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Campos-Fernández D, Montes A, Thonon V, Sueiras M, Rodrigo-Gisbert M, Pasini F, Quintana M, López-Maza S, Fonseca E, Coscojuela P, Santafe M, Sánchez A, Arikan F, Gandara DF, Sala-Padró J, Falip M, López-Ojeda P, Gabarrós A, Toledo M, Santamarina E, Abraira L. Early focal electroencephalogram and neuroimaging findings predict epilepsy development after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. Epilepsy Behav 2024; 156:109841. [PMID: 38768551 DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2024.109841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2024] [Revised: 05/07/2024] [Accepted: 05/12/2024] [Indexed: 05/22/2024]
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INTRODUCTION Seizures are a common complication of subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) in both acute and late stages: 10-20 % acute symptomatic seizures, 12-25 % epilepsy rate at five years. Our aim was to identify early electroencephalogram (EEG) and computed tomography (CT) findings that could predict long-term epilepsy after SAH. MATERIAL AND METHODS This is a multicenter, retrospective, longitudinal study of adult patients with aneurysmal SAH admitted to two tertiary care hospitals between January 2011 to December 2022. Routine 30-minute EEG recording was performed in all subjects during admission period. Exclusion criteria were the presence of prior structural brain lesions and/or known epilepsy. We documented the presence of SAH-related cortical involvement in brain CT and focal electrographic abnormalities (epileptiform and non-epileptiform). Post-SAH epilepsy was defined as the occurrence of remote unprovoked seizures ≥ 7 days from the bleeding. RESULTS We included 278 patients with a median follow-up of 2.4 years. The mean age was 57 (+/-12) years, 188 (68 %) were female and 49 (17.6 %) developed epilepsy with a median latency of 174 days (IQR 49-479). Cortical brain lesions were present in 189 (68 %) and focal EEG abnormalities were detected in 158 patients (39 epileptiform discharges, 119 non-epileptiform abnormalities). The median delay to the first EEG recording was 6 days (IQR 2-12). Multiple Cox regression analysis showed higher risk of long-term epilepsy in those patients with CT cortical involvement (HR 2.6 [1.3-5.2], p 0.009), EEG focal non-epileptiform abnormalities (HR 3.7 [1.6-8.2], p 0.002) and epileptiform discharges (HR 6.7 [2.8-15.8], p < 0.001). Concomitant use of anesthetics and/or antiseizure medication during EEG recording had no influence over its predictive capacity. ROC-curve analysis of the model showed good predictive capability at 5 years (AUC 0.80, 95 %CI 0.74-0.87). CONCLUSIONS Focal electrographic abnormalities (both epileptiform and non-epileptiform abnormalities) and cortical involvement in neuroimaging predict the development of long-term epilepsy. In-patient EEG and CT findings could allow an early risk stratification and facilitate a personalized follow-up and management of SAH patients.
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- D Campos-Fernández
- Epilepsy Unit, Neurology Department, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain; Epilepsy Research Group, Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR), Barcelona, Spain; Medicine Department, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
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- Epilepsy Unit, Neurology department,Bellvitge University Hospital. Barcelona, Spain
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- Neurophysiology Department, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital. Barcelona, Spain
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- Neurophysiology Department, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital. Barcelona, Spain; Neurotraumatology and Neurosurgery Research Unit (UNINN), Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR), Barcelona, Spain
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- Epilepsy Unit, Neurology Department, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
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- Epilepsy Research Group, Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR), Barcelona, Spain
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- Epilepsy Unit, Neurology Department, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain; Epilepsy Research Group, Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR), Barcelona, Spain
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- Epilepsy Unit, Neurology Department, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain; Epilepsy Research Group, Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR), Barcelona, Spain
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- Epilepsy Unit, Neurology Department, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain; Epilepsy Research Group, Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR), Barcelona, Spain
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- Neuroradiology Department, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
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- Intensive Care Department, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
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- Intensive Care Department, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
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- Neurotraumatology and Neurosurgery Research Unit (UNINN), Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR), Barcelona, Spain; Neurosurgery Department, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
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- Neurotraumatology and Neurosurgery Research Unit (UNINN), Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR), Barcelona, Spain; Neurosurgery Department, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
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- Epilepsy Unit, Neurology department,Bellvitge University Hospital. Barcelona, Spain
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- Epilepsy Unit, Neurology department,Bellvitge University Hospital. Barcelona, Spain
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- Neurosurgery Department, Bellvitge University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
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- Neurosurgery Department, Bellvitge University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
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- Epilepsy Unit, Neurology Department, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain; Epilepsy Research Group, Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR), Barcelona, Spain; Medicine Department, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
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- Epilepsy Unit, Neurology Department, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain; Epilepsy Research Group, Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR), Barcelona, Spain; Medicine Department, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
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- Epilepsy Unit, Neurology Department, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain; Epilepsy Research Group, Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR), Barcelona, Spain.
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Lonardi S, Sobrero A, Rosati G, Di Bartolomeo M, Ronzoni M, Aprile G, Massida B, Scartozzi M, Banzi M, Zampino MG, Pasini F, Marchetti P, Cantore M, Zaniboni A, Rimassa L, Ciuffreda L, Ferrari D, Barni S, Zagonel V, Maiello E, Rulli E, Labianca R. Phase III trial comparing 3-6 months of adjuvant FOLFOX4/XELOX in stage II-III colon cancer: safety and compliance in the TOSCA trial. Ann Oncol 2017; 28:3110. [PMID: 28327986 DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdx021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Dieci M, Guarneri V, Giarratano T, Mion M, Tortora G, Morandi P, Gori S, Merlini L, Oliani C, Pasini F, Bonciarelli G, Griguolo G, Orvieto E, Del Bianco P, De Salvo G, Conte P. First prospective multicenter Italian study on the impact of the 21-gene recurrence score (RS) in adjuvant clinical decisions for ER+/HER2- early breast cancer (BC) patients. Ann Oncol 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdx424.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Zaniboni A, Lonardi S, Labianca R, Di Bartolomeo M, Rosati G, Ronzoni M, Pella N, Banzi M, Zampino M, Pasini F, Marchetti P, Rimassa L, Maiello E, Bidoli P, Cinieri S, Barni S, Ciuffreda L, Beretta G, Frontini L, Rulli E, Sobrero A. FOLFOX4/XELOX in stage II–III colon cancer: early survival data of the Italian Three Or Six Colon Adjuvant (TOSCA) trial. Ann Oncol 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdx421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Labianca R, Lonardi S, Rosati G, Di Bartolomeo M, Ronzoni M, Pella N, Scartozzi M, Banzi M, Zampino M, Pasini F, Marchetti P, Cantore M, Zaniboni A, Rimassa L, Ciuffreda L, Barni S, Zagonel V, Maiello E, Rulli E, Sobrero A. FOLFOX4/XELOX in stage II–III colon cancer: Efficacy and safety results of the Italian Three Or Six Colon Adjuvant (TOSCA) trial. Ann Oncol 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdx440.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Donskov F, Xie W, Wells J, Fraccon A, Pasini F, Porta C, Stukalin I, Lee J, Bamias A, Yuasa T, Davis I, Pezaro C, Kanesvaran R, Bjarnason G, Sim HW, Agarwal N, Kollmannsberger C, Canil C, Choueiri T, Heng D. Synchronous vs metachronous metastatic disease: Impact of time to metastasis on outcome in metastatic renal cell carcinoma patients treated with targeted therapy. Ann Oncol 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdx371.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Gusella M, Pezzolo E, Modena Y, Barile C, Menon D, Crepaldi G, La Russa F, Fraccon AP, Pasini F. Predictive genetic markers in neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy for locally advanced esophageal cancer: a long way to go. Review of the literature. Pharmacogenomics J 2017; 18:14-22. [PMID: 28607505 DOI: 10.1038/tpj.2017.25] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2016] [Revised: 03/29/2017] [Accepted: 04/14/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The role of genetic molecular markers in neoadjuvant treatment for locally advanced esophageal cancer has been reviewed, focusing strictly on concurrent chemoradiation protocols followed by surgery. Eleven studies evaluated the role of mRNA expression profile; the end point was overall survival (OS) in two studies and different definitions of histological response in nine. Genes reported as significant were involved in cell cycle control (30), apoptosis (7), structural molecules (9), cell metabolism (6) and DNA repair (1). Seven studies reported about 15 microRNA (miRNA) molecules associated with OS (2) or histological response (13), however, defined with different classifications. Their target genes were prevalently involved in cell cycle control (4), apoptosis (1), cell adhesion (1), migration (1) and angiogenesis (1). Gene polymorphisms (single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs)) have been evaluated in 8 studies reporting 10 variants associated with survival or pathological response. OS was the end point in six of these studies. SNPs reported as significant were involved in DNA repair system (4), detoxification (2), folate metabolism (6), drug efflux (2) and others (2). In a study, a panel including histology, pathological response and five SNPs discriminated two subsets of patients with 5-year survival rates of 79.3% and 26.3% (hazard ratio 6.25, P<0.0001). In another study, combination of stage, grade and 4 miRNAs improved prediction of pathological response (P=10-30). At present, given the great inconsistency of the data and the variability of the end points, definite conclusions are extremely difficult, if not impossible. More consistent data can derive only from analyses obtained from patients included in prospective randomized trials while panels combining genetic and clinical factors may improve prediction.
