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Maione V, Bettolini L, Cozzi C, Bighetti S, Tomasi C, Calzavara-Pinton P. Sexual quality of life in patients with pemphigus: A case-control study. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2024; 38:761-768. [PMID: 38071729 DOI: 10.1111/jdv.19695] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2023] [Accepted: 10/25/2023] [Indexed: 03/26/2024]
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BACKGROUND Pemphigus, an autoimmune blistering disease that affects the skin and mucous membranes, significantly impairs the quality of life (QoL) of affected individuals. While there are a variety of QoL measurement tools available for assessing this disease, there is a lack of studies that specifically evaluate the sexual QoL of patients with pemphigus. OBJECTIVES This case-control study aims to investigate the impact of the disease on sexual activity as well as its overall effect on QoL. MATERIALS AND METHODS Fifty pemphigus patients, who were referred to the Dermatology Department at the University Hospital of Brescia in the period March 2019-September 2021, completed several QoL surveys, including the 36-item Short Form Health survey (SF-36), the 12-Item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12), the Autoimmune Bullous Disease Quality of Life (ABQOL) and either the International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF) or the Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI). The severity of the disease was assessed using the Pemphigus Disease Area Index (PDAI). Differences in QoL surveys between the case and control groups were analysed using either the t-test or the Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test. The correlation between QoL surveys in pemphigus patients and disease severity were analysed using Spearman's coefficient (r). RESULTS The results revealed a marked impairment in overall QoL among patients with pemphigus compared to the healthy control subjects. Significant differences were observed in various domains of QoL, including physical health, mental well-being, social functioning and, notably, sexual health. Furthermore, disease severity as evaluated by the PDAI showed correlations with specific aspects of health status, and disease-specific QoL demonstrated associations with nearly all domains of health status. No significant correlations were found between sexual activity, mucosal involvement or steroid therapy and PDAI scores or disease-specific QoL measures. CONCLUSION These findings emphasize the significant impact of pemphigus on patients' well-being, with particular attention to the impaired sexual activity.
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- V Maione
- Dermatology Department, University of Brescia, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Dermatology Department, University of Brescia, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Dermatology Department, University of Brescia, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Dermatology Department, University of Brescia, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Dermatology Department, University of Brescia, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Dermatology Department, University of Brescia, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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Liebers M, Cozzi C, Uecker F, Chambon L, Blanvillain R, Pfannschmidt T. Biogenic signals from plastids and their role in chloroplast development. J Exp Bot 2022; 73:7105-7125. [PMID: 36002302 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erac344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2022] [Accepted: 08/23/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Plant seeds do not contain differentiated chloroplasts. Upon germination, the seedlings thus need to gain photoautotrophy before storage energies are depleted. This requires the coordinated expression of photosynthesis genes encoded in nuclear and plastid genomes. Chloroplast biogenesis needs to be additionally coordinated with the light regulation network that controls seedling development. This coordination is achieved by nucleus to plastid signals called anterograde and plastid to nucleus signals termed retrograde. Retrograde signals sent from plastids during initial chloroplast biogenesis are also called biogenic signals. They have been recognized as highly important for proper chloroplast biogenesis and for seedling development. The molecular nature, transport, targets, and signalling function of biogenic signals are, however, under debate. Several studies disproved the involvement of a number of key components that were at the base of initial models of retrograde signalling. New models now propose major roles for a functional feedback between plastid and cytosolic protein homeostasis in signalling plastid dysfunction as well as the action of dually localized nucleo-plastidic proteins that coordinate chloroplast biogenesis with light-dependent control of seedling development. This review provides a survey of the developments in this research field, summarizes the unsolved questions, highlights several recent advances, and discusses potential new working modes.
