Claudio Bassi
University of Verona
704 Papers
4.3K Citations
Claudio Bassi is an academic researcher from University of Verona. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Pancreatic cancer. The author has an hindex of 99, co-authored 637 publications. Previous affiliations of Claudio Bassi include Heidelberg University & University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
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Papers
Carcinoma of pancreatic body and tail: are there improvements in diagnosis and treatment modalities over the past decade?
Massimo Falconi,William Mantovani,Rossella Bettini,Giorgio Talamini,Claudio Bassi,Stefano Cascinu,Cristina Oliani,Paolo Pederzoli +7 more
TL;DR: There has been no change over the years in the direction of earlier diagnosis and the prognosis remains distinctly poor, however, more extensive use of anticancer therapies has led to a significant increase in median survival.
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Pancreatic surgery during COVID-19 pandemic: major activity disruption of a third-level referral center during 2020.
Giovanni Marchegiani,Giampaolo Perri,Beatrice Bianchi,Alessandro Esposito,Luca Landoni,Luca Casetti,Massimiliano Tuveri,Giuseppe Malleo,Salvatore Paiella,Martina Fontana,Antonio Pea,Matteo De Pastena,Roberto Salvia,Claudio Bassi +13 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on a third-level referral center for pancreatic surgery in Italy, and show that during the first and second outbreaks resident's training, inpatient beds, outpatient visits, diagnostics and procedures were severely impaired, while the waiting list for up-front cancer resections and the use of preoperative chemotherapy concomitantly raised.
The Sequential Radiographic Effects of Preoperative Chemotherapy and (Chemo)Radiation on Tumor Anatomy in Patients with Localized Pancreatic Cancer.
Giampaolo Perri,Laura R. Prakash,Giuseppe Malleo,A. Caravati,Gauri R. Varadhachary,David R. Fogelman,Shubham Pant,Eugene J. Koay,Joseph M. Herman,Laura Maggino,Michele Milella,Michael P. Kim,Naruhiko Ikoma,Ching Wei Tzeng,Roberto Salvia,Jeffrey E. Lee,Claudio Bassi,Matthew H.G. Katz +17 more
TL;DR: Less than one-third of patients treated with FOLFIRINOX or GA with or without (chemo)radiation experienced either RECIST partial response or radiographic downstaging prior to surgery, and the incidence of tumor downstaged was higher and the magnitude of tumor volume loss was greater following chemotherapy than after (Chemo) Radiation.
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Very high serum levels of CA 19-9 in autoimmune pancreatitis: Report of four cases and brief review of literature.
Giulia De Marchi,Salvatore Paiella,Claudio Luchini,Paola Capelli,Claudio Bassi,Luca Frulloni +5 more
TL;DR: A peculiar form of pancreatitis with unique clinical, morphological and histological features, which responds completely to steroids, which is pancreas-specific and associated with inflammatory bowel disease.
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Postoperative morbidity is an additional prognostic factor after potentially curative pancreaticoduodenectomy for primary duodenal adenocarcinoma.
Giuseppe Malleo,Alfredo F Tonsi,Giovanni Marchegiani,Andrea Casarotto,Salvatore Paiella,Giovanni Butturini,Roberto Salvia,Claudio Bassi +7 more
TL;DR: The development of postoperative complications may be an additional prognostic factor after potentially curative pancreaticoduodenectomy for primary duodenal adenocarcinoma and emphasizes the need for centralization to high-volume centers where an appropriate postoperative care can be delivered.
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