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- M Gusella
- Laboratory of Pharmacology and Molecular Biology, Department of Oncology, San Luca Hospital, Rovigo, Italy
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- Laboratory of Pharmacology and Molecular Biology, Department of Oncology, San Luca Hospital, Rovigo, Italy
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- Medical Oncology Unit, Department of Oncology, S. Maria della Misericordia Hospital, Rovigo, Italy
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- Medical Oncology Unit, Department of Oncology, S. Maria della Misericordia Hospital, Rovigo, Italy
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- Medical Oncology Unit, Department of Oncology, S. Maria della Misericordia Hospital, Rovigo, Italy
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- Medical Oncology Unit, Department of Oncology, S. Maria della Misericordia Hospital, Rovigo, Italy
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- Medical Oncology Unit, Department of Oncology, S. Maria della Misericordia Hospital, Rovigo, Italy
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- Medical Oncology Unit, Pederzoli Hospital, Peschiera del Garda (Verona), Italy
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- Medical Oncology Unit, Pederzoli Hospital, Peschiera del Garda (Verona), Italy
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Dieci M, Guarneri V, Mion M, Tortora G, Morandi P, Gori S, Merlini L, Oliani C, Pasini F, Bonciarelli G, Orvieto E, Del Bianco P, De Salvo G, Conte P. First prospective multicenter Italian study on the impact of the 21-gene recurrence score® (RS) in adjuvant clinical decisions for ER + /HER2- early breast cancer patients. Ann Oncol 2016. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdw364.31] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Pasini F, Barile C, Caruso D, Modena Y, Fraccon A, Pezzolo E, La Russa F, Menon D, Crepaldi G, Spezzano R, Bononi A, Corona G, Ortolani S, Padrini R, Gusella M. Oral metronomic Vinorelbine (OMV) in elderly pts with advanced NSCLC: pharmacokinetics and clinical outcome. Ann Oncol 2016. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdw332.10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Lonardi S, Sobrero A, Rosati G, Di Bartolomeo M, Ronzoni M, Aprile G, Massida B, Scartozzi M, Banzi M, Zampino MG, Pasini F, Marchetti P, Cantore M, Zaniboni A, Rimassa L, Ciuffreda L, Ferrari D, Barni S, Zagonel V, Maiello E, Rulli E, Labianca R. Phase III trial comparing 3-6 months of adjuvant FOLFOX4/XELOX in stage II-III colon cancer: safety and compliance in the TOSCA trial. Ann Oncol 2016; 27:2074-2081. [PMID: 27573560 DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdw404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2016] [Accepted: 08/15/2016] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Six months of oxaliplatin-based adjuvant chemotherapy is standard of care for radically resected stage III colon cancer and an accepted option for high-risk stage II. A shorter duration of therapy, if equally efficacious, would be advantageous for patients and Health-Care Systems. PATIENTS AND METHODS TOSCA ['Randomized trial investigating the role of FOLFOX-4 or XELOX (3 versus 6 months) regimen duration and bevacizumab as adjuvant therapy for patients with stage II/III colon cancer] is an open-label, phase III, multicenter, noninferiority trial randomizing patients with high-risk stage II or stage III radically resected colon cancer to receive 3 months (arm 3 m) versus 6 months (arm 6 m) of FOLFOX4/XELOX. Primary end-point was relapse-free survival. We present here safety and compliance data. RESULTS From June 2007 to March 2013, 3759 patients were accrued from 130 Italian sites, 64% receiving FOLFOX4 and 36% XELOX in either arm. Treatment completion rate without any modification was 35% versus 12% and with delays or dose reduction 52% versus 44% in arm 3 and 6 m. Treatment was permanently discontinued in 8% (arm 3 m) and 33% (arm 6 m). In arm 6 m, 50% of patients discontinuing treatment did so after completing 80% of planned program. Grade 3+ toxicities were higher in arm 6 m than that in 3 m. Grade 2+ neuropathy was 31.2% versus 8.8% (P < 0.0001) while grade 3+ was 8.4 versus 1.3 (P < 0.0001), in arm 3 and 6 m. Seven deaths within 30 days from last treatment administration in arm 6 m and three deaths in arm 3 m were observed (0.3% versus 0.1%, P = 0.34). CONCLUSIONS TOSCA is the first trial comparing 3 versus 6 months of adjuvant chemotherapy completing accrual within the international initiative of treatment duration evaluation (International Duration Evaluation of Adjuvant, IDEA). High compliance to treatment in control arm will allow a correct assessment of potential differences between the two treatment durations. CLINICALTRIALSGOV REGISTRATION NUMBER NCT00646607.
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- S Lonardi
- Medical Oncology Unit 1, Istituto Oncologico Veneto-IRCCS, Padova
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- Medical Oncology Unit, IRCCS San Martino-IST, Genova
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- Medical Oncology Unit, Ospedale San Carlo, Potenza
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- Medical Oncology Unit, Fondazione Istituto Nazionale Tumori-IRCCS, Milano
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- Medical Oncology Unit, Ospedale San Raffaele-IRCCS, Milano
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- Medical Oncology Unit, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Santa Maria della Misericordia, Udine
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- Medical Oncology, University Hospital and University of Cagliari, Cagliari
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- Medical Oncology Unit, Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova-IRCCS, Reggio Emilia
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- Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology Unit and Neuroendocrine Tumors, Istituto Europeo di Oncologia-IRCCS, Milano
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- Medical Oncology Unit, Ospedale Santa Maria della Misericordia, Rovigo
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- Medical Oncology Unit, Sant'Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome and IDI-IRCCS, Roma
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- Medical Oncology Unit, Civico Hospital Carrara (MS)
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- Medical Oncology Unit, Fondazione Poliambulanza, Brescia
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- Medical Oncology and Hematology Unit, Humanitas Cancer Center, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, Rozzano (MI)
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- Medical Oncology Unit, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria San Giovanni Battista, Molinette, Torino
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- Medical Oncology Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera San Paolo, Milano
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- Medical Oncology, ASST Bergamo Ovest, Ospedale di Treviglio, Bergamo
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- Medical Oncology Unit 1, Istituto Oncologico Veneto-IRCCS, Padova
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- Medical Oncology Unit, Ospedale Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza-IRCCS, San Giovanni Rotondo
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- Laboratory of Clinical Research Methodology, IRCCS-Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Milano
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- Medical Oncology Unit, ASST Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy
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Gusella M, Giacopuzzi S, Bertolaso L, Zanoni A, Pezzolo E, Modena Y, Menon D, Paganin P, Weindelmayer J, Crepaldi G, De Manzoni G, Pasini F. Genetic prediction of long-term survival after neoadjuvant chemoradiation in locally advanced esophageal cancer. Pharmacogenomics J 2016; 17:252-257. [PMID: 26927287 DOI: 10.1038/tpj.2016.9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2015] [Revised: 11/12/2015] [Accepted: 12/23/2015] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Candidate genes involved in DNA repair, 5-fluorouracil metabolism and drug detoxification were genotyped in 124 patients receiving neoadjuvant chemoradiation treatment for locally advanced esophageal cancer and their predictive role for long-term relapse-free survival (RFS) and cancer-specific survival (CSS) were evaluated. A panel including MTHFR 677TT, MDR1 2677GT, GSTP1 114CC, XPC 499CC and XPC 939AC+CC, defined as high-risk genotypes, discriminated subgroups with significantly different outcomes. When the panel was combined with histology, patients split into two subsets with 5-year RFS and CSS rates of 65% vs 27% (hazard ratio (HR) 3.0, P<0.0001) and 69% vs 31% (HR 2.9, P<0.0001), respectively. Combining the 5-single-nucleotide polymorphism (5-SNP) panel with pathological response defined two major informative risk classes with 5-year PFS and CSS rates of 79.4% vs 17.7% (HR 6.71, P<0.0001) and 79.3% vs 26.3% (HR 6.25, P<0.0001), respectively. This classification achieved a sensitivity of 79%, a specificity of 85.4% and an accuracy of 81.8%.
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- M Gusella
- Department of Oncology, Laboratory of Pharmacology and Molecular Biology, Azienda ULSS 18-Rovigo, Rovigo, Italy
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- Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery Division, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Department of Oncology, Laboratory of Pharmacology and Molecular Biology, Azienda ULSS 18-Rovigo, Rovigo, Italy
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- Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery Division, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Department of Oncology, Laboratory of Pharmacology and Molecular Biology, Azienda ULSS 18-Rovigo, Rovigo, Italy.,Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Oncology, Unit of Medical Oncology, Azienda ULSS 18-Rovigo, Rovigo, Italy
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- Department of Oncology, Unit of Medical Oncology, Azienda ULSS 18-Rovigo, Rovigo, Italy
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- Department of Oncology, Laboratory of Pharmacology and Molecular Biology, Azienda ULSS 18-Rovigo, Rovigo, Italy
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- Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery Division, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Department of Oncology, Unit of Medical Oncology, Azienda ULSS 18-Rovigo, Rovigo, Italy
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- Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery Division, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Department of Oncology, Unit of Medical Oncology, Azienda ULSS 18-Rovigo, Rovigo, Italy
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Tabanelli G, Verardo V, Pasini F, Cavina P, Lanciotti R, Caboni M, Gardini F, Montanari C. Survival of the functional yeast Kluyveromyces marxianus B0399 in fermented milk with added sorbic acid. J Dairy Sci 2016; 99:120-9. [DOI: 10.3168/jds.2015-10084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2015] [Accepted: 09/17/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Raddino R, Gavazzoni M, Pasini F, Gorga E, Vizzardi E, Bonadei I, Scarabelli T. Effects of rosuvastatin vs. atorvastatin at high doses acutely after STEMI: Endothelial dysfunction and inflammatory biomarkers evaluation. Vascul Pharmacol 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.vph.2015.11.063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Rumiato E, Brunello A, Ahcene-Djaballah S, Borgato L, Gusella M, Menon D, Pasini F, Amadori A, Saggioro D, Zagonel V. Predictive markers in elderly patients with estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer treated with aromatase inhibitors: an array-based pharmacogenetic study. Pharmacogenomics J 2015; 16:525-529. [PMID: 26503812 DOI: 10.1038/tpj.2015.73] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2015] [Revised: 08/27/2015] [Accepted: 09/08/2015] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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So far, no reliable predictive clinicopathological markers of response to aromatase inhibitors (AIs) have been identified, and little is known regarding the role played by host genetics. To identify constitutive predictive markers, an array-based association study was performed in a cohort of 55 elderly hormone-dependent breast cancer (BC) patients treated with third-generation AIs. The array used in this study interrogates variants in 225 drug metabolism and disposition genes with documented functional significance. Six variants emerged as associated with response to AIs: three located in ABCG1, UGT2A1, SLCO3A1 with a good response, two in SLCO3A1 and one in ABCC4 with a poor response. Variants in the AI target CYP19A1 resulted associated with a favourable response only as haplotype; haplotypes with increased response association were also detected for ABCG1 and SLCO3A1. These results highlight the relevance of host genetics in the response to AIs and represent a first step toward precision medicine for elderly BC patients.
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- E Rumiato
- Immunology and Molecular Oncology Unit, Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV-IRCCS, Padova, Italy
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- Medical Oncology 1 Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Oncology, Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV-IRCCS, Padova, Italy
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- Medical Oncology 1 Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Oncology, Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV-IRCCS, Padova, Italy
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- Hemato-Oncology Unit, Medical Science Department ULSS 13, Mirano, Venezia, Italy
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- Division of Oncology, Rovigo General Hospital, ULSS 18, Rovigo, Italy
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- Division of Oncology, Rovigo General Hospital, ULSS 18, Rovigo, Italy
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- Division of Oncology, Rovigo General Hospital, ULSS 18, Rovigo, Italy
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- Immunology and Molecular Oncology Unit, Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV-IRCCS, Padova, Italy.,Department of Surgery, Oncology, and Gastroenterology, Oncology Section, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Immunology and Molecular Oncology Unit, Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV-IRCCS, Padova, Italy
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- Medical Oncology 1 Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Oncology, Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV-IRCCS, Padova, Italy
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Pasini F, Bertolaso L, De Manzoni G, Zanoni A, Modena Y, Paganin P, Menon D, Pezzolo E, Barile C, Bononi A, Crepaldi G, Giacopuzzi S, Gusella M. 2394 Genetic polymorphisms and histology predict response and survival after neoadjuvant chemoradiation in locally advanced esophageal cancer. Eur J Cancer 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/s0959-8049(16)31310-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Pezzolo E, Bertolaso L, Modena Y, Menon D, Capirci C, Pasini F, Giusti P, Gusella M. Genetic biomarkers for predicting Patological response in Chemoradiotherapy treated rectal Cancer Patients. Clin Ther 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clinthera.2015.05.222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Lonardi S, Labianca R, Rosati G, Di Bartolomeo M, Gianni L, Pella N, Massidda B, Boni C, Zampino M, Pasini F, Marchetti P, Cantore M, Santoro A, Ciuffreda L, Ferrari D, Zaniboni A, Montesarchio V, Maiello E, Floriani I, Sobrero A. Three or Six Months of Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Colon Cancer: Compliance and Safety of the Phase III Italian Tosca Trial. Ann Oncol 2014. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdu333.7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Fraccon A, Pasini F, Basso U, Larussa F, Valduga F, Re GL, Graiff C, Rosti G, Bearz A, Sartori D, Abeni C, Grillone F, Vicario G, Pegoraro C, Bassan F, Da Corte D, Modonesi C, Segati R, Medici M, Barile C. Characteristics and Prognostic Factors in 455 Elderly Pts Over 70 with Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma (Mrcc) Treated with Target Therapies (Tt) in the Community Setting: an Italian Survey. Ann Oncol 2014. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdu337.31] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Pasini F, Fraccon A, Zustovich F, Sacco C, Valcamonico F, Donati D, Durante E, Sorarù M, Nicodemo M, Cengarle R, Randisi P, Ogliosi C, Bernardi D, Ciccarese C, Zanon S, Martellucci I, Falco I, Mucciarini C, Mandarà M, Santabarbara G. Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma (Mrcc) Treated with Targeted Therapies (Tt) in the Community Setting: an Italian Survey on 1238 Pts. Ann Oncol 2014. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdu337.34] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Rumiato E, Brunello A, Ahcene-Djaballah S, Borgato L, Gusella M, Pasini F, Fiduccia P, Amadori A, Zagonel V, Saggioro D. 651: An array-based pharmacogenetic study on elderly patients with advanced breast cancer treated with aromatase inhibitors. Eur J Cancer 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/s0959-8049(14)50571-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Zanoni A, Verlato G, Giacopuzzi S, Weindelmayer J, Casella F, Pasini F, Zhao E, de Manzoni G. Neoadjuvant concurrent chemoradiotherapy for locally advanced esophageal cancer in a single high-volume center. Ann Surg Oncol 2012; 20:1993-9. [PMID: 23274533 DOI: 10.1245/s10434-012-2822-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2012] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (CRT) is now considered the standard of care by many centers in the treatment of both squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and adenocarcinoma of the esophagus. This study evaluates the effectiveness of a neoadjuvant CRT protocol, as regards pathological complete response (pCR) rate and long-term survival. METHODS From 2003 to 2011, at Upper G.I. Surgery Division of Verona University, 155 consecutive patients with locally advanced esophageal cancers (90 SCC, 65 adenocarcinoma) were treated with a single protocol of neoadjuvant CRT (docetaxel, cisplatin, and 5-fluorouracil with 50.4 Gy of concurrent radiotherapy). Response to CRT was evaluated through percentage of pathological complete response (pCR or ypT0N0), overall (OS) and disease-related survival (DRS), and pattern of relapse. RESULTS One hundred thirty-one patients (84.5 %) underwent surgery. Radical resection (R0) was achieved in 123 patients (79.3 %), and pCR in 65 (41.9 %). Postoperative mortality was 0.7 % (one case). Five-year OS and DRS were respectively 43 and 49 % in the entire cohort, 52 and 59 % in R0 cases, and 72 and 81 % in pCR cases. Survival did not significantly differ between SCC and adenocarcinoma, except for pCR cases. Forty-nine patients suffered from relapse, which was mainly systemic in adenocarcinoma. Only three out of 26 pCR patients with previous adenocarcinoma developed relapse, always systemic. CONCLUSIONS This study suggests that patients treated with the present protocol achieve good survival and high pCR rate. Further research is necessary to evaluate whether surgery on demand is feasible in selected patients, such as pCR patients with adenocarcinoma.
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- Upper G.I. Surgery Division, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
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Campino C, Quinteros H, Owen GI, Carvajal CA, Morales M, Olivieri O, Guidi G, Faccini G, Pasini F, Baudrand R, Padilla O, Valdivia C, Thichauer J, Lagos CF, Kalergis AM, Fardella CE. 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 2 polymorphisms and activity in a Chilean essential hypertensive and normotensive cohort. Am J Hypertens 2012; 25:597-603. [PMID: 22278213 DOI: 10.1038/ajh.2011.263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 2 enzyme (11β-HSD2) inactivates cortisol (F) to cortisone (E); its impairment is associated with hypertension. We reported that 15.7% of the Chilean essential hypertensives possessed a high F/E ratio suggesting a partial deficit in 11β-HSD2 activity. It has been reported that the G534A(Glu178/Glu) polymorphism in the HSD11B2 gene is associated with hypertension. Investigate the frequency of the G534A polymorphism and its correlation with the glucocorticoid profile in Chilean essential hypertensive and normotensive subjects. METHODS Essential hypertensive outpatients (n = 232) and normotensive subjects (n = 74) were recruited. A change in the AluI restriction enzyme digest pattern, caused by the presence of the G534A polymorphism, was utilized to screen DNA isolated from leukocytes within the cohort before confirmation by sequencing. Plasma renin activity (PRA), serum aldosterone, F, and E were measured by radioimmunoassay. Urinary tetrahydrocortisol (THF), 5α-tetrahydrocortisol (5α-THF), and tetrahydrocortisone (THE) were measured by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. RESULTS G534A polymorphism frequency was similar between hypertensive patients (19 of 232; 8.2%) and normotensive subjects (7 of 74; 9.5%). When categorized by presence or absence of the G534A polymorphism, no significant differences in the serum F/E ratio or other measured biochemical variables were detected. Despite a previous report that the G534A polymorphism is associated with a neighboring C468A (Thr156/Thr) polymorphism, analysis within our cohort showed that only one patient in each group presented with this double polymorphism. CONCLUSIONS We report the frequency of the G534A polymorphism in the Spanish-Amerindian population. No correlation was detected between this polymorphism and the presence of hypertension and biochemical parameters in this Chilean cohort.
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Birardi V, Pasini F. Study about the effects of dental noises on the emotional experiences of children aged 6 to 10 years. A pilot study. Eur J Paediatr Dent 2011; 12:236-238. [PMID: 22185247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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AIM The aim of our study is to verify if some of the noises produced in a dental surgery, especially those of high- speed drill and Erbium laser, might cause anxiety to children. MATERIALS AND METHODS In order to confirm our hypothesis, we recorded these noises and then reproduced them to a group of children in a neutral setting, in this case at school. The children were aged 6 to 10 years, 55.9% were Italian, while the remaining 44.1% were of other nationalities. Some of them already had a previous experience at the dentist's. RESULTS The range of images recalled by the children is very small, and they all refer to a realistic, imaginary and sometimes daily context (domestic, family and game related). Such representations have rarely been associated to negative sensations. CONCLUSION The noise environment of the dentist's surgery, for what concerns the two stimuli we analysed (high-speed Drill and Erbium laser), does not cause an anxious reaction to the majority of children; as a matter of fact the percentage of positive sensations and emotions turns out to be predominant. The results obtained suggest it would be useful to protect this natural tendency, finding out the best method to prevent adult models, such as parents or clinical staff, from affecting it in a negative way.
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- Department of Clinical Dentistry, IRCSS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy.
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Bononi A, Gusella M, Modena I, Bolzonella C, Barile C, Crepaldi G, Menon D, Stievano L, Toso S, Pasini F. Pharmacokinetic study of pegylated liposomal doxorubicin (PLD) in patients over 70: Association with increasing age and cutaneous toxicity. J Clin Oncol 2010. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2010.28.15_suppl.9155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Logullo A, Stiepcich M, Toledo Osório C, Pasini F, Soares F, Nonogaki S, Brentani M. Fra-1 Expression in In Situ and Invasive Ductal Breast Carcinomas: Association with Worse Prognosis in Invasive Basaloid Tumors. Cancer Res 2009. [DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.sabcs-09-2129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Background: Fos-related antigen 1 (Fra-1) is an immediate early gene encoding a member of AP-1 family of transcription factors involved in cell proliferation, differentiation, apoptosis, and other biological processes. A high level of Fra-1 expression is found in various tumors and tumorigenic cell lines, suggesting that Fra-1 may be involved in malignant progression. Objective: Evaluate the significance of Fra-1 expression in breast carcinogenesis and its possible help in sub typing and prognosis of breast carcinomas. Methods: Fra-1 expression was investigated by immunohistochemistry in a Tissue Microarray composed by neoplastic breast tissue from 85 in situ breast carcinomas lesions and 769 invasive ductal carcinomas NOS (IDC), ranging from early stage T1 N0M0 to very aggressive metastatic disease (TxN1-3M1). Positive and negative controls were present in each reaction. Nuclear staining were considered positive. Correlations of Fra-1 expression with other indicators of breast carcinoma prognosis (ER, PR TNM, survival) were analyzed. Results: IDC showed 22.8 % of positivity while in situ lesions maintained a 42.2% of reactive cases. In IDC samples, Fra-1 expression correlated with markers of invasiveness, as Node status, histological grade (P= 0.005 and 0.001, chi-square test) and marginally with presence of metastasis (P= 0.07). Fra-1 was also associated to Cytokeratin (CK) 14 (P= 0.043) and marginally to CK18 and her-2 status (P=0.063 and 0.05), and indirectly to estrogen receptor (P= 0.01). When we select basaloid (CK6 positive, ER negative) cases Fra-1 was associated to worse prognosis (P= 0. 013 - Log Rank test). Conclusions: The data shown here suggest that Fra-1 expression is progressively lost during cancer progression from DCIS to IDC. Fra-1 expression in IDC basaloid tumors confers a worse prognosis. Supported by FAPESP nº 04/04607-8.
Citation Information: Cancer Res 2009;69(24 Suppl):Abstract nr 2129.
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- 1Universidade Federal de São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- 2Hospital do Câncer AC Camargo, SP, Brazil
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- 3Faculdade de Medicina da USP, LIM-24, SP, Brazil
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Bononi A, Lanza F, Ferrari L, Gusella M, Gilli G, Abbasciano V, Campioni D, Russo A, Menon D, Albertini F, Stievano L, Barile C, Crepaldi G, Toso S, Ferrazzi E, Pasini F. Predictive value of hematological and phenotypical parameters on postchemotherapy leukocyte recovery. Cytometry 2009; 76:328-33. [DOI: 10.1002/cyto.b.20476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Pasini F, de Manzoni G, Stievano L, Grandinetti A, Maluta S, Capirci C, Durante E, Bonetti A, Zanoni A, Cordiano C. Effect of neoadjuvant combined modality therapy with weekly docetaxel (D) and cisplatin (P), 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) continuous infusion (c.i.), and concurrent radiotherapy (RT) on pathological response rate in esophageal cancers (EC): A phase II study. J Clin Oncol 2009. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2009.27.15_suppl.4548] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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4548 Background: The achievement of pathological complete response (pCR) seems essential to improve survival in EC. In a phase I study (Pasini et al, Ann Oncol 2005) we demonstrated the feasibility of a novel protocol of neoadjuvant chemoradiation. Based on these promising results, we have performed a phase II study. The primary end point was the pathological response rate, the secondary end points were survival and toxicity. Methods: 74 pts with stage II-III EC (37 adenocarcinomas) were enrolled; median age was 59 yrs (42–73). Treatment consisted of D 35 mg/m2 and P 25 mg/m2 d 1,8,15,29,36,43,50,57 plus 5-FU 180 mg/m2 c.i. d 1–21 and 150 mg/m2 c.i. d 29–64; concurrent RT (50 Gy) started on d 29. Surgery was performed 6 to 8 weeks after completion of RT. Results: 65/74 pts (88%) completed the planned chemo-radiation, while 9 required dose modification of chemotherapy. Median follow-up of living pts was 40 mo (18–75). Pathological findings: pT0 pN0 (pCR): 35 (47%); pTrm pN0:11 (15%)[residual microfoci]; Others: 28 (38%). The overall median survival was 50 mo; median survival times of Others, pTrm, and pCR subsets were 17, 42 months and not reached, respectively (p<0.001). The 3 years survival rates were 81%, 63.5% and 26% for pCR, pTrm and Othes subsets, respectively. During chemoradiation, grade 3–4 hematological toxicity occurred in 10 pts (13.5%); grade 3–4 non-hematological toxicities occurred in 22 pts (30%), mostly in the last 2 weeks. There were 3 toxic deaths (4%): one pulmonary embolism and 2 postoperative deaths. 67 pts underwent surgery, while 7 did not (4 progression, 3 refusal). Conclusions: High pCR rate (47%) and 3-yr survival rate of 81% were achieved. This weekly schedule allowed concomitant chemoradiation at cumulative doses impossible with three weeks protocols. Given the not negligible toxicity, this protocol requires management in dedicated institutions. [Table: see text] No significant financial relationships to disclose.
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- F. Pasini
- SOC Oncologia Medica, Rovigo, Italy; I Chirurgia Clinicizzata, Verona, Italy; UOC Radioterapia, Verona, Italy; SOC Radioterapia, Rovigo, Italy; UOC Oncologia, Legnago, Italy
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- SOC Oncologia Medica, Rovigo, Italy; I Chirurgia Clinicizzata, Verona, Italy; UOC Radioterapia, Verona, Italy; SOC Radioterapia, Rovigo, Italy; UOC Oncologia, Legnago, Italy
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- SOC Oncologia Medica, Rovigo, Italy; I Chirurgia Clinicizzata, Verona, Italy; UOC Radioterapia, Verona, Italy; SOC Radioterapia, Rovigo, Italy; UOC Oncologia, Legnago, Italy
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- SOC Oncologia Medica, Rovigo, Italy; I Chirurgia Clinicizzata, Verona, Italy; UOC Radioterapia, Verona, Italy; SOC Radioterapia, Rovigo, Italy; UOC Oncologia, Legnago, Italy
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- SOC Oncologia Medica, Rovigo, Italy; I Chirurgia Clinicizzata, Verona, Italy; UOC Radioterapia, Verona, Italy; SOC Radioterapia, Rovigo, Italy; UOC Oncologia, Legnago, Italy
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- SOC Oncologia Medica, Rovigo, Italy; I Chirurgia Clinicizzata, Verona, Italy; UOC Radioterapia, Verona, Italy; SOC Radioterapia, Rovigo, Italy; UOC Oncologia, Legnago, Italy
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- SOC Oncologia Medica, Rovigo, Italy; I Chirurgia Clinicizzata, Verona, Italy; UOC Radioterapia, Verona, Italy; SOC Radioterapia, Rovigo, Italy; UOC Oncologia, Legnago, Italy
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- SOC Oncologia Medica, Rovigo, Italy; I Chirurgia Clinicizzata, Verona, Italy; UOC Radioterapia, Verona, Italy; SOC Radioterapia, Rovigo, Italy; UOC Oncologia, Legnago, Italy
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- SOC Oncologia Medica, Rovigo, Italy; I Chirurgia Clinicizzata, Verona, Italy; UOC Radioterapia, Verona, Italy; SOC Radioterapia, Rovigo, Italy; UOC Oncologia, Legnago, Italy
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- SOC Oncologia Medica, Rovigo, Italy; I Chirurgia Clinicizzata, Verona, Italy; UOC Radioterapia, Verona, Italy; SOC Radioterapia, Rovigo, Italy; UOC Oncologia, Legnago, Italy
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Gusella M, De Manzoni G, Marinelli R, Bruscagin S, Bononi A, Stievano L, Ferrazzi E, Zanoni A, Cordiano C, Pasini F. XPA and XRCC3 gene polymorphisms and survival in esophageal cancer patients receiving neoadjuvant radiochemotherapy with cisplatin (CDDP), docetaxel (DTX), and 5-fluorouracil (FU). J Clin Oncol 2009. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2009.27.15_suppl.e14571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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e14571 Background: The aim of the study was to evaluate if genetic polymorphism of DNA repair genes may predict pathological response and survival in patients affected by locally advanced esophageal cancer, treated with a neoadjuvant schedule including weekly DTX (35 mg/mq) and CDDP (25mg/mq), protracted venous infusion of FU (150 mg/mq/die) and concomitant radiotherapy for 8 weeks followed by surgery. Methods: Fifty-seven patients were enrolled, aged 60±7 years old. Median follow-up was 27 months. Genomic DNA was extracted from peripheral blood lymphocytes and XPA, XPD, XRCC1, ERCC1 and XRCC3 were genotyped through RFLP analysis. Associations between gene polymorphisms and pathological response and survival were analysed through Chi square test and Log rank test respectively. Results: Thirty-two patients presented complete remission (pCR) and 10 patients microfocal residual disease (pMRD); the remaining 15 patients were considered stable or non-responders (pS-NR). The event free(EFS) and overall (OS) median survival times have not yet reached; significantly better 3-year survival rates were observed after pCR than in case of pMRD and pS-NR (EFS: 87% vs 42.8%, p=0.0004; OS: 86% vs 56%, p=0.02, respectively). No association was found between pathological response or survival with XRCC1, ERCC1 and XPD polymorphisms. On the contrary, the XPA 23AA genotype showed an increased risk of recurrence (HR=3.5; 95% CI 1.3 to 43.7, p=0.02) and death (HR=4.4, 95% CI 1.9 to 78.2, p=0.009); there was a trend for reduced risk of negative pathological response with decreasing number of allele 23A : MRD and S-NR were found in 71%, 45% and 35% cases for AA, AG and GG genotypes, respectively. The XRCC3 241MetMet variant was significantly associated with increased risk of death (HR= 6.0, 95% CI 3.0 to 40.0, p=0.008); a trend toward a higher recurrence (p=0.07) and worse response (60% vs 43%) was found. Conclusions: XPA and XRCC3 gene defective variants were significantly associated with worse outcome and could predict OS in esophageal cancer patients treated with a neo-adjuvant intensive radio-chemotherapy protocol. Founded by CARIPARO, Italy No significant financial relationships to disclose.
