Cascinu Stefano Professore OrdinarioMedicineMED/06

Biography

Publications

Biography

Education:

1985: Degree in Medicine; Ancona University

1988: Specialization in Medical Oncology at Ancona University

1992: Specialization in Radiation therapy at Bologna University

 

Accademic positions:

2019-present: Full Professor of Medical Oncology at University Vita Salute, Milano

2015-2019: Full Professor of Medical Oncology at University di Modena e Reggio Emilia

2010-2015:  Director  of Oncology Postgraduate School  at Università Politecnica delle Marche

2006 -2015: Full Professor of Medical Oncology at Università Politecnica delle Marche

2002-2006: Associate  Professor of Medical Oncology at Università Politecnica delle Marche

1998-2002: Associate Professor  of Medical Oncology at  University of Messina

 

Hospital positions:

2019-present: Head, Department of Medical Oncology, San Raffaele Hospital-IRCCS

2015- 2019: Head, Department of Oncology and Hematology, University Hospital Modena

2010-2015: Director, Center of Cancer Genetics, Regione  Marche

2002 –2015: Head, Department of Medical Oncology, University Hospital Ancona

2000-2002: Head, Department of Medical Oncology, University Parma

1997-1998: Head, Section of Experimental Oncology Pesaro Hospital

1995: House Staff, Moses Division of Medical Oncology at Montefiore Hospital, New York  (NY) USA

1994-1997: Senior Registrar, Department of Medical Oncology, University Hospital, Ancona

1990-1994: Junior Registrar, Department of Medical Oncology. Pesaro Hospital

 

Scientific Societies:

2011-2014: President, Italian Association of Medical Oncology (Aiom)

2008-2011: Member of board of directors, Italian Association of Gastroenterology

2005-2007: General Secretary, Italian Association of Medical Oncology (Aiom)

1995-1999: Member of board of directors, Italian Association of Medical Oncology (Aiom)

1992- present: Member of the European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO)

     Educational Committee

     Chairman ESMO guidelines Pancreatic Cancer

     Faculty Gastrointestinal tumors

1992- present: Member of the American Association of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)

 

Istitutional

2012-present: Member, technical-scientific committee of Cancer Research Institute of Romagna

2012-2015: Member, technical-scientific committee of Italian Association of Cancer Research (AIRC)

2010-2014: Member, technical-scientific committee of “Fondazione Berlucchi”

2006-2008: Member, National Oncology Committee

 

Journals:

1989-1992: Member, Editorial board  of Oncology Report

2006-2011: Member, Editorial Board Digestive and Liver Disease

2008-present:  Associate Editor, International Journal of Biological Markers

2011-present:  Associate Editor, Journal of Oncology

 

Research

2002-2019: Principal Investigator of more than 350 GCP clinical trials on treatment of solid tumors

1992-2016: Manager of 37 Scientific Projects (“AIRC”, “Ministero della Ricerca”, “Fondazione Berlucchi”, “Fondazione Cariverona”, “Fondazione CariParma”, “Ministero della Salute”, “Ministero della Ricerca”, “CNR”, “Progetti Comunità Europea”)

Co-author of more than 500 papers in peer review international journals and of 100 papers in national journals

Author of 50 books chapters and of 1 treaty of “Medical Oncology” and of 1 treaty of “Oncologic Medicine”

 

 

