BRAF gene and melanoma: Back to the future

…, EF Giunta, M Tortora, M Curvietto, L Attademo… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
As widely acknowledged, 40–50% of all melanoma patients harbour an activating BRAF
mutation (mostly BRAF V600E). The identification of the RAS–RAF–MEK–ERK (MAP kinase) …

Treatment of recurrent epithelial ovarian cancer

…, M Di Napoli, SC Cecere, R Tambaro, L Attademo - Cancer, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The majority of patients with advanced ovarian cancer progress after first‐line therapy and
require further treatment. Tumor biology, prior chemotherapy, responses to previous therapy, …

Endometrial cancer stem cells: role, characterization and therapeutic implications

G Giannone, L Attademo, G Scotto, S Genta, E Ghisoni… - Cancers, 2019 - mdpi.com
Endometrial cancer (EC) is the most frequent gynecological cancer. In patients with relapsed
and advanced disease, prognosis is still dismal and development of resistance is common. …

Preventing venous thromboembolism in ambulatory cancer patients: the ONKOTEV study

…, KS Muehlberg, D Bruzzese, L Attademo… - The …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Background The efficacy of risk model scores to predict venous thromboembolism (VTE) in
ambulatory cancer patients is under investigation, aiming to stratify on an individual risk basis …

Multiple treatment lines and prognosis in metastatic colorectal cancer patients

…, M Rosanova, S De Falco, L Attademo… - Cancer and Metastasis …, 2019 - Springer
The proportion of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) receiving second or
further lines of treatment has not been widely studied. To shed light on this issue, we …

PARP inhibitors in endometrial cancer: current status and perspectives

…, SC Cecere, M Di Napoli, L Attademo… - Cancer Management …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Advanced, recurrent and metastatic endometrial cancer (EC) has a dismal prognosis due to
poor response rates to conventional treatments. In the era of precision medicine, the …

Anorectal and genital mucosal melanoma: diagnostic challenges, current knowledge and therapeutic opportunities of rare melanomas

…, EF Giunta, L Marandino, M Tortora, L Attademo… - Biomedicines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Mucosal melanomas (MM) are rare tumors, being less than 2% of all diagnosed melanomas,
comprising a variegated group of malignancies arising from melanocytes in virtually all …

Inflammatory indexes as predictive factors for platinum sensitivity and as prognostic factors in recurrent epithelial ovarian cancer patients: a MITO24 retrospective …

…, A Bologna, M Orditura, L Zavallone, L Attademo… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and systemic inflammatory index (SII) are prognostic
factors in epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC). Their predictive value for platinum-sensitivity and …

Immunotherapy in cervix cancer

L Attademo, V Tuninetti, C Pisano, SC Cecere… - Cancer Treatment …, 2020 - Elsevier
The treatment approach to cervix cancer has remained unchanged for several decades and
new therapeutic strategies are now required to improve outcomes, as the prognosis is still …

Therapeutic challenges for cisplatin-resistant ovarian germ cell tumors

U De Giorgi, C Casadei, A Bergamini, L Attademo… - Cancers, 2019 - mdpi.com
The majority of patients with advanced ovarian germ cell cancer are treated by cisplatin-based
chemotherapy. Despite adequate first-line treatment, nearly one third of patients relapse …