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Giampaolo Tortora

Medical Oncology- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Gemelli-IRCCS Roma
Verified email at policlinicogemelli.it
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Phase II study of preoperative (PREOP) chemoradiotherapy (CTRT) plus avelumab (AVE) in patients (PTS) with locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC): The AVANA …

…, V Smiroldo, B Barbaro, MA Gambacorta, G Tortora - 2021 - ascopubs.org
3511 Background: Preop CTRT is considered the standard of care in the management of
LARC. RT can induce antigen release from a low neoantigen-burden tumor (such as a …

Growth inhibition of human colon carcinoma cells by combinations of anti-epidermal growth factor-related growth factor antisense oligonucleotides.

…, MP Selvam, M Grassi, G Magliulo, G Tortora… - Clinical cancer research …, 1996 - AACR
GEO is a well-differentiated colon cancer cell line that coexpresses the epidermal growth
factor-like growth factors CRIPTO (CR), amphiregulin (AR), and transforming growth factor …

Synergistic inhibition of growth and induction of apoptosis by 8-chloro-cAMP and paclitaxel or cisplatin in human cancer cells

G Tortora, G di Isernia, C Sandomenico, R Bianco… - Cancer research, 1997 - AACR
8-Chloro-cAMP (8-Cl-cAMP) is a novel agent that is able to inhibit the growth of a wide variety
of cancer cell types in vitro and in vivo and, at doses devoid of toxicity, to achieve plasma …

8-Chloro-cyclic AMP inhibits autocrine and angiogenic growth factor production in human colorectal and breast cancer.

C Bianco, G Tortora, G Baldassarre, R Caputo… - Clinical cancer research …, 1997 - AACR
8-Chloro-cyclic AMP (8-Cl-cAMP) is a cAMP analogue that specifically down-regulates type
I protein kinase A, a signaling protein directly involved in cell proliferation and neoplastic …

[HTML][HTML] Differential activity of nivolumab, pembrolizumab and MPDL3280A according to the tumor expression of programmed death-ligand-1 (PD-L1): sensitivity …

…, M Chilosi, V Bronte, A Scarpa, E Bria, G Tortora - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Background The potential predictive role of programmed death-ligand-1 (PD-L1) expression
on tumor cells in the context of solid tumor treated with checkpoint inhibitors targeting the PD…

Genomic analyses identify molecular subtypes of pancreatic cancer

…, C Bassi, B Rusev, P Capelli, R Salvia, G Tortora… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
Integrated genomic analysis of 456 pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas identified 32 recurrently
mutated genes that aggregate into 10 pathways: KRAS, TGF-β, WNT, NOTCH, ROBO/…

EGFR antagonists in cancer treatment

F Ciardiello, G Tortora - New England Journal of Medicine, 2008 - Mass Medical Soc
Functional activation of growth factors and receptors of the epidermal growth factor receptor
(EGFR) family occurs in most epithelial-cell cancers, rendering EGFR a target for cancer …

Whole genomes redefine the mutational landscape of pancreatic cancer

…, V Corbo, C Bassi, M Falconi, G Zamboni, G Tortora… - Nature, 2015 - nature.com
Pancreatic cancer remains one of the most lethal of malignancies and a major health burden.
We performed whole-genome sequencing and copy number variation (CNV) analysis of …

[HTML][HTML] Maintenance Olaparib for Germline BRCA-Mutated Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer

…, DY Oh, A Reinacher-Schick, G Tortora… - … England Journal of …, 2019 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Patients with a germline BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation make up a small
subgroup of those with metastatic pancreatic cancer. The poly(adenosine diphosphate–ribose) …

A novel approach in the treatment of cancer: targeting the epidermal growth factor receptor

F Ciardiello, G Tortora - Clinical Cancer Research, 2001 - AACR
The epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) autocrine pathway contributes to a number of
processes important to cancer development and progression, including cell proliferation, …