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  1. Psychedelic‐assisted therapy for palliative care within a home treatment setting: A case report

    Article • Clinical Case Reports, August 2024, Wiley

    PhD Silvio Cavuto

  2. Occupational therapy improves social participation of complex patients discharged from hospital: results of a powered randomized controlled trial

    Article • Disability and Rehabilitation, June 2023, Taylor & Francis

    PhD Silvio Cavuto, stefania costi

  3. Content and Face Validity of the Evaluation Tool of Health Information for Consumers (ETHIC): Getting Health Information Accessible to Patients and Citizens

    Article • Healthcare, April 2023, MDPI AG

    PhD Silvio Cavuto

  4. Hospice Patients’ End-of-Life Dreams and Visions: A Systematic Review of Qualitative Studies

    Article • American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®, March 2023, SAGE Publications

    Matías Eduardo Díaz Crescitelli, Luca Ghirotto, PhD Silvio Cavuto

  5. Physical exercise habits, lifestyle behaviors, and motivation to change among men with prostate cancer: a cross-sectional study

    Article • Supportive Care in Cancer, February 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    PhD Silvio Cavuto

  6. Living systematic review to assess the analgesic undertreatment in cancer patients

    Article • Pain Practice, January 2022, Wiley

    PhD Silvio Cavuto

  7. Can a pathological model improve the abilities of the paretic hand in hemiplegic children? The PAM-AOT study protocol of a randomised controlled trial

    Article • BMJ Open, December 2021, BMJ

    PhD Silvio Cavuto, stefania costi

  8. Rehabilitation for lung cancer patients undergoing surgery: results of the PUREAIR randomized trial

    Article • European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, December 2021, Edizioni Minerva Medica

    PhD Silvio Cavuto

  9. Postoperative hypoparathyroidism after completion thyroidectomy for well-differentiated thyroid cancer

    Article • European Journal of Endocrinology, September 2021, Bioscientifica

    PhD Silvio Cavuto

  10. Cancer-associated anorexia: Validity and performance overtime of different appetite tools among patients at their first cancer diagnosis

    Article • Clinical Nutrition, June 2021, Elsevier

    PhD Silvio Cavuto

  11. Beyond Lockdown: The Potential Side Effects of the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic on Public Health

    Article • Nutrients, May 2021, MDPI AG

    PhD Silvio Cavuto, Paolo Giorgi Rossi, stefania costi

  12. Prognostic Impact of Muscle Quantity and Quality and Fat Distribution in Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma Patients

    Article • Frontiers in Nutrition, May 2021, Frontiers

    PhD Silvio Cavuto

  13. Correction to: IOERT versus external beam electrons for boost radiotherapy in stage I/II breast cancer: 10-year results of a phase III randomized study

    Article • April 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    PhD Silvio Cavuto

  14. IOERT versus external beam electrons for boost radiotherapy in stage I/II breast cancer: 10-year results of a phase III randomized study

    Article • April 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    PhD Silvio Cavuto

  15. Antihypertensive treatment guided by genetics: PEARL-HT, the randomized proof-of-concept trial comparing rostafuroxin with losartan

    Article • The Pharmacogenomics Journal, March 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    PhD Silvio Cavuto

  16. Effect of Tocilizumab vs Standard Care on Clinical Worsening in Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19 Pneumonia

    Article • JAMA Internal Medicine, January 2021, American Medical Association (AMA)

    PhD Silvio Cavuto, Angelina Passaro

  17. Cross-cultural validation of Activities Scale for Kids: the performance of healthy Italian children

    Article • The Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness, June 2020, Edizioni Minerva Medica

    PhD Silvio Cavuto

  18. Early palliative care versus standard care in haematologic cancer patients at their last active treatment: study protocol of a feasibility trial

    Article • BMC Palliative Care, April 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    PhD Silvio Cavuto, Luca Ghirotto

  19. CT protocol optimisation in PET/CT: a systematic review

    Article • EJNMMI Physics, March 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    PhD Silvio Cavuto

  20. The assessment of spiritual well-being in cancer patients with advanced disease: which are its meaningful dimensions?

