, Terzi E, Cucchetti A, Trimarchi C, Granito A,
Leoni S, Marinelli
S, Pini P, Bolondi L. Treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma in
Child-Pugh B
patients. Dig Liver Dis. 2013 Oct;45(10):852-8. doi:
10.1016/j.dld.2013.03.002.
Epub 2013 Apr 9. PubMed PMID: 23582346.
24: Pompili M, Saviano A, de Matthaeis N, Cucchetti A, Ardito
F, Federico B,
Brunello F, Pinna AD, Giorgio A, Giulini SM, De Sio I,
Torzilli G, Fornari F,
Capussotti L, Guglielmi A, Piscaglia F, Aldrighetti L,
Caturelli E, Calise F,
Nuzzo G, Rapaccini GL, Giuliante F. Long-term effectiveness of
resection and
radiofrequency ablation for single hepatocellular carcinoma ≤3
cm. Results of a
multicenter Italian survey. J Hepatol. 2013 Jul;59(1):89-97.
doi:
10.1016/j.jhep.2013.03.009. Epub 2013 Mar 22. PubMed PMID:
23523578.
25: Gramenzi A, Tedeschi S, Cantarini MC, Erroi V, Tumietto F,
Attard L, Calza L,
Foschi FG, Caraceni P, Pavoni M, Cucchetti A, Bernardi M,
Viale P, Verucchi G,
Trevisani F. Outcome of hepatocellular carcinoma in human
immunodeficiency
virus-infected patients. Dig Liver Dis. 2013 Jun;45(6):516-22.
doi:
10.1016/j.dld.2012.12.010. Epub 2013 Jan 16. PubMed PMID:
23332770.
26: De Rose AM, Cucchetti A, Clemente G, Ardito F, Giovannini
I, Ercolani G,
Giuliante F, Pinna AD, Nuzzo G. Prognostic significance of
tumor doubling time in
mass-forming type cholangiocarcinoma. J Gastrointest Surg.
2013 Apr;17(4):739-47.
doi: 10.1007/s11605-012-2129-6. Epub 2013 Jan 5. PubMed PMID:
23292461.
27: Ravaioli M, Serenari M, Cescon M, Martin Suarez S,
Cucchetti A, Ercolani G,
Del Gaudio M, Catena F, Morelli C, Arpesella G, Pinna AD.
Combined kidney-liver,
heart-liver, and kidney-pancreas transplantations from a
single deceased donor.
Case Rep Transplant. 2012;2012:849619. doi:
10.1155/2012/849619. Epub 2012 Oct
11. PubMed PMID: 23259144; PubMed Central PMCID:
PMC3504260.
28: Angelico M, Nardi A, Marianelli T, Caccamo L, Romagnoli R,
Tisone G, Pinna
AD, Avolio AW, Fagiuoli S, Burra P, Strazzabosco M, Costa AN;
Liver Match
Investigators. Hepatitis B-core antibody positive donors in
liver transplantation
and their impact on graft survival: evidence from the Liver
Match cohort study. J
Hepatol. 2013 Apr;58(4):715-23. doi:
10.1016/j.jhep.2012.11.025. Epub 2012 Nov
28. PubMed PMID: 23201239.
29: Cucchetti A, Cescon M, Trevisani F, Pinna AD. Current
concepts in hepatic
resection for hepatocellular carcinoma in cirrhotic patients.
World J
Gastroenterol. 2012 Nov 28;18(44):6398-408. doi:
10.3748/wjg.v18.i44.6398.
Review. PubMed PMID: 23197885; PubMed Central PMCID:
PMC3508634.
30: Cescon M, Colecchia A, Cucchetti A, Peri E, Montrone L,
Ercolani G, Festi D,
Pinna AD. Value of transient elastography measured with
FibroScan in predicting
the outcome of hepatic resection for hepatocellular carcinoma.
Ann Surg. 2012
Nov;256(5):706-12; discussion 712-3. doi:
10.1097/SLA.0b013e3182724ce8. PubMed
PMID: 23095613.
31: Cucchetti A, Zanello M, Bigonzi E, Pellegrini S, Cescon M,
Ercolani G,
Mazzotti F, Pinna AD. The use of social networking to explore
knowledge and
attitudes toward organ donation in Italy. Minerva Anestesiol.
2012
Oct;78(10):1109-16. PubMed PMID: 23059515.
