Impact of screening examinations on survival in familial adenomatous polyposis

I Heiskanen, T Luostarinen… - Scandinavian journal of …, 2000 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Prophylactic family screening and surgery has improved the outcome of patients
with familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) largely preventing deaths due to colorectal …

A nationwide study on parathyroid carcinoma

…, L Niskanen, M Väisänen, I Heiskanen… - Acta …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Parathyroid carcinoma (PC) is rare and diagnostically challenging. Reported
outcomes are rather poor and the incidence might be increasing. Material and methods: We …

Helsinki score—a novel model for prediction of metastases in adrenocortical carcinomas

M Pennanen, I Heiskanen, T Sane, S Remes… - Human Pathology, 2015 - Elsevier
Histopathologic diagnosis of adrenocortical tumors is based on adverse features that indicate
malignant potential. Proliferation index has served as a supplemental tool in assessing the …

Complementary roles of 18F-DOPA PET/CT and 18F-FDG PET/CT in medullary thyroid cancer

…, I Lisinen, A Ahonen, I Heiskanen… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2011 - Soc Nuclear Med
Serum calcitonin and carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) are markers of recurrent or persistent
disease in medullary thyroid cancer (MTC). However, conventional imaging often fails to …

Occurrence of desmoid tumours in familial adenomatous polyposis and results of treatment

I Heiskanen, HJ Järvinen - International journal of colorectal disease, 1996 - Springer
Outre le risque de cancer, les tumeurs desmoïdes constituent un problème majeur chez les
patients porteurs d'une polypose adénomateuse familiale (FAP). Nous avons évalué le …

Planar scintigraphy with 123I/99mTc-sestamibi, 99mTc-sestamibi SPECT/CT, 11C-methionine PET/CT, or selective venous sampling before reoperation of primary …

C Schalin-Jäntti, E Ryhänen, I Heiskanen… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2013 - Soc Nuclear Med
All patients with primary hyperparathyroidism should undergo localization studies before
reoperation, but it is not known which method is most accurate. The purpose of this prospective …

Functional imaging with 11C-metomidate PET for subtype diagnosis in primary aldosteronism

…, S Metso, T Mirtti, I Heiskanen… - European journal of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Objective Endocrine Society guidelines recommend adrenal venous sampling (AVS) in
primary aldosteronism (PA) if adrenalectomy is considered. We tested whether functional …

Anaplastic and poorly differentiated thyroid carcinoma: therapeutic strategies and treatment outcome of 52 consecutive patients

…, HO Mäenpää, J Louhimo, A Heikkilä, I Heiskanen… - Oncology, 2011 - karger.com
Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma (ATC) is one of the most lethal malignancies; poorly differentiated
thyroid carcinoma (PDTC) is a new diagnosis for rare aggressive thyroid tumours. …

[HTML][HTML] Multidisciplinary oncovascular surgery is safe and effective in the treatment of intra-abdominal and retroperitoneal sarcomas: a retrospective single centre …

P Homsy, C Blomqvist, I Heiskanen, L Vikatmaa… - European Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Objective Radical excision of retroperitoneal or intra-abdominal soft tissue sarcomas may
necessitate vessel resection and reconstruction. The aim of this study was to assess surgical …

[HTML][HTML] Health-related quality of life is impaired in primary hyperparathyroidism and significantly improves after surgery: a prospective study using the 15D instrument

EM Ryhänen, I Heiskanen, H Sintonen… - Endocrine …, 2015 - ec.bioscientifica.com
Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is frequently impaired in primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT)
but it is unclear if surgery is beneficial. The objective was to prospectively assess …