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1. Preliminary Implementation of Model-Based Algorithms for Truck Tire Characterizations from Outdoor Sessions

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Farroni, Flavio, Sakhnevych, Aleksandr, Sammartino, Andrea, Timpone, Francesco, de Aragao Costa, Argemiro L., De Martino, Mario, Esposito, Ciro, Montanaro, Fabio, Chaari, Fakher, Series Editor, Haddar, Mohamed, Series Editor, Kwon, Young W., Series Editor, Gherardini, Francesco, Series Editor, Ivanov, Vitalii, Series Editor, Carcaterra, Antonio, editor, Paolone, Achille, editor, and Graziani, Giorgio, editor

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2020
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6. One dose of an MF59-adjuvanted pandemic A/H1N1 vaccine recruits pre-existing immune memory and induces the rapid rise of neutralizing antibodies

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Faenzi, Elisa, Zedda, Luisanna, Bardelli, Monia, Spensieri, Fabiana, Borgogni, Erica, Volpini, Gianfranco, Buricchi, Francesca, Pasini, Franco Laghi, Capecchi, Pier Leopoldo, Montanaro, Fabio, Belli, Riccardo, Lattanzi, Maria, Piccirella, Simona, Montomoli, Emanuele, Ahmed, Syed Sohail, Rappuoli, Rino, Del Giudice, Giuseppe, Finco, Oretta, Castellino, Flora, and Galli, Grazia

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2012
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10. Analysis of latency time and its determinants in asbestos related malignant mesothelioma cases of the Italian register

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Marinaccio, Alessandro, Binazzi, Alessandra, Cauzillo, Gabriella, Cavone, Domenica, Zotti, Renata De, Ferrante, Pierpaolo, Gennaro, Valerio, Gorini, Giuseppe, Menegozzo, Massimo, Mensi, Carolina, Merler, Enzo, Mirabelli, Dario, Montanaro, Fabio, Musti, Marina, Pannelli, Franco, Romanelli, Antonio, Scarselli, Alberto, and Tumino, Rosario

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2007
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18. Reanalysis of updated mortality among vinyl and polyvinyl chloride workers: Confirmation of historical evidence and new findings

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Crosignani Paolo, Ceppi Marcello, Gennaro Valerio, and Montanaro Fabio

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Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270
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Abstract Background The production of vinyl chloride (VC) and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) involves the use of various chemicals, some known to be toxic and potentially or definitely carcinogenic. The related potential risk often has not been properly investigated. Updated cancer mortality among different subgroups of workers employed in a VC-PVC production plant located in Porto Marghera (Italy) was re-analyzed using an internal reference group of workers with low (or null) exposure to VC. Methods Mortality of 1658 male workers was analyzed by Poisson regression. Relative risks (RRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for blue collar workers and their specific subgroups of PVC baggers, PVC compound, autoclave and other blue collar workers were calculated using technicians and clerks as an internal reference group. The follow-up covered the period 1972–1999. Results Significantly increased mortality rates were observed for all causes of death among the whole blue collar workforce (RR = 1.55; 95% CI = 1.03–2.35; 229 deaths), PVC baggers (1.72; 95% CI = 1.04–2.83; 49 deaths) and PVC compound workers (1.71; 95% CI = 1.09–2.67; 72 deaths). Liver cancer, including angiosarcoma, was increased among autoclave workers (9.57; 95% CI = 3.71–24.68; 7 deaths) and cardiovascular diseases among PVC baggers (2.25; 95% CI = 1.08–4.70; 12 deaths). Hemolymphopoietic system tumors, leukemias and lymphomas prevalently, were found only among exposed workers, with 4, 4 and 6 deaths observed among PVC baggers, PVC compound and other blue collar workers, respectively. An excess of lung cancer was found among PVC baggers. Conclusion This cohort analysis, based on internal comparison, confirmed previously reported specific risk excesses for liver tumors and liver cirrhosis among autoclave workers and for lung cancer among PVC baggers, and revealed PVC compound workers as a possible new at risk group for all causes, all tumors and for liver and lung tumors. In conclusion, RRs for all causes of death and all tumors were increased among all blue collar workers.

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2008
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19. A Topical Depigmentation Program Against Hyperpigmentation Enhances the Benefits of Previously Performed Chemical Peeling Procedures of the Face.