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- ULSS 18 Rovigo, Rovigo, Italy; Università Verona, Verona, Italy; ULSS 18 Rovigo-/IOV Italy, Rovigo, Italy
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- ULSS 18 Rovigo, Rovigo, Italy; Università Verona, Verona, Italy; ULSS 18 Rovigo-/IOV Italy, Rovigo, Italy
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- ULSS 18 Rovigo, Rovigo, Italy; Università Verona, Verona, Italy; ULSS 18 Rovigo-/IOV Italy, Rovigo, Italy
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- ULSS 18 Rovigo, Rovigo, Italy; Università Verona, Verona, Italy; ULSS 18 Rovigo-/IOV Italy, Rovigo, Italy
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- ULSS 18 Rovigo, Rovigo, Italy; Università Verona, Verona, Italy; ULSS 18 Rovigo-/IOV Italy, Rovigo, Italy
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- ULSS 18 Rovigo, Rovigo, Italy; Università Verona, Verona, Italy; ULSS 18 Rovigo-/IOV Italy, Rovigo, Italy
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- ULSS 18 Rovigo, Rovigo, Italy; Università Verona, Verona, Italy; ULSS 18 Rovigo-/IOV Italy, Rovigo, Italy
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- ULSS 18 Rovigo, Rovigo, Italy; Università Verona, Verona, Italy; ULSS 18 Rovigo-/IOV Italy, Rovigo, Italy
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- ULSS 18 Rovigo, Rovigo, Italy; Università Verona, Verona, Italy; ULSS 18 Rovigo-/IOV Italy, Rovigo, Italy
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- ULSS 18 Rovigo, Rovigo, Italy; Università Verona, Verona, Italy; ULSS 18 Rovigo-/IOV Italy, Rovigo, Italy
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Romeo L, Catalani S, Pasini F, Bergonzi R, Perbellini L, Apostoli P. Xenobiotic action on steroid hormone synthesis and sulfonation the example of lead and polychlorinated biphenyls. Int Arch Occup Environ Health 2008; 82:557-64. [PMID: 18925412 DOI: 10.1007/s00420-008-0371-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2007] [Accepted: 09/29/2008] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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OBJECTIVES In the present study, the metabolism of steroid hormones has been investigated to determine whether and how xenobiotics like lead (Pb) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) interfere with steroid hormone biotransformation in humans. METHODS Three groups of subjects were tested for concentration of urinary total steroids, 17-ketosteroids (n = 5), pregnane derivates (n = 6), 17-hydroxycorticosteroids (n = 11) and their sulfonated compounds: 14 workers exposed to lead, with a mean Pb blood concentration (PbB) of 29.21 microg/dl; 15 subjects exposed to PCBs, with a mean PCB blood concentration (PCBB) of 61.69 microg/l; a control group (n = 25). RESULTS The urinary concentrations of 17-ketosteroids and 17-hydroxycorticosteroids were significantly lower in the PCB-exposed groups. There were significantly fewer sulfonated 17-hydroxycorticosteroids in the subjects exposed to PCBs as compared to the controls, while the percentage of sulfonated steroids was lower for both 17-ketosteroids and 17-hydroxycorticosteroids in the PCB-exposed subjects, but only for the 17-hydroxycorticosteroids in the group of subjects exposed to Pb (P < 0.05). Pregnane derivate urinary concentrations did not differ between the three groups. CONCLUSION Our results suggest that PCBs and Pb act on steroid hormone metabolism with different effects and only partially using the same hormone pathways; they may cause changes in endogenous hormone homeostasis and interfere with the xenobiotic phase II of detoxification. PCBs interfere on a larger number of steroids and cause more significant effects than Pb. It is likely that different mechanisms are involved in steroid hormone metabolism interference.
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- Occupational Medicine, Department of Medicine and Public Health, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
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Bononi A, Gusella M, Stievano L, Ferrazzi E, Pasini F. Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) gene polymorphisms in elderly colorectal cancer patients treated with capecitabine. Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/s1040-8428(08)70098-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Bononi A, Gusella M, Lanza F, Menon D, Albertini F, Stievano L, Ferrari L, Toso S, Ferrazzi E, Pasini F. Prophylactic use of filgrastim at nadir: Impact of haematological parameters on recovery of grade IV neutropenia induced by standard dose chemotherapy. J Clin Oncol 2008. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2008.26.15_suppl.20659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Gusella M, Basso U, Pasini F, Ferrazzi E, Bononi A. The effect of bi-weekly pegylated liposomal doxorubicin pharmacokinetics in elderly women with metastatic breast carcinoma. J Clin Oncol 2008. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2008.26.15_suppl.12005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Bononi A, Milena G, Stievano L, Baldan S, Barile C, Menon D, Pasini F. O.1 CGA in daily practice. Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/s1040-8428(13)70160-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Furlanut M, de Manzoni G, Pasini F, Tasselli S, Tomezzoli A, Poz D, Franceschi L. Daunorubicin and daunorubicinol tissue concentrations in gastric cancer patients after local administration of a liposomal preparation. Pharmacol Res 2007; 56:344-9. [PMID: 17904378 DOI: 10.1016/j.phrs.2007.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2007] [Revised: 07/16/2007] [Accepted: 08/20/2007] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND In order to study a model that maximizes gastric cancer tissue and lymph node exposure to antineoplastic drugs while simultaneously reducing their systemic bioavailability, we implemented a preliminary investigation of the disposition of a daunorubicin liposomal preparation (D) in gastric cancer patients by means of gastric submucosa injection. METHOD After a dose finding study, 12 patients (candidates for gastric resection because of gastric cancer) were studied by administering two doses of 50 mg of D (the highest tolerated dose) 1 week before surgery. RESULTS Mean tissue concentrations at surgery were higher in cancer, normal non-injected peritumoral mucosa, and lymph node tissues than in serum or urine, in which there were only trace concentrations. While epigastric pain and histological modifications (inflammation and thickening of the gastric layers) were manifest in patients treated with 75 mg doses in the dose finding session, no clinical signs or symptoms of toxicity were recorded in those administered with 50 mg doses. CONCLUSIONS Local administration of D may allow it to reach high concentrations in normal non-injected peritumoral mucosa, and lymph nodes, while simultaneously avoiding significant systemic exposure and toxicity. This procedure could merit further investigation, in view of a possible use of anthracyclines against metastatic diffusion through the lymphatic system in gastric cancer patients who are candidates for gastric resection.
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- Institute of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, DPMSC, University of Udine, Italy.
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Pasini F, De Manzoni G, Grandinetti A, Pedrazzani C, Griso C, Sava T, Minicozzi A, Durante E, Bonetti A, Maluta S, Cetto G. Neoadjuvant combined modality therapy with weekly docetaxel (D) and cisplatin (P), 5-fluorouracil (5FU) continuous infusion (c.i.) and concurrent radiotherapy (RT) provides high pathological response rate in esophageal cancers (EC): A phase II study. J Clin Oncol 2006. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2006.24.18_suppl.4057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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4057 Background: The achievement of pathological complete response (pCR) is deemed essential to improve survival in EC. In a phase I study (Pasini et al, Ann Oncol 16; 1123, 2005) we demonstrated the feasibility of a novel protocol of neoadjuvant chemoradiation based on weekly D and P, c.i. of 5-FU and concurrent RT. Based on the promising results of the study, we then performed a phase II study aimed at evaluating pathological response rate and toxicity. Methods: 50 pts with stage II-III EC (26 adenocarcinomas) were enrolled (Simon test: P0=0.2, P1=0.6, alpha 0.05 beta 0.1; 54 pts); median age was 59 yrs (42–73). Treatment consisted of D 35 mg/m2 and P 25 mg/m2 d 1,8,15,29,36,43,50,57 plus 5-FU 180 mg/m2 c.i. d 1–21 and 150 mg/m2 c.i. d 29–64; concurrent RT (50 Gy) started on d 29. Surgery was performed 6 to 8 weeks after completion of RT. Results: 49/50 pts (98%) completed the planned chemo-radiation. Median follow-up is 22 mo (7–39). During chemo-radiation, grade 3–4 hematological toxicity occurred in 9 pts (18%)(4 pts grade 4) requiring GCSF support and postponement of CT of one week in 4. One HCV+ pt discontinued CT and continued with RT alone. In the last 2 weeks 12 pts (24%) experienced grade 3 non-hematological toxicities (asthenia, esophagitis, nausea) without need of treatment discontinuation. There was a fatal pulmonary embolism in a non neutropenic pt after completion of the therapy. 45 pts underwent surgery, while 5 did not (2 refusal). Pathological findings: pT0 pN0 (pCR): 25 (50%); pTrm pN0: 6 (12%)[residual microfoci]; pT2 pN0: 1 (2%); pT0–4 pN+: 9 (18% ); R+:4 ( 8%). Response rate was similar between adeno and squamous cell carcinoma. With a median follow-up of 24 mo, only 2 of 25 pCRs (8%) died (1 relapse, 1 postoperative death). Conclusions: i) a substantial pCR rate (50%) was achieved; ii) the weekly schedule allowed concomitant chemo-radiation at cumulative doses otherwise impossible with standard three weeks protocols; iii) because of the acceptable, but not negligible toxicity, this protocol requires to be managed in dedicated institutions. No significant financial relationships to disclose.
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- F. Pasini
- Oncologia Medica, Università Verona, Italy; Semeiotica Chirurgica, Università di Verona, Italy; Radioterapia Oncologica, Azienda Ospedaliera Verona, Italy; Oncologia Medica, Legnago, Italy
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- Oncologia Medica, Università Verona, Italy; Semeiotica Chirurgica, Università di Verona, Italy; Radioterapia Oncologica, Azienda Ospedaliera Verona, Italy; Oncologia Medica, Legnago, Italy
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- Oncologia Medica, Università Verona, Italy; Semeiotica Chirurgica, Università di Verona, Italy; Radioterapia Oncologica, Azienda Ospedaliera Verona, Italy; Oncologia Medica, Legnago, Italy
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- Oncologia Medica, Università Verona, Italy; Semeiotica Chirurgica, Università di Verona, Italy; Radioterapia Oncologica, Azienda Ospedaliera Verona, Italy; Oncologia Medica, Legnago, Italy
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- Oncologia Medica, Università Verona, Italy; Semeiotica Chirurgica, Università di Verona, Italy; Radioterapia Oncologica, Azienda Ospedaliera Verona, Italy; Oncologia Medica, Legnago, Italy
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- Oncologia Medica, Università Verona, Italy; Semeiotica Chirurgica, Università di Verona, Italy; Radioterapia Oncologica, Azienda Ospedaliera Verona, Italy; Oncologia Medica, Legnago, Italy
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- Oncologia Medica, Università Verona, Italy; Semeiotica Chirurgica, Università di Verona, Italy; Radioterapia Oncologica, Azienda Ospedaliera Verona, Italy; Oncologia Medica, Legnago, Italy
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- Oncologia Medica, Università Verona, Italy; Semeiotica Chirurgica, Università di Verona, Italy; Radioterapia Oncologica, Azienda Ospedaliera Verona, Italy; Oncologia Medica, Legnago, Italy
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- Oncologia Medica, Università Verona, Italy; Semeiotica Chirurgica, Università di Verona, Italy; Radioterapia Oncologica, Azienda Ospedaliera Verona, Italy; Oncologia Medica, Legnago, Italy
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- Oncologia Medica, Università Verona, Italy; Semeiotica Chirurgica, Università di Verona, Italy; Radioterapia Oncologica, Azienda Ospedaliera Verona, Italy; Oncologia Medica, Legnago, Italy
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- Oncologia Medica, Università Verona, Italy; Semeiotica Chirurgica, Università di Verona, Italy; Radioterapia Oncologica, Azienda Ospedaliera Verona, Italy; Oncologia Medica, Legnago, Italy
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de Manzoni G, Verlato G, Di Leo A, Tomezzoli A, Pedrazzani C, Pasini F, Piubello Q, Cordiano C. Peritoneal Cytology Does Not Increase the Prognostic Information Provided by TNM in Gastric Cancer. World J Surg 2006; 30:579-84. [PMID: 16568221 DOI: 10.1007/s00268-005-7901-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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BACKGROUND This study aimed at verifying whether peritoneal cytology could improve the prognostic information provided by TNM staging in gastric cancer patients. METHOD The presence of free peritoneal tumor cells was investigated in 168 patients who underwent curative resection for gastric cancer from January 1992 to July 2002 in Verona, Italy. The influence of peritoneal cytology on survival was evaluated by a Cox regression model, controlling for potential confounders. RESULTS Twenty-three patients (14%) had positive peritoneal cytology. Patients with positive lavage were more likely to present serosal infiltration (100 vs. 46%) and nodal metastases (91 vs. 67%; P < 0.001). Positive lavage was associated with a very poor prognosis: 3-year survival was only 9% (95% CI 2-27%) when peritoneal cancer cells had been detected, whereas survival reached 50% (95% CI 42-59%) in patients with a negative cytology. In multivariate survival analysis, peritoneal cytology was an independent predictor of mortality when controlling for sex, age, site, histology, and nodal metastases, but not when adjusting also for depth of tumor invasion (RR of positive versus negative = 1.2, 95% CI 0.7-2.0). Similarly, the influence of peritoneal cytology on survival was no longer significant when univariate analysis was restricted to T3/T4 patients (RR = 1.5, 0.9-2.5). CONCLUSIONS Positive peritoneal cytology was a marker of poor prognosis in gastric cancer patients. Nevertheless, peritoneal lavage did not increase the prognostic information already provided by the TNM staging system in this Italian series.
