Fedro A. Peccatori

2019

Can we trust tumour markers in pregnancy after breast cancer? A case of elevated CA 15-3 in the third trimester of pregnancy normalising after delivery.

Ecancermedicalscience ·doi:10.3332/ecancer.2019.979

We realized a narrative review of the current literature starting from the case of a patient with raised CA15-3 during an uncomplicated pregnancy after breast cancer. The aim of our paper was to assess specificity, physiological changes and…

review 2019

The risk of extra-ovarian malignancies among women with endometriosis: A systematic literature review and meta-analysis

Critical reviews in oncology/hematology ·doi:10.1016/j.critrevonc.2018.12.009

We conducted a meta-analysis of studies reporting on the risk of extra-ovarian malignancies among women with endometriosis. Summary relative risk (SRR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) were calculated through random effect models. We explo…

2015

Medical treatment of early stage and rare histological variants of epithelial ovarian cancer.

Ecancermedicalscience ·doi:10.3332/ecancer.2015.584

Epithelial ovarian cancer is often considered a single pathological entity, but increasing evidence suggests that it is rather a group of different neoplasms, each with unique pathological characteristics, molecular features, and clinical b…