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CAVALLINI, MAURIZIO, MONTANARO, FABIO, and PAPAGNI, MARCO

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*CHEMICAL peel, *HYPERPIGMENTATION, *SALICYLIC acid, *PYRUVIC acid, *TRETINOIN
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Chemical peeling can reduce skin hyperpigmentation; however, once exhausted its thinning action, the depigmentation process does not continue further. We carried out a monocentric, prospective, noncontrolled study aimed at the evaluation of the efficacy, safety, ease of use, pleasantness, and tolerability of a depigmentation topical treatment program in women submitted to a previous chemical peeling. The topical treatment has been administered daily for 30 days to 16 women submitted to a chemical peeling containing a fi xed-dose combination of salicylic acid, pyruvic acid, and retinoic acid within 7 days before study inclusion. Target skin areas have been evaluated for melanin concentration and skin texture before peeling and at study visits 1 (after peeling) and 2 (after the 30-day treatment). The topical treatment program induced a decrease in melanin concentration between study visits 1 and 2 (-4.74%; p = 0.0008). It reduced melanin concentration even further between the prepeeling period and visit 2 (-7.8%; p < 0.0001). Patients rated the depigmentation topical treatment program as "very simple" (87.5%) and "simple" (12.5%) to use and as "pleasant" (56.25%) and "very pleasant" (43.75%). Results support the use of the home-based depigmentation topical treatment program to potentiate the effectiveness of a previous chemical peeling in hyperpigmentation reduction. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2020

