Annamaria Minicozzi

TL;DR: N ratio is a simple and reproducible prognostic tool that can stratify patients with gastric cancer also in case of limited lymph node dissection and may represent the rational for improving the prognostic power of current UICC TNM staging system and ultimately the selection of patients who may most benefit from adjuvant treatments.

TL;DR: A lower feasibility of laparoscopic cholecystectomy has been found for severe choleCystitis and a lower threshold of conversion is recommended since this may allow to reduce local postoperative complications.

TL;DR: The factors associated with a better disease-free survival at univariate analysis were age <60, T2 tumors, distal location, intestinal histotype, and number of retrieved nodes >25; depth of infiltration and histotype were the only 2 independent predictors of 5-year recurrence- free survival at multivariate analysis.

TL;DR: In advanced gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma, the high frequency of nodal metastases and the related unfavorable long- term outcome achieved by means of surgical intervention alone are indicative of the need for aggressive multimodal treatment along with surgical intervention to improve long-term results.

TL;DR: The nature of the association between resistin and CRC risk is clarified suggesting that the proinflammatory state of cancer, rather than the clinical diagnosis of CRC itself or its link with obesity and MS, may govern this association.