Search Results - "Conte, Massimo"
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Cell surface Nucleolin represents a novel cellular target for neuroblastoma therapy
Published in Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research (02-06-2021)“…Neuroblastoma (NB) represents the most frequent and aggressive form of extracranial solid tumor of infants. Nucleolin (NCL) is a protein overexpressed and…”
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Exosomal microRNAs from Longitudinal Liquid Biopsies for the Prediction of Response to Induction Chemotherapy in High-Risk Neuroblastoma Patients: A Proof of Concept SIOPEN Study
Published in Cancers (30-09-2019)“…Despite intensive treatment, 50% of children with high-risk neuroblastoma (HR-NB) succumb to their disease. Progression through current trials evaluating the…”
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Urinary homovanillic and vanillylmandelic acid in the diagnosis of neuroblastoma: Report from the Italian Cooperative Group for Neuroblastoma
Published in Clinical biochemistry (01-06-2014)“…Urinary homovanillic and vanillylmandelic acid (HVA and VMA) are well known biomarkers for the management of neuroblastoma (NB). Very few and contradictory…”
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From the identification of actionable molecular targets to the generation of faithful neuroblastoma patient-derived preclinical models
Published in Journal of translational medicine (13-02-2024)“…Neuroblastoma (NB) represents the most frequent and aggressive form of extracranial solid tumor of infants. Although the overall survival of patients with NB…”
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Multiparametric flow cytometry highlights B7-H3 as a novel diagnostic/therapeutic target in GD2neg/low neuroblastoma variants
Published in Journal for immunotherapy of cancer (01-04-2021)“…BackgroundHigh-risk neuroblastomas (HR-NBs) are rare, aggressive pediatric cancers characterized by resistance to therapy and relapse in more than 30% of…”
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Untargeted LC-HRMS Based-Plasma Metabolomics Reveals 3-O-Methyldopa as a New Biomarker of Poor Prognosis in High-Risk Neuroblastoma
Published in Frontiers in oncology (10-06-2022)“…Neuroblastoma (NB) is the most common extracranial malignant tumor in children. Although the survival rate of NB has improved over the years, the outcome of NB…”
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Resection of primary tumor in stage 4S neuroblastoma: a second study by the Italian Neuroblastoma Group
Published in Pediatric surgery international (2021)“…Purpose To clarify the role of primary tumor resection in stage 4S neuroblastoma. Methods We investigated a cohort of 172 infants diagnosed with stage 4S…”
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A Prospective Study on the Epidemiology of Febrile Episodes during Chemotherapy-Induced Neutropenia in Children with Cancer or after Hemopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
Published in Clinical infectious diseases (15-11-2007)“…Background. The purpose of our study was to evaluate the incidence and clinical characteristics of febrile episodes during neutropenia following chemotherapy…”
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Unaccompanied foreign minors and mental health: Implementation and evaluation of the RHS-15 screening procedure for unaccompanied foreign minors
Published in Journal of migration and health (Online) (01-01-2023)“…The recent notable increase in refugees' flows, with refugee children and adolescents relocating worldwide, posed severe challenges to the different national…”
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Retrospective Study of Childhood Ganglioneuroma
Published in Journal of clinical oncology (01-04-2008)“…To review a historical cohort of childhood ganglioneuroma (GN), the benign representative of the peripheral neuroblastic tumor (PNT) family. Of 2,286 PNTs…”
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Mediastinal Germ Cell Tumors in Pediatric Patients: A Report From the Italian Association of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
Published in Pediatric blood & cancer (01-05-2016)“…Background Primary mediastinal germ cell tumors (GCTs) are rare in children and still represent a challenge for both adult and pediatric oncologists because of…”
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Nucleolin expression has prognostic value in neuroblastoma patients
Published in EBioMedicine (01-11-2022)“…Neuroblastoma (NB) represents the most frequent form of extra-cranial solid tumour of infants, responsible for 15% of childhood cancer deaths. Nucleolin (NCL)…”
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Role of BAFF in Opsoclonus-Myoclonus syndrome, a bridge between cancer and autoimmunity
Published in Journal of leukocyte biology (01-07-2013)“…Ectopic lymphoid neogenesis, and the functional interactions between tumor and immune cells, in opsoclonus‐myoclonus syndrome‐associated neuroblastoma. OMS is…”
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19p loss is significantly enriched in older age neuroblastoma patients and correlates with poor prognosis
Published in Npj genomic medicine (15-04-2020)“…Genomic aberrations of neuroblastoma occurring in late childhood and adolescence are still understudied. Publicly available DNA copy number profiles of 556…”
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Esthesioneuroblastoma in pediatric and adolescent age. A report from the TREP project in cooperation with the Italian Neuroblastoma and Soft Tissue Sarcoma Committees
Published in BMC cancer (25-03-2012)“…Esthesioneuroblastoma (ENB) is a rare, aggressive tumor with no established treatment in children. We analyzed a series of pediatric ENB patients with the aim…”
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Minimally invasive video-assisted thyroidectomy (MIVAT) from A to Z
Published in Surgery today (Tokyo, Japan) (01-02-2016)“…A minimal access procedure does not necessarily mean that it is minimally invasive. However, as its name implies, MIVAT is a truly minimally invasive treatment…”
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Sex cord stromal tumors of the ovary in children: A clinicopathological report from the Italian TREP project
Published in Pediatric blood & cancer (01-07-2011)“…Background Ovarian sex‐cord stromal tumors (SCST) are rare in childhood and include a variety of neoplasms with different clinical features and biologic…”
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Interchangeability between 24-hour collection and single spot urines for vanillylmandelic and homovanillic acid levels in the diagnosis of neuroblastoma
Published in Pediatric blood & cancer (01-12-2013)“…The determination of the two urinary catecholamine metabolites homovanillic acid (HVA) and vanillylmandelic acid (VMA) is of crucial importance for the…”
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Immunological mechanisms in opsoclonus-myoclonus associated neuroblastoma
Published in European journal of paediatric neurology (01-05-2009)“…Abstract Opsclonus-myoclonus syndrome is a rare paraneoplastic disorder, often associated with malignancies including neuroblastoma (NB), the most common solid…”
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Laparoscopic resection of adrenal neuroblastoma without image-defined risk factors: a prospective study on 21 consecutive pediatric patients
Published in Pediatric surgery international (01-04-2014)“…Background Over the last 20 years MIS has progressively gained popularity in children with cancer. We therefore aimed at evaluating the safety of Minimally…”
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