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1) On the rational use of thyroid scintigraphy in thyrotoxic patients in the age of integrated diagnostics
European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, 3 febbraio 2024

2) Radioiodine versus radiofrequency ablation to treat autonomously functioning thyroid nodules: a systematic review and comparative meta-analysis
European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, 2 febbraio 2024

3) Integrated Diagnostics of Thyroid Nodules
Cancers, 11 gennaio 2024

4) EANM practice guideline for PET/CT imaging in medullary thyroid carcinoma
European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, gennaio 2020

5) Prognostic and predictive value of nuclear imaging in endocrine oncology
Endocrine, gennaio 2020

6) 18F-Fluoride (18F-NaF) PET/CT in medullary thyroid carcinoma: far from evidence, far from guidelines!
European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, marzo 2020

7) Evidence-Based Data About Prevalence and Risk of Malignancy of Thyroid Incidentalomas Detected by Different PET Radiopharmaceuticals
Current Radiopharmaceuticals, 2020

8) Detection of thyroiditis on PET/CT imaging: a systematic review
Hormones, settembre 2020

9) Will 18F-fluorocholine PET/CT replace other methods of preoperative parathyroid imaging?
Endocrine, febbraio 2021

10) Significance of "de novo" appearance of thyroglobulin antibodies in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer
The International Journal of Biological Markers, settembre 2020

11) Efficacy of thermal ablation in benign non-functioning solid thyroid nodule: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Endocrine, gennaio 2020

12) The role of systematic review and meta-analysis in modern cytopathology
Cancer Cytopathology, febbraio 2020

13) Thermal ablation meta-analysis: the need of careful appraisal of meta-analysis methodology
Endocrine, gennaio 2020

14) Efficacy and safety of very low calorie ketogenic diet (VLCKD) in patients with overweight and obesity: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Reviews in Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders, marzo 2020

15) Diagnostic testing for Graves’ or non-Graves’ hyperthyroidism: A comparison of two thyrotropin receptor antibody immunoassays with thyroid scintigraphy and ultrasonography
Clinical Endocrinology, febbraio 2020

16) Testing for BRAF (V600E) Mutation in Thyroid Nodules with Fine-Needle Aspiration (FNA) Read as Suspicious for Malignancy (Bethesda V, Thy4, TIR4): a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Endocrine Pathology, marzo 2020

17) Risk of Malignancy (ROM) of Thyroid FNA Diagnosed as Suspicious for Malignancy or Malignant: an Institutional Experience with Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Literature
Endocrine Pathology, marzo 2020

18) Can ultrasound systems for risk stratification of thyroid nodules identify follicular carcinoma?
Cancer Cytopathology, aprile 2020

19) Patient Age Is an Independent Risk Factor of Relapse of Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma and Improves the Performance of the American Thyroid Association Stratification System
Thyroid, maggio 2020

20) Indeterminate thyroid nodules. The role of 18F-FDG PET/CT in the "era" of ultrasonography risk stratification systems and new thyroid cytology classifications
Endocrine, settembre 2020

21) Ultrasound systems for risk stratification of thyroid nodules prompt inappropriate biopsy in autonomously functioning thyroid nodules
Clinical Endocrinology, luglio 2020

22) Radioiodine Ablation of Remaining Thyroid Lobe in Patients with Differentiated Thyroid Cancer Treated by Lobectomy: A Systematic Review and Metaanalysis
The Journal of Nuclear Medicine, dicembre 2020

23) Radiomics Analysis of [18F]-Fluorodeoxyglucose-Avid Thyroid Incidentalomas Improves Risk Stratification and Selection for Clinical Assessment
Thyroid, gennaio 2021

24) Performance of EU-TIRADS in malignancy risk stratification of thyroid nodules: a meta-analysis
European Journal of Endocrinology, settembre 2020

25) The ultrasound risk stratification systems for thyroid nodule have been evaluated against papillary carcinoma. A meta-analysis
Reviews in Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders, giugno 2021

26) CT evaluation of lung infiltrates in the two months preceding the Coronavirus disease 19 pandemic in Canton Ticino (Switzerland): were there suspicious cases before the official first case?
La radiologia medica, aprile 2022

27) Limited benefit of additional contrast-enhanced CT to end-of-treatment PET/CT evaluation in patients with follicular lymphoma
Scientific Reports, 16 settembre 2021

28) Two Birds with One Stone: Skull Base Meningioma and Jugulotympanic Paragangliomas with Somatostatin Receptor Positron Emission Tomography
Diagnostics, 13 settembre 2021

29) Radiomics analysis improves 18 FDG PET/CT-based risk stratification of cytologically indeterminate thyroid nodules
Endocrine, 1 settembre 2021

30) Procalcitonin as an alternative tumor marker of medullary thyroid carcinoma. A meta-analysis
JCEM The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 12 agosto 2021

31) Prevalence and Significance of Hypermetabolic Lymph Nodes Detected by 2-[ 18 F]FDG PET/CT after COVID-19 Vaccination: A Systematic Review and a Meta-Analysis
Pharmaceuticals, 3 agosto 2021