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- G de Manzoni
- First Division of General Surgery, University of Verona, Verona, 37126 Italy.
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Pasini F, de Manzoni G, Pedrazzani C, Grandinetti A, Durante E, Gabbani M, Tomezzoli A, Griso C, Guglielmi A, Pelosi G, Maluta S, Cetto GL, Cordiano C. High pathological response rate in locally advanced esophageal cancer after neoadjuvant combined modality therapy: dose finding of a weekly chemotherapy schedule with protracted venous infusion of 5-fluorouracil and dose escalation of cisplatin, docetaxel and concurrent radiotherapy. Ann Oncol 2005; 16:1133-9. [PMID: 15946974 DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdi207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND This phase I study was aimed at defining the toxicity profile and pathological response rate of a neoadjuvant schedule including weekly docetaxel and cisplatin, protracted venous infusion (PVI) of 5-FU and concomitant radiotherapy (RT) in locally advanced esophageal cancer. PATIENTS AND METHODS The schedule consisted of a first phase of chemotherapy alone and a second phase of concurrent chemoradiation. Initial doses were: docetaxel and cisplatin 20 mg/m2 on days 1, 8, 15, 29, 36 and 43 plus 5-FU 150 mg/m2 PVI on days 1-21 and 29-49; RT (40 Gy) started on day 29. In the following steps the doses were escalated up to docetaxel 35 mg/m2 and cisplatin 25 mg/m2 on days 1, 8, 15, 29, 36, 43, 50 and 57 plus 5-FU 180 mg/m2 PVI on days 1-21 and 150 mg/m2 PVI on days 29-63 concurrently with RT 50 Gy. RESULTS Forty-seven patients were enrolled and 46 completed the planned treatment. During the concomitant phase, grade 3-4 hematological toxicities occurred in three patients (6.5%) (or 3/174 cycles) and non-hematological toxicities in six patients (13%) (or 7/179 cycles). A pathological downstaging was obtained in 59.6% of the cases (28/47): complete remission (pCR) in 14 patients, near pCR (residual microfoci on the primary pN0) in eight patients, pT2 pN0 in three patients and partial response on the primary with positive lymph nodes in three patients. Six (13%) and 13 (28%) patients were considered stable and non-responders, respectively. In the last dose level, eight pCR and four near-pCR were obtained out of 15 patients. The maximum tolerable dose was not formally defined because dose escalation was stopped at the last dose level. CONCLUSION This schedule represents a feasible treatment and the high pathological response rate is extremely encouraging; the doses found in the last dose-level are the basis for an ongoing phase II study at our institution.
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- Divisione di Oncologia Medica, 1 Divisione Clinicizzata di Chirurgia Generale, Divisione di Radioterapia Oncologica, Servizio di Anatomia Patologica, Azienda Ospedaliera-Università di Verona, Verona.
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Oliani C, Barana D, Cazzadori A, Zanolin E, Santo A, Pasini F, Padovani M, Mazzini G, Cetto GL. Cytofluorimetric Evaluation of DNA Ploidy in Lung Cancer: A Bronchoscopic Study. Int J Biol Markers 2005; 20:87-92. [PMID: 16011038 DOI: 10.1177/172460080502000202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The study of the biological characteristics of lung cancer is gaining more and more interest both because of their potential role as prognostic indicators and for therapeutic reasons. The DNA content estimated by flow cytometry in surgical samples of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) has already been demonstrated to be correlated with survival in these patients. From July 1990 to February 1992 we analyzed the DNA distribution of bronchoscopic biopsies from 88 patients with lung cancer (18 small cell lung cancer, SCLC, and 68 NSCLC, two unspecified histology). Twenty-eight tumors (34.6%) had a diploid DNA distribution, while 53 were aneuploid (65.4%). A correlation was found between DNA ploidy and survival. Evaluation of the DNA content in bronchoscopic samples in a large series of patients could determine the role of this analysis prior to surgery in NSCLC and its value as a marker with respect to prognosis and response to therapy in SCLC.
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- C Oliani
- Institute of Medical Oncology, Azienda Ospedaliera and University of Verona, Italy.
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Pedrazzani C, Laterza E, Pasini F, Grandinetti A, Bernini M, Giacopuzzi S, Zerman G, Tasselli S, Ruzzenente A, De Manzoni G. [Long-term results of neoadjuvant radiochemotherapy in squamous carcinoma of the thoracic esophagus]. MINERVA CHIR 2005; 60:11-16. [PMID: 15902048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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AIM Surgery is considered the mainstay of therapy for clinically resectable esophageal cancer, even though neoadjuvant treatments are frequently added. The aim of this study was to analyse our experience on neoadjuvant treatment of squamous cell carcinoma of the thoracic esophagus with special reference to long-term METHODS The results of 66 patients who underwent neoadjuvant chemo-radiotherapy for squamous cell carcinoma of the thoracic esophagus at the 1(st) Division of General Surgery, University of Verona, from February 1995 to December 2002 were analysed statistically. The median follow-up period for the surviving patients was 65.3 months. RESULTS The induction treatment was completed in 93.9% of cases, with a null treatment related mortality and a complication rate of 34.8%. Sixty-one out of the 66 patients (92.4%) underwent resection with a R0-resection rate of 83.9%. A major pathological response (responders) was gained in 42.6% of the cases, with a complete response (pTONO) observed in 29.5% of the cases. Overall 5-year survival for the 66 patients was 30%, while the 5-year survival rate raised to 43% in R0-patients. A better long-term survival was observed for responders with respect to ''non-responders'' with a 5-year survival rate of 70% and 13%, respectively (P<0.001). CONCLUSIONS This neoadjuvant protocol regimen represents a feasible treatment with an acceptable morbidity. The tumor efficacy in term of pathological responses was similar to literature RESULTS An high rate of R0-resections was achieved with a possibility of cure limited to this group of patients. A better long-term survival was observed in patients with major pathological responses.
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- C Pedrazzani
- Prima Divisione Clinicizzata di Chirurgia Generale, Università di Verona, Piazzale Stefani 1, 37126 Verona, Italy
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Pedrazzani C, Pasini F, Giacopuzzi S, Bernini M, Ruzzenente A, Festini M, Tomasi I, Cristadoro L, de Manzoni G. [Surgical treatment of gasto-esophageal junction adenocarcinoma: long-term results of a single Italian centre]. G Chir 2004; 25:325-33. [PMID: 15756954] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The present study analysed the experience of a single Italian institution in the treatment of gastro-esophageal junction (GEJ) adenocarcinoma with the aim of assessing the long-term outcome after surgical resection. METHODS The results of 132 patients who underwent resection with curative intent for GEJ adenocarcinoma at the First Division of General Surgery, University of Verona, from January 1988 to February 2004, were analysed statistically with special reference to Siewert type. The median follow-up period for the surviving patients was 37 months. RESULTS Long-term survival was limited to patients who underwent RO resections (88.6%) with a 5-year survival rate of 28%. Univariate analysis showed Rp, T and pN categories to be significant prognostic factors (P<0.001), with chance of cure limited to patients with less than 6 involved lymph nodes. At multivariate analysis, R category and lymph node involvement were the most important prognostic factors while pT category lost the significance shown at univariate analysis (P=0.082). Siewert classification did not show any prognostic significance (P=0.969), but the mode of recurrence differed for the three Siewert types: in type I tumors, the majority of relapses were haematogenous (67%), while they were prevalently intra-abdominal in type III (65%) with a high rate of peritoneal carcinosis (26%). CONCLUSIONS The long-term prognosis for GEJ cancer remains poor, independently from Siewert type, with cure limited to patients with less than 6 involved lymph nodes.
