Dr Matteo Cescon completed his medical degree in 1996 and in 2004 completed a post graduate course on the medicine of organ transplantation at Bicocca University in Milan, Italy. He has been at Bologna University since 2004 and is currently Associate Professor of Surgery at the Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences. In 2012 he was also appointed Supervisor of the post-transplant phase of the institutional program of liver transplantation at Saint’Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital in Bologna. Dr Cescon has performed more than 1000 procedures as first operator, including more than 300 liver transplantations and more than 400 liver resections. He is a reviewer on many international journals and has been an investigator on several research programs. Relevant publications Ballarin R, Cucchetti A, Russo FP, Magistri P, Cescon M, Cillo U, Burra P,Pinna AD, Di Benedetto F. Long term follow-up and outcome of liver transplantation from hepatitis B surface antigen positive donors. World J Gastroenterol 2017 Mar 28; 23(12): 2095-2105. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i12.2095. PubMed PMID: 28405138; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5374122 Giovannini C, Baglioni M, Baron Toaldo M, Cescon M, Bolondi L, Gramantieri L. Venom from Cuban Blue Scorpion has tumor activating effect in hepatocellular carcinoma. Sci Rep 2017 Mar 21; 7: 44685. doi: 10.1038/srep44685. PubMed PMID: 28322221; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5359575 Cucchetti A, Sposito C, Pinna AD, Citterio D, Cescon M, Bongini M, Ercolani G, Cotsoglou C, Maroni L, Mazzaferro V. Competing risk analysis on outcome after hepatic resection of hepatocellular carcinoma in cirrhotic patients. World J Gastroenterol 2017 Feb 28; 23(8): 1469-1476. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i8.1469. PubMed PMID: 28293094; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5330832. Cucchetti A, Cappelli A, Mosconi C, Zhong JH, Cescon M, Pinna AD, Golfieri R. Improving patient selection for selective internal radiation therapy of intra-hepatic cholangiocarcinoma: A meta-regression study. Liver Int 2017 Feb 8. doi: 10.1111/liv.13382. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 28177190. Bertuzzo VR, Giannella M, Cucchetti A, Pinna AD, Grossi A, Ravaioli M, Del Gaudio M, Cristini F, Viale P, Cescon M. Impact of preoperative infection on outcome after liver transplantation. Br J Surg 2017 Jan; 104(2): e172-e181. doi: 10.1002/bjs.10449. PubMed PMID: 28121031. Fornari F, Pollutri D, Patrizi C, La Bella T, Marinelli S, Casadei Gardini A, Marisi G, Baron Toaldo M, Baglioni M, Salvatore V, Callegari E, Baldassarre M, Galassi M, Giovannini C, Cescon M, Ravaioli M, Negrini M, Bolondi L, Gramantieri L. In Hepatocellular Carcinoma miR-221 Modulates Sorafenib Resistance through Inhibition of Caspase-3-Mediated Apoptosis. Clin Cancer Res 2017 Jan 17. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-16-1464. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 28096271. Bertuzzo VR, Cescon M, Odaldi F, Di Laudo M, Cucchetti A, Ravaioli M, Del Gaudio M, Ercolani G, D'Errico A, Pinna AD. Actual risk of using very aged donors for unselected liver transplant candidates: a European single-center experience in the MELD Era. Ann Surg 2017 Feb; 265(2):388-396. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000001681. PubMed PMID: 28059967. Capri M, Olivieri F, Lanzarini C, Remondini D, Borelli V, Lazzarini R, Graciotti L, Albertini MC, Bellavista E, Santoro A, Biondi F, Tagliafico E, Tenedini E, Morsiani C, Pizza G, Vasuri F, D'Errico A, Dazzi A, Pellegrini S, Magenta A, D'Agostino M, Capogrossi MC, Cescon M, Rippo MR, Procopio AD, Franceschi C, Grazi GL. Identification of miR-31-5p, miR-141-3p, miR-200c-3p, and GLT1 as human liver aging markers sensitive to donor-recipient age-mismatch in transplants. Aging Cell 2017 Apr; 16(2): 262-272. doi: 10.1111/acel.12549. Epub 2016 Dec 20. PubMed PMID: 27995756; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5334540. Di Laudo M, Ravaioli M, La Manna G, Comai G, Cescon M, Del Gaudio M, Bertuzzo V, Zanfi C, Cucchetti A, Pinna AD. Reply. Liver Transpl 2017 Feb;23(2): 268-269. doi: 10.1002/lt.24685. PubMed PMID: 27884044. Cucchetti A, Ercolani G, Pezzilli R, Cescon M, Frascaroli G, Pinna AD. The health gain obtainable from pancreatic resection for adenocarcinoma in the elderly. World J Surg 2017 Apr;41(4): 1063-1072. doi: 10.1007/s00268-016-3793-6. PubMed PMID: 27826771. Brandi G, Deserti M, Vasuri F, Farioli A, Degiovanni A, Palloni A, Frega G, Barbera MA, de Lorenzo S, Garajova I, Di Marco M, Pinna AD, Cescon M, Cucchetti A, Ercolani G, D'Errico-Grigioni A, Pantaleo MA, Biasco G, Tavolari S. In Reply. Oncologist 2016 Dec; 21(12): e5-e6. Epub 2016 Nov 2. PubMed PMID: 27807301; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5153345. Cucchetti A, Cappelli A, Ercolani G, Mosconi C, Cescon M, Golfieri R, Pinna AD. Selective Internal Radiation Therapy (SIRT) as conversion therapy for unresectable primary liver malignancies. Liver Cancer 2016 Oct; 5(4): 303-311. Epub 2016 Sep 14. Review. PubMed PMID: 27781202; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5075901. Ravaioli M, Grande G, Di Gioia P, Cucchetti A, Cescon M, Ercolani G, Del Gaudio M, Morelli C, Pinna AD. Risk avoidance and liver transplantation: a single-center experience in a national network. Ann Surg 2016 Nov; 264(5): 778-786. PubMed PMID: 27429038. Lauterio A, Di Sandro S, Gruttadauria S, Spada M, Di Benedetto F, Baccarani U, Regalia E, Melada E, Giacomoni A, Cescon M, Cintorino D, Ercolani G, Rota M, Rossi G, Mazzaferro V, Risaliti A, Pinna AD, Gridelli B, De Carlis L. Donor safety in living donor liver donation: An Italian multicenter survey. Liver Transpl 2017 Feb; 23(2): 184-193. doi: 10.1002/lt.24651. Epub 2016 Dec 30. PubMed PMID: 27712040. De Simone P, Fagiuoli S, Cescon M, De Carlis L, Tisone G, Volpes R, Cillo U; Consensus Panel.. Use of everolimus in liver transplantation: recommendations from a working group. Transplantation 2017 Feb; 101(2): 239-251. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000001438. PubMed PMID: 27495768; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5265697. Ravaioli M, Serenari M, Cescon M, Savini C, Cucchetti A, Ercolani G, Del Gaudio M, Casati A, Pinna AD. Liver and vena cava en bloc resection for an invasive leiomyosarcoma causing Budd-Chiari syndrome, under veno-venous bypass and liver hypothermic perfusion : liver hypothermic perfusion and veno-venous bypass for inferior vena cava leiomyosarcoma. Ann Surg Oncol 2017 Feb; 24(2): 556-557. doi: 10.1245/s10434-016-5285-1. Epub 2016 Jul 18. PubMed PMID: 27431416. Cucchetti A, Cescon M, Pinna AD. Comment on: 'Long-term impact of liver function on curative therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma: application of the ALBI grade'. Br J Cancer 2016 Aug 23; 115(5): e5. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2016.196. Epub 2016 Jun 23. PubMed PMID: 27336607; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4997540. Cucchetti A, Cescon M, Colecchia A, Neri F, Cappelli A, Ravaioli M, Mazzotti F, Ercolani G, Festi D, Pinna AD. Adding liver stiffness measurement to the routine evaluation of hepatocellular carcinoma resectability can optimize clinical outcome. Ultraschall Med 2016 May 3. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 27139376. Di Laudo M, Ravaioli M, La Manna G, Comai G, Cescon M, Del Gaudio M, Zanfi C, Cucchetti A, Ercolani G, Pinna AD. Combined liver-dual kidney transplant: Role in expanded donors. Liver Transpl 2017 Jan;23(1): 28-34. doi: 10.1002/lt.24472. Epub 2016 Nov 28. PubMed PMID: 27113672. Brandi G, Deserti M, Vasuri F, Farioli A, Degiovanni A, Palloni A, Frega G, Barbera MA, de Lorenzo S, Garajova I, Di Marco M, Pinna AD, Cescon M, Cucchetti A, Ercolani G, D'Errico-Grigioni A, Pantaleo MA, Biasco G, Tavolari S; G.I.CO. (Gruppo Italiano Colangiocarcinoma).. Membrane localization of human equilibrative nucleoside transporter 1 in tumor cells may predict response to adjuvant gemcitabine in resected cholangiocarcinoma patients. Oncologist 2016 May; 21(5): 600-7. doi: 10.1634/theoncologist.2015-0356. Epub 2016 Mar 31. PubMed PMID: 27032872; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4861359. Cucchetti A, Cescon M, Pinna AD. Reply to "Hepatic venous pressure gradient for preoperative assessment of patients with resectable hepatocellular carcinoma: A comment for moving forward". J Hepatol 2016 Jul; 65(1): 231-2. doi:10.1016/j.jhep.2016.03.014. Epub 2016 Mar 26. PubMed PMID: 27025687. Qiao G, Cucchetti A, Li J, Cescon M, Ercolani G, Liu G, Pinna AD, Li L, Shen F, Ren J. Applying of pretreatment extent of disease system in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma after curative partial hepatectomy. Oncotarget 2016 May 24; 7(21): 30408-19. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.8149. PubMed PMID: 27007152; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5058689. Bertuzzo VR, Cescon M, Odaldi F, Di Laudo M, Cucchetti A, Ravaioli M, Del Gaudio M, Ercolani G, D'Errico A, Pinna AD. Actual risk of using very aged donors for unselected liver transplant candidates: a European single-center experience in the MELD Era. Ann Surg 2016 Mar 7. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 26954895. Cucchetti A, Ercolani G, Taffurelli G, Serenari M, Maroni L, Pezzilli R, Del Gaudio M, Ravaioli M, Cescon M, Pinna AD. A comprehensive analysis on expected years of life lost due to pancreatic cancer. Pancreatology 2016 May-Jun; 16(3): 449-53. doi: 10.1016/j.pan.2016.02.005. Epub 2016 Feb 18. PubMed PMID: 26951889. Cucchetti A, Sposito C, Pinna AD, Citterio D, Ercolani G, Flores M, Cescon M, Mazzaferro V. Effect of age on survival in patients undergoing resection of hepatocellular carcinoma. Br J Surg 2016 Jan;103(2):e93-9. doi: 10.1002/bjs.10056. Epub 2015 Dec 10. PubMed PMID: 26662121. Cucchetti A, Ercolani G, Cescon M, Brandi G, Taffurelli G, Maroni L, Ravaioli M, Pezzilli R, Pinna AD. Estimation of the survival benefit obtainable from screening for the early detection of pancreatic cancer. Pancreas 2016 May-Jun; 45(5): 714-9. doi: 10.1097/MPA.0000000000000523. PubMed PMID: 26646274.

Prof. Matteo Cescon has received financial support/sponsorship for research support, consultation, or speaker fees from the following companies: