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Mariarosaria Boccellino

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Diagnostic Accuracy of a New Antigen Test for SARS-CoV-2 Detection

2021

Background and aims: Quick and reliable diagnostic tools play an important role in controlling the spread of the SARS-Cov-2 pandemic. The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of a new cyto-salivary antigen test aimed at detecting the presence of antigens for SARS-CoV-2, as compared by the gold standard RT-PCR and a lateral flow test. Methods: A total of 433 healthy volunteers were enrolled in the study and the sensitivity and specificity of the new cyto-salivary antigen test were calculated, as compared to the RT-PCR nasopharyngeal swab and to the lateral flow test. Results: A total of 433 samples were collected and tested at the Mediterranean Fair in Palermo from Febru…

medicine.medical_specialtyrespiratory disease COVID-19Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Health Toxicology and MutagenesisSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)cyto-salivary testRT-PCRDiagnostic accuracyImmunologic TestsGastroenterologyAsymptomaticSensitivity and SpecificityArticlelateral flow testLateral flow test03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineAntigenInternal medicinemedicineHumansImmunologic Test030212 general & internal medicinePandemics030304 developmental biology0303 health sciencesbusiness.industrySARS-CoV-2Public Health Environmental and Occupational HealthRCOVID-19Gold standard (test)Antigen testSARS-CoV-2.MedicineELISAmedicine.symptombusinessHumanInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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Tumor infiltrating T lymphocytes expressing FoxP3, CCR7 or PD-1 predict the outcome of prostate cancer patients subjected to salvage radiotherapy aft…

2016

Tumor immunologic microenvironment is strongly involved in tumor progression and the presence of tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL) with different phenotypes has been demonstrated to be of prognostic relevance in different malignancies. We investigated whether TIL infiltration of tumor tissues could also predict the outcome of prostate cancer patients. To this end, we carried out a retrospective analysis correlating the outcome of locally advanced prostate cancer patients undergone salvage radiotherapy upon relapse after radical surgery with the infiltration by different TIL populations. Twenty-two patients with resectable prostate cancer, with a mean age of 67 (+/−3.93) years, who receiv…

Male0301 basic medicineOncologyCancer Researchmedicine.medical_treatmentProgrammed Cell Death 1 ReceptorChemokyne Receptor 7Prostate cancer0302 clinical medicineRecurrencePD-1Tumor MicroenvironmentForkhead Transcription Factorshemic and immune systemsprostate cancerPrimary tumorChemokyne Receptor 7; disease-free survival; FoxP3; overall survival; PD-1; prognosis; prostate cancer; radiotherapy; T regulators lymphocytes; tumor infiltrating lymphocytesOncologytumor infiltrating lymphocytes030220 oncology & carcinogenesisMolecular MedicineprognosiResearch PaperReceptors CCR7medicine.medical_specialtydisease-free survivaloverall survivalchemical and pharmacologic phenomena03 medical and health sciencesLymphocytes Tumor-InfiltratingMedian follow-upFoxP3Internal medicineChemokyne Receptor 7; disease-free survival; FoxP3; overall survival; PD-1; prognosis; prostate cancer; radiotherapy; T regulators lymphocytes; tumor infiltrating lymphocytes; Molecular Medicine; Oncology; Pharmacology; Cancer ResearchT regulators lymphocytesmedicineHumansProgression-free survivalRadical surgeryradiotherapyAgedSalvage TherapyPharmacologybusiness.industryTumor-infiltrating lymphocytesProstatic Neoplasmsmedicine.diseaseRadiation therapyT regulators lymphocyte030104 developmental biologyTumor progressionprognosistumor infiltrating lymphocytebusinessCancer Biology & Therapy
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Anti-cancer activity of dose-fractioned mPE +/- bevacizumab regimen is paralleled by immune-modulation in advanced squamous NSLC patients

2017

Background: Results from the BEVA2007 trial, suggest that the metronomic chemotherapy regimen with dose-fractioned cisplatin and oral etoposide (mPE) +/− bevacizumab, a monoclonal antibody to the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), shows anti-angiogenic and immunological effects and is a safe and active treatment for metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (mNSCLC) patients. We carried out a retrospective analysis aimed to evaluate the antitumor effects of this treatment in a subset of patients with squamous histology. Methods: Retrospective analysis was carried out in a subset of 31 patients with squamous histology enrolled in the study between September 2007 and September 2015. All o…

0301 basic medicineOncologyPulmonary and Respiratory Medicinemedicine.medical_specialtyPathologyBevacizumabmedicine.medical_treatmentSquamous-NSCLC (sqNSCLC)03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineInternal medicinemedicineProgression-free survivalRadical surgeryEtoposideEtoposideChemotherapybusiness.industryMetronomic chemotherapyCancermedicine.diseaseMetronomic ChemotherapyBevacizumabRegimen030104 developmental biology030220 oncology & carcinogenesisOriginal ArticleCisplatinbusinessBevacizumab; Cisplatin; Etoposide; Metronomic chemotherapy; Squamous-NSCLC (sqNSCLC); Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicinemedicine.drug
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