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- C Pedrazzani
- Prima Università degli Studi di Verona, Prima Divisione Clinicizzata di Chirurgia Generale
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Pegoraro C, Savio A, Beghelli S, Scarpa A, Zamboni G, Tomba A, Sabbioni R, Merlin F, Cetto GL, Pasini F. Long-term follow-up in low-grade gastric MALT lymphoma (LGGML): Effect of persistent monoclonality (m+) on outcome. J Clin Oncol 2004. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2004.22.90140.6560] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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- C. Pegoraro
- University of Verona, Medical Oncology, Verona, Italy; Ospedale S. Orsola, Department of Pathology, Brescia, Italy; University of Verona, Department of Pathology, Verona, Italy; Ospedale di Negrar, Gastroenterology Unit, Verona, Italy
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- University of Verona, Medical Oncology, Verona, Italy; Ospedale S. Orsola, Department of Pathology, Brescia, Italy; University of Verona, Department of Pathology, Verona, Italy; Ospedale di Negrar, Gastroenterology Unit, Verona, Italy
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- University of Verona, Medical Oncology, Verona, Italy; Ospedale S. Orsola, Department of Pathology, Brescia, Italy; University of Verona, Department of Pathology, Verona, Italy; Ospedale di Negrar, Gastroenterology Unit, Verona, Italy
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- University of Verona, Medical Oncology, Verona, Italy; Ospedale S. Orsola, Department of Pathology, Brescia, Italy; University of Verona, Department of Pathology, Verona, Italy; Ospedale di Negrar, Gastroenterology Unit, Verona, Italy
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- University of Verona, Medical Oncology, Verona, Italy; Ospedale S. Orsola, Department of Pathology, Brescia, Italy; University of Verona, Department of Pathology, Verona, Italy; Ospedale di Negrar, Gastroenterology Unit, Verona, Italy
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- University of Verona, Medical Oncology, Verona, Italy; Ospedale S. Orsola, Department of Pathology, Brescia, Italy; University of Verona, Department of Pathology, Verona, Italy; Ospedale di Negrar, Gastroenterology Unit, Verona, Italy
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- University of Verona, Medical Oncology, Verona, Italy; Ospedale S. Orsola, Department of Pathology, Brescia, Italy; University of Verona, Department of Pathology, Verona, Italy; Ospedale di Negrar, Gastroenterology Unit, Verona, Italy
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- University of Verona, Medical Oncology, Verona, Italy; Ospedale S. Orsola, Department of Pathology, Brescia, Italy; University of Verona, Department of Pathology, Verona, Italy; Ospedale di Negrar, Gastroenterology Unit, Verona, Italy
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- University of Verona, Medical Oncology, Verona, Italy; Ospedale S. Orsola, Department of Pathology, Brescia, Italy; University of Verona, Department of Pathology, Verona, Italy; Ospedale di Negrar, Gastroenterology Unit, Verona, Italy
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- University of Verona, Medical Oncology, Verona, Italy; Ospedale S. Orsola, Department of Pathology, Brescia, Italy; University of Verona, Department of Pathology, Verona, Italy; Ospedale di Negrar, Gastroenterology Unit, Verona, Italy
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Pasini F, De Manzoni G, Durante E, Griso C, Grandinetti A, Gabbani M, Pedrazzani C, Maluta S, Bonetti A, Cetto GL. High pathological response rate in esophageal cancer after neoadjuvant radiotherapy (RT) and concomitant weekly chemotherapy with dose escalating of docetaxel (D). J Clin Oncol 2004. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2004.22.90140.4059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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- F. Pasini
- University of Verona, Oncologia Medica, Verona, Italy; University of Verona, Semeiotica Chirurgica, Verona, Italy; Ospedale di Legango, Oncologia Medica, Legango, Italy; Azienda Ospedaliera di Verona, UO Radioterapia, Verona, Italy
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- University of Verona, Oncologia Medica, Verona, Italy; University of Verona, Semeiotica Chirurgica, Verona, Italy; Ospedale di Legango, Oncologia Medica, Legango, Italy; Azienda Ospedaliera di Verona, UO Radioterapia, Verona, Italy
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- University of Verona, Oncologia Medica, Verona, Italy; University of Verona, Semeiotica Chirurgica, Verona, Italy; Ospedale di Legango, Oncologia Medica, Legango, Italy; Azienda Ospedaliera di Verona, UO Radioterapia, Verona, Italy
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- University of Verona, Oncologia Medica, Verona, Italy; University of Verona, Semeiotica Chirurgica, Verona, Italy; Ospedale di Legango, Oncologia Medica, Legango, Italy; Azienda Ospedaliera di Verona, UO Radioterapia, Verona, Italy
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- University of Verona, Oncologia Medica, Verona, Italy; University of Verona, Semeiotica Chirurgica, Verona, Italy; Ospedale di Legango, Oncologia Medica, Legango, Italy; Azienda Ospedaliera di Verona, UO Radioterapia, Verona, Italy
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- University of Verona, Oncologia Medica, Verona, Italy; University of Verona, Semeiotica Chirurgica, Verona, Italy; Ospedale di Legango, Oncologia Medica, Legango, Italy; Azienda Ospedaliera di Verona, UO Radioterapia, Verona, Italy
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- University of Verona, Oncologia Medica, Verona, Italy; University of Verona, Semeiotica Chirurgica, Verona, Italy; Ospedale di Legango, Oncologia Medica, Legango, Italy; Azienda Ospedaliera di Verona, UO Radioterapia, Verona, Italy
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- University of Verona, Oncologia Medica, Verona, Italy; University of Verona, Semeiotica Chirurgica, Verona, Italy; Ospedale di Legango, Oncologia Medica, Legango, Italy; Azienda Ospedaliera di Verona, UO Radioterapia, Verona, Italy
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- University of Verona, Oncologia Medica, Verona, Italy; University of Verona, Semeiotica Chirurgica, Verona, Italy; Ospedale di Legango, Oncologia Medica, Legango, Italy; Azienda Ospedaliera di Verona, UO Radioterapia, Verona, Italy
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- University of Verona, Oncologia Medica, Verona, Italy; University of Verona, Semeiotica Chirurgica, Verona, Italy; Ospedale di Legango, Oncologia Medica, Legango, Italy; Azienda Ospedaliera di Verona, UO Radioterapia, Verona, Italy
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McCloskey SM, McMullin MF, Morris TCM, Markey GM, Izraeli S, O‘Shaughnessy DF, Atterbury C, Bolton Maggs P, Murphy M, Thomas D, Yates S, Williamson LM, Ambrosetti A, Zanotti R, Pattaro C, Lenzi L, Chilosi M, Caramaschi P, Arcaini L, Pasini F, Biasi D, Orlandi E, D'Adda M, Lucioni M, Pizzolo G, Mitsui T, Maekawa I, Yamane A, Ishikawa T, Koiso H, Yokohama A, Handa H, Matsushima T, Tsukamoto N, Murakami H, Nojima Y, Karasawa M, Stewart JP, Thompson A, Santra M, Barlogie B, Lappin TRJ, Shaughnessy J, Henschler R, Fehervizyova Z, Bistrian R, Seifried E, Stanworth SJ, Brunskill SJ, Hyde CJ, McClelland DBL, Murphy MF, Strawn WB, Richmond RS, Tallant EA, Gallagher PE, Ferrario CM. Papers to be published in forthcoming issues. Bone marrow architecture in acute myeloid/erythroid leukaemia. Leukemia - a developmental perspective. Guidelines for the use of fresh frozen plasma, cryoprecipitate and cryosupernatant. Most cases of primary. Br J Haematol 2004. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2004.v125_i6_forth.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Ferreri AJM, Guerra E, Regazzi M, Pasini F, Ambrosetti A, Pivnik A, Gubkin A, Calderoni A, Spina M, Brandes A, Ferrarese F, Rognone A, Govi S, Dell'Oro S, Locatelli M, Villa E, Reni M. Area under the curve of methotrexate and creatinine clearance are outcome-determining factors in primary CNS lymphomas. Br J Cancer 2004; 90:353-8. [PMID: 14735176 PMCID: PMC2409565 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6601472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Although high-dose methotrexate (HD-MTX) is the most effective drug against primary CNS lymphomas (PCNSL), outcome-determining variables related to its administration schedule have not been defined. The impact on toxicity and outcome of the area under the curve (AUC(MTX)), dose intensity (DI(MTX)) and infusion rate (IR(MTX)) of MTX and plasmatic creatinine clearance (CL(crea)) was investigated in a retrospective series of 45 PCNSL patients treated with three different HD-MTX-based combinations. Anticonvulsants were administered in 31 pts (69%). Age >60 years, anticonvulsant therapy, slow IR(MTX) (</=800 mgm(-2)h(-1)), and reduced DI(MTX) (</=1000 mgm(-2)wk(-1)) were significantly correlated with low AUC(MTX) values. Seven patients (16%) experienced severe toxicity, which was independently associated with slow CL(crea). A total of 18 (40%) patients achieved complete remission after chemotherapy, which was independently associated with slow CL(crea). In all, 22 patients were alive at a median follow-up of 31 months, with a 3-year OS of 40+/-9%; slow CL(crea) and AUC(MTX) >1100 micromol hl(-1) were independently associated with a better survival. Slow CL(crea) and high AUC(MTX) are favourable outcome-determining factors in PCNSL, while slow CL(crea) is significantly related to higher toxicity. AUC(MTX) significantly correlates with age, anticonvulsant therapy, IR(MTX), and DI(MTX). These findings, which seem to support the choice of an MTX dose >/=3 gm(-2) in a 4-6-h infusion, every 3-4 weeks, deserve to be assessed prospectively in future trials. MTX dose adjustments in patients with fast CL(crea) should be investigated.
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- A J M Ferreri
- Department of Radiochemotherapy, San Raffaele H Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina 60, Milan 20132, Italy.