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- Monique Liebers
- Gottfried-Wilhelm-Leibniz-Universität Hannover, Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät, Institut für Botanik, Pflanzenphysiologie, Herrenhäuser Str. 2, D-30419 Hannover, Germany
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- Gottfried-Wilhelm-Leibniz-Universität Hannover, Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät, Institut für Botanik, Pflanzenphysiologie, Herrenhäuser Str. 2, D-30419 Hannover, Germany
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- Gottfried-Wilhelm-Leibniz-Universität Hannover, Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät, Institut für Botanik, Pflanzenphysiologie, Herrenhäuser Str. 2, D-30419 Hannover, Germany
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- Université Grenoble-Alpes, CNRS, CEA, INRA, IRIG-LPCV, F-38000 Grenoble, France
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- Université Grenoble-Alpes, CNRS, CEA, INRA, IRIG-LPCV, F-38000 Grenoble, France
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- Gottfried-Wilhelm-Leibniz-Universität Hannover, Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät, Institut für Botanik, Pflanzenphysiologie, Herrenhäuser Str. 2, D-30419 Hannover, Germany
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Grübler B, Cozzi C, Pfannschmidt T. A Core Module of Nuclear Genes Regulated by Biogenic Retrograde Signals from Plastids. Plants (Basel) 2021; 10:plants10020296. [PMID: 33557197 PMCID: PMC7913978 DOI: 10.3390/plants10020296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2021] [Revised: 01/26/2021] [Accepted: 01/29/2021] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Chloroplast biogenesis during seedling development of angiosperms is a rapid and highly dynamic process that parallels the light-dependent photomorphogenic programme. Pre-treatments of dark-grown seedlings with lincomyin or norflurazon prevent chloroplast biogenesis upon illumination yielding albino seedlings. A comparable phenotype was found for the Arabidopsis mutant plastid-encoded polymerase associated protein 7 (pap7) being defective in the prokaryotic-type plastid RNA polymerase. In all three cases the defect in plastid function has a severe impact on the expression of nuclear genes representing the influence of retrograde signaling pathway(s) from the plastid. We performed a meta-analysis of recently published genome-wide expression studies that investigated the impact of the aforementioned chemical and genetic blocking of chloroplast biogenesis on nuclear gene expression profiles. We identified a core module of 152 genes being affected in all three conditions. These genes were classified according to their function and analyzed with respect to their implication in retrograde signaling and chloroplast biogenesis. Our study uncovers novel genes regulated by retrograde biogenic signals and suggests the action of a common signaling pathway that is used by signals originating from plastid transcription, translation and oxidative stress.
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Forlani S, Cozzi C, Rosa S, Tadini L, Masiero S, Mizzotti C. HEBE, a novel positive regulator of senescence in Solanum lycopersicum. Sci Rep 2020; 10:11021. [PMID: 32620827 PMCID: PMC7335192 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-67937-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2019] [Accepted: 06/11/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Leaf senescence and plant aging are traits of great interest for breeders. Senescing cells undergo important physiological and biochemical changes, while cellular structures such as chloroplasts are degraded with dramatic metabolic consequences for the whole plant. The possibility of prolonging the photosynthetic ability of leaves could positively impact the plant's life span with benefits for biomass production and metabolite accumulation; plants with these characteristics display a stay-green phenotype. A group of plant transcription factors known as NAC play a pivotal role in controlling senescence: here we describe the involvement of the tomato NAC transcription factor Solyc12g036480, which transcript is present in leaves and floral buds. Since its silencing delays leaf senescence and prevents plants from ageing, we renamed Solyc12g0364 HḖBĒ, for the Greek goddess of youth. In this manuscript we describe how HEB downregulation negatively affects the progression of senescence, resulting in changes in transcription of senescence-promoting genes, as well as the activity of enzymes involved in chlorophyll degradation, thereby explaining the stay-green phenotype.
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- Sara Forlani
- Department of Biosciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Celoria 26, 20133, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Biosciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Celoria 26, 20133, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Biosciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Celoria 26, 20133, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Biosciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Celoria 26, 20133, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Biosciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Celoria 26, 20133, Milan, Italy.
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- Department of Biosciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Celoria 26, 20133, Milan, Italy.
