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Background

Mr Scarci is a consultant thoracic surgeon with over 10 years of experience in Cambridge, London and abroad.

His specialist training took place in Malta, the Essex Cardiothoracic Centre and Guy's and St Thomas', London. Following a six-month fellowship in minimally invasive surgery at the University of Toronto, Canada, Mr Scarci was appointed consultant thoracic surgeon at Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge in 2011.

Working closely with a multidisciplinary team, including other distinguished surgeons, specialist nurses, radiologists and physicians, Mr Scarci is committed to providing a personalised service which ensures the best treatment and the best outcome for each patient.

He welcomes enquiries about surgical and non-surgical treatments for a wide range of conditions, from chest wall deformities and fractured ribs to lung and chest wall cancers. His academic and clinical areas of interest are: chest wall cancers and deformities, single incision of only 3cm lung cancer removal, emphysema, sweaty hands/armpits (hyperhidrosis), facial blushing (erythrophobia), rib fractures, chest wall deformities (pectus excavatum and carenatum).

 

Expertise

Lung cancer, chest wall deformities, mesothelioma, rib fractures, thymomas, thymic masses, pectus excavatum, pectus carenatum, pneumnothorax surgery, chest infection surgery, hyperidrosis (sweaty hands), erythrophobia (facial blushing)

Research & publications

The most recent publications are below. Here is the link of all of over 135 publications of Mr Scarci: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=scarci&sort=date

Pneumonectomy for lung cancer in the elderly: lessons learned from a multicenter study.
Minervini F, Kocher GJ, Bertoglio P, Kestenholz PB, Gálvez Muñoz C, Patrini D, Ceulemans LJ, Begum H, Lutz J, Shojai M, Shargall Y, Scarci M.
J Thorac Dis. 2021 Oct;13(10):5835-5842. doi: 10.21037/jtd-21-869.

Developing the surgical technique reporting checklist and standards: a study protocol.
Zhang K, Ma Y, Shi Q, Wu J, Shen J, He Y, Zhang X, Jiao P, Li GS, Tang X, Petersen RH, Ng CSH, Fiorelli A, Novoa NM, Bedetti B, Levi Sandri GB, Hochwald S, Lerut T, Sihoe ADL, Barchi LC, Gilbert S, Waseda R, Toker A, Gonzalez-Rivas D, Fruscio R, Scarci M, Davoli F, Piessen G, Qiu B, Wang SD, Chen Y, Gao S.
Gland Surg. 2021 Aug;10(8):2591-2599. doi: 10.21037/gs-21-312.

Using DNA sequencing data to quantify T cell fraction and therapy response.
Bentham R, Litchfield K, Watkins TBK, Lim EL, Rosenthal R, Martínez-Ruiz C, Hiley CT, Bakir MA, Salgado R, Moore DA, Jamal-Hanjani M; TRACERx Consortium, Swanton C, McGranahan N.
Nature. 2021 Sep;597(7877):555-560. doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-03894-5. Epub 2021 Sep 8.

Evidence on reporting guidelines for surgical technique in clinical disciplines: a scoping review protocol.
Zhang K, Ma Y, Shi Q, Shen J, Wu J, Zhang X, Jiao P, Li GS, Tang X, Petersen RH, Ng CSH, Fiorelli A, Novoa NM, Bedetti B, Levi Sandri GB, Hochwald S, Lerut T, Sihoe ADL, Barchi LC, Gilbert S, Waseda R, Toker A, Gonzalez-Rivas D, Fruscio R, Scarci M, Davoli F, Piessen G, Qiu B, Wang SD, Chen Y, Gao S.
Gland Surg. 2021 Jul;10(7):2325-2333. doi: 10.21037/gs-21-311.

Editorial: Surgery and COVID-19: Which Strategies to Apply in Oncologic Patients.
Cioffi U, Ciulla MM, De Simone M, Scarci M, Testori A, Raveglia F, Chiarelli M.
Front Surg. 2021 Jul 22;8:718751. doi: 10.3389/fsurg.2021.718751. eCollection 2021.

Standardization of Procedures to Contain Cost and Reduce Variability of Care After the Pandemic.
Raveglia F, Orlandi R, Rimessi A, Minervini F, Cioffi U, De Simone M, Guttadauro A, Scarci M.
Front Surg. 2021 Jun 24;8:695341. doi: 10.3389/fsurg.2021.695341. eCollection 2021.

Managing of screening-detected sub-solid nodules-a European perspective.
Ricciardi S, Booton R, Petersen RH, Infante M, Scarci M, Veronesi G, Cardillo G.
Transl Lung Cancer Res. 2021 May;10(5):2368-2377. doi: 10.21037/tlcr.2020.03.37.
PMID: 34164284 Free PMC article. Review.

Pulmonary metastasectomy in germ cell tumors and prostate cancer.
Raveglia F, Rosso L, Nosotti M, Cardillo G, Maffeis G, Scarci M.
J Thorac Dis. 2021 Apr;13(4):2661-2668. doi: 10.21037/jtd.2020.04.51.

COVID-19 After Lung Resection in Northern Italy.
Scarci M, Raveglia F, Bortolotti L, Benvenuti M, Merlo L, Petrella L, Cardillo G, Rocco G.
Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2021 May 11:S1043-0679(21)00186-6. doi: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2021.03.038.

 

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