21. Italian cancer figures, report 2011: Survival of cancer patients in Italy

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Airtum, Working Group, Fusco, Mario, Buzzoni, Carlotta, Coviello, Enzo, Rashid, Ivan, Bianconi, Fortunato, Cuccaro, Francesco, Castaing, Marine, Angelis, Roberta, Giacomin, Adriano, Guzzinati, Stefano, Mosso, Maria Luisa, Pisani, Paola, Quaglia, Alberto, Randi, Giorgia, Ramazzotti, Valerio, Russo, Antonio, Senatore, Gennaro, Stracci, Fabrizio, Traina, Adele, Vercelli, Marina, Zarcone, Maurizio, Ferretti, Stefano, Mazzoleni, Guido, Bellu, Francesco, Tschugguel, Birgit, Valiere, Elena, Facchinelli, Gerlinde, Falk, Markus, Dal Cappello, Tomas, Vercellino, Pier Carlo, Andreone, Simona, Busato, Anna, Marzola, Laura, Migliari, Elena, Carletti, Nada, Nenci, Italo, Crocetti, Emanuele, Caldarella, Adele, Corbinelli, Antonella, Giusti, Francesco, Intrieri, Teresa, Manneschi, Gianfranco, Nemcova, Libuse, Romeo, Gianpaolo, Sacchettini, Claudio, Zappa, Marco, Paci, Eugenio, Serraino, Diego, Angelin, Tiziana, Bidoli, Ettore, Dal Maso, Luigino, Dottori, Margherita, Paoli, Angela, Santis, Emilia, Forgiarini, Ornella, Lise, Mauro, Zucchetto, Antonella, Zanier, Loris, Orengo, Maria Antonietta, Casella, Claudia, Marani, Enza, Puppo, Antonella, Celesia, Maria Vittoria, Cogno, Roberta, Manenti, Simone, Garrone, Elsa, Pannozzo, Fabio, Busco, Susanna, Maria Cecilia Cercato, Battisti, Walter, Sperduti, Isabella, Macci, Leonarda, Bugliarello, Ester, Bernazza, Edvige, Tamburo, Lucilla, Rossi, Miriana, Curatella, Simonetta, Francesco, Carla, Tamburrino, Silvana, Bisanti, Luigi, Autelitano, Mariangela, Ghilardi, Simona, Leone, Rosanna, Filipazzi, Luisa, Bonini, Annamaria, Giubelli, Cinzia, Federico, Massimo, Artioli, Maria Elisa, Valla, Katia, Braghiroli, Barbara, Cirilli, Claudia, Luminari, Stefano, Pirani, Monica, Ferrari, Lorenza, Bellatalla, Caterina, Fusco, Maria, Panico, Margherita, Perrotta, Carmela, Vassante, Biagio, Vitale, Maria Francesca, Michiara, Maria, Bozzani, Francesco, Sgargi, Paolo, Tumino, Rosario, La Rosa, Maria Guglielmina, Cascone, Giuseppe, Frasca, Graziella, Giurdanella, Maria Concetta, Martorana, Caterina, Morana, Gabriele, Nicita, Carmela, Rollo, Patrizia Concetta, Ruggeri, Maria Grazia, Sigona, Aurora, Spata, Eugenia, Vacirca, Stefania, Mangone, Lucia, Di Felice, Enza, Pezzarossi, Annamaria, Caroli, Stefania, Pellegri, Carlotta, Vicentini, Massimo, Storchi, Cinzia, Cavuto, Silvio, Costa, Jaqueline, Falcini, Fabio, Colamartini, Americo, Bucchi, Lauro, Balducci, Chiara, Ravegnani, Mila, Vitali, Benedetta, Cordaro, Carlo, Caprara, Licia, Giuliani, Orietta, Giorgetti, Stefania, Salvatore, Silvia, Palumbo, Monica, Vattiato, Rosa, Ravaioli, Alessandra, Foca, Flavia, Rinaldi, Elisa, Mancini, Silvia, Tonelli, Chiara, Amadori, Marinella, Cremone, Luigi, Iannelli, Arturo, Zevola, Arrigo, Budroni, Mario, Cesaraccio, Rosaria, Pirino, Daniela, Carboni, Donatella, Fiori, Giovanna, Soddu, Marcella, Mameli, Gianpaolo, Mura, Francesco, Contrino, Maria Lia, Madeddu, Anselmo, Tisano, Francesco, Sciacca, Salvatore, Muni, Angela, Mizzi, Margherita, Russo, Maria, Sacco, Giorgio, Aletta, Paoletta, Colanino Ziino, Antonio, Tessandori, Roberto, Fanetti, Anna Clara, Maspero, Sergio, Annulli, Monica Lucia, Moroni, Elena, Sanoja Gonzalez, Maria Eugenia, Zanetti, Roberto, Rosso, Stefano, Patriarca, Silvia, Prandi, Rossana, Sobrato, Irene, Gilardi, Franca, Busso, Paola, Piffer, Silvano, Gentilini, Maria A., Battisti, Laura, Rizzello, Roberto, Cappelletti, Maddalena, Moser, Marilena, La Rosa, Francesco, D Alo, Daniela, Scheibel, Massimo, Costarelli, Daniela, Spano, Francesco, Rossini, Stefania, Santucci, Cinzia, Petrinelli, Anna Maria, Solimene, Clotilde, Brunori, Valerio, Crosignani, Paolo, Tagliabue, Giovanna, Contiero, Paolo, Preto, Lucia, Tittarelli, Andrea, Maghini, Anna, Codazzi, Tiziana, Frassoldi, Emanuela, Gada, Daniela, Costa, Enrica, Di Grazia, Laura, Zambon, Paola, Baracco, Maddalena, Bovo, Emanuela, Dal Cin, Antonella, Fiore, Anna Rita, Greco, Alessandra, Monetti, Daniele, Rosano, Alberto, Stocco, Carmen, Tognazzo, Sandro, Donato, Francesco, Limina, Rosa Maria, Adorni, Anna, Andreis, Paolo, Zani, Giuseppe, Piovani, Francesco, Salvi, Ornella, Puleio, Maria, Vitarelli, Susanna, Antonini, Silvia, Candela, Giuseppina, Pappalardo, Giuseppe, Scuderi, Tiziana, Lottero, Barbara, Ribaudo, Michele, Ricci, Paolo, Guarda, Linda, Gatti, Luciana, Bozzeda, Annalaura, Dall Acqua, Maria, Pironi, Vanda, Sutera Sardo, Antonella, Mazzei, Adriana, Sirianni, Nicola, Lavecchia, Anna Maria, Mancuso, Pierina, Usala, Mario, Pala, Filomena, Sini, Giovanna Maria, Pintori, Nicolina, Canu, Luisa, Demurtas, Giuliana, Doa, Nina, Ponz Leon, Maurizio, Domati, Federica, Rossi, Giuseppina, Goldoni, Carlo Alberto, Rossi, Federica, Gaetani, Carmela, Benatti, Piero, Roncucci, Luca, Di Gregorio, Carmela, Pedroni, Monica, Pezzi, Annalisa, Maffei, Stefania, Mariani, Francesco, Borsi, Enrica, Carruba, Giuseppe, Cusimano, Rosanna, Amodio, Rosalba, Dolcemascolo, Cecilia, Staiti, Rosalba, Pastore, Guido, Magnani, Corrado, Terracini, Benedetto, Cena, Tiziana, Alessi, Daniela, Baussano, Iacopo, Merletti, Franco, Maule, Milena, Macerata, Vanda, Cocchioni, Mario, Pascucci, Cristiana, Gennaro, Valerio, Lazzarotto, Anna, Benfatto, Lucia, Mazzucco, Giovanna, Montanaro, Fabio, AIRTUM Working Group: [.., Enrica Borsi, and ]

