Midiri G

Prognostic significance of mucinous carcinoma of colon and rectum: A prospective case‐control study

The clinical meaning of mucinous type of colonic and rectal carcinoma is still controversial. We used clinicopathological and follow‐up data prospectively recorded for our series of colon and rectum cancer to compare 2 matched groups of mucinous and nonmucinous cancer patients.

Advances in Molecular Genetics and Clinical Implications of Sporadic Colorectal Cancer

Genetic epidemiological studies have shown that the pathogensis of various neoplasias is due to defects in specific genes and the growth to multiple consequent genetic mutations.

Immunobiological approach to colorectal cancer staging : biological markers, cellular “in situ” immunological response and intranuclear DNA imaging analysis. Old and new parameters. retrospective evaluation and prospective trials after a fifteen year experience

The Authors consider whether it is possibile to classify and stage colo-rectal cancer not only on the grounds of its diffusion, histotype and grading, but also on the grounds of its biological expression.