Professor Salvatore Pucciarelli qualified from University of Padua in 1978. His postgraduate training was at St Mark’s Hospital and at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, USA. He was promoted as Full Professor of Surgery at University of Padua in 2017.
He specializes in colorectal cancer surgery. Professor Pucciarelli and his team are internationally respected for their work in advanced rectal/anal cancer.
He has published over 300 peer-reviewed articles in medical journals and contributed to several books. He has given over 300 presentations and has lectured in several countries.
Selected publications from PubMed
Circulating Tumor DNA as a Real-Time Biomarker for Minimal Residual Disease and Recurrence Prediction in Stage II Colorectal Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Negro S, Pulvirenti A, Trento C, Indraccolo S, Ferrari S, Scarpa M, Urso EDL, Bergamo F, Pucciarelli S, Deidda S, Restivo A, Lonardi S, Spolverato G
Int J Mol Sci. 2025 Mar 11;26(6) doi: 10.3390/ijms26062486.
Robotic, transanal, and laparoscopic total mesorectal excision for locally advanced mid/low rectal cancer: European multicentre, propensity score-matched study.
de'Angelis N, Marchegiani F, Martínez-Pérez A, Biondi A, Pucciarelli S, Schena CA, Pellino G, Kraft M, van Lieshout AS, Morelli L, Valverde A, Lupinacci RM, Gómez-Abril SA, Persiani R, Tuynman JB, Espin-Basany E, Ris F, European MRI and Rectal Cancer Surgery (EuMaRCS) Study Group
BJS Open. 2024 May 8;8(3) doi: 10.1093/bjsopen/zrae044.
Completion total mesorectal excision after neoadjuvant radiochemotherapy and local excision for rectal cancer.
Coco C, Delrio P, Rega D, Amodio LE, Pucciarelli S, Spolverato G, Belluco C, Lauretta A, Poggioli G, Rocco G, Bianco F, Marsanic P, Sica G, Tondolo V, Rizzo G, Italian Society of Surgical Oncology Colorectal Cancer Network (SICO CCN) group
Colorectal Dis. 2024 Feb;26(2):281-289 doi: 10.1111/codi.16834.
Limits of Clinical Restaging in Detecting Responders After Neoadjuvant Therapies for Rectal Cancer.
Deidda S, Spolverato G, Capelli G, Bao RQ, Bettoni L, Crimì F, Zorcolo L, Pucciarelli S, Restivo A
Dis Colon Rectum. 2023 Jul 1;66(7):957-964 doi: 10.1097/DCR.0000000000002450.
COVID-19 free pathways decrease postoperative complications in patients undergoing elective colorectal surgery.
Deidda S, Bao QR, Capelli G, Pucciarelli S, Zorcolo L, Spolverato G, Restivo A
Surg Pract Sci. 2022 Dec;11:100125 doi: 10.1016/j.sipas.2022.100125.
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