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Arisi M, Zane C, Polonioli M, Tomasi C, Moggio E, Cozzi C, Soglia S, Caravello S, Calzavara-Pinton I, Venturini M, Rossi MT, Calzavara-Pinton PG. Effects of MAL-PDT, ingenol mebutate and diclofenac plus hyaluronate gel monitored by high-frequency ultrasound and digital dermoscopy in actinic keratosis - a randomized trial. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2020; 34:1225-1232. [PMID: 31793041 DOI: 10.1111/jdv.16123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2019] [Accepted: 11/21/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND The efficacy for actinic keratosis (AK) clearance of field-directed treatments has been investigated in randomized studies against placebo, but the comparison of results is difficult for several methodological reasons. OBJECTIVES The present study aims to compare efficacy of MAL-photodynamic therapy (MAL-PDT), ingenol mebutate gel (IMB) and diclofenac plus hyaluronate gel (DHA) on multiple AKs assessing a new performance index of efficacy, the cumulative AK area and evaluating dermoscopical and high-frequency ultrasound (HFUS) changes. METHODS Patients with ≥5 Olsen II AKs in a 25 cm2 area of the scalp and face were enrolled and randomized to one of the treatment choices. Number of AKs and cumulative area were assessed before and after treatment. Dermoscopy and HFUS were performed on a single AK and surrounding photo-damaged skin in the treatment area. RESULTS Cumulative AKs area reduced significantly more with PDT compared to other treatment options and with IMB in comparison to DHA. PDT was also the only treatment option that increased at a significant level the dermal density in both target AK and the surrounding skin and decreased significantly the SLEB thickness in the perilesional skin at HFUS. CONCLUSIONS MAL-PDT is more effective than IMB and DHA for reducing the cumulative AK area which is calculated digitally from 3D pictures and should be the preferred performance index for the evaluation of the efficacy of treatments for AKs, rolling out clinical and dermoscopy evaluation. MAL-PDT improves all HFUS features of chronic photodamages of the dermis of the skin underlying and surrounding the AK spots.
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- M Arisi
- Department of Dermatology, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Department of Dermatology, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Department of Dermatology, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Applied Medicine, Section of Industrial Hygiene, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Department of Dermatology, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Department of Dermatology, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Department of Dermatology, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Department of Dermatology, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Department of Dermatology, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Department of Dermatology, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Department of Dermatology, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Department of Dermatology, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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Zannier F, Di Bella S, Della Torre S, Candido P, Pelliccione M, Della Vedova A, Cozzi C, Bollina R. Effects of three products in the prevention and treatment of chemotherapy and radiation therapy-induced oral mucositis. Ann Oncol 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdz238.070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Candido P, Belloni P, Pelliccione M, Corradini G, Toniolo D, Cozzi C, Bollina R. Weekly epirubicin as palliative treatment in elderly patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma. Ann Oncol 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdz260.095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Guzzini F, Cozzi C, Cortese F, Gasparini P, Neri V, Pace L. Adrenal Failure Due to Bilateral Metastases as the Sole Manifestation of Relapsing Lung Carcinoma. Report of Two Cases. Tumori 2018; 75:634-6. [PMID: 2559528 DOI: 10.1177/030089168907500625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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We describe two patients with lung carcinoma in whom adrenal glands were the sole site of tumor relapse, revealed by the appearance of Addison's disease. Both patients showed bilateral adrenal masses on US and/or CAT scans and received hormone replacement therapy, with rapid improvement of their general conditions. One of them, with small-cell carcinoma, could also be treated with further chemotherapy and achieved a second remission. Therefore, we stress that patients with lung carcinoma should be periodically screened for adrenal deposits by US or CAT and undergo prophylactic steroid maintenance whenever metastatic involvement of the glands is detected.
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- F Guzzini
- U.S.S.L. 9 Divisione di Medicina II, Ospedale di Saronno, Varese, Italy
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Belloni P, Cozzi C, Zannier F, Della Torre S, Toniolo D, Corradini G, Candido P, Bollina R. Weekly Epirubicin as palliative treatment in patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM). Ann Oncol 2016. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdw332.27] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Zannier F, Belloni P, Toniolo D, Cozzi C. GelX Oral Gel and GelX Oral Spray (GOG&GOS) pain relief for oral mucositis. Ann Oncol 2015. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdv346.16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Belloni P, Cozzi C, Toniolo D, Zannier F, Candido P, Della Torre S, Corradini G, Bollina R. Second-line chemoterapy in advanced gastric cancer patients. Ann Oncol 2015. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdv344.44] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Cozzi C, Aldrink J, Nicol K, Nicholson L, Cua C. Intestinal location of necrotizing enterocolitis among infants with congenital heart disease. J Perinatol 2013; 33:783-5. [PMID: 23636100 DOI: 10.1038/jp.2013.49] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2013] [Revised: 03/30/2013] [Accepted: 04/03/2013] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To determine whether differences exist in the location of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) in infants with congenital heart disease (CHD) versus those without CHD. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective cohort study utilizing 11 years of patient data. Inclusion criterion was surgical exploration for NEC. Presence or absence of CHD was determined. Surgical and/or pathology reports were reviewed to identify the location of NEC. Data were analyzed by t-tests and χ(2) analyses. RESULT One hundred and sixty-seven patients met the inclusion criteria. CHD infants had a higher percentage of mortality. There was no difference in the location of NEC between non-CHD and CHD patients, with the predominant location being the small intestine in both. In addition, there was no difference in the location of NEC between preterm non-CHD patients and full-term CHD patients with the small intestine again being the primary site. CONCLUSION Despite differences in gestational age between non-CHD and CHD patients, the location of NEC in these infants did not differ.
