Search Results - "Maccaroni, Elena"
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Mismatch repair deficiency may affect clinical outcome through immune response activation in metastatic gastric cancer patients receiving first-line chemotherapy
Published in Gastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association (01-01-2017)“…Introduction The microsatellite-instable gastric cancer subtype, because of its supposed high antigenic potential, is a promising candidate for immunotherapy…”
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Transient Sunitinib Resistance in Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors
Published in The New England journal of medicine (23-05-2013)“…Two patients are described in whom response to sunitinib as second-line therapy was followed by disease progression. After they received other treatments that…”
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Locally advanced rectal cancer:The importance of a multidisciplinary approach
Published in World journal of gastroenterology : WJG (14-12-2014)“…Rectal cancer accounts for a relevant part of colorectal cancer cases,with a mortality of 4-10/100000 per year.The development of locoregional recurrences and…”
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The role of LDH serum levels in predicting global outcome in HCC patients undergoing TACE: implications for clinical management
Published in PloS one (26-03-2012)“…In many tumor types serum lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) levels is an indirect marker of tumor hypoxia, neo-angiogenesis and worse prognosis. However data about…”
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Androgen receptor expression in early triple-negative breast cancer: clinical significance and prognostic associations
Published in Cancers (27-06-2014)“…Triple-negative breast cancers (TNBC) are characterized by aggressive tumour biology resulting in a poor prognosis. Androgen receptor (AR) is one of newly…”
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Evolving strategies for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma: From clinical-guided to molecularly-taylored therapeutic options
Published in Cancer treatment reviews (01-05-2011)“…Abstract Hepatocellular carcinoma (hepatocellular carcinoma, HCC) is the commonest primary liver cancer (80–90%) and represents the leading cause of…”
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Expectations and psychological issues before genetic counseling: analysis of distress determinant factors
Published in Hereditary cancer in clinical practice (29-04-2020)“…Hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC) and Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Syndrome (HBOC) are the most common hereditary cancer syndromes in…”
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Correction to: Expectations and psychological issues before genetic counseling: analysis of distress determinant factors
Published in Hereditary cancer in clinical practice (2020)“…[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1186/s13053-020-00142-1.]…”
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Lynch syndrome-associated lung cancer: pitfalls of an immunotherapy-based treatment strategy in an unusual tumor type
Published in Exploration of targeted anti-tumor therapy (01-06-2021)“…Lynch syndrome is a hereditary cancer predisposition syndrome caused by germline alterations in mismatch repair (MMR) genes leading to increased risk of colon…”
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Phosphorylated AKT and MAPK expression in primary tumours and in corresponding metastases and clinical outcome in colorectal cancer patients receiving irinotecan-cetuximab
Published in Journal of translational medicine (10-04-2012)“…Clinical observations suggested that a non negligible proportion of patients, ranging from 40% to 70%, does not seem to benefit from the use of anti-EGFR…”
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Acute Peripheral Motor Neuropathy Induced by Oxaliplatin-Correlated Hypokalaemia
Published in Oncology and therapy (01-06-2020)“…Neurotoxicity is one of the most common side effects of oxaliplatin-based therapy. Most patients who receive at least 3–4 months of treatment suffer from…”
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New Insights into Hormonal Therapies in Uterine Sarcomas
Published in Cancers (12-02-2022)“…Uterine sarcoma (US) is a rare mesenchymal malignant cancer type, accounting for 3-7% of uterine malignancies. US prognosis is still poor due to high local and…”
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Pre-treatment neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio may be a useful tool in predicting survival in early triple negative breast cancer patients
Published in BMC cancer (28-03-2015)“…There is a growing body of evidence that immune response plays a large role in cancer outcome. The neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR) has been used as a…”
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Endometriosis-associated Clear Cell Carcinoma of the Abdominal Wall After Caesarean Section: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
Published in In vivo (Athens) (01-07-2020)“…BACKGROUND/AIMClear cell carcinoma of the abdominal wall is a sporadic event. To date, about thirty cases have been reported in the literature. This article…”
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BRCA mutations and gastrointestinal cancers: When to expect the unexpected?
Published in World journal of clinical oncology (24-07-2021)“…BRCA1/2 pathogenic variants are widely known as major risk factors mainly for breast and ovarian cancer, while their role in gastrointestinal (GI) malignancies…”
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Off-target effects and clinical outcome in metastatic colorectal cancer patients receiving regorafenib: The TRIBUTE analysis
Published in Scientific reports (05-04-2017)“…Regorafenib is an orally administered multikinase inhibitor indicated for the treatment of heavily pretreated metastatic colorectal cancer patients with good…”
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Developments in the management of advanced soft-tissue sarcoma - olaratumab in context
Published in OncoTargets and therapy (01-01-2018)“…Lartruvo (olaratumab) is a fully human immunoglobulin G subclass 1 (IgG1) monoclonal antibody that inhibits platelet-derived growth factor receptor alpha…”
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Body Mass Index and Hormone Receptor Status Influence Recurrence Risk in HER2-Positive Early Breast Cancer Patients
Published in Clinical breast cancer (01-02-2020)“…A reliable risk stratification on the basis of tumor biology and host factors of HER2-positive (HER2+) early breast cancer (eBC) patients is needed. The aim of…”
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Molecular biomarkers of resistance to anti-EGFR treatment in metastatic colorectal cancer, from classical to innovation
Published in Critical reviews in oncology/hematology (01-11-2013)“…Abstract Background Systematic dissection of the EGFR pathway was considered as the best way to identify putative markers of resistance to anti-EGFR therapies…”
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5-Fluorouracil pharmacogenomics: still rocking after all these years?
Published in Pharmacogenomics (01-02-2011)“…The 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) metabolic pathway is mainly dependent on the activity of several intracellular enzymes. Among them, four in particular; thymidylate…”
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