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• Novel treatments for cancer cachexia.

  Cancer cachexia is a debilitating and life-threatening syndrome characterised by anorexia, body weight loss, loss of adipose tissue and skeletal muscl…

  Authors: Maurizio Bossola, Fabio Pacelli, Giovan Battista Doglietto

  Source: Expert opinion on investigational drugs. 2007 Aug

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• Locally recurrent rectal cancer: prognostic factors and long-term outcomes of multimodal therapy.

  BACKGROUND: Pelvic recurrent rectal cancer is still a challenging clinical problem, and patients generally have a dismal prognosis and a poor quality …

  Authors: Fabio Pacelli, Antonio P Tortorelli, Fausto Rosa, Maurizio Bossola, Alejandro M Sanchez, Valerio Papa, Vincenzo Valentini, Giovanni B Doglietto

  Source: Annals of surgical oncology. 2010 Jan

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• Fatigue and its correlates in chronic hemodialysis patients.

  BACKGROUND: The present study aimed at evaluating the possible correlation between fatigue and demographic, clinical and laboratory variables in chron…

  Authors: Maurizio Bossola, Giovanna Luciani, Luigi Tazza

  Source: Blood purification. 2009

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• Cancer cachexia: it's time for more clinical trials.

  Cancer cachexia (CC) is a multifactorial paraneoplastic syndrome characterized by anorexia, body weight loss, loss of adipose tissue and skeletal musc…

  Authors: Maurizio Bossola, Fabio Pacelli, Antonio Tortorelli, Giovan Battista Doglietto

  Source: Annals of surgical oncology. 2007 Feb

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• Influence of blood sampling site on intact parathyroid hormone concentrations in hemodialysis patients.

  Authors: Carlo Vulpio, Maurizio Bossola, Dorina Speranza, Cecilia Zuppi, Giovanna Luciani, Enrico Di Stasio

  Source: Clinical chemistry. 2010 Mar

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• Is regression of left ventricular hypertrophy in maintenance hemodialysis patients possible?

  Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH), present in 70-80% of patients at the start of dialysis, results from chronic high blood pressure, volume overload,…

  Authors: Maurizio Bossola, Luigi Tazza, Carlo Vulpio, Giovanna Luciani

  Source: Seminars in dialysis. 2008 Sep-Oct

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• Body mass index, comorbid conditions and quality of life in hemodialysis patients.

  INTRODUCTION: Few studies have evaluated the prevalence of comorbid conditions, as well as the health-related quality of life (HRQL), in hemodialysis …

  Authors: Maurizio Bossola, Stefania Giungi, Giovanna Luciani, Luigi Tazza

  Source: Journal of nephrology. 2009 Jul-Aug

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• Proteasome activities in the rectus abdominis muscle of young and older individuals.

  Sarcopenia is one of the most striking effects of age, the causes and the pathogenic mechanisms being largely unknown. Unfortunately, there is limited…

  Authors: Maurizio Bossola, Fabio Pacelli, Paola Costelli, Antonio Tortorelli, Fausto Rosa, Giovan Battista Doglietto

  Source: Biogerontology. 2008 Aug

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• Circulating thyroglobulin mRNA does not predict early and midterm recurrences in patients undergoing thyroidectomy for cancer.

  BACKGROUND: The aim of the present study was to evaluate if serum Tg mRNA assay predicts recurrence in patients undergoing thyroidectomy for cancer. M…

  Authors: Celestino Pio Lombardi, Maurizio Bossola, Pietro Princi, Mauro Boscherini, Giuseppe La Torre, Marco Raffaelli, Emanuela Traini, Massimo Salvatori, Alfredo Pontecorvi, Rocco Bellantone

  Source: American journal of surgery. 2008 Sep

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• Giant retroperitoneal sarcomas: a single institution experience.

  BACKGROUND: Retroperitoneal sarcomas (RS) are a rare group of malignant soft-tissue tumors; due to the flexibility of the retroperitoneum, they genera…

  Authors: Giovanni B Doglietto, Antonio P Tortorelli, Valerio Papa, Fausto Rosa, Maurizio Bossola, Francesco P Prete, Marcello Covino, Fabio Pacelli

  Source: World journal of surgery. 2007 May

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