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Ventura L, Fiorelli A, Rossi M, Gnetti L, Natale G, Wang Y, Carbognani P, Fang W, Waller D. Is Lobectomy Actually Worse Than Segmentectomy for All Stage I Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer? J Surg Res 2024; 300:298-308. [PMID: 38838427 DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2024.04.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2023] [Revised: 03/24/2024] [Accepted: 04/20/2024] [Indexed: 06/07/2024]
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INTRODUCTION The recent results of the JCOG 0802 and CALGB 140503 studies suggest that segmentectomy should be considered instead of lobectomy for patients with peripheral <2 cm node-negative non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). This study aimed to test this hypothesis in a retrospective analysis of a larger dataset of patients with stage I NSCLC recorded in the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database. METHODS Patients with all stage I NSCLC (≤4 cm in size) who underwent either segmentectomy or lobectomy from 2000 to 2017 were analyzed. The primary endpoints were overall survival and lung cancer-specific survival, while the secondary endpoints were the 30-day and 90-day mortality. RESULTS Overall, 32,673 patients treated by lobectomy and 2166 patients treated by segmentectomy were included in the initial data collection. After 1:1 propensity score matching (PSM), 2016 patients in each group were enrolled in the final analysis with well-balanced baseline characteristics. After PSM, there was no difference between segmentectomy and lobectomy for all stage IA NSCLC (≤3 cm in size) in both overall survival and lung cancer-specific survival (hazard ratio: 0.87 [0.74-1.02], P value: 0.09 and hazard ratio: 0.81 [0.4-1.03], P value: 0.09, respectively). Furthermore, lobectomy had higher 30-day mortality than segmentectomy: 1.1% versus 2.1%, P value: 0.01. However, this difference was not significant for 90-day mortality, even after PSM (3.9% versus 3.0%, P value: 0.17). CONCLUSIONS We found no evidence to support the use of lobectomy rather than segmentectomy in stage IA NSCLC in terms of either overall or lung cancer-specific long-term survival. The choice of lobectomy may also be detrimental to early postoperative recovery.
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- Luigi Ventura
- Cardiothoracic Surgery Unit, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, UK; School of Medicine and Population Health, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
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- Thoracic Surgery Unit, Università della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Pathology Unit, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Thoracic Surgery Unit, Università della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Jiaotong University Medical School, Shanghai, China
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- Thoracic Surgery Unit, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Jiaotong University Medical School, Shanghai, China
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- Barts Thorax Centre, St Bartholomew's Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK
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Mahmoud HA, Oteify W, Elkhayat H, Zaher AM, Mohran TZ, Mekkawy N. Volumetric parameters of the primary tumor and whole-body tumor burden derived from baseline 18F-FDG PET/CT can predict overall survival in non-small cell lung cancer patients: initial results from a single institution. Eur J Hybrid Imaging 2022; 6:37. [PMID: 36575330 PMCID: PMC9794406 DOI: 10.1186/s41824-022-00158-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2022] [Accepted: 11/29/2022] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Metabolic tumor volume (MTV) and total lesion glycolysis (TLG) are volumetric parameters derived from 18F-FDG PET/CT, suggested to have a prognostic value in cancer patients. Our study aimed to test whether these volumetric parameters of the primary tumor and whole-body tumor burden (WBTB) can predict overall survival (OS) in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS Thirty biopsy-proven NSCLC patients who had not begun anti-tumor therapy were included in this prospective study. A baseline 18F-FDG PET/CT study was acquired. Scans were interpreted visually and semi-quantitatively by drawing a 3D volume of interest (VOI) over the primary tumor and all positive lesions to calculate metabolic, volumetric parameters, and WBTB. The PET parameters were used to stratify patients into high- and low-risk categories. The overall survival was estimated from the date of scanning until the date of death or last follow-up. RESULTS At a median follow-up of 22.73 months, the mean OS was shorter among patients with higher tu MTV and tu TLG and high WBTB. High WB TLG was independently associated with the risk of death (p < 0.025). Other parameters, e.g., SUVmax, SUVpeak, and SUVmean, were not predictive of outcomes in these patients. CONCLUSION In patients with NSCLC, tu MTV, tu TLG, and WBTB determined on initial staging 18F-FDG PET/CT seems to be a strong, independent imaging biomarker to predict OS, superior to the clinical assessment of the primary tumor. The WB TLG was found to be the best predictor of OS.