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Adult, Aged, 80 and over, Male, Adolescent, Age Factors, Infant, Newborn, Infant, Middle Aged, Survival Analysis, CANCER, Survival Rate, Young Adult, Italy, Organ Specificity, Child, Preschool, Neoplasms, Humans, Female, Registries, Child, Aged
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INTRODUCTION: population-based survival analyses are fundamental to assess the impact of public health interventions and new therapies in cancer control. This monograph updates previous reports on cancer patient survival in Italy up to the year 2007. MATERIAL AND METHODS: we extracted from the Network of Italian Cancer Registries (AIRTUM) database over 1,490,000 records of tumours diagnosed during 1990-2007 and followed up to the end of 2008, including all multiple tumours. We used the Ederer II method to estimate relative survival (RS) for 29 different types of neoplasm. Five-year relative survival rates were analysed by gender and macroarea. Trends in 5-, 10- and 15-year RS were studied by gender over six 3-year diagnostic periods, from 1990 to 2007. Conditional 5-year RS was also computed by gender and macroarea. Hybrid approaches were applied to exploit the recent survival experiences of cases diagnosed up to 2007. Adjustment for age was performed using EUROCARE weights. Additional sections describe cancer patient survival in childhood and in elderly patients and provide a comparison of cancer patient survival rates in Italy with those of other countries. RESULTS: Standardized 5-year RS for all tumours but skin in 52% for men and 61% for women. Patient survival has improved for almost all types of cancer: from 1990 to 2007 5-year RS has increased by 15% for all cancers but skin; the exceptions are some cancers with poor prognosis, where patient survival has remained basically unchanged. In males, RS was usually lower than in females, but trend analysis shows that the gap is narrowing. We also report persisting lower RS in southern Italy: 5-year RS in the South is usually from 4% to 10% lower than in the North and Centre. CONCLUSION: this study provides valuable information for all stakeholders in cancer control, both in Italy and elsewhere. Increasing survival reflects improvements in various areas of cancer control. On the other hand, delayed diagnosis and suboptimal management are consistent with the reported differences in survival within the country.

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2011

23. Analysis of survival of mesothelioma cases in the Italian register (ReNaM)

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Marinaccio, A, Nesti, M., Magnani, Corrado, Ivaldi, Cristiana, Dalmasso, Paola, Mirabelli, Dario, Terracini, Benedetto, Todesco, Annalisa, Gennaro, Valerio, Montanaro, Fabio, Lazzarotto, Anna, Bianchelli, Monica, Celesia, Maria Vittoria, Candela, Silvia, Romanelli, Antonio, Mangone, Lucia, Merler, Enzo, Chellini, Elisabetta, Gorini, Giuseppe, Silvestri, Stefano, Cacciarini, Valentina, Musti, Marina, and Cavone, Domenica

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Adult, Male, Mesothelioma, Cancer Research, medicine.medical_specialty, National register, Pleural Neoplasms, Prognostic factors, medicine.disease_cause, Asbestos, Heart Neoplasms, Age Distribution, Risk Factors, Internal medicine, Occupational Exposure, medicine, Humans, Registries, Sex Distribution, Kaplan–Meier estimator, Survival analysis, Peritoneal Neoplasms, Aged, Proportional Hazards Models, business.industry, Proportional hazards model, Hematology, Environmental Exposure, Oncology, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Survival Analysis, Confidence interval, Surgery, Log-rank test, Italy, Relative risk, Female, business, Pericardium
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The Italian National Mesothelioma Register (ReNaM) was set up at ISPESL (the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Prevention) in 1993. Five Italian regions (Piedmont, Liguria, Emilia-Romagna, Tuscany and Puglia, with a total of approximately 17 500 000 inhabitants) agreed to record mesothelioma cases according to guidelines established by ISPESL, to define exposure to asbestos and transmit the data to ISPESL. We describe an analysis of survival of 429 mesothelioma cases—392 pleural, 34 peritoneal and 3 in the pericardium—diagnosed during 1997, with variable follow-up from June 1999 to December 2001. The Kaplan– Meier method was used to estimate survival rates, the log rank non-parametric test and Cox proportional hazard model to assess the role of prognostic factors such as age, gender, morphology, level of diagnostic certainty and modality of exposure. Median survival was 275 days (95% confidence interval (CI) 241–309) for pleural mesotheliomas and 157 days (95% CI: 118–196) for peritoneal mesotheliomas. Survival after diagnosis of malignant pleural mesothelioma showed a statistically significant linear trend for age group at diagnosis, for males and females (P=0.006 and 0.008, respectively). The Cox proportional hazard model gave an adjusted relative risk (RRadj), for the fibrous histotype, of 2.96 (95% CI: 1.28–6.81; P=0.012) compared with cases with unspecified morphology; for epithelioid and biphasic morphologies, the risk was lower than unity. There was no significant difference in survival for cases with confirmed exposure (occupational, household or environmental) or without. # 2003 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.

Published
2003

26. Survival of pleural malignant mesothelioma in Italy: A population-based study

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Montanaro, Fabio, primary, Rosato, Rosalba, additional, Gangemi, Manuela, additional, Roberti, Sara, additional, Ricceri, Fulvio, additional, Merler, Enzo, additional, Gennaro, Valerio, additional, Romanelli, Antonio, additional, Chellini, Elisabetta, additional, Pascucci, Cristiana, additional, Musti, Marina, additional, Nicita, Carmela, additional, Barbieri, Pietro Gino, additional, Marinaccio, Alessandro, additional, Magnani, Corrado, additional, and Mirabelli, Dario, additional

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2009
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27. Survival of peritoneal malignant mesothelioma in Italy: A population-based study