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- C Cozzi
- Section for Perinatal Research, The Ohio State University of College and Medicine, Columbus, OH, USA
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Cognetta C, Bollina R, Toniolo D, Riva G, Belloni P, Cozzi C, Zannier F, della Torre S, Candido P, Corradini G, Bregni M. Cyberpsychology advantages: A training on a mobile phone to control stress and anxiety in a day hospital oncology nurses’ sample. J Clin Oncol 2011. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2011.29.15_suppl.e16608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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De Portu S, Mantovani LG, Ravaioli A, Tamburini E, Bollina R, Cozzi C, Grimaldi AM, Testa TE, Bianchessi C, Carteni G. Cost analysis of capecitabine vs 5-fluorouracil-based treatment for metastatic colorectal cancer patients. J Chemother 2010; 22:125-8. [PMID: 20435573 DOI: 10.1179/joc.2010.22.2.125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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The aim was to evaluate the cost of capecitabine vs conventional combination chemotherapics such as 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) for the treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) in Italy. The study was a multicenter, retrospective longitudinal treatment-cost analysis. Patients older than 18 years, diagnosis of mCRC and at least 3 completed cycles of chemotherapy with oral capecitabine or 5-FU also in association with other chemotherapic agents were enrolled. Direct healthcare resources attributable to mCRC treatment were quantified using 2007 prices and tariffs. The analysis was conducted from the National Health Service perspective with a 6-month time horizon. A total of 231 patients affected by mCRC (55% males; mean age 63.7+/-10.31 yrs) were studied. Total direct costs per patient per month in capecitabine and 5-FU groups were euro1,001.66 +/- euro434.93 and euro3,172.81 +/- euro1,232.37 respectively (p<0.0001). Oral capecitabine therapy cost the health service less than intravenous therapies.
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- S De Portu
- CIRFF, Federico II University of Naples, Italy.
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Corradini G, Candido P, Torre SD, Zannier F, Cozzi C, Belloni P, Toniolo D, Bollina R, Tagliaferro G. P108 Gemcitabine plus Oxaliplatin (GEMOXI): a feasible treatment in elderly patients with advanced pancreatic cancer. Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/s1040-8428(09)70146-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Milanini MN, D'onofrio P, Melani Novelli AM, Dabizzi S, Cozzi C, Evangelisti P, Quitadamo L, Noci I. Local anesthesia versus intravenous infusion of remifentanil for assisted reproductive technologies. A retrospective study. Minerva Ginecol 2008; 60:203-207. [PMID: 18547982] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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AIM The aim of the work was to compare two different techniques, local anaesthesia versus continuous intravenous administration of remifentanil for oocyte retrieval. The impact on the medical assisted procreation (PMA) procedures in terms of number and quality of oocytes collected was evaluated. METHODS The experimental design was a retrospective study which compared two different techniques, local anaesthesia versus continuous intravenous administration of remifentanil. 548 women with the same infertility duration and ovarian reserve were classified in two groups of 274 women each, that underwent to oocytes retrieval with intravenous infusion of remifentanil (first group) or with local anesthesia (second group). RESULTS The analysis showed that the intravenous infusion of remifentanil doesn't interfere in the quality of oocytes retrieved and embryo score. CONCLUSION The administration of intravenous remifentanil makes easier the pick-up of oocytes because women had no pain during the procedure. In this way, it was possible to recover more oocytes and to verify that the drug doesn't interfere with the exitus of the techniques. For these reasons we decided to continue in using intravenous infusion of remifentanil for the retrieval of oocytes.
