Mascolo, Massimo
Travaglino, Antonio
Varricchio, Silvia
Russo, Daniela
Sabattini, Elena
Agostinelli, Claudio
Bertuzzi, Clara
Baldo, Antonello
Pileri, Alessandro
Picardi, Marco
Pane, Fabrizio
Staibano, Stefania
Funding for this research was provided by:
Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
Article History
Received: 30 July 2020
Revised: 16 September 2020
Accepted: 14 October 2020
First Online: 24 October 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
: The study was performed according to the guidelines of the Institutional Ethics Committee, which, in agreement with the Italian law, with reference to the topics of the current research, do not ask for the Ethical Committee approval, and, according to the Declaration of Helsinki, requires, for studies based only on retrospective analyses on routine archival formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue a written informed consent from the living patient, following the indication of Italian DLgs no. 196/03 (Codex on Privacy) at the time of surgery.
: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.