Publications

Prof. Stefano Cascinu

Elenco pubblicazioni

  1. Casadei-Gardini A, Montagnani F, Casadei C, Arcadipane F, Andrikou K, Aloi D, Prete AA, Zampino MG, Argentiero A, Pugliese G, Martini S, Iorio GC, Scartozzi M, Mistrangelo M, Fornaro L, Cassoni P, Marisi G, Dell'Acqua V, Ravenda PS, Lonardi S, Silvestris N, De Bari B, Ricardi U, Cascinu S, Franco P.Immune inflammation indicators in anal cancer patients treated with concurrent chemoradiation: training and validation cohort with online calculator (ARC: Anal Cancer Response Classifier). Cancer Manag Res. 2019 Apr 26;11:3631-3642.
  2. Losi L, Bertolini F, Guaitoli G, Fabbiani L, Banchelli F, Ambrosini-Spaltro A, Botticelli L, Scurani L, Baldessari C, Barbieri F, Cascinu S, Maiorana A.Role of evaluating tumor‑infiltrating lymphocytes, programmed death‑1 ligand 1 and mismatch repair proteins expression in malignant mesothelioma. Int J Oncol. 2019 Nov;55(5):1157-1164. doi: 10.3892/ijo.2019.4883. Epub 2019 Sep 20.
  3. Weide B, Eigentler T, Catania C, Ascierto PA, Cascinu S, Becker JC, Hauschild A, Romanini A, Danielli R, Dummer R, Trefzer U, Elia G, Neri D, Garbe C. A phase II study of the L19IL2 immunocytokine in combination with dacarbazine in advanced metastatic melanoma patients. Cancer Immunol Immunother. 2019 Sep;68(9):1547-1559. doi: 10.1007/s00262-019-02383-z.
  4. Salati M, Orsi G, Smyth E, Beretta G, De Vita F, Di Bartolomeo M, Fanotto V, Lonardi S, Morano F, Pietrantonio F, Pinto C, Rimassa L, Vasile E, Vivaldi C, Zaniboni A, Ziranu P, Cascinu S. Gastric cancer: Translating novels concepts into clinical practice. Cancer Treat Rev. 2019 Epub 2019 Aug 14.
  5. Toss A, Venturelli M, Sperduti I, Molinaro E, Isca C, Barbieri E, Piacentini F, Omarini C, Cortesi L, Cascinu S, Moscetti L.First-Line Treatment for Endocrine-Sensitive Bone-Only Metastatic Breast Cancer: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Clin Breast Cancer. 2019 Jul 24. pii: S1526-8209(19)30418-5. doi: 10.1016/j.clbc.2019.06.011. [Epub ahead of print]
  6. Vitale MG, Baldessari C, Milella M, Buti S, Militello AM, Di Girolamo S, Fornarini G, Perri G, Basso U, Maruzzo M, Porta C, Cosmai L, Pipitone S, Cerma K, Cascinu S, Sabbatini R  Immunotherapy in Dialysis-Dependent Cancer Patients: Our Experience in Patients With Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma and a Review of the Literature.Clin Genitourin Cancer. 2019 Oct;17(5):e903-e908. doi: 10.1016/j.clgc.2019.06.009. Epub 2019 Jul 8
  7. Marisi G, Petracci E, Raimondi F, Faloppi L, Foschi FG, Lauletta G, Iavarone M, Canale M, Valgiusti M, Neri LM, Ulivi P, Orsi G, Rovesti G, Vukotic R, Conti F, Cucchetti A, Ercolani G, Andrikou K, Cascinu S, Scartozzi M, Casadei-Gardini A. ANGPT2 and NOS3 Polymorphisms and Clinical Outcome in Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma Patients Receiving Sorafenib. Cancers (Basel). 2019 Jul 20;11(7). pii: E1023. doi: 10.3390/cancers11071023.
  8. Loupakis F, Intini R, Cremolini C, Orlandi A, Sartore-Bianchi A, Pietrantonio F, Pella N, Spallanzani A, Dell'Aquila E, Scartozzi M, De Luca E, Rimassa L, Formica V, Leone F, Calvetti L, Aprile G, Antonuzzo L, Urbano F, Prenen H, Negri F, Di Donato S, Buonandi P, Tomasello G, Avallone A, Zustovich F, Moretto R, Antoniotti C, Salvatore L, Calegari MA, Siena S, Morano F, Ongaro E, Cascinu S, Santini D, Ziranu P, Schirripa M, Buggin F, Prete AA, Depetris I, Biason P, Lonardi S, Zagonel V, Fassan M, Di Maio M. A validated prognostic classifier for V600EBRAF-mutated metastatic colorectal cancer: the 'BRAF BeCool' study. Eur J Cancer. 2019 Sep;118:121-130. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2019.06.008. Epub 2019 Jul 19.
  9. Salati M, Caputo F, Cunningham D, Marcheselli L, Spallanzani A, Rimini M, Gelsomino F, Reggiani-Bonetti L, Andrikou K, Rovinelli F, Smyth E, Baratelli C, Kouvelakis K, Kalaitzaki R, Gillbanks A, Michalarea V, Cascinu S, Braconi C. The A.L.A.N. score identifies prognostic classes in advanced biliary cancer patients receiving first-line chemotherapy.Eur J Cancer. 2019 Aug;117:84-90. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2019.05.030. Epub 2019 Jul 2.
  10. Casadei-Gardini A, Montagnani F, Casadei C, Arcadipane F, Andrikou K, Aloi D, Prete AA, Zampino MG, Argentiero A, Pugliese G, Martini S, Iorio GC, Scartozzi M, Mistrangelo M, Fornaro L, Cassoni P, Marisi G, Dell'Acqua V, Ravenda PS, Lonardi S, Silvestris N, De Bari B, Ricardi U, Cascinu S, Franco P. Immune inflammation indicators in anal cancer patients treated with concurrent chemoradiation: training and validation cohort with online calculator (ARC: Anal Cancer Response Classifier). Cancer Manag Res. 2019 Apr 26;11:3631-3642. doi: 10.2147/CMAR.S197349.
  11. Guaitoli G, Baldessari C, Bertolini F, Tomasello C, Cascinu S, Barbieri F.Are we ready to describe response or progression to immunotherapy in lung cancer? Crit Rev Oncol Hematol. 2019 Jun;138:112-119. doi: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2019.04.002. Epub 2019 Apr 4. Revie
  12. Giampieri R, Piva F, Occhipinti G, Bittoni A, Righetti A, Pagliaretta S, Murrone A, Bianchi F, Amantini C, Giulietti M, Ricci G, Principato G, Santoni G, Berardi R, Cascinu S. Clinical impact of different exosomes' protein expression in pancreatic ductal carcinoma patients treated with standard first line palliative chemotherapy. PLoS One. 2019 May 2;14(5):e0215990. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0215990. eCollection 2019.
  13. Schirripa M, Biason P, Lonardi S, Pella N, Pino MS, Urbano F, Antoniotti C, Cremolini C, Corallo S, Pietrantonio F, Gelsomino F, Cascinu S, Orlandi A, Munari G, Malapelle U, Saggio S, Fontanini G, Rugge M, Mescoli C, Lazzi S, Reggiani Bonetti L, Lanza G, Dei Tos AP, De Maglio G, Martini M, Bergamo F, Zagonel V, Loupakis F, Fassan M. Class 1, 2, and 3 BRAF-Mutated Metastatic Colorectal Cancer: A Detailed Clinical, Pathologic, and Molecular Characterization. Clin Cancer Res. 2019 Jul 1;25(13):3954-3961. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-19-0311. Epub 2019 Apr 9.
  14. De Matteis S, Scarpi E, Granato AM, Vespasiani-Gentilucci U, La Barba G, Foschi FG, Bandini E, Ghetti M, Marisi G, Cravero P, Gramantieri L, Cucchetti A, Ercolani G, Santini D, Frassineti GL, Faloppi L, Scartozzi M, Cascinu S, Casadei-Gardini A.  Role of SIRT-3, p-mTOR and HIF-1α in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Patients Affected by Metabolic Dysfunctions and in Chronic Treatment with Metformin.Int J Mol Sci. 2019 Mar 26;20(6). pii: E1503. doi: 10.3390/ijms20061503.
  15. Negri F, De Giorgi A, Gilli A, Azzoni C, Bottarelli L, Gnetti L, Goldoni M, Manotti L, Sgargi P, Michiara M, Leonardi F, Rindi G, Cascinu S, Silini EM. Impact of laterality and mucinous histology on relapse-free and overall survival in a registry-based colon cancer series. Sci Rep. 2019 Mar 6;9(1):3668. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-40096-6.
  16. Cascinu S, Poli D, Zaniboni A, Lonardi S, Labianca R, Sobrero A, Rosati G, Di Bartolomeo M, Scartozzi M, Zagonel V, Pella N, Banzi M, Torri V. The prognostic impact of primary tumour location in patients with stage II and stage III colon cancer receiving adjuvant therapy. A GISCAD analysis from three large randomised trials. Eur J Cancer. 2019 Apr;111:1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2019.01.020. Epub 2019 Feb 21.
  17. Spano C, Grisendi G, Golinelli G, Rossignoli F, Prapa M, Bestagno M, Candini O, Petrachi T, Recchia A, Miselli F, Rovesti G, Orsi G, Maiorana A, Manni P, Veronesi E, Piccinno MS, Murgia A, Pinelli M, Horwitz EM, Cascinu S, Conte P, Dominici M. Soluble TRAIL Armed Human MSC As Gene Therapy For Pancreatic Cancer. Sci Rep. 2019 Feb 11;9(1):1788. doi:
  18. Toss A, Venturelli M, Molinaro E, Pipitone S, Barbieri E, Marchi I, Tenedini E, Artuso L, Castellano S, Marino M, Tagliafico E, Razzaboni E, De Matteis E, Cascinu S, Cortesi L. Hereditary Pancreatic Cancer: A Retrospective Single-Center Study of 5143 Italian Families with History of BRCA-Related Malignancies. Cancers (Basel). 2019 Feb 7;11(2).
  19. Omarini C, Bettelli S, Caprera C, Manfredini S, Barbolini M, Moscetti L, Isca C, Toss A, Barbieri E, Cortesi L, Kaleci S, Maiorana A, Tazzioli G, Cascinu S, Piacentini F. Differential molecular pathways expression in HER2 positive early breast cancer according to hormone receptor status. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol. 2019 Jan 2.
  20. Salati M, Valeri N, Spallanzani A, Braconi C, Cascinu S. Oligometastatic gastric cancer: An emerging clinical entity with distinct therapeutic implications. Eur J Surg Oncol. 2018 Nov 10. pii: S0748-7983(18)31997-8.
  21. Gelsomino F, Spallanzani A, Orsi G, Caputo F, Santini C, Cascinu S. To resect or not to resect: The hamletic dilemma of primary tumor resection in patients with asymptomatic stage IV colorectal cancer. Crit Rev Oncol Hematol. 2018 Dec;132:154-160. Epub 2018 Oct 11.
  22. Malavasi VL, Fantecchi E, Gianolio L, Pesce F, Longo G, Marietta M, Cascinu S, Lip GYH, Boriani G. Atrial fibrillation in patients with active malignancy and use of anticoagulants: Under-prescription but no adverse impact on all-cause mortality. Eur J Intern Med. 2018 Oct 29. pii: S0953-6205(18)30405-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ejim.2018.10.012. [Epub ahead of print]
  23. Spallanzani A, Orsi G, Andrikou K, Gelsomino F, Rimini M, Riggi L, Cascinu S. Lenvatinib as a therapy for unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma. Expert Rev Anticancer Ther. 2018 Nov;18(11):1069-1076. doi: 10.1080/14737140.2018.1524297. Epub 2018 Sep 21.
  24. Van Cutsem E, Martinelli E, Cascinu S, Sobrero A, Banzi M, Seitz JF, Barone C, Ychou M, Peeters M, Brenner B, Hofheinz RD, Maiello E, André T, Spallanzani A, Garcia-Carbonero R, Arriaga YE, Verma U, Grothey A, Kappeler C, Miriyala A, Kalmus J, Falcone A, Zaniboni A. Regorafenib for Patients with Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Who Progressed After Standard Therapy: Results of the Large, Single-Arm, Open-Label Phase IIIb CONSIGN Study.Oncologist. 2018 Sep 6. pii: the oncologist.2018-0072. doi: 10.1634/theoncologist.2018-0072. [Epub ahead of print]