32: Cescon M, Cucchetti A, Ravaioli M, Pinna AD.
Hepatocellular carcinoma
locoregional therapies for patients in the waiting list.
Impact on
transplantability and recurrence rate. J Hepatol. 2013
Mar;58(3):609-18. doi:
10.1016/j.jhep.2012.09.021. Epub 2012 Oct 4. Review. PubMed
PMID: 23041304.
33: Bertuzzo VR, Cescon M, Morelli MC, Di Gioia P, Tamè M,
Lorenzini S, Andreone
P, Ercolani G, Del Gaudio M, Ravaioli M, Cucchetti A, Dazzi A,
D'Errico-Grigioni
A, Pinna AD. Long-term antiviral treatment for recurrent
hepatitis C after liver
transplantation. Dig Liver Dis. 2012 Oct;44(10):861-7.
doi:
10.1016/j.dld.2012.06.013. Epub 2012 Jul 21. PubMed PMID:
22819767.
34: Cucchetti A, Piscaglia F, Cescon M, Ercolani G, Terzi E,
Bolondi L, Zanello
M, Pinna AD. Conditional survival after hepatic resection for
hepatocellular
carcinoma in cirrhotic patients. Clin Cancer Res. 2012 Aug
15;18(16):4397-405.
doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-11-2663. Epub 2012 Jun 27. PubMed
PMID: 22745107.
35: Cucchetti A, Cescon M, Ercolani G, Bigonzi E, Torzilli G,
Pinna AD. A
comprehensive meta-regression analysis on outcome of anatomic
resection versus
nonanatomic resection for hepatocellular carcinoma. Ann Surg
Oncol. 2012
Nov;19(12):3697-705. doi: 10.1245/s10434-012-2450-z. Epub 2012
Jun 22. PubMed
PMID: 22722807.
36: Giannini EG, Marenco S, Borgonovo G, Savarino V, Farinati
F, Del Poggio P,
Rapaccini GL, Anna Di Nolfo M, Benvegnù L, Zoli M, Borzio F,
Caturelli E,
Chiaramonte M, Trevisani F; Italian Liver Cancer (ITA.LI.CA)
group.
Alpha-fetoprotein has no prognostic role in small
hepatocellular carcinoma
identified during surveillance in compensated cirrhosis.
Hepatology. 2012
Oct;56(4):1371-9. doi: 10.1002/hep.25814. PubMed PMID:
22535689.
37: Ramacciato G, D'Angelo F, Baldini R, Petrucciani N,
Antolino L, Aurello P,
Nigri G, Bellagamba R, Pezzoli F, Balesh A, Cucchetti A,
Cescon M, Del Gaudio M,
Ravaioli M, Pinna AD. Hepatocellular carcinomas and primary
liver tumors as
predictive factors for postoperative mortality after liver
resection: a
meta-analysis of more than 35,000 hepatic resections. Am Surg.
2012
Apr;78(4):456-67. PubMed PMID: 22472405.
38: Cucchetti A, Cescon M, Trevisani F, Morelli MC, Ercolani
G, Pellegrini S,
Erroi V, Bigonzi E, Pinna AD. What is the probability of being
too old for
salvage transplantation after hepatocellular carcinoma
resection? Dig Liver Dis.
2012 Jun;44(6):523-9. doi: 10.1016/j.dld.2012.01.018. Epub
2012 Mar 3. PubMed
PMID: 22387286.
39: Galafassi S, Cucchetti D, Pizza F, Franzosi G, Bianchi D,
Compagno C. Lipid
production for second generation biodiesel by the oleaginous
yeast Rhodotorula
graminis. Bioresour Technol. 2012 May;111:398-403. doi:
10.1016/j.biortech.2012.02.004. Epub 2012 Feb 8. PubMed PMID:
22366600.
40: Avolio AW, Agnes S, Cillo U, Lirosi MC, Romagnoli R,
Baccarani U, Zamboni F,
Nicolini D, Donataccio M, Perrella A, Ettorre GM, Romano M,
Morelli N, Vennarecci
G, de Waure C, Fagiuoli S, Burra P, Cucchetti A.
http://www.D-MELD.com, the
Italian survival calculator to optimize donor to recipient
matching and to
identify the unsustainable matches in liver transplantation.