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Mirabelli, Dario, primary, Roberti, Sara, additional, Gangemi, Manuela, additional, Rosato, Rosalba, additional, Ricceri, Fulvio, additional, Merler, Enzo, additional, Gennaro, Valerio, additional, Mangone, Lucia, additional, Gorini, Giuseppe, additional, Pascucci, Cristiana, additional, Cavone, Domenica, additional, Nicita, Carmela, additional, Barbieri, Pietro Gino, additional, Marinaccio, Alessandro, additional, Magnani, Corrado, additional, and Montanaro, Fabio, additional

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2009
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29. Letter to the Editor

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Carbone, Roberto G., primary, Terracini, Benedetto, additional, Marinaccio, Alessandro, additional, Montanaro, Fabio, additional, and Shah, Pallav, additional

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2008
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32. P1-142: A preliminary comparison between short and long survivors consecutively diagnosed in a large hospital included in the regional population-based mesothelioma registry (Liguria, Italy)

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Mencoboni, Manlio, primary, Montanaro, Fabio, additional, Bianchelli, Monica, additional, Tredici, Simona, additional, Galbusera, Valentina, additional, Racchi, Omar, additional, Faravelli, Bruno, additional, Pastorino, Giuseppe, additional, Lazzarotto, Andrea, additional, and Gennaro, Valerio, additional

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2007
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33. Risk of leukaemia and residential exposure to air pollution in an industrial area in Northern Italy: a case-control study.

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Parodi, Stefano, Santi, Irene, Casella, Claudia, Puppo, Antonella, Montanaro, Fabio, Fontana, Vincenzo, Pescetto, Massimiliano, and Stagnaro, Emanuele

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LEUKEMIA risk factors, MANUFACTURING industries, AIR pollution, CONFIDENCE intervals, FOSSIL fuels, HYDROCARBONS, INORGANIC compounds, INTERVIEWING, PESTICIDES, POWER plants, PROBABILITY theory, QUESTIONNAIRES, RADIATION, OCCUPATIONAL hazards, ENVIRONMENTAL exposure, MULTIPLE regression analysis, CASE-control method, DATA analysis software, DESCRIPTIVE statistics, CONFOUNDING variables, ODDS ratio, MANN Whitney U Test
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Leukaemia risk in adult populations exposed to environmental air pollution is poorly investigated. We have carried out a population-based case-control study in an area that included a fossil fuel power plant, a coke oven and two big chemical industries. Information on residential history and several risk factors for leukaemia was obtained from 164 cases, diagnosed between 2002 and 2005, and 279 controls. A higher risk for subjects residing in polluted areas was observed, but statistical significance was not reached (adjusted OR = 1.11 and 1.56 for subjects living in moderately and in heavily polluted zones, respectively,p = 0.190). Results suggest a possible aetiological role of residential air pollution from industrial sites on the risk of developing leukaemia in adult populations. However, the proportion of eligible subjects excluded from the study and the lack of any measure of air pollution prevent definitive conclusions from being drawn. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

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2015
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38. [Italian cancer figures, report 2010: Cancer prevalence in Italy. Patients living with cancer, long-term survivors and cured patients]

