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ea0081p463 | Thyroid | ECE2022

Management of suspicious neck lymph nodes in patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma

de Leo Simone , Trevisan Matteo , Colombo Carla , Persani Luca , Vicentini Leonardo , Fugazzola Laura

The management of loco-regional metastases in patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma is still debated. Current American Thyroid Association guidelines state that in this context the main goal is to differentiate between low-volume metastatic disease that will progress and that remaining stable over time.Aim of our study was to evaluate the behavior of suspicious or cytologically confirmed lymph node metastases, detected after initial treatment (i...

ea0049ep1408 | Thyroid (non-cancer) | ECE2017

Evaluation of disease outcome in patients affected with differentiated thyroid carcinoma treated with total thyroidectomy or lobectomy

Colombo Carla , De Leo Simone , Perrino Michela , Di Stefano Marta , Cantoni Gianmaria , Vicentini Leonardo , Fugazzola Laura

Abstract: An individualized risk-based approach to the treatment of thyroid cancer is being extensively discussed in the recent literature, but controversies remain about the ideal surgical approach. In particular, if some data showed that properly selected thyroid cancer patients can be treated with lobectomy (LT) with excellent clinical outcomes, other results demonstrated an increased incidence of persistent recurrent disease in patients submitted to LT with respect to thos...

ea0041oc14.3 | Thyroid Cancer | ECE2016

Tert and the oxidative stress in papillary thyroid cancer

Muzza Marina , Colombo Carla , Cirello Valentina , Perrino Michela , Vicentini Leonardo , Fugazzola Laura

Abstract: During hormonogenesis, thyroid cells are physiologically exposed to high levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS) which could either be involved in the pathogenesis of thyroid cancer or exert a cytotoxic effect. We analyzed the oxidative status of papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) either directly, by measuring H2O2 generation by NADPH oxidases (NOXs), and indirectly, by evaluating the antioxidant activity of glutathione peroxidase (GPX), which neutr...

ea0029p1848 | Thyroid cancer | ICEECE2012

Radioiodine ablation can be avoided in intrathyroidal papillary thyroid cancers ≤2 cm (pT1N0M0)

Perrino M. , Colombo C. , De Leo S. , Vicentini L. , Beck-Peccoz P. , Fugazzola L.

The need for thyroid residue ablation in papillary thyroid cancer (PTC), classified with the TNM staging (AJCC, 2002) as pT1, with a maximum diameter comprised between 1 and 2 cm (pT1/1-2) and/or multifocal, is still debated. Aim of this study was to compare the outcome of pT1N0M0 patients submitted or not to postsurgical radioiodine ablation. Consecutive patients followed-up at this Institution from 1996 to 2010 were enrolled. All pT1/1-2N0M0 cases were radioiodine ablated be...

ea0026p71 | Endocrine tumours and neoplasia | ECE2011

Comparison of the efficacy and the tolerance of high-dose calcium and pentagastrin tests in patients with cured or persistent medullary thyroid cancer and in controls

Colombo C , Verga U , Perrino M , Vicentini L , Beck-Peccoz P , Fugazzola L

The recent unavailability of pentagastrin (Pg) in several European Countries, prompted us to evaluate the potency and tolerability of the ‘high dose calcium test’ (Ca) in the stimulation of serum human calcitonin (hCt). We compared Pg- and Ca-stimulated hCt in 19 patients already treated for medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) in remission (n=19) or in persistence (n=13), in 18 patients with chronic thyroiditis and multinodular goiter, and in 15 healthy cont...

ea0026p475 | Thyroid cancer | ECE2011

Prevalence and features of incidental thyroid carcinoma in 1955 patients surgically treated for benign lesions

Perrino M , Colombo C , Vicentini L , Cantoni G , Poggi L , Beck-Peccoz P , Fugazzola L

Incidental thyroid carcinoma (IC) is defined as a tumor diagnosed at histology after surgery for benign diseases and without a preoperative diagnosis of malignancy. Since the prevalence of IC reported in the literature is extremely variable (4.6–17%), mostly due to the limited number of cases, we aimed to study the features of IC in our large series. We retrospectively evaluated 1955 patients who consecutively underwent total thyroidectomy for non malignant diseases from ...

ea0016p764 | Thyroid | ECE2008

Clinical features and outcome of papillary thyroid cancers <2 cm: univariate and multivariate analyses

Perrino Michela , Vannucchi Guia , Vicentini Leonardo , Dazzi Davide , Peccoz Paolo Beck

An increasing prevalence of papillary thyroid carcinomas (PTC) of small size have been recorded in recent years. These tumors have a favorable outcome in most cases, and total thyroidectomy without radioiodine therapy is suggested for microcarcinomas (defined as ≤1 cm). The 6th edition of the TNM staging system for thyroid cancers includes in the T1 category tumors ≤2 cm, limited to the thyroid. Aim of the present study was to evaluate the clinical/pathological fea...

ea0014p110 | (1) | ECE2007

Thyroid cancer and pregnancy: clinical outcome and time of diagnosis in a series of 94 women

Michela Perrino , Guia Vannucchi , Leonardo Vicentini , Mannavola Deborah , Beck-Peccoz Paolo , Fugazzola Laura

Thyroid cancer represents the second more frequent tumor among those diagnosed during pregnancy. Indeed, during pregnancy thyroid volume increases by 20–30% and new nodules can appear, due to the effect of choriogonadotropin which stimulates thyroid growth. Hence, it has been proposed that thyroid cancer diagnosed during pregnancy could harbour a poorer prognosis. Aim of the present study was to compare the clinical outcome in the following 3 groups of patients affected w...

ea0063oc1.3 | Calcium and Bone | ECE2019

Menin and EZH2 activities modulate the expression of the long non-coding RNA HAR1B in parathyroid tumors

Morotti Annamaria , Verdelli Chiara , Guarnieri Vito , Muscarella Lucia Anna , Silipigni Rosa , Guerneri Silvana , Vicentini Leonardo , Vaira Valentina , Corbetta Sabrina

Epigenetic deregulation is emerging as a component of the parathyroid tumorigenesis. We identified a long non-coding RNA (LNCRNA) signature clearly distinguishing parathyroid adenomas (PAds) and carcinomas from normal glands. Among the deregulated LncRNAS, HAR1B was upregulated in PAds harboring the common chromosome 11q loss of heterozygosity (Chr11q-LOH; n=10) compared with PAds harboring normal chromosome 11 haplotype (Chr11q-WT; n=12; P&...

ea0049ep1432 | Thyroid (non-cancer) | ECE2017

Expression analyses of HABP2 in neoplastic and normal thyroid tissues: could this gene play a role in the pathogenesis of familial non medullary thyroid cancer?

Muzza Marina , Colombo Carla , Proverbio Maria Carla , Ercoli Giulia , Perrino Michela , Cirello Valentina , Vicentini Leonardo , Ferrero Stefano , Fugazzola Laura

Recently, the G534E variant of the HABP2 gene was reported as the underlying genetic defect in large kindred with non-syndromic familial non medullary thyroid cancer (FNMTC), but these data were not confirmed in additional cohorts. Consistently, we found in our wide series of FNMTC that the HABP2G534E variant is frequent, but does not segregate with the disease. Nevertheless, a possible role for this gene in the pathogenesis of FNMTC cannot definitely ruled out also because co...