Transpl Int. 2012
Mar;25(3):294-301. doi: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2011.01423.x. Epub
2012 Jan 23.
PubMed PMID: 22268763.
41: Cucchetti A, Ercolani G, Cescon M, Bigonzi E, Peri E,
Ravaioli M, Pinna AD.
Impact of subcentimeter margin on outcome after hepatic
resection for colorectal
metastases: a meta-regression approach. Surgery. 2012
May;151(5):691-9. doi:
10.1016/j.surg.2011.12.009. Epub 2012 Jan 18. PubMed PMID:
22261294.
42: Cucchetti A, Trevisani F, Cescon M, Ercolani G, Farinati
F, Poggio PD,
Rapaccini G, Nolfo MA, Benvegnù L, Zoli M, Borzio F, Giannini
EG, Caturelli E,
Chiaramonte M, Pinna AD; Italian Liver Cancer (ITA.LI.CA)
Group.
Cost-effectiveness of semi-annual surveillance for
hepatocellular carcinoma in
cirrhotic patients of the Italian Liver Cancer population. J
Hepatol. 2012
May;56(5):1089-96. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2011.11.022. Epub 2012
Jan 13. PubMed
PMID: 22245900.
43: Cucchetti A, Ercolani G, Cescon M, Di Gioia P, Peri E,
Brandi G, Pellegrini
S, Pinna AD. Safety of hepatic resection for colorectal
metastases in the era of
neo-adjuvant chemotherapy. Langenbecks Arch Surg. 2012
Mar;397(3):397-405. doi:
10.1007/s00423-011-0894-4. Epub 2011 Dec 24. PubMed PMID:
22198370.
44: Loggi E, Micco L, Ercolani G, Cucchetti A, Bihl FK, Grazi
GL, Gitto S,
Bontadini A, Bernardi M, Grossi P, Costa AN, Pinna AD, Brander
C, Andreone P.
Liver transplantation from hepatitis B surface antigen
positive donors: a safe
way to expand the donor pool. J Hepatol. 2012
Mar;56(3):579-85. doi:
10.1016/j.jhep.2011.09.016. Epub 2011 Oct 23. PubMed PMID:
22027583.
45: Siniscalchi A, Cucchetti A, Miklosova Z, Lauro A, Zanoni
A, Spedicato S,
Bernardi E, Aurini L, Pinna AD, Faenza S. Post-reperfusion
syndrome during
isolated intestinal transplantation: outcome and predictors.
Clin Transplant.
2012 May-Jun;26(3):454-60. doi:
10.1111/j.1399-0012.2011.01530.x. Epub 2011 Oct
17. PubMed PMID: 22004008.
46: Ravaioli M, Cucchetti A, Cescon M, Piscaglia F, Ercolani
G, Trevisani F,
Pinna AD. Systematic review of outcome of downstaging
hepatocellular cancer
before liver transplantation in patients outside the Milan
criteria (Br J Surg
2011; 98: 1201-1208). Br J Surg. 2011 Nov;98(11):1674; author
reply 1675. doi:
10.1002/bjs.7728. PubMed PMID: 21964691.
47: Avolio AW, Cillo U, Salizzoni M, De Carlis L, Colledan M,
Gerunda GE,
Mazzaferro V, Tisone G, Romagnoli R, Caccamo L, Rossi M,
Vitale A, Cucchetti A,
Lupo L, Gruttadauria S, Nicolotti N, Burra P, Gasbarrini A,
Agnes S;
Donor-to-Recipient Italian Liver Transplant (D2R-ILTx) Study
Group. Balancing
donor and recipient risk factors in liver transplantation: the
value of D-MELD
with particular reference to HCV recipients. Am J Transplant.
2011
Dec;11(12):2724-36. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2011.03732.x.
Epub 2011 Sep 15.
PubMed PMID: 21920017.
48: Cucchetti A, Cescon M, Bigonzi E, Piscaglia F, Golfieri R,
Ercolani G,
Cristina Morelli M, Ravaioli M, Daniele Pinna A. Priority of
candidates with
hepatocellular carcinoma awaiting liver transplantation can be
reduced after
successful bridge therapy. Liver Transpl. 2011
Nov;17(11):1344-54. doi:
10.1002/lt.22397. PubMed PMID: 21837731.