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Airtum, Working Group, Guzzinati, Stefano, Dal Maso, Luigino, Angelis, Roberta, Paoli, Angela, Buzzoni, Carlotta, Crocetti, Emanuele, Bucchi, Lauro, Casella, Claudia, Cuccaro, Francesco, Fusco, Mario, Luminari, Stefano, Madeddu, Anselmo, Mangone, Lucia, Patriarca, Silvia, Piffer, Silvano, Stracci, Fabrizio, Tagliabue, Giovanna, Tumino, Rosario, Zappa, Marco, Capocaccia, Riccardo, Ferretti, Stefano, Mazzoleni, Guido, Bellu, Francesco, Tschugguel, Birgit, Valiere, Elena, Facchinelli, Gerlinde, Falk, Markus, Dal Cappello, Tomas, Giacomin, Adriano, Vercellino, Pier Carlo, Andreone, Simona, Busato, Anna, Marzola, Laura, Migliari, Elena, Carletti, Nada, Nenci, Italo, Caldarella, Adele, Corbinelli, Antonella, Giusti, Francesco, Intrieri, Teresa, Manneschi, Gianfranco, Nemcova, Libuse, Romeo, Gianpaolo, Sacchettini, Claudio, Paci, Eugenio, Serraino, Diego, Angelin, Tiziana, Bidoli, Ettore, Dottori, Margherita, Santis, Emilia, Forgiarini, Ornella, Zucchetto, Antonella, Zanier, Loris, Vercelli, Marina, Orengo, Maria Antonietta, Marani, Enza, Puppo, Antonella, Celesia, Maria Vittoria, Cogno, Roberta, Manenti, Simone, Garrone, Elsa, Quaglia, Alberto, Pannozzo, Fabio, Busco, Susanna, Rashid, Ivan, Ramazzotti, Valerio, Cercato, M. Cecilia, Battisti, Walter, Sperduti, Isabella, Macci, Leonarda, Bugliarello, Ester, Bernazza, Edvige, Tamburo, Lucilla, Rossi, Miriana, Curatella, Simonetta, Francesco, Carla, Tamburrino, Silvana, Bisanti, Luigi, Autelitano, Mariangela, Randi, Giorgia, Ghilardi, Simona, Leone, Rosanna, Filipazzi, Luisa, Bonini, Annamaria, Giubelli, Cinzia, Federico, Massimo, Artioli, Maria Elisa, Valla, Katia, Braghiroli, Barbara, Cirilli, Claudia, Pirani, Monica, Ferrari, Lorenza, Bellatalla, Caterina, Fusco, Maria, Panico, Margherita, Perrotta, Carmela, Vassante, Biagio, Traina, Adele, Carruba, Giuseppe, Cusimano, Rosanna, Amodio, Rosalba, Dolcemascolo, Cecilia, Staiti, Rosalba, Zarcone, Maurizio, Michiara, Maria, Bozzani, Francesco, Sgargi, Paolo, Cilia, Sonia, La Rosa, Maria Guglielmina, Cascone, Giuseppe, Frasca, Graziella, Giurdanella, Maria Concetta, Martorana, Caterina, Morana, Gabriele, Nicita, Carmela, Rollo, Patrizia, Ruggeri, Maria Grazia, Sigona, Aurora, Spata, Eugenia, Vacirca, Stefania, Di Felice, Enza, Pezzarossi, Annamaria, Caroli, Stefania, Pellegri, Carlotta, Vicentini, Massimo, Storchi, Cinzia, Cavuto, Silvio, Costa, Jaqueline, Falcini, Fabio, Colamartini, Americo, Balducci, Chiara, Ravegnani, Mila, Vitali, Benedetta, Cordaro, Carlo, Caprara, Licia, Giuliani, Orietta, Giorgetti, Stefania, Salvatore, Silvia, Palumbo, Monica, Vattiato, Rosa, Ravaioli, Alessandra, Foca, Flavia, Rinaldi, Elisa, Donato, Andrea, Iannelli, Arturo, Senatore, Gennaro, Zevola, Arrigo, Budroni, Mario, Cesaraccio, Rosaria, Pirino, Daniela, Carboni, Donatella, Fiori, Giovanna, Soddu, Marcella, Mameli, Gianpaolo, Mura, Francesco, Contrino, Maria Lia, Tisano, Francesco, Sciacca, Salvatore, Muni, Angela, Mizzi, Margherita, Russo, Maria, Tessandori, Roberto, Ardemagni, Giuseppina, Gianola, Luigi, Maspero, Sergio, Annulli, Monica Lucia, Moroni, Elena, Roberto, Guglielmana, Zanetti, Roberto, Rosso, Stefano, Prandi, Rossana, Sobrato, Irene, Gilardi, Franca, Busso, Paola, Franchini, Silva, Gentilini, Maria A., Battisti, Laura, Cappelletti, Maddalena, Moser, Marilena, La Rosa, Francesco, D Alo, Daniela, Scheibel, Massimo, Costarelli, Daniela, Spano, Francesco, Rossini, Stefania, Santucci, Cinzia, Petrinelli, Anna Maria, Solimene, Clotilde, Bianconi, Fortunato, Brunori, Valerio, Crosignani, Paolo, Contiero, Paolo, Preto, Lucia, Tittarelli, Andrea, Maghini, Anna, Codazzi, Tiziana, Frassoldi, Emanuela, Gada, Daniela, Costa, Enrica, Di Grazia, Laura, Zambon, Paola, Baracco, Maddalena, Bovo, Emanuela, Dal Cin, Antonella, Fiore, Anna Rita, Greco, Alessandra, Monetti, Daniele, Rosano, Alberto, Stocco, Carmen, Tognazzo, Sandro, Donato, Francesco, Limina, Rosa Maria, Adorni, Anna, Andreis, Paolo, Zani, Giuseppe, Piovani, Francesco, Salvi, Ornella, Puleio, Maria, Vitarelli, Susanna, Antonini, Silvia, Candela, Giuseppina, Pappalardo, Giuseppe, Scuderi, Tiziana, Lottero, Barbara, Ribaudo, Michele, Ricci, Paolo, Guarda, Linda, Gatti, Luciana, Bozzeda, Annalaura, Dall Acqua, Maria, Pironi, Vanda, Sutera Sardo, Antonella, Mazzei, Adriana, Sirianni, Nicola, Lavecchia, Anna Maria, Mancuso, Pierina, Usala, Mario, Pala, Filomena, Sini, Giovanna Maria, Pintori, Nicolina, Canu, Luisa, Demurtas, Giuliana, Doa, Nina, Pisani, Paola, Pastore, Guido, Magnani, Corrado, Terracini, Benedetto, Cena, Tiziana, Alessi, Daniela, Baussano, Iacopo, Merletti, Franco, Maule, Milena, Mosso, Maria Luisa, Nonnato, Marinella, Rasulo, Assunta, Richiardi, Lorenzo, Zuccolo, Luisa, Pivetta, Emanuele, Dalmasso, Paola, Macerata, Vanda, Ponz Leon, Maurizio, Domati, Federica, Rossi, Giuseppina, Goldoni, Carlo Alberto, Rossi, Federica, Gaetani, Carmela, Benatti, Piero, Roncucci, Luca, Di Gregorio, Carmela, Pedroni, Monica, Pezzi, Annalisa, Maffei, Stefania, Mariani, Francesco, Enrica Borsi, Cocchioni, Mario, Pascucci, Cristiana, Gennaro, Valerio, Lazzarotto, Anna, Benfatto, Lucia, Mazzucco, Giovanna, Montanaro, Fabio, AIRTUM Working Group […, Enrica, Borsi, and …]

