Search Results - "Giampaolo, Tortora"
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Maintenance Olaparib for Germline BRCA-Mutated Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer
Published in The New England journal of medicine (25-07-2019)“…Approximately 7% of pancreatic cancers occur in patients with a germline mutation in BRCA1 or BRCA2 , an alteration that compromises DNA repair. In a…”
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Gut microbiome, big data and machine learning to promote precision medicine for cancer
Published in Nature reviews. Gastroenterology & hepatology (01-10-2020)“…The gut microbiome has been implicated in cancer in several ways, as specific microbial signatures are known to promote cancer development and influence…”
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Faecal microbiota transplantation for the treatment of diarrhoea induced by tyrosine-kinase inhibitors in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma
Published in Nature communications (28-08-2020)“…Diarrhoea is one of the most burdensome and common adverse events of chemotherapeutics, and has no standardised therapy to date. Increasing evidence suggests…”
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Differential Activity of Nivolumab, Pembrolizumab and MPDL3280A according to the Tumor Expression of Programmed Death-Ligand-1 (PD-L1): Sensitivity Analysis of Trials in Melanoma, Lung and Genitourinary Cancers
Published in PloS one (18-06-2015)“…The potential predictive role of programmed death-ligand-1 (PD-L1) expression on tumor cells in the context of solid tumor treated with checkpoint inhibitors…”
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Angiopoietin-Like Proteins in Angiogenesis, Inflammation and Cancer
Published in International journal of molecular sciences (01-02-2018)“…Altered expression of secreted factors by tumor cells or cells of the tumor microenvironment is a key event in cancer development and progression. In the last…”
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Predictive value of NLR, TILs (CD4+/CD8+) and PD-L1 expression for prognosis and response to preoperative chemotherapy in gastric cancer
Published in Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy (01-01-2022)“…The combination of perioperative chemotherapy plus complete surgical resection is currently accounted as the first-choice strategy in patients with locally…”
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Mutational status of plasma exosomal KRAS predicts outcome in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer
Published in Scientific reports (22-11-2021)“…Liquid biopsy has become a useful alternative in metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) patients when tissue biopsy of metastatic sites is not feasible. In this…”
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Unmasking the impact of Rictor in cancer: novel insights of mTORC2 complex
Published in Carcinogenesis (New York) (30-07-2018)“…In this review, we highlighted and discussed current knowledge about the role of Rictor in development and progression of cancer focusing on the major…”
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KRAS-Dependency in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma: Mechanisms of Escaping in Resistance to KRAS Inhibitors and Perspectives of Therapy
Published in International journal of molecular sciences (26-05-2023)“…Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is still one of the deadliest cancers in oncology because of its increasing incidence and poor survival rate. More than…”
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A Novel Approach in the Treatment of Cancer: Targeting the Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor
Published in Clinical cancer research (01-10-2001)“…The epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) autocrine pathway contributes to a number of processes important to cancer development and progression, including…”
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Molecular alterations in basal cell carcinoma subtypes
Published in Scientific reports (24-06-2021)“…A number of genes have been implicated in the pathogenesis of BCC in addition to the Hedgehog pathway, which is known to drive the initiation of this tumour…”
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Post nephrectomy management of localized renal cell carcinoma. From risk stratification to therapeutic evidence in an evolving clinical scenario
Published in Cancer treatment reviews (01-04-2023)“…•About 35% of localized RCC patients recur after nephrectomy.•A unique and universally accepted risk factor model is still missing.•VEGFR-TKIs failed in…”
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PTEN in Colorectal Cancer: Shedding Light on Its Role as Predictor and Target
Published in Cancers (09-11-2019)“…Molecular assessment of colorectal cancer (CRC) is receiving growing attention, beyond RAS and BRAF, because of its influence on prognosis and prediction in…”
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Sex-Based Dimorphism of Anticancer Immune Response and Molecular Mechanisms of Immune Evasion
Published in Clinical cancer research (01-08-2021)“…We previously demonstrated that sex influences response to immune checkpoint inhibitors. In this article, we investigate sex-based differences in the molecular…”
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Prostate Cancer Heterogeneity: Discovering Novel Molecular Targets for Therapy
Published in Cancer treatment reviews (01-03-2017)“…Highlights • Prostate cancer (PCa) shows a broad spectrum of biological and clinical behavior, which represents the epiphenomenon of an extreme genetic…”
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Homeobox B9 Mediates Resistance to Anti-VEGF Therapy in Colorectal Cancer Patients
Published in Clinical cancer research (01-08-2017)“…The identification of predictive biomarkers for antiangiogenic therapies remains an unmeet need. We hypothesized that the transcription factor Homeobox B9…”
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Can histogram analysis of MR images predict aggressiveness in pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors?
Published in European radiology (01-06-2018)“…Objectives To evaluate MRI derived whole-tumour histogram analysis parameters in predicting pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasm (panNEN) grade and…”
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The Interplay between Immunity and Microbiota at Intestinal Immunological Niche: The Case of Cancer
Published in International journal of molecular sciences (24-01-2019)“…The gut microbiota is central to the pathogenesis of several inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. While multiple mechanisms are involved, the immune system…”
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Emerging concepts on drug resistance in bladder cancer: Implications for future strategies
Published in Critical reviews in oncology/hematology (01-10-2015)“…Highlights • We examine the recent findings on the mechanisms of drug resistance in bladder cancer. • We report the methods employed in the assessment of these…”
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Pneumonitis from immune checkpoint inhibitors and COVID-19: current concern in cancer treatment
Published in Journal for immunotherapy of cancer (01-07-2020)“…Pneumonitis is a rare but serious adverse event caused by cancer immunotherapy. The diagnosis between COVID-19-induced pneumonia and immunotherapy-induced…”
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