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Fiamma Buttitta

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BRAF as a positive predictive biomarker: Focus on lung cancer and melanoma patients

2020

In the era of personalized medicine, BRAF mutational assessment is mandatory in advanced-stage melanoma and non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients. The identification of actionable mutations is crucial for the adequate management of these patients. To date various drugs have been implemented in clinical practice. Similarly, various methods may be adopted for the identification of BRAF mutations. Here, we briefly review the current literature on BRAF in melanoma and NSCLC, focusing attention in particular on the different methods and drugs adopted in these patients. In addition, an overview of the real-world practice in different Italian laboratories with high expertise in molecular pre…

0301 basic medicineOncologyProto-Oncogene Proteins B-rafmedicine.medical_specialtyPredictive molecular pathologyLung NeoplasmsGene mutationBRAF03 medical and health scienceschemistry.chemical_compound0302 clinical medicineInternal medicineCarcinoma Non-Small-Cell LungMedicineHumansNon-Small-Cell LungVemurafenibLung cancerneoplasmsMelanomaTrametinibCobimetinibbusiness.industryBRAF; Lung cancer; Melanoma; Precision medicine; Predictive molecular pathology; Biomarkers; Humans; Mutation; Proto-Oncogene Proteins B-raf; Carcinoma Non-Small-Cell Lung; Lung Neoplasms; MelanomaCarcinomaPrecision medicineDabrafenibHematologyBiomarkerPrecision medicinemedicine.diseaseBRAF; Lung cancer; Melanoma; Precision medicine; Predictive molecular pathologyLung Neoplasm030104 developmental biologyOncologychemistry030220 oncology & carcinogenesisMutationPersonalized medicineLung cancerbusinessBiomarkersmedicine.drugHuman
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<p>Weekly alternate intensive regimen FIrB/FOx in metastatic colorectal cancer patients: an update from clinical practice</p>

2019

Background Several trials evaluated the role of intensive regimens, made of triplet chemotherapies plus bevacizumab, as first-line treatment for patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC). We previously reported, in a Phase II prospective study, the efficacy and the tolerability of FIrB/FOx regimen, reporting interesting results in terms of received dose intensities (rDIs) and safety. Methods We reported a retrospective update of 85 patients treated with FIrB/FOx, an intensive regimen of 5-fluorouracil, bevacizumab, and weekly alternate irinotecan and oxaliplatin, to confirm its feasibility in "real life". Subgroup analyses were performed, particularly among patients treated with sta…

0301 basic medicineOncologymedicine.medical_specialtyBevacizumabPerformance statusbusiness.industryNeutropeniamedicine.diseaseOxaliplatinIrinotecan03 medical and health sciencesRegimen030104 developmental biology0302 clinical medicineOncologyTolerability030220 oncology & carcinogenesisInternal medicinemedicinePharmacology (medical)businessProspective cohort studymedicine.drugOncoTargets and Therapy
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BRCA1/2 molecular assay for ovarian cancer patients: A survey through Italian departments of oncology and molecular and genomic diagnostic laboratori…

2019

In Italy, 5200 new ovarian cancers were diagnosed in 2018, highlighting an increasing need to test women for BRCA1/2. The number of labs offering this test is continuously increasing. The aim of this study was to show the results coming from the intersociety survey coordinated by four different Clinical and Laboratory Italian Scientific Societies (AIOM, SIAPEC-IAP, SIBIOC, and SIGU). A multidisciplinary team belonging to the four scientific societies drew up two different questionnaires: One was targeted toward all Italian Departments of Medical Oncology, and the second toward laboratories of clinical molecular biology. This survey was implemented from September 2017 to March 2018. Seventy-…

0301 basic medicineOncologymedicine.medical_specialtyGenetic counselingClinical BiochemistrySomatic BRCAMultidisciplinary teamArticle03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineInternal medicinePARP-1imedicine<i>brca1/2</i> assayslcsh:R5-920business.industryBRCA1/2 assaysBRCA1/2 assayOvary cancerTest (assessment)Laboratory test030104 developmental biologyMulticenter study030220 oncology & carcinogenesisCancer geneticsPretest posttestNGSlcsh:Medicine (General)businessBRCA1/2 assays; NGS; PARP-1i; Somatic BRCA
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Recommendations for the implementation of BRCA testing in ovarian cancer patients and their relatives

2019

The current availability of new Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase (PARP)-inhibitors for the treatment of ovarian cancer patients independently of the presence of a BRCA pathogenic variant, together with the validation of somatic test for the analysis of BRCA1/2 genes, involves the need to optimise the guidelines for BRCA testing. The AIOM-SIGU-SIBIOC-SIAPEC-IAP Italian Scientific Societies, in this position paper, recommend the implementation of BRCA testing with 2 main objectives: the first is the identification of ovarian cancer patients with higher probability of benefit from specific anticancer treatments (test for response to therapy); the second goal, through BRCA testing in the family memb…

0301 basic medicineOncologyGenetic testingendocrine system diseasesSettore MED/03 - GENETICA MEDICAMedical OncologyBiochemistrychemistry.chemical_compound0302 clinical medicineGermline mutationPARP inhibitorsTrabectedinSocieties MedicalOvarian Neoplasmsmedicine.diagnostic_testBRCA1 ProteinHematologyfemale genital diseases and pregnancy complicationsOncologyItaly030220 oncology & carcinogenesisFemalemedicine.drugHumanmedicine.medical_specialtyGenetic counselingOlaparib03 medical and health sciencesGeneticSomatic mutationsOvarian cancerMedicalInternal medicineBRCA1; BRCA2; Genetic testing; Germline mutations; Ovarian cancer; PARP inhibitors; Somatic mutations; BRCA1 Protein; BRCA2 Protein; Biochemistry; Female; Genetic Testing; Genetics; Humans; Italy; Medical Oncology; Ovarian Neoplasms; Germ-Line Mutation; Societies MedicalGeneticsmedicineGenetic predispositionHumansRucaparibGermline mutationsGerm-Line MutationGenetic testingBRCA2 Proteinbusiness.industrySomatic mutationOvarian NeoplasmCancermedicine.diseaseBRCA1BRCA2BRCA1; BRCA2; Genetic testing; Germline mutations; Ovarian cancer; PARP inhibitors; Somatic mutations030104 developmental biologyPARP inhibitorchemistrySocietiesOvarian cancerbusiness
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