    Article • BMC Palliative Care, March 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    PhD Silvio Cavuto

  21. Occupational therapy in rehabilitation of complex patients: protocol for a superiority randomized controlled trial

    Article • Journal of Interprofessional Care, February 2020, Taylor & Francis

    PhD Silvio Cavuto, stefania costi

  22. Palliative care training addressed to hospital healthcare professionals by palliative care specialists: a mixed-method evaluation

    Article • BMC Palliative Care, October 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    PhD Silvio Cavuto, Luca Ghirotto

  23. Cost-effectiveness of second-line diagnostic investigations in patients included in the DANTE trial

    Article • Nuclear Medicine Communications, May 2019, Wolters Kluwer Health

    PhD Silvio Cavuto

  24. Comparing two visualization protocols for tomosynthesis in screening: specificity and sensitivity of slabs versus planes plus slabs

    Article • European Radiology, February 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    PhD Silvio Cavuto, Paolo Giorgi Rossi

  25. Antihypertensive Treatment Guided by Gene Profiling. The First Randomised Clinical Proof of Concept Trial Proving Feasibility in Man, Comparing Rostafuroxin with Losartan

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2019, Elsevier

    PhD Silvio Cavuto

  26. Early extubation followed by immediate noninvasive ventilation vs. standard extubation in hypoxemic patients: a randomized clinical trial

    Article • Intensive Care Medicine, December 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    PhD Silvio Cavuto

  27. Digital Mammography versus Digital Mammography Plus Tomosynthesis for Breast Cancer Screening: The Reggio Emilia Tomosynthesis Randomized Trial

    Article • Radiology, August 2018, Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)

    PhD Silvio Cavuto, Paolo Giorgi Rossi

  28. Diagnostic performances of [18F]fluorocholine positron emission tomography in brain tumors

    Article • The Quarterly Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, May 2018, Edizioni Minerva Medica

    PhD Silvio Cavuto

  29. Genome-wide profiling identifies the THYT1 signature as a distinctive feature of widely metastatic Papillary Thyroid Carcinomas

    Article • Oncotarget, December 2017, Impact Journals, LLC

    PhD Silvio Cavuto

  30. Is early integration of palliative care feasible and acceptable for advanced respiratory and gastrointestinal cancer patients? A phase 2 mixed-methods study

    Article • Palliative Medicine, September 2017, SAGE Publications

    massimo costantini, PhD Silvio Cavuto

  31. Long-term outcomes of central neck dissection for cN0 papillary thyroid carcinoma

    Article • American Journal of Otolaryngology, September 2017, Elsevier

    PhD Silvio Cavuto

  32. PUREAIR protocol: randomized controlled trial of intensive pulmonary rehabilitation versus standard care in patients undergoing surgical resection for lung cancer

    Article • BMC Cancer, July 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    stefania costi, PhD Silvio Cavuto

  33. Lung cancer screening with low-dose spiral computed tomography: evidence from a pooled analysis of two Italian randomized trials

    Article • European Journal of Cancer Prevention, July 2017, Wolters Kluwer Health

    PhD Silvio Cavuto

  34. Cross-cultural validation of health literacy measurement tools in Italian oncology patients

    Article • BMC Health Services Research, June 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    PhD Silvio Cavuto

  35. Bromfenac ophthalmic solution 0.09% as an adjunctive therapy to topical steroids after cataract surgery in pseudoexfoliation syndrome

    Article • Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery, August 2016, Wolters Kluwer Health

    PhD Silvio Cavuto

  36. Evaluation of the impact of support for nursing research on scientific productivity in seven Italian hospitals: A multiple interrupted time series study

    Article • Nurse Education Today, May 2016, Elsevier

    PhD Silvio Cavuto

  37. Evaluation of a systematic approach to weaning of tracheotomized neurological patients: an early interrupted randomized controlled trial

    Article • Annals of Intensive Care, December 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    PhD Silvio Cavuto

  38. Prognostic and diagnostic potential of local and circulating levels of pentraxin 3 in lung cancer patients

    Article • International Journal of Cancer, September 2015, Wiley

    PhD Silvio Cavuto

  39. Preliminary Evidence on the Diagnostic and Molecular Role of Circulating Soluble EGFR in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, August 2015, MDPI AG

    PhD Silvio Cavuto

  40. Strategies to Prevent “Bad Luck” in Cancer

    Article • JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute, August 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    PhD Silvio Cavuto

  41. Reply: Mortality Reduction, Overdiagnosis, and the Benefit-to-Harm Ratio of Computed Tomography Screening

    Article • American Review of Respiratory Disease, August 2015, American Thoracic Society