32) Prevalence and Significance of Hypermetabolic Lymph Nodes Detected by 2-[18F]FDG PET/CT after COVID-19 Vaccination: A Systematic Review and a Meta-Analysis
Pharmaceuticals, 3 agosto 2021

33) The new Roche Elecsys TSH assay conforms with current IFCC C-STFT standards
Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, 13 luglio 2021

34) Molecular Imaging for Thyrotoxicosis and Thyroid Nodules
The Journal of Nuclear Medicine, luglio 2021

35) SARS-COV-2-related immune-inflammatory thyroid disorders: facts and perspectives
Expert Review of Clinical Immunology, 20 maggio 2021

36) Thyroid dysfunctions induced by molecular cancer therapies: a synopsis for nuclear medicine thyroidologists
European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular, 10 maggio 2021

37) Usefulness of 123 I-spect/ct to assess the response to initial therapy in differentiated thyroid cancer patients
Endrocrine, 4 maggio 2021

38) Circulating pro-gastrin releasing peptide (ProGRP) in patients with medullary thyroid carcinoma
Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, 16 aprile 2021

39) The EANM practice guidelines for parathyroid imaging
European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, 10 aprile 2021

40) A JOINT STATEMENT FROM THE AMERICAN THYROID ASSOCIATION, THE EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE, THE EUROPEAN THYROID ASSOCIATION, THE SOCIETY OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE ...
Thyroid, 1 aprile 2021

41) SARS-CoV-2-related thyroid disorders: a synopsis for nuclear medicine thyroidologists
European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, 25 marzo 2021

42) An ectopic, dysmorphic and atypical parathyroid adenoma
Endocrine, 25 marzo 2021

43) Diagnostic Role of 18 F-PSMA-1007 PET/CT in Prostate Cancer Staging: A Systematic Review
Diagnostics, 19 marzo 2021

44) Diagnostic Role of 18F-PSMA-1007 PET/CT in Prostate Cancer Staging: A Systematic Review
Diagnostics, 19 marzo 2021

45) Unexpected 99mTcO4- Uptake by Lung Adenocarcinoma
Clinical Nuclear Medicine, 16 marzo 2021

46) Prevalence of thyroid dysfunction in patients with COVID-19: a systematic review
Clinical and Translational Imaging, 11 marzo 2021

47) Update on diagnosis and treatment of hyperthyroidism
The Quaterly Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, 26 febbraio 2021

48) Free-thyroxine standardization: waiting for Godot while well serving our patients today
Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, 23 febbraio 2021

49) Radioiodine therapy of Graves’ disease
The Quarterly Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, 10 febbraio 2021

50) Medical treatment of thyrotoxicosis
The Quaterly Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, 26 gennaio 2021

51) Early preablation rhTSH-stimulated thyroglobulin predicts outcome of differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) patients
European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, 8 gennaio 2021

52) Determining an energy threshold for optimal volume reduction of benign thyroid nodules treated by radiofrequency ablation
European Radiology, 6 gennaio 2021

53) Global FT4 immunoassay standardization: an expert opinion review
Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, 23 dicembre 2020

54) The ultrasound risk stratification systems for thyroid nodule have been evaluated against papillary carcinoma. A meta-analysis
Reviews in Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders, https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11154-020-09592-3

55) How to better stratify the risk of differentiated thyroid carcinomas: the key role of radioactive iodine therapy, age, and gender
European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00259-020-05020-5

56) Radiomics Analysis of [ 18 F] Fluorodeoxyglucose-Avid Thyroid Incidentalomas Improves Risk Stratification and Selection for Clinical Assessment
Thyroid, https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/thy.2020.0224

57) Is isthmic enucleo-resection a reliable treatment for isthmic differentiated thyroid carcinoma? A note of caution.
Journal of Endocrinological Investigation, https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs40618-020-01289-3

58) Performance of Five Ultrasound Risk Stratification Systems in Selecting Thyroid Nodules for FNA
The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 1 maggio 2020

59) FNA indication according to ACR-TIRADS, EU-TIRADS and K-TIRADS in thyroid incidentalomas at 18F-FDG PET/CT.
Journal of Endocrinological Investigation, https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs40618-020-01244-2

60) Impact of 18F-FDG PET/CT in Staging Patients With Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Frontiers in Medicine, 29 gennaio 2020

61) Performance of contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) in assessing thyroid nodules: a systematic review and meta-analysis using histological standard of reference.
La radiologia medica, https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11547-019-01129-2

62) Different Formulations of Levothyroxine for Treating Hypothyroidism: A Real-Life Study
International Journal of Endocrinology, 20 gennaio 2020

63) Prevalence of gastrointestinal disorders having an impact on tablet levothyroxine absorption: should this formulation still be considered as the first-line therapy?
Endocrine, https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12020-019-02185-4
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Luca Giovanella
on behalf of
Istituto Imaging della Svizzera Italiana (IIMSI) EOC (Rif. IIMSI)
is currently participating in the Research Group
Thyroid diseases
as Group Leader [Rif. 55110]
Luca Giovanella
on behalf of
Istituto Imaging della Svizzera Italiana (IIMSI) EOC (Rif. IIMSI)
is currently participating in the Research Group
Integrated diagnostics
as Group Leader [Rif. 55110]