Luca Cicalese MD

PubMed

• Instant confocal histology for the evaluation of kidney transplant procurement biopsies.
  Angela Ernst, Volker Aßfalg, Wolfgang Arns, Luca Cicalese, Avery Koi
  Virchows Archiv. 2025-10-09
• 1 citations
  Immunosuppressant Drug Specific Risk of Malignancy After Organ Transplantation: A Population-Based Analysis of Texas Medicare Beneficiaries.
  Luca Cicalese, Jordan R Westra, Zachary C Walton, Yong-Fang Kuo
  Cancers. 2025-06-26
• Pedunculated focal nodular hyperplasia: a case report, case series, and in-depth surgical, radiological, and histological analysis of a rare phenomenon.
  Taylor Strange, Joseph M Gosnell, Peeyush Bhargava, Abdulrahman Al Harbi, Luca Cicalese
  Diagnostic Pathology. 2025-05-30

Journal Articles

• Evaluation of INK4A promoter methylation using pyrosequencing and circulating cell-free DNA from patients with hepatocellular carcinoma  
  Huang G, Krocker JD, Kirk JL, Merwat SN, Ju H, Soloway RD, Wieck LR, Li A, Okorodudu AO, Petersen JR, Abdulla NE, Duchini A, Cicalese L, Rastellini C, Hu PC, Dong J, Clin Chem Lab Med, 1/1/2014
• Impact of Size in Pancreatic Islet Transplantation and Potential Interventions to Improve Outcome  
  Zorzi D, Phan T, Sequi M, Lin Y, Freeman DH, Cicalese L, Rastellini C, Cell Transplantation, 1/18/2013
• Biomarker Discovery for Early Detection of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Hepatitis C-infected Patients  
  Mustafa MG, Petersen JR, Ju H, Cicalese L, Snyder N, Haidacher SJ, Denner L, Elferink C, Mol Cell Proteomics, 1/1/2013

Books/Book Chapters

• Living Donor Advocate: An Evolving Role Within Transplantation. 
  Tuveri M, Pisu S, Cicalese LEditors: Steel JL.Springer, New York, NY2013
• Living donor organ transplantation. 
  Chapter: Living Donor Small Bowel Transplantation: Evaluation -specific issues. 
  Cicalese LEditors: H Tan, R. Shapiro and A. Marcos.Taylor and Francis Health Science Division, New York, NY
• Living donor organ transplantation. 
  Chapter: Living Donor Small Bowel Transplantation: Technical aspects. 
  Cicalese LEditors: H Tan, R. Shapiro and A. Marcos.Taylor and Francis Health Science Division, New York, NY

Abstracts/Posters

• Liver Cancer in Texas: Environmental Risk Factors Contributing to Higher Incidence Rate.
  Zorzi D., Curcuru' G., Rhoads C., Gazis V., Rastellini C., Cicalese L., American Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (AHPBA), Miami, FL, 1/19/2014
• How Distance from Specialized Transplant Centers and Residence in Rural and Urban Setting affects Outcome of Liver Transplant Patients on Waitlist in the USA.
  Zorzi D., Jennings K., Rastellini C., Cicalese L., South Chapter American College of Surgeons, Austin, TX, 1/20/2013
• Analysis of Waiting List Mortality Rate of Liver Transplant Candidates with Increased Geographical Distance from the Transplant Center: Data from UNOS.
  Zorzi D, Rastellini C, Freeman DH, Elias G, Duchini A, Cicalese L., 2013 Annual Fellows Conference: Advances in Organ Transplantation, Cambridge, MA, 1/18/2013

Lectures

• Development of an innovative international combined PhD program between UTMB and the University of Palermo. 
  Houston, TX - 1/1/2013
• Surgical treatment for Liver Cancer. 
  Philadelphia, PA - 1/1/2013
• Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) epidemic and the effect of vaccine. 
  Galveston, TX - 1/1/2012

Other

• Love in the Lab. 
  Rastellini C, Cicalese L, ABC 13 News
  1/14/2012
• Open Journal: Texas Transplantation Center. 
  Cicalese L, UTMB, KPFT 90.1 FM
  Houston, TX - 1/1/2009
• Multiorgan transplantation. 
  Cicalese L, UTMBT, KEYS 1440 AM
  Corpus Christin, TX - 1/1/2009