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Fibrin sealants and axillary lymphatic morbidity : a systematic review and meta-analysis of 23 clinical randomized trials

Gasparri, Maria Luisa ; Kuehn, Thorsten ; Ruscito, Ilary ; Zuber, Veronica ; Di Micco, Rosa ; Galiano, Ilaria ; Navarro Quinones, Siobana C. ; Santurro, Letizia ; Di Vittorio, Francesca ; Meani, Francesco ; Bassi, Valerio ; Ditsch, Nina ; Mueller, Michael D. ; Bellati, Filippo ; Caserta, Donatella ; Papadia, Andrea ; Gentilini, Oreste D.

In: Cancers, 2021, vol. 13, no. 9, p. 15

Axillary dissection is a highly mobile procedure with severe lymphatic consequences. The off-label application of fibrin sealants in the axilla, with the sole aim to eliminate dead space and to provoke sealing of the disrupted lymphatic vessels at the end of axillary dissection, is an experimental procedure to reduce lymphatic morbidity. The aim of our systematic review and meta-analysis is to ...

Università della Svizzera italiana

Loss and revival of androgen receptor signaling in advanced prostate cancer

Formaggio, Nicolò ; Rubin, Mark A. ; Theurillat, Jean-Philippe

In: Oncogene, 2021, vol. 40, no. 7, p. 1205–1216

Targeting the androgen receptor (AR) signaling axis has been, over decades, the mainstay of prostate cancer therapy. More potent inhibitors of androgen synthesis and antiandrogens have emerged and have been successfully i mplemented in clinical practice. That said, the stronger inhibition of the AR signaling axis has led in recent years to an increase of prostate cancers that de-differentiate...

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Multilocular sinonasal malignant melanoma: a poor prognostic subgroup?

Stanimirov Rossi, O. ; Vital, Domenic ; Soyka, M. ; Roth, T. ; Huber, G. ; Holzmann, D.

In: European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, 2015, vol. 272, no. 1, p. 123-129