[HTML][HTML] Prognostic and predictive response factors in colorectal cancer patients: between hope and reality

C De Divitiis, G Nasti, M Montano… - World Journal of …, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Colorectal cancer (CRC) represents one of the most commonly diagnosed cancers worldwide.
It is the second leading cause of cancer death in Western Countries. In the last decade …

Lenvatinib, a molecule with versatile application: from preclinical evidence to future development in anti-cancer treatment

M Capozzi, C De Divitiis, A Ottaiano… - Cancer management …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Lenvatinib is an emerging multi-kinase inhibitor with a preferential anti-angiogenic activity,
which has shown efficacy in the treatment of renal cell carcinoma, differentiated thyroid …

Gemcitabine mono-therapy versus gemcitabine plus targeted therapy in advanced pancreatic cancer: a meta-analysis of randomized phase III trials

A Ottaiano, M Capozzi, C De Divitiis, A De Stefano… - Acta …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Prognosis of advanced pancreatic cancer is dismal and the novel targeted
therapies, albeit successfully used to treat many advanced tumors, have shown modest results. …

[HTML][HTML] Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) in cancer patients: An Italian multicenter survey

…, G Nasti, R Fisichella, C Romano, C De Divitiis… - Oncotarget, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
RESULTS Of our patients, 48.9% said they use or have recently used CAM. The univariate
analysis showed that female gender, high education, receiving treatment in a highly …

Prospective evaluation of cetuximab-mediated antibody-dependent cell cytotoxicity in metastatic colorectal cancer patients predicts treatment efficacy

…, C Romano, G Nasti, A Nappi, C De Divitiis… - Cancer immunology …, 2016 - AACR
Cetuximab is a monoclonal antibody to the EGFR that induces antibody-dependent cell
cytotoxicity (ADCC) through Fcγ receptors on immune cells. Although SNPs in genes encoding …

Diabetes and body mass index are associated with neuropathy and prognosis in colon cancer patients treated with capecitabine and oxaliplatin adjuvant …

A Ottaiano, A Nappi, S Tafuto, G Nasti, C De Divitiis… - Oncology, 2016 - karger.com
… (not found in the present study) [16], a decreased amplitude of sensory nerve action
potentials at mid-… A more recent study showed that patients with diabetes developed OXA-induced …

Metformin use is associated with longer progression-free survival of patients with diabetes and pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors receiving everolimus and/or …

…, L Antonuzzo, R Berardi, L Catena, C De Divitiis… - Gastroenterology, 2018 - Elsevier
Background & Aims Metformin seems to have anticancer effects. However, it is not clear
whether use of glycemia and metformin affect outcomes of patients with advanced pancreatic …

Morphological factors related to nodal metastases in neuroendocrine tumors of the appendix: a multicentric retrospective study

…, C Vernieri, F Panzuto, N Fazio, C De Divitiis… - Annals of …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate clinical and morphological features related
to nodal involvement in appendiceal neuroendocrine tumors (NETs), to identify patients who …

Electrochemotherapy as a new approach on pancreatic cancer and on liver metastases

S Tafuto, C von Arx, C De Divitiis… - … Journal of Surgery, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Electrochemotherapy is a local non-thermal treatment for cancer ablation. Currently, many
studies and case report have investigated the differences in effectiveness of …

Nonconventional doses of somatostatin analogs in patients with progressing well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumor

…, G Butturini, F Gelsomino, C De Divitiis… - The Journal of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Purpose To evaluate the antiproliferative activity and safety of nonconventional high doses of
somatostatin analogs (HD-SSA) in patients with well-differentiated gastroenteropancreatic (…