    PhD Silvio Cavuto

  42. Reply to S. Mercadante et al

    Article • Journal of Clinical Oncology, June 2015, American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)

    PhD Silvio Cavuto

  43. Are adaptive randomised trials or non-randomised studies the best way to address the Ebola outbreak in west Africa?

    Article • The Lancet Infectious Diseases, June 2015, Elsevier

    PhD Silvio Cavuto, Distinguished University Professor Lawrence Gostin

  44. Long-Term Follow-up Results of the DANTE Trial, a Randomized Study of Lung Cancer Screening with Spiral Computed Tomography

    Article • American Review of Respiratory Disease, May 2015, American Thoracic Society

    PhD Silvio Cavuto

  45. Quality of Cancer Pain Management: An Update of a Systematic Review of Undertreatment of Patients With Cancer

    Article • Journal of Clinical Oncology, December 2014, American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)

    PhD Silvio Cavuto

  46. Lateral neck recurrence from papillary thyroid carcinoma: Predictive factors and prognostic significance

    Article • The Laryngoscope, December 2014, Wiley

    PhD Silvio Cavuto

  47. Pattern of care and effectiveness of treatment for glioblastoma patients in the real world: Results from a prospective population-based registry. Could survival differ in a high-volume center?

    Article • Neuro-Oncology Practice, August 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Gianluca Marucci, PhD Silvio Cavuto, Dr Giorgio Palandri

  48. In vivo analysis of the iris thickness by spectral domain optical coherence tomography

    Article • British Journal of Ophthalmology, April 2014, BMJ

    PhD Silvio Cavuto

  49. Role of combined 18F-FDG-PET/CT for predicting the WHO malignancy grade of thymic epithelial tumors: A multicenter analysis

    Article • Lung Cancer, November 2013, Elsevier

    PhD Silvio Cavuto

  50. Comparison between colour duplex sonography findings and different histological patterns of temporal artery

    Article • Rheumatology, September 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    PhD Silvio Cavuto

  51. The “BUONGIORNO” Project: Burnout Syndrome Among Young Italian Radiation Oncologists

    Article • Cancer Investigation, September 2013, Taylor & Francis

    PhD Silvio Cavuto

  52. Does breast cancer screening level health inequalities out? A population-based study in an Italian region

    Article • European Journal of Public Health, September 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    PhD Silvio Cavuto

  53. BRAFV600E Mutation and Papillary Thyroid Cancer

    Article • JAMA, August 2013, American Medical Association (AMA)

    PhD Silvio Cavuto

  54. European randomized lung cancer screening trials: Post NLST

    Article • Journal of Surgical Oncology, July 2013, Wiley

    PhD Silvio Cavuto, David Baldwin

  55. An early (3–6 weeks) active surveillance study to assess the safety of pandemic influenza vaccine Focetria® in a province of Emilia-Romagna region, Italy – Part One

    Article • Vaccine, February 2013, Elsevier

    Dr silvia candela, PhD Silvio Cavuto

  56. A population based cohort study to assess the safety of pandemic influenza vaccine Focetria® in Emilia-Romagna region, Italy—Part Two

    Article • Vaccine, February 2013, Elsevier

    PhD Silvio Cavuto

  57. Surgery for oligometastatic non–small cell lung cancer: Long-term results from a single center experience

    Article • Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, August 2012, Elsevier

    PhD Silvio Cavuto

  58. Evaluation of the comparative analgesic effectiveness of transdermal and oral opioids in cancer patients: A propensity score analysis

    Article • European Journal of Pain, December 2011, Wiley

    PhD Silvio Cavuto

  59. Surgical Procedures in the DANTE Trial, A Randomized Study of Lung Cancer Early Detection with Spiral Computed Tomography: Comparative Analysis in the Screening and Control Arm

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Oncology, February 2011, Elsevier

    PhD Silvio Cavuto

  60. Does Lung Cancer Screening with Low-Dose CT Remain Promising Despite Disappointing DANTE Results?

    Article • American Review of Respiratory Disease, September 2010, American Thoracic Society

    PhD Silvio Cavuto

  61. Comparative efficiency of contrast-enhanced colour Doppler ultrasound targeted versus systematic biopsy for prostate cancer detection

    Article • European Radiology, June 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    PhD Silvio Cavuto

