Melanoma
Individuare biomarcatori per predire la terapia col minor tasso di collateralità
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Segretario
Giandomenico Russo
IST. DERMOPATICO IMMACOLATA ROMA
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Coordinatore Clinico
Paolo Ascierto
IRCCS FOND. PASCALE NAPOLI
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Coordinatore Pre Clinico
Licia Rivoltini
INT MILANO
The Melanoma Working Group is a team of expert doctors and researchers; its main purpose is to identify biomarkers for the prediction of therapeutic response in order to prevent patients from undergoing ineffective treatments and experiencing unpleasant side effects.
The team is coordinated by Giandomenico Russo, director of the Molecular Oncology Laboratory at the Immacolata Dermal Institute (IDI) in Rome – one of the leading European centres for skin care – where the WG’s laboratories and operational secretariat are located.
As member of the ACC Network, the Melanoma Working Group can count on the collaboration of other 15 Institutes for Cancer Patient Care and Research (IRCCS), with access to one third of all new cases diagnosed in Italy every year (around 4000) in addition to 1300 Patients already undergoing therapy.
The starting point for the WG’s activity is the characterization of genomic alterations in cancers in the current clinical routine: only a few genes – out of the hundreds of altered ones – are usually analysed and not all patients have access to these analyses. The use of new generation technologies (NGS Next Generation Sequencing) enables the WG to carry out rapid sequencing of the genome – at a low cost and on a large scale – which is very useful for the selection of the most appropriate therapy for each Patient.
Paolo Ascierto from the Pascale Cancer Institute of Naples and Licia Rivoltini from the National Cancer Institute of Milan – nationally and internationally recognized experts in the field – are taking part in the work as clinical and preclinical coordinators of the WG.
Il Team
- Pre Clinici
- Clinici
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INT MILANO
Licia Rivoltini
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IST GENOVA
Paola Ghiorzo
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IDI ROMA
Gian Domenico Russo, Stefania D’Atri
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IRE ROMA
Patrizio Giacomini
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CRO AVIANO
Elisabetta Fratta
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CRO AVIANO
Elisabetta Fratta
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OSR MILANO
Vincenzo Russo
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IEO MILANO
Luisa Lanfrancone
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IOV PADOVA
Chiara Menin
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IRST MELDOLA
Jenny Bulgarelli
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CROB RIONERO IN VULTURE
Giuseppina Improta
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INT PASCALE
Gabriele Madonna
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CSS S.G. ROTONDO
Paola Parrella
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AUSL-IRCCS
Alessia Ciarrocchi
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IRCCS GEMELLI ROMA
Alessandro Di Stefani
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ONCOLOGICO BARI
Amalia Azzariti
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FPO CANDIOLO
Tiziana Venesio
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IRE ROMA
Virginia Ferraresi
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CRO AVIANO
Maria Antonietta Pizzichetta
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IEO MILANO
Paola Queirolo
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IOV PADOVA
Vanna Chiarion-Sileni
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HUMANITAS
Maria Chiara Tronconi
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IRST MELDOLA
Massimo Guidoboni
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ONCOLOGICO BARI
Michele Guida
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IRCCS GEMELLI ROMA
Giovanni Schinzari
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INT PASCALE
Corrado Caracò, Paolo Ascierto
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IDI ROMA
Alba Zappala
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CSS S.G. ROTONDO
Gabriele Di Maggio
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AUSL-IRCCS
Francesco Iachetta
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IRCCS-CROB
Raffaele Conca
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FPO CANDIOLO
Fabrizio Carnevale
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INT MILANO
Gianfranco Gallino
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IST GENOVA
Ferdinando Cafiero