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Adult, Male, Time Factors, Adolescent, Databases, Factual, Remission Induction, Infant, Middle Aged, CANCER, Cancer prevalence, Italy, Epidemiologic Studies, Young Adult, Child, Preschool, Neoplasms, Prevalence, Humans, Long-term survivors, Female, Registries, Survivors, Child, Aged
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OBJECTIVES: the aim of the present monograph is to update the estimation of the number of people living with cancer in Italy, to describe geographic variability, and estimate the number of long-term survivors, i.e., people living five years or more after a cancer diagnosis. MATERIALS AND METHODS: the study included the data of the AIRTUMdatabase. Twenty-four Cancer Registries (CRs) (covering 27% of the Italian population) collected information on the incidence and vital status of 1,275,353 cases diagnosed between 1978 and 2005. For each CR, the observed prevalence was calculated up to the maximum observable duration. To estimate the complete prevalence (all living patients, independently from time since diagnosis) and the prevalence for lengths of time exceeding the CR maximum duration of registration, the observed prevalence was corrected through a completeness index. Completeness indices, gender, age and site specific, were estimated by means of statistical regression models using cancer incidence and survival data available from CRs with more than 15 years of observation. As of 1 January 2006, the prevalence was estimated (as absolute numbers and as a proportion per 100,000 inhabitants) for 46 cancer sites, by gender, age class, years since diagnosis and geographic areas. RESULTS: as of 2006, 2,244,000 persons (4%of the Italian population) were alive with a cancer diagnosis. A relevant geographic variability emerged, with proportions between 4%-5% among CRs in the Centre and North of Italy, and proportions between 2%-3% in the South. Forty-four percent of prevalent subjects (988,000) were males and 56% (1,256,000) females. Fifty-seven percent (1,285,680 people, 2.2% of total population) of these patients was represented by long-term survivors. In patients aged 75 years or more, the proportions of prevalent cases were 19%in males and 13%in females, and 10%between 60 and 75 years of age in both genders.More than half a million Italian women were alive with a breast cancer diagnosis (42%of women with a neoplasm), followed by women with cancers of the colonrectum (12%), corpus uteri (7%), thyroid (5%), and cervix uteri (4%). In men, 22%of prevalent cases (216,716) included patients with prostate cancer, 18% with bladder cancer, and 15%with colon-rectum cancer. Percentages of long-term survivors higher than 70% were reported for cancers of the cervix uteri (82% at five years, and 55% at 15 years from diagnosis), Hodgkin lymphoma, testis, brain and central nervous system, bone and connective tissue. Many patients with these types of cancers (often occurring in young people) can be considered "cured", i.e., with a life expectancy overlapping that of the general population.The estimated proportions of prevalent cases emerging from this study in Italy were quite similar to those reported in Northern Europe, but at least 15%lower than those in the United States. CONCLUSIONS: in 2006, the number of prevalent cases nearly doubled compared to 1992. The increase over time in the proportion of elderly patients, related to population ageing, requires adequate health policies. Knowing the number of people alive many years after cancer diagnosis (either cured or long-term survivors) provides the scientific bases for the definition of health policies focusing on them. Furthermore, it promotes the conduction of studies aimed at improving the present knowledge on the quality of life of these patients during and after the active phase of treatments, in addition to studies on the long-term effects of treatments.