49: Bigonzi E, Cucchetti A, Pinna AD. Meta-analysis of
anatomic resection versus
non-anatomic resection for hepatocellular carcinoma: are they
comparing apples
with oranges? Langenbecks Arch Surg. 2012 Jan;397(1):141-2;
author reply 142.
doi: 10.1007/s00423-011-0816-5. Epub 2011 Jul 22. PubMed PMID:
21779832.
50: Cescon M, Zanello M, Grazi GL, Cucchetti A, Ravaioli M,
Ercolani G, Del
Gaudio M, Lauro A, Morelli MC, Pinna AD. Impact of very
advanced donor age on
hepatic artery thrombosis after liver transplantation.
Transplantation. 2011 Aug
27;92(4):439-45. doi: 10.1097/TP.0b013e3182252800. PubMed
PMID: 21712754.
51: Vitale A, Morales RR, Zanus G, Farinati F, Burra P, Angeli
P, Frigo AC, Del
Poggio P, Rapaccini G, Di Nolfo MA, Benvegnù L, Zoli M, Borzio
F, Giannini EG,
Caturelli E, Chiaramonte M, Trevisani F, Cillo U; Italian
Liver Cancer group.
Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer staging and transplant survival
benefit for
patients with hepatocellular carcinoma: a multicentre, cohort
study. Lancet
Oncol. 2011 Jul;12(7):654-62. doi:
10.1016/S1470-2045(11)70144-9. Epub 2011 Jun
16. PubMed PMID: 21684210.
52: Ravaioli M, Ercolani G, Cescon M, Del Gaudio M, Cucchetti
A, Ramacciato G,
Francioni G, Pinna AD. "Double common bile duct: a pitfall
during liver
transplantation and cholecystectomy". Surgery. 2011
Jul;150(1):139-40. doi:
10.1016/j.surg.2011.03.008. PubMed PMID: 21683862.
53: Cucchetti A, Cescon M, Bertuzzo V, Bigonzi E, Ercolani G,
Morelli MC,
Ravaioli M, Pinna AD. Can the dropout risk of candidates with
hepatocellular
carcinoma predict survival after liver transplantation? Am J
Transplant. 2011
Aug;11(8):1696-704. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2011.03570.x.
Epub 2011 Jun 10.
PubMed PMID: 21668632.
54: Ercolani G, Cucchetti A, Cescon M, Peri E, Brandi G, Del
Gaudio M, Ravaioli
M, Zanello M, Pinna AD. Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness
of peri-operative
versus post-operative chemotherapy for resectable colorectal
liver metastases.
Eur J Cancer. 2011 Oct;47(15):2291-8. doi:
10.1016/j.ejca.2011.05.014. Epub 2011
Jun 7. Review. PubMed PMID: 21652204.
55: Bertuzzo VR, Cescon M, Ravaioli M, Grazi GL, Ercolani G,
Del Gaudio M,
Cucchetti A, D'Errico-Grigioni A, Golfieri R, Pinna AD.
Analysis of factors
affecting recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma after liver
transplantation with
a special focus on inflammation markers. Transplantation. 2011
Jun
15;91(11):1279-85. doi: 10.1097/TP.0b013e3182187cf0. PubMed
PMID: 21617590.
56: Cucchetti A, Cescon M, Ercolani G, Morelli MC, Del Gaudio
M, Zanello M, Pinna
AD. Comparison between observed survival after resection of
transplantable
hepatocellular carcinoma and predicted survival after listing
through a Markov
model simulation. Transpl Int. 2011 Aug;24(8):787-96.
doi:
10.1111/j.1432-2277.2011.01276.x. Epub 2011 May 26. PubMed
PMID: 21615549.
57: Cucchetti A, Cescon M, Ercolani G, Di Gioia P, Peri E,
Pinna AD. Safety of
hepatic resection in overweight and obese patients with
cirrhosis. Br J Surg.
2011 Aug;98(8):1147-54. doi: 10.1002/bjs.7516. Epub 2011 Apr
20. PubMed PMID:
21509752.
58: Ballarin R, Cucchetti A, Spaggiari M, Montalti R, Di
Benedetto F, Nadalin S,
Troisi RI, Valmasoni M, Longo C, De Ruvo N, Cautero N, Cillo
U, Pinna AD, Burra
P, Gerunda GE. Long-term follow-up and outcome of liver
transplantation from
anti-hepatitis C virus-positive donors: a European
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