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AUTHOR
Laura Di Noto
Regulatory cytokine gene polymorphisms and risk of colorectal carcinoma.
It is well established that cancer arises in chronically inflamed tissue, and this is particularly notable in the gastrointestinal tract. Classic examples include Helicobacter pylori-associated gastric cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma, and inflammatory bowel disease-associated colorectal cancer. Growing evidence suggests that these associations might be not casual findings. Focusing on individual cytokines has generated evidence that anti-inflammatory cytokine interleukin (IL)-10 and transforming growth factor-beta1 (TGF-beta1) may have a complex role in gastrointestinal carcinogenesis. As an example, IL-10-deficient mice develop severe atrophic gastritis and a chronic enterocolitis, develo…
Weekly docetaxel (wDOC) for the treatment of metastatic breast cancer (MBC): A literature based meta-analysis
“Evaluating the prognostic role of serum extracellular domain (ECD) of HER-2/neu (s-HER2) in patients (PTS) with metastatic (M) breast cancer (BC): results of an observational study”
"Weekly regimen of cisplatin (CDDP),epirubicin (EPI), fluorouracil (5FU) and folinic acid (FA) with G-CSF is active in advanced gastroesophageal (GE) and gastric (G) cancer: results of a phase II study”
Prognostic value of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and D-Dimer (DD) levels in cancer patients
“Serum HER-2/neu (s-HER2) levels evaluation in breast cancer (BC) patients (PTS)”
“Final results of a phase II trial of a weekly (W) poly-chemotherapy (CT) with cisplatin (CDDP), epirubicin (EPI), fluorouracil (5FU), folinic acid (FA) and G-CSF for the treatment of gastroesophageal (GE) and gastric (G) cancer (C)”
Cytokine Gene Polymorphisms and Breast Cancer Susceptibility
Human breast cancer (BC) is characterized by a considerable clinical heterogeneity. Steroid hormone receptor expression and growth factor receptor expression have been considered suitable diagnostic and prognostic markers, whereas mutations of oncosuppressor and gatekeeper genes have been found associated with an increased risk for this malignancy. To evaluate the role that polymorphisms of genes involved in the regulation of inflammatory response might play in BC susceptibility, we investigated associations between cytokine functionally relevant polymorphisms in 84 BC patients compared to 110 age- and sex-matched controls. TNF-alpha (-308G/A), TGF-beta1 (+869C/T), IL-10 (-1117G/A; -854C/T;…
The role of platelet gel in osteoarticular injuries of young and old patients
Background: The use of autologous platelet gel in orthopedics is effective in accelerating the healing process of osteochondral, muscle, tendon and ligament lesions. The aim of our study was to verify whether the variability in response to infiltration with platelet gel was dependent on the underlying disease treated, sex and age of the patients. During four years, 140 patients have been treated for musculoskeletal injuries by infiltration of gel platelet and lysate platelet obtained from autologous thrombin, with echo-ultrasound guided. The response to treatment was assessed at different time points T0, T1, T2 with respect to pain estimation (VAS), joint mobility (ROM scale) and echo-ultra…