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- M N Milanini
- Center of Human Reproduction Physiopathology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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Bollina R, Cozzi C, Beretta G, Corsini A. Clinico-experimental correlations of triptorelin (TPR) based adjuvant treatment in premenopausal breast cancer patients (PBCP). J Clin Oncol 2008. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2008.26.15_suppl.11507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Noci I, Dabizzi S, Evangelisti P, Cozzi C, Cameron Smith M, Criscuoli L, Fuzzi B, Branconi F. Evaluation of clinical efficacy of three different insemination techniques in couple infertility. A randomized study. Minerva Ginecol 2007; 59:11-8. [PMID: 17353869] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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AIM The aim of the study was to compare the clinical results and efficiency of three insemination technique: intraperitoneal insemination (IPI), fallopian sperm perfusion (FSP) and intrauterine insemination (IUI). METHODS The experimental design was a prospective, randomized trial. A total of 101 homologous insemination cycles were performed in 71 consecutive couples with unexplained or male subfertility. Couples were randomized to receive IPI or FSP or IUI by predefined tables of randomization and each couple was submitted to the same insemination technique. The primary outcome of the study was the achievement of clinical pregnancy. RESULTS The results of the study underlined firstly that basal couple composition was not statistically different between the three groups. Moreover, no significant difference in clinical pregnancy rate was observed, despite a clearly positive trend for FSP, especially for unexplained infertility. CONCLUSIONS Our results showed that the three techniques of insemination IUI, FSP and IPI have similar efficacy on the achievement of clinical pregnancy in couples affected by longstanding infertility.
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- I Noci
- Department of Gynecology, Perinatology and Human Reproduction, University of Florence, Viale Morgagni 84, Florence, Italy.
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Bollina R, Beretta G, Belloni P, Toniolo D, Cozzi C, Brigida S, Beretta GA. Choice of chemotherapy (CT) for advanced/metastatic lung carcinoma, WHO types I - III - IV (NSCLC). J Clin Oncol 2006. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2006.24.18_suppl.17132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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17132 For NSCLC optimal CT has not been established so far, while many equivalent moderately active schemes are used. The present 40-month study randomized 71 consecutively accrued patients (pts) with parametrable disease between platinum(P)-based three-weekly combinations and non-P monoCT (weekly gemcitabine, vinorelbine or taxane). 68 evaluable pts characteristic were well balanced between treatments: median age 67 years (r. 40–82y), median P Status < 2 WHO scale (r. 0–2),male predominant 82.3%, ratio of IIIb/IV = 1.34 and squamous/non squamous histotype = 1.19, pathologies 26% (only mild to moderate, not contraindicating CT). Objective/subjective response (RECIST/MILAN criteria, JNCI 92:180; P.ASCO 19:642a) after poliCT (PCT) or monoCT (MCT) are reported in the descriptive table . Tolerance was good for both treatment, MCT resulting less deeply toxic and more easily accepted by the majority of pts. This study is still ongoing to achieve the total pts accrual in order to explore statistical significant in the principal determinant subgroup, to determine the subjective response to CT, and to confirm a possible difference in survival. The role of a programmed second line CT vs supportive care alone, and the impact of adding new biomolecular therapies (combined with CT) are the short-term challenges of the second part of this prospective study for advanced NSCLC. [Table: see text] No significant financial relationships to disclose.
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- R. Bollina
- San Giuseppe University Hospital, Milan, Italy; University Hospital, Modena, Italy
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- San Giuseppe University Hospital, Milan, Italy; University Hospital, Modena, Italy
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- San Giuseppe University Hospital, Milan, Italy; University Hospital, Modena, Italy
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- San Giuseppe University Hospital, Milan, Italy; University Hospital, Modena, Italy
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- San Giuseppe University Hospital, Milan, Italy; University Hospital, Modena, Italy
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- San Giuseppe University Hospital, Milan, Italy; University Hospital, Modena, Italy
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- San Giuseppe University Hospital, Milan, Italy; University Hospital, Modena, Italy
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Guzzini F, Banfi L, Cozzi C, Gasparini P, Sali L. [Polycythemia vera and hemoregulator hormones. Considerations on an unusual clinical case]. Minerva Med 1990; 81:99-102. [PMID: 2314622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The case is reported of a patient with polycythemia vera, who developed an anterior panhypopituitarism, due to an adenoma, some years later. The endocrine deficiency caused the return of the hemoglobin count and global red cell volume to the normal range. The finding suggests that in polycythemia vera the neoplastic growth is still partially responsive to normal hemoregulator factors.
