An analysis of the social and economic costs of breast cancer in Italy

Breast cancer is the most prevalent cancer affecting women and it represents an important economic burden. The aim of this study was to estimate the socio-economic burden of breast cancer (BC) in Italy both from the National Health Service (NHS) and the government perspectives (costs borne by the social security system)

Il bypass bilio-intestinale (video)

Il video illustra le fasi salienti dell'intervento di bypass bilio-intestinal

dieci anni di bypass biliointestinale per il trattamento chirurgico malassorbitivo dell'obesit\ue0 grave

Vengono presentati i risultati dell'esperienza decennale degli autori con il bypass biliointestinale per la cura chirurgica dell'obesit\ue0 grave

i laparoceli particolari

Vengono analizzate le tecniche chirurgiche di riparazione dei laparoceli compless

Carcinoma endocrino (carcinoide) ileale. Caso clinico e revisione della letteratura

Gastroenteropancreatic (GEP) neuroendocrine tumors are rare neoplasm and have proved to be slow growing malignancies which involve many organs and most frequently the gastrointestinal tract. They have a peculiary biological behaviour: most of them have endocrine function (carcinoid syndrome); many are clinically silent until late presentation. Symptoms are non specific; the most common are abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting, weight loss and gastrointestinal (GI) blood loss. Incidental carcinoid, discovered at the time of another procedure, occurred in 40% of patients, and in multiple site throughout the GI tract. Here we report a case of a 73-year-old male with an adenomatous colonic polyp, not suitable of endoscopic treatment, and a synchronous carcinoid of small intestine discovered during surgical procedure. Therefore we performed a review of literature with particular attention to diagnosis and strategy of the treatment