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- Hemat A. Mahmoud
- grid.252487.e0000 0000 8632 679XDepartment of Clinical Oncology and Nuclear Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Asyût, Egypt
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- grid.252487.e0000 0000 8632 679XDepartment of Clinical Oncology and Nuclear Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Asyût, Egypt
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- grid.252487.e0000 0000 8632 679XCardiothoracic Surgery Department, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Asyût, Egypt
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- grid.7776.10000 0004 0639 9286Nuclear Medicine Department, National Cancer Institute, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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- grid.252487.e0000 0000 8632 679XDepartment of Clinical Oncology and Nuclear Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Asyût, Egypt
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- grid.252487.e0000 0000 8632 679XDepartment of Clinical Oncology and Nuclear Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Asyût, Egypt
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Zoair M, Taber S, Bittner R, Foerster G, Griff S, Bauer TT, Pfannschmidt J. Value of 18F FDG-PET/CT parameters on long term follow-up for patients with non-small cell lung cancer. Innov Surg Sci 2022; 7:35-43. [PMID: 36317010 PMCID: PMC9574653 DOI: 10.1515/iss-2022-0009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2022] [Accepted: 07/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Objectives The purpose of this study was to investigate the value of PET/CT in the preoperative staging of non-small cell lung cancer in predicting long-term survival and diagnostic performance, validated by histopathology following surgical resection. Methods Between 02/2009 and 08/2011, 255 patients with non-small cell lung cancer were included in this single-center prospective study. All underwent 18F FDG-PET/CT for pre-operative staging, and in 243 patients complete surgical resection was possible. Regarding lymph node involvement and extrathoracic metastases, sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), and negative predictive value (NPV) were calculated using the histopathological staging as reference. Median follow-up for censored patients was 9.1 years. Results Overall 5-year survival rate of all patients was 55.6%, and of patients who had complete surgical resection it was 58.2%. In multivariate analysis of all surgically resected patients lymph node involvement (p=0.029) and age >61 years (p=<0.001) were significant independent prognostic factors. SUVmax and SUVmean cut-offs between SUV 2 and 11, however, were not associated with better or ;worse survival. The PET-CT sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value and negative predictive value for predicting lymph node involvement were 57, 95, 88, and 76%, respectively. Furthermore, sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value for detecting extrathoracic metastases were 100, 58, 98, and 100%, respectively. Conclusions In this study, tumor 18F FDG-uptake values did not provide additional prognostic information. Age>61 years and lymph node metastasis were associated with worse long-term survival in surgically resected patients. 18F FDG-PET/CT scans allow for improved patient selection. However, in staging mediastinal lymph nodes, there is a high rate of false positives and false negatives, suggesting that tissue biopsy is still indicated in many cases.