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- F Guzzini
- U.S.S.L. n. 9, Ospedale di Saronno, II Divisione di Medicina
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Guzzini F, Ceppi M, Cozzi C, Giussani R, Tomasi A. [Plasma cell leukemia originating with pleural effusion]. Minerva Med 1989; 80:177-80. [PMID: 2494592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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A case of plasma cell leukemia, secreting light kappa chains, is reported. It arose in a 62 year old man and was diagnosed on the basis of a bilateral pleural effusion, which showed many plasma cells and plasmoblasts. The patient also presented multiple osteolytic lesions, no adenopathies, or signs of hepatic or splenic infiltration. Cytological, cytochemical, immunological findings and serum beta 2-microglobulin assays demonstrated a highly aggressive plasmacytic proliferation. The clinical and hematological data, particularly the onset of the disease with pleural effusions, identify the case as an intermediate form between the typical plasma cell leukemia reported in the literature and anaplastic myeloma.
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- F Guzzini
- II Divisione di Medicina, U.S.S.L. n. 9, Ospedale di Saronno
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Guzzini F, Cozzi C, Gasparini P, Giussani R, Tomasi A. [Spontaneous association of a chronic lympho- and myeloproliferative disease in the same patient. Description of 2 cases]. Recenti Prog Med 1988; 79:365-9. [PMID: 3201032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Palagi B, Villa F, Verga P, Broggi A, Guzzini F, Cozzi C, Tomasi A, Picozzi R. Measurement of glomerular filtration rate by impulse synthesis: clinical validation and optimization. Nuklearmedizin 1988; 27:147-50. [PMID: 3141906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Impulse synthesis is a technique which relies upon the logic of continuous infusion but extracts the clearance value from single-injection data by shifting and adding them until an asymptotic value is attained. This study has been aimed at validating and optimizing clinically the measurement of glomerular filtration rate by impulse synthesis. A single intravenous injection of 51Cr-EDTA has been made in 32 patients and plasma activity monitored over the next 6 h. Glomerular filtration rate computed by a single-exponential fit method (GFR-SEF) has been shown to be significantly (p less than 0.001) overestimated when compared with the glomerular filtration rate obtained by the impulse synthesis technique (GFR-IS) in spite of an excellent (r = 0.989) linear correlation between the two sets of data. On the other hand, the comparison between GFR-IS and 24-h creatinine clearance has not shown any significant difference. Moreover, we have found that in patients with severe renal failure GFR-IS is overestimated when the sampling time span is shortened to 3 h. On the other hand, GFR-IS is slightly underestimated in patients with severe renal failure when the convolution time interval is increased over a few minutes.
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- B Palagi
- Servizio di Medicina Nucleare, Ospedale di Saronno, Italy
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Palagi B, Villa F, Verga P, Broggi A, Guzzini F, Cozzi C, Tomasi A, Picozzi R. Measurement of Glomerular Filtration Rate by Impulse Synthesis: Clinical Validation and Optimization. Nuklearmedizin 1988. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1629446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
Abstract
Impulse synthesis is a technique which relies upon the logic of continuous infusion but extracts the clearance value from single-injection data by shifting and adding them until an asymptotic value is attained. This study has been aimed at validating and optimizing clinically the measurement of glomerular filtration rate by impulse synthesis. A single intravenous injection of 51Cr-EDTA has been made in 32 patients and plasma activity monitored over the next 6 h. Glomerular filtration rate computed by a single-exponential fit method (GFR- SEF) has been shown to be significantly (p <0.001) overestimated when compared with the glomerular filtration rate obtained by the impulse synthesis technique (GFR-IS) in spite of an excellent (r = 0.989) linear correlation between the two sets of data. On the other hand, the comparison between GFR-IS and 24-h creatinine clearance has not shown any significant difference. Moreover, we have found that in patients with severe renal failure GFR-IS is overestimated when the sampling time span is shortened to 3 h. On the other hand, GFR-IS is slightly underestimated in patients with severe renal failure when the convolution time interval is increased over a few minutes.
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Neri V, Banfi L, Cozzi C, Guzzini F, Landoni C. [Non-secreting myeloma in a patient with congenital immunodeficiency]. Recenti Prog Med 1987; 78:393-6. [PMID: 3423410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Neri V, Schieppati G, Rondena M, Cozzi C. [Use of aminoglutethimide in a case of Cushing's syndrome due to ectopic ACTH production]. Clin Ter 1977; 83:163-73. [PMID: 201424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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