40. Assessment of intestinal permeability using sugar probes: influence of urinary volume.

Author

Mattioli F, Fucile C, Marini V, Isola L, Montanaro F, Savarino V, and Martelli A

Subjects
Adult, Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid, Confounding Factors, Epidemiologic, Diffusion, Female, Humans, Intestinal Mucosa metabolism, Intestinal Mucosa ultrastructure, Irritable Bowel Syndrome urine, Male, Microvilli metabolism, Middle Aged, Molecular Weight, Permeability, Diuresis, Intestinal Absorption, Irritable Bowel Syndrome physiopathology, Lactulose pharmacokinetics, Lactulose urine, Mannitol pharmacokinetics, Mannitol urine
Abstract

Background: As the accuracy of the "Sugar Test" is currently debated, this study was conducted to focus on how urine volumes may impact the test results., Methods: Fifty-five subjects, 23 healthy and 32 with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), were enrolled. Lactulose and D-mannitol dissolved in water were administered to all the participating subjects; the urine excreted was collected and the total urine volume was measured. The urine samples were analyzed by High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC). The results were expressed as percentage of urine recovery of lactulose and D-mannitol and lactulose/D-mannitol ratio (LMR)., Results: All subjects were divided into two groups: subjects with urine volume < 500 mL and subjects with urine volume > or = 500 mL. Urine analysis showed that the mean LMR was significantly lower in subjects with urine volume > or = 500 mL than in subjects with urine volume < 500 mL (0.02 +/- 0.02 vs 0.04 +/- 0.04; p < 0.05). A significant increase in D-mannitol recovery was found to be associated with greater urine volumes (p < 0.001)., Conclusions: The urine volume may influence urinary excretion of sugar probes. Intake of liquids should therefore be carefully monitored before and during the test and the volume of urine produced over the period of collection should be precisely measured.

Published
2011

42. Cardiac performance in the prognosis of interstitial lung diseases.

Author

Carbone R, Montanaro F, Ghio R, Monselise A, and Baughman R

Subjects
Aged, Blood Pressure, Female, Humans, Lung Diseases, Interstitial classification, Male, Middle Aged, Prognosis, Pulmonary Artery physiopathology, Survival Analysis, Heart physiopathology, Lung Diseases, Interstitial diagnosis, Lung Diseases, Interstitial mortality, Severity of Illness Index
Published
2006

43. [Reanalysis of mortality in a petrochemical plant producing vinyl chloride and polyvinyl chloride].

Author

Gennaro V, Ceppi M, and Montanaro F

Subjects
Adult, Humans, Italy, Middle Aged, Prospective Studies, Chemical Industry, Occupational Diseases chemically induced, Occupational Diseases mortality, Polyvinyl Chloride toxicity, Vinyl Chloride toxicity
Abstract

Objective: To study cancer mortality among main subgroups of workers employed in VC/PVC production potentially exposed to toxics and carcinogens., Materials and Methods: We reanalyzed the mortality of 1,658 males (follow up 1972-1995; 35,626 person years; 170 deaths) by Poisson regression, adjusting for age, age at hiring, calendar period, length of exposure and latency. We calculated the relative risks (RR) and the 95% confidence intervals (CI) for PVC baggers (n. = 197), PVC compound (n. = 403) and autoclave (n. = 209) workers. As an internal reference we used two groups of workers: technicians and employees (main reference: n. = 202 subjects), with the group of other blue collar workers (n. = 639) added for statistical purposes only (minor reference: n. = 841 subjects)., Results: Pooling the four subgroups of exposed workers, the comparison with the main reference group allowed us to detect increased mortality from all causes of death (RR = 2.09; CI = 1.09-4.00; 160 deaths), all tumours (RR = 1.53; ns; 81 deaths), lung cancer (RR = 2.05; ns; 29 deaths) and cardiovascular diseases (RR = 3.57; ns; 29 deaths). The analysis for each specific subgroup revealed increased mortality from all causes of death among both PVC baggers (RR = 2.66; CI = 1.27-5.59) and PVC compound workers (RR = 2.68; CI = 1.36-5.27). Comparison of the minor reference group with the overall population of exposed workers showed increased RRs for other diseases, namely, liver tumour (RR = 4.08; ns; 9 deaths), lymphomas and leukaemia (RR = 2.97; ns; 7 deaths) and liver cirrhosis (RR = 3.30; ns; 11 deaths). The analysis for each specific subgroup revealed significantly increased RR for all tumours among PVC compound workers (RR = 1.74; CI = 1.06-2.85), for lung cancer among PVC baggers workers (RR = 3.04; CI = 1.15-7.99) and for liver cancer (RR = 9.57; CI = 1.69-54.1) and liver cirrhosis (RR = 6.32; CI = 1.37-29.07) among autoclave workers. In addition, the two deaths from brain tumour were observed among PVC compound workers., Conclusions: To highlight the risk previously reported in the literature and to reduce the possible dilution effect (due to comparison bias, healthy worker effect), it proved methodologically pivotal to separate exposed and probably unexposed workers (considered as an internal reference group).

Published
2003

44. [Cancer in oil refineries: absence of risk or misclassification?].

Author

Gennaro V, Parodi S, Ceppi M, and Montanaro F

Subjects
Humans, Neoplasms classification, Occupational Diseases classification, Risk Factors, Extraction and Processing Industry, Neoplasms epidemiology, Occupational Diseases epidemiology, Petroleum
Published
2003

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