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- Mohammed Zoair
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Heckeshorn Lung Clinic, HELIOS Klinikum Emil von Behring, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Heckeshorn Lung Clinic, HELIOS Klinikum Emil von Behring, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, HELIOS Klinikum Emil von Behring, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, HELIOS Klinikum Emil von Behring, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, HELIOS Klinikum Emil von Behring, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Pneumology, Heckeshorn Lung Clinic, HELIOS Klinikum Emil von Behring, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Heckeshorn Lung Clinic, HELIOS Klinikum Emil von Behring, Berlin, Germany
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Önner H, Coşkun N, Erol M, Eren Karanis Mİ. The Role of Histogram-Based Textural Analysis of 18F-FDG PET/CT in Evaluating Tumor Heterogeneity and Predicting the Prognosis of Invasive Lung Adenocarcinoma. Mol Imaging Radionucl Ther 2022; 31:33-41. [PMID: 35114750 PMCID: PMC8814553 DOI: 10.4274/mirt.galenos.2021.79037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2021] [Accepted: 09/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES This study aimed to investigate the contributory role of histogram-based textural features (HBTFs) extracted from 18fluorinefluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) in tumoral heterogeneity (TH) evaluation and invasive lung adenocarcinoma (ILA) prognosis prediction. METHODS This retrospective study analyzed the data of 72 patients with ILA who underwent 18F-FDG PET/CT followed by surgical resection. The maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax), metabolic tumor volume, and total lesion glycolysis values were calculated for each tumor. Additionally, HBTFs were extracted from 18F-FDG PET/CT images using the software program. ILA was classified into the following five histopathological subtypes according to the predominant pattern: Lepidic adenocarcinoma (LA), acinar adenocarcinoma, papillary adenocarcinoma, solid adenocarcinoma (SA), and micropapillary adenocarcinoma (MA). Differences between 18F-FDG PET/CT parameters and histopathological subtypes were evaluated using non-parametric tests. The study endpoints include overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS). The prognostic values of clinicopathological factors and 18F-FDG PET/CT parameters were evaluated using the Cox regression analyses. RESULTS The median SUVmax and entropy values were significantly higher in SA-MA, whereas lower in LA. The median energy-uniformity value of the LA was significantly higher than the others. Among all parameters, only skewness and kurtosis were significantly associated with lymph node involvement status. The median values for follow-up time, PFS, and OS were 31.26, 16.07, and 20.87 months, respectively. The univariate Cox regression analysis showed that lymph node involvement was the only significant predictor for PFS. The multivariate Cox regression analysis revealed that higher SUVmax (≥11.69) and advanced stage (IIB-IIIA) were significantly associated with poorer OS [hazard ratio (HR): 3.580, p=0.024 and HR: 7.608, p=0.007, respectively]. CONCLUSION HBTFs were tightly associated with clinicopathological factors causing TH. Among the 18F-FDG PET/CT parameters, only skewness and kurtosis were associated with lymph node involvement, whereas SUVmax was the only independent predictor of OS. TH measurement with HBTFs may contribute to conventional metabolic parameters in guiding precision medicine for ILA.
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- Hasan Önner
- University of Health Sciences Turkey, Konya City Hospital, Clinic of Nuclear Medicine, Konya, Turkey
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- University of Health Sciences Turkey, Ankara City Hospital, Clinic of Nuclear Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
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- University of Health Sciences Turkey, Konya City Hospital, Clinic of Nuclear Medicine, Konya, Turkey
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Bertoglio P, Ventura L, Aprile V, Cattoni MA, Nachira D, Lococo F, Rodriguez Perez M, Guerrera F, Minervini F, Gnetti L, Bacchin D, Franzi F, Querzoli G, Rindi G, Bellafiore S, Femia F, Viti A, Kestenholz P, Ruffini E, Paci M, Margaritora S, Imperatori AS, Lucchi M, Carbognani P, Terzi AC. Prognostic role of standard uptake value according to pathologic features of lung adenocarcinoma. TUMORI JOURNAL 2021; 108:461-469. [PMID: 34039110 DOI: 10.1177/03008916211018515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the influence of lung adenocarcinoma second predominant pattern on the maximal standard uptake value (SUVmax) and its prognostic effect in different histologic groups. METHODS We retrospectively collected surgically resected pathologic stage I and II lung adenocarcinoma from nine European institutions. Only patients who underwent preoperative PET-CT and with available information regarding SUVmax of T (SUVmaxT) and N1 (SUVmaxN1) component were included. RESULTS We enrolled 344 patients with lung adenocarcinoma. SUVmaxT did not show any significant relation according to the second predominant pattern (p = 0.139); this relationship remained nonsignificant in patients with similar predominant pattern. SUVmaxT influenced the disease-free survival in the whole cohort (p = 0.002) and in low- and intermediate-grade predominant pattern groups (p = 0.040 and p = 0.008, respectively). In the high-grade predominant pattern cohort and in the pathologic N1 cases, SUVmaxT lost its prognostic power. SUVmaxN1 did not show any significant correlation with predominant and second predominant patterns and did not have any prognostic impact on DFS. CONCLUSIONS SUVmaxT is influenced only by the adenocarcinoma predominant pattern, but not by second predominant pattern. Concurrently, in high-grade predominant pattern and pN1 group the prognostic power of SUVmaxT becomes nonsignificant.
