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Background Several histotypes of both epithelial and non-epithelial neoplasms belong to the heterogeneous family of the primary upper airways cancers (UAC), i.e., the overall set of the malignant neoplasms respectively arising from the nasopharynx (ICD-10 C11), the nasal cavities (ICD-10 C30), and the paranasal sinuses (ICD-10 C31). Both nasopharyngeal cancers (NPC) and sinonasal cancers (SNC) recognize complex and, at present, only partially defined webs of causation. Previous researc…

Messaggi principali L’informazione acquisita tramite interviste anamnestiche standardizzate, condotte da personale competente e motivato, assume un’importanza fondamentale nella ricerca sui tumori professionali. Una raccolta anamnestica che produce informazioni precise, affidabili e codificabili fornisce informazioni fondamentali per ricostruire profili di esposizione e assegnare (quando possibile) nessi di causa. Quando non sia possibile raccogliere i dati in modo ottimale, res…

At the very beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, on 12th January 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended that SARS-CoV-2 infected persons be discharged from isolation, regardless of isolation location or disease severity, following both clinical recovery and two sequentially negative RT-PCR swab tests performed at least 24 hours apart; on 27th May 2020, the WHO turned to a different approach, taking into consideration, for symptomatic cases, the time elapsed from the symptom onset a…

Background Several histotypes of both epithelial and non-epithelial neoplasms belong to the heterogeneous family of the primary upper airways cancers (UAC), i.e., the overall set of the malignant neoplasms respectively arising from the nasopharynx (ICD-10 C11), the nasal cavities (ICD-10 C30), and the paranasal sinuses (ICD-10 C31). Both nasopharyngeal cancers (NPC) and sinonasal cancers (SNC) recognize complex and, at present, only partially defined webs of causation. Previous researc…