  62. A Randomized Study of Lung Cancer Screening with Spiral Computed Tomography

    Article • American Review of Respiratory Disease, September 2009, American Thoracic Society

    PhD Silvio Cavuto

  63. Small (≤3 cm) hepatocellular carcinoma in cirrhosis: the role of double contrast agents in MR imaging vs. multidetector-row CT

    Article • La radiologia medica, August 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    PhD Silvio Cavuto

  64. Differential diagnosis and management of focal ground-glass opacities

    Article • European Respiratory Journal, April 2009, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    PhD Silvio Cavuto

  65. Molecular Alterations in Spontaneous Sputum of Cancer-Free Heavy Smokers: Results from a Large Screening Program

    Article • Clinical Cancer Research, March 2008, American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)

    PhD Silvio Cavuto

  66. Lung cancer screening with spiral CT

    Article • Lung Cancer, March 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Federico Cappuzzo, PhD Silvio Cavuto

  67. Bayes pulmonary embolism assisted diagnosis: a new expert system for clinical use

    Article • Emergency Medicine Journal, March 2007, BMJ

    PhD Silvio Cavuto

  68. The Eligible Study: Ultrasound Assessment in Acute Ischemic Stroke within 3 Hours

    Article • Cerebrovascular Diseases, January 2007, Karger Publishers

    PhD Silvio Cavuto

  69. DANTE: A RANDOMIZED STUDY ON LUNG CANCER SCREENING WITH LOW-DOSE SPIRAL CT (LDCT): END OF ACCRUAL AND PRELIMINARY RESULTS

    Article • CHEST Journal, October 2006, Elsevier

    PhD Silvio Cavuto

  70. Age and Gender Relationships of Serum Alanine Aminotransferase Values in Healthy Subjects

    Article • The American Journal of Gastroenterology, July 2006, Wolters Kluwer Health

    PhD Silvio Cavuto

  71. The fuzzy nature of health and disease

    Article • June 2006, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    PhD Silvio Cavuto

  72. Indirect Methods for Reference Intervals Based on Current Data: The authors of the article cited above respond:

    Article • Clinical Chemistry, February 2006, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    PhD Silvio Cavuto

  73. Propensity score for the analysis of observational data: an introduction and an illustrative example

    Article • Drug Development Research, January 2006, Wiley

    PhD Silvio Cavuto

  74. The Italian surveillance system for occupational cancers: Characteristics, initial results, and future prospects

    Article • American Journal of Industrial Medicine, January 2006, Wiley

    PhD Silvio Cavuto

  75. Correction

    Article • Clinical Chemistry, September 2005, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    PhD Silvio Cavuto

  76. The REALAB Project: A New Method for the Formulation of Reference Intervals Based on Current Data

    Article • Clinical Chemistry, July 2005, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    PhD Silvio Cavuto

  77. Results of blood pressure screening in a population of school-aged children in the province of Milan: role of overweight

    Article • Journal of Hypertension, March 2005, Wolters Kluwer Health

    PhD Silvio Cavuto

  78. The Pediatric Rheumatology International Trials Organization criteria for the evaluation of response to therapy in juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus: Prospective validation of the disease activity core set

    Article • Arthritis & Rheumatism, January 2005, Wiley

    Professor Ozgur KASAPCOPUR, PhD Silvio Cavuto

  79. Reply to Letter to the Editor “Whose ‘wish bias’?”, by M. Velasco-Garrido & R. Busse (Ann Oncol 2003; 14: 1154)

    Article • Annals of Oncology, July 2003, Elsevier

    PhD Silvio Cavuto

  80. Whose ‘wish bias’?

    Article • Annals of Oncology, July 2003, Elsevier

    PhD Silvio Cavuto

  81. Effectiveness of Adjuvant Fluorouracil in Elderly Colon Cancer Patients: The Internal and External Validity of Nonrandomized Research Design

    Article • Journal of Clinical Oncology, May 2003, American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)

    PhD Silvio Cavuto

  82. Dante: A Randomised Trial on Early Diagnosis of Lung Cancer With Low-dose Spiral CT (LDCT); Initial Announcemen

    Article • CHEST Journal, January 2003, Elsevier

    PhD Silvio Cavuto

  83. Does a drug do better when it is new?

    Article • Annals of Oncology, March 2002, Elsevier

    PhD Silvio Cavuto