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- Pietro Bertoglio
- Division of Thoracic Surgery, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Division of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Division of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Fondazione Policlinico "A. Gemelli"-Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
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- Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Fondazione Policlinico "A. Gemelli"-Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
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- Division of Thoracic Surgery, Cantonal Hospital Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland
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- Division of Pathological Anatomy, University Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Division of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Division of Pathological Anatomy, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
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- Division of Pathological Anatomy, IRCCS Sacro Cuore Don Calabria Hospital, Negrar Di Valpolicella, Verona, Italy
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- Division of Pathological Anatomy, Fondazione Policlinico "A.Gemelli"-Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
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- Division of Pathological Anatomy, Azienda USL di Reggio Emilia-IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- Division of Thoracic Surgery, University of Torino, Torino, Italy
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- Division of Thoracic Surgery, IRCCS Sacro Cuore Don Calabria Hospital, Negrar Di Valpolicella, Verona, Italy
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- Division of Thoracic Surgery, Cantonal Hospital Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland
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- Division of Thoracic Surgery, University of Torino, Torino, Italy
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- Division of Thoracic Surgery, Azienda USL di Reggio Emilia-IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Fondazione Policlinico "A. Gemelli"-Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
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- Division of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Division of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Division of Thoracic Surgery, IRCCS Sacro Cuore Don Calabria Hospital, Negrar Di Valpolicella, Verona, Italy
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Pellegrino S, Fonti R, Pulcrano A, Del Vecchio S. PET-Based Volumetric Biomarkers for Risk Stratification of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients. Diagnostics (Basel) 2021; 11:diagnostics11020210. [PMID: 33573333 PMCID: PMC7911597 DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics11020210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2021] [Revised: 01/26/2021] [Accepted: 01/27/2021] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
Abstract
Despite the recent advances in lung cancer biology, molecular pathology, and treatment, this malignancy remains the leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide and non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is the most common form found at diagnosis. Accurate staging of the disease is a fundamental prognostic factor that correctly predicts progression-free (PFS) and overall survival (OS) of NSCLC patients. However, outcome of patients within each TNM staging group can change widely highlighting the need to identify additional prognostic biomarkers to better stratify patients on the basis of risk. 18F-FDG PET/CT plays an essential role in staging, evaluation of treatment response, and tumoral target delineation in NSCLC patients. Moreover, a number of studies showed the prognostic role of imaging parameters derived from PET images, such as metabolic tumor volume (MTV) and total lesion glycolysis (TLG). These parameters represent three-dimensional PET-based measurements providing information on both tumor volume and metabolic activity and previous studies reported their ability to predict OS and PFS of NSCLC patients. This review will primarily focus on the studies that showed the prognostic and predictive role of MTV and TLG in NSCLC patients, addressing also their potential utility in the new era of immunotherapy of NSCLC.
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- Sara Pellegrino
- Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, University “Federico II”, 80131 Naples, Italy; (S.P.); (A.P.)
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- Institute of Biostructures and Bioimages, National Research Council, 80145 Naples, Italy;
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- Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, University “Federico II”, 80131 Naples, Italy; (S.P.); (A.P.)
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- Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, University “Federico II”, 80131 Naples, Italy; (S.P.); (A.P.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +39-081-7463307; Fax: +39-081-5457081
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