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Todeschini G, Secchi S, Morra E, Vitolo U, Orlandi E, Pasini F, Gallo E, Ambrosetti A, Tecchio C, Tarella C, Gabbas A, Gallamini A, Gargantini L, Pizzuti M, Fioritoni G, Gottin L, Rossi G, Lazzarino M, Menestrina F, Paulli M, Palestro M, Cabras MG, Di Vito F, Pizzolo G. Primary mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma (PMLBCL): long-term results from a retrospective multicentre Italian experience in 138 patients treated with CHOP or MACOP-B/VACOP-B. Br J Cancer 2004; 90:372-6. [PMID: 14735179 PMCID: PMC2409547 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6601460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The optimal treatment of primary mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma (PMLBCL) is still undefined. In the absence of randomised studies, we retrospectively analysed: (a) the effectiveness of two chemotherapy regimens (CHOP vs MACOP-B/VACOP-B) in complete remission (CR) achievement and event-free survival (EFS) and (b) the role of mediastinal involved-field radiotherapy (IF-RT) as consolidation. From 1982 to 1999, 138 consecutive patients affected by PMLBCL were treated in 13 Italian institutions with CHOP (43) or MACOP-B/VACOP-B (95). The two groups of patients were similar as regard to age, gender, presence of bulky mediastinal mass, pleural effusion, stage and international prognostic indexes category of risk. Overall, 75.5% of patients in CR received IF-RT as consolidation. Complete remission was 51.1% in the CHOP group and 80% in MACOP-B/VACOP-B (P<0.001). Relapse occurred in 22.7% of CHOP- and in 9.2% of MACOP-B/VACOP-B-treated patients (n.s.). Event-free patients were 39.5% in CHOP and 75.7% in the MACOP-B/VACOP-B group (P<0.001). The addition of IF-RT as consolidation improved the outcome, irrespectively of the type of chemotherapy (P=0.04). At a multivariate analysis, achievement of CR (P<0.0001) and type of CT (MACOP-B/VACOP-B) retained the significance for OS (P=0.008) and EFS (P=0.03). In our experience, MACOP-B/VACOP-B appears to positively influence OS and EFS in patients affected by PMLBCL, as compared to CHOP. Consolidation IF-RT on mediastinum further improves the outcome of CR patients.
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- G Todeschini
- Department of Hematology, Verona University, Italy.
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de Manzoni G, Pedrazzani C, Verlato G, Roviello F, Pasini F, Pugliese R, Cordiano C. Comparison of old and new TNM systems for nodal staging in adenocarcinoma of the gastro-oesophageal junction. Br J Surg 2004; 91:296-303. [PMID: 14991629 DOI: 10.1002/bjs.4431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Background
Adenocarcinoma of the gastro-oesophageal junction is considered a distinct clinical entity, although the current pathological tumour node metastasis (pTNM) classification does not consider this tumour specifically. A prospective study was undertaken to determine the prognostic importance of lymph node involvement in adenocarcinoma of the gastro-oesophageal junction, analysing both a number- and site-based classification, in order to develop a clinically useful nodal staging system.
Methods
Two classification systems were analysed in 116 patients who underwent resection for adenocarcinoma of the gastro-oesophageal junction from January 1988 to August 2001. The Cox regression model was used to evaluate the prognostic significance of the site and number of positive nodes.
Results
The number- and site-based staging systems coincided only in 42 (56 per cent) of 75 patients; in particular, the old pN1 classification was upstaged in 13 of 41 patients and the old pN2 was downstaged in 13 of 34 patients. Lymph node involvement was the most important prognostic factor in both classifications (P < 0·001). The risk of death was significantly influenced by the site of nodal metastasis among patients with a similar number of involved nodes (relative risk with respect to pN0: 2·18 for pN1 with one to six nodes; 6·53 for pN2 with one to six nodes; 7·53 for pN1 with more than six nodes; 39·13 for pN2 with more than six nodes).
Conclusion
Adenocarcinoma of the gastro-oesophageal junction requires a specific lymph node classification which should take into account both the number and site of nodal metastases.
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- G de Manzoni
- First Department of General Surgery, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
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de Manzoni G, Pedrazzani C, Pasini F, Durante E, Gabbani M, Grandinetti A, Guglielmi A, Griso C, Cordiano C. Pattern of recurrence after surgery in adenocarcinoma of the gastro-oesophageal junction. Eur J Surg Oncol 2003; 29:506-10. [PMID: 12875856 DOI: 10.1016/s0748-7983(03)00098-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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AIMS This study reports mode, timing and predictive factors of recurrence after curative surgery for cardia cancer. METHODS A prospective study in a series of 92 curatively (R0) resected patients from 1988 to 2002. RESULTS The 5-year recurrence rate was 71%. Lymph node involvement was the only predictor of recurrence. No patients with more than 6 metastatic nodes were free from relapse 2 years after surgery. Locoregional, peritoneal and haematogenous relapses showed a similar median recurrence time (12, 10 and 12 months, respectively), 80% occurred within 24 months. CONCLUSIONS Few patients can be cured by surgery, lymph nodal involvement is the only predictor of recurrence.
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- G de Manzoni
- First Department of General Surgery, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
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Perbellini L, Pasini F, Prigioni P, Rosina A. [Occupational exposure to methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) at an oil refinery]. G Ital Med Lav Ergon 2003; 25 Suppl:39-40. [PMID: 14979074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/29/2023]
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Methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) is widely used as an additive to gasoline, to increase oxygen content and reduce tailpipe emission of carbon monoxide. Our research dealt with 37 refinery workers in order to measure their occupational exposure to MTBE during two different seasonal periods. They provided blood and urine samples before and after a work shift during which they wore an active charcoal sampler for solvents. All samples were analysed by a gas-chromatograph equipped with a mass spectrometer detector. The concentration in air of MTBE was very low (median: 25 micrograms/m3 in spring and 5 micrograms/m3 in autumn). The blood and urine concentrations of MTBE at the end of the work shift were higher than those found before the shift. The increment in biological samples confirmed a small intake of MTBE by refinery workers: the biological monitoring of occupational exposure to this solvent yielded reliable results. Blood and urinary concentrations of MTBE obtained from workers split in relation to their smoking habit did not give a statistic significance to say that cigarette smoke is not a confusion factor in monitoring exposure to MTBE.
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- L Perbellini
- Dipartimento di Medicina e Sanità Pubblica-Università di Verona
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Pasini F, Verlato G, Durante E, de Manzoni G, Valduga F, Accordini S, Pedrazzani C, Terzi A, Pelosi G. Persistent excess mortality from lung cancer in patients with stage I non-small-cell lung cancer, disease-free after 5 years. Br J Cancer 2003; 88:1666-8. [PMID: 12771977 PMCID: PMC2377134 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6600991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Among patients with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), those with pathological stage I have the best expectation of survival; however, survival is reduced to less than 50% in the long term. At present, it is unclear when patients can be reasonably defined as cured, and if they experience a higher incidence of malignant/nonmalignant diseases and a lower expectation of survival than the general population. A total of 134 stage I NSCLC patients, who had undergone resection at the Thoracic Surgery Unit of the General Hospital of Verona (north-eastern Italy) from October 1987 to December 1993, were still disease-free at 5 years. These subjects were further followed up, and morbidity and mortality rates were compared with those recorded in the general population of the same geographical area. The standardised incidence ratios (SIRs) for all malignancies and for lung cancer were higher than expected (2.39, 95% CI=1.6-3.5, P<0.001; 10.1, 95% CI=6.2-15.6, P<0.0001, respectively). The standardised mortality ratio (SMR) was also significantly increased (1.73, 95% CI=1.1-2.6, P=0.013). The excess mortality could be entirely explained by an increase in mortality from lung cancer (5.7, 95% CI=2.8-10.1, P<0.0001). This study shows that patients, resected for pathological stage I NSCLC and tumour-free after 5 years, have a higher incidence of new lung cancer compared with the general population, which in turn determines an excess in all-cause mortality in the following years.
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- F Pasini
- Cattedra di Oncologia Medica, Università degli Studi di Verona, Italy
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- Cattedra di Epidemiologia e Statistica Medica, Università degli Studi di Verona, Italy
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- Cattedra di Oncologia Medica, Università degli Studi di Verona, Italy
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- I Divisione Clinicizzata di Chirurgia, Università degli Studi di Verona, Italy
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- Cattedra di Oncologia Medica, Università degli Studi di Verona, Italy
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- Cattedra di Epidemiologia e Statistica Medica, Università degli Studi di Verona, Italy
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- I Divisione Clinicizzata di Chirurgia, Università degli Studi di Verona, Italy
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- Divisione di Chirurgia Toracica, Azienda Ospedaliera di Verona, Piazzale Stefani 1, 37126 Verona, Italy
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- Divisione di Anatomia Patologica e di Medicina di Laboratorio, Istituto Europeo di Oncologia, Via Ripamonti, 435, 20141 Milano, Italy
- Divisione di Anatomia Patologica e di Medicina di Laboratorio, Istituto Europeo di Oncologia, Via Ripamonti, 435, 20141 Milano, Italy. E-mail:
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Pelosi G, Pastorino U, Pasini F, Maissoneuve P, Fraggetta F, Iannucci A, Sonzogni A, De Manzoni G, Terzi A, Durante E, Bresaola E, Pezzella F, Viale G. Independent prognostic value of fascin immunoreactivity in stage I nonsmall cell lung cancer. Br J Cancer 2003; 88:537-47. [PMID: 12592367 PMCID: PMC2377175 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6600731] [Citation(s) in RCA: 138] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Fascin-1, the most expressed form of fascin in vertebrate tissues, is an actin-bundling protein that induces cell membrane protrusions and increases motility of normal and transformed epithelial cells. Very few data are available on the role of this protein in nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Two hundred and twenty patients with stage I NSCLC and long-term follow-up were evaluated immunocytochemically for fascin expression. Overall, variable fascin immunoreactivity was detected in 98% of 116 squamous cell carcinomas, in 78% of 96 adenocarcinomas, in 83% of six large cell carcinomas, and in the two adenosquamous carcinomas under study. Neoplastic emboli were commonly decorated by the antifascin antibody (P<0.001), also when the surrounding invasive carcinoma was unreactive. Fascin immunoreactivity correlated with high tumour grade (P=0.017) and, in adenocarcinomas, with high Ki-67 labelling index (P=0.021). Adenocarcinomas with a prevalent bronchiolo-alveolar in situ component were less commonly immunoreactive for fascin than invasive tumours (P=0.005). Contralateral thoracic or distant metastases were associated significantly with diffuse (>60% immunoreactive tumour cells) fascin expression in adenocarcinomas (P=0.043), and marginally with strong fascin immunostaining in squamous cell carcinomas (P=0.13). No associations were noted with any other clinicopathological variables tested. Patients with tumours showing diffuse (>60% immunoreactive neoplastic cells) and/or strong immunoreactivity for fascin had a shorter survival (P=0.006 for adenocarcinomas and P=0.026 for squamous cell carcinomas), even after multivariate analysis (P=0.014 and 0.050, respectively). The current study documents for the first time that fascin is upregulated in invasive and more aggressive NSCLC, being an independent prognostic predictor of unfavourable clinical course of the disease. Targetting the fascin pathway could be a novel therapeutic strategy of NSCLC.
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- G Pelosi
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Milan School of Medicine, Italy.
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