  25. Montroni I, Ugolini G, Saur NM, Spinelli A, Rostoft S, Millan M, Wolthuis A, Daniels IR, Hompes R, Penna M, Fürst A, Papamichael D, Desai AM, Cascinu S, Gèrard JP, Myint AS, Lemmens VEPP, Berho M, Lawler M, De Liguori Carino N, Potenti F, Nanni O, Altini M, Beets G, Rutten H, Winchester D, Wexner SD, Audisio RA. Personalized management of elderly patients with rectal cancer: Expert recommendations of the European Society of Surgical Oncology, European Society of Coloproctology, International Society of Geriatric Oncology, and American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer. Eur J Surg Oncol. 2018 Nov;44(11):1685-1702. doi: 10.1016/j.ejso.2018.08.003. Epub 2018 Aug 15. Review.
  26. Omarini C, Filieri ME, Bettelli S, Manfredini S, Kaleci S, Caprera C, Nasso C, Barbolini M, Guaitoli G, Moscetti L, Maiorana A, Conte PF, Cascinu S, Piacentini F. Mutational Profile of Metastatic Breast Cancer Tissue in Patients Treated with Exemestane Plus Everolimus. Biomed Res Int. 2018 Jul 24;2018:3756981. doi: 10.1155/2018/3756981. eCollection 2018.
  27. Cortesi L, Canossi B, Battista R, Pecchi A, Drago A, Dal Molin C, Toss A, De Matteis E, Marchi I, Torricelli P, Cascinu S. Breast ultrasonography (BU) in the screening protocol for women at hereditary-familial risk of breast cancer: has the time come to rethink the role of BU according to different risk categories? Int J Cancer. 2019 Mar 1;144(5):1001-1009. doi: 10.1002/ijc.31794. Epub 2018 Oct 4.
  28. Omarini C, Bettelli S, Caprera C, Manfredini S, Caggia F, Guaitoli G, Moscetti L, Toss A, Cortesi L, Kaleci S, Maiorana A, Cascinu S, Conte PF, Piacentini F. Clinical and molecular predictors of long-term response in HER2 positive metastatic breast cancer patients. Cancer Biol Ther. 2018;19(10):879-886. doi:
  29. Brunetti O, Aprile G, Marchetti P, Vasile E, Casadei Gardini A, Scartozzi M, Barni S, Delfanti S, De Vita F, Di Costanzo F, Milella M, Cella CA, Berardi R, Cataldo I, Scarpa A, Basile D, Mazzuca F, Graziano G, Argentiero A, Santini D, Reni M, Cascinu S, Silvestris N. Systemic Chemotherapy for Advanced Rare Pancreatic Histotype Tumors: A Retrospective Multicenter Analysis. Pancreas. 2018 Jul;47(6):759-771.
  30. Coccolini F, Nardi M, Montori G, Ceresoli M, Celotti A, Cascinu S, Fugazzola P, Tomasoni M, Glehen O, Catena F, Yonemura Y, Ansaloni L. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy in advanced gastric and esophago-gastric cancer. Meta-analysis of randomized trials. Int J Surg. 2018 Mar; 51:120-127.
  31. Tomasello C, Baldessari C, Napolitano M, Orsi G, Grizzi G, Bertolini F, Barbieri F, Cascinu S.Resistance to EGFR inhibitors in non-small cell lung cancer: Clinical management and future perspectives. Crit Rev Oncol Hematol. 2018 Mar;123:149-161.
  32. Santini D, Vincenzi B, Addeo R, Garufi C, Masi G, Scartozzi M, Mancuso A, Frezza AM, Venditti O, Imperatori M, Schiavon G, Bronte G, Cicero G, Recine F, Maiello E, Cascinu S, Russo A, Falcone A, Tonini G. Cetuximab rechallenge in metastatic colorectal cancer patients: how to come away from acquired resistance? Ann Oncol. 2017 Nov 1;28(11)
  33. Gelsomino F, Bertolini F, Luppi G, Spallanzani A, Pettorelli E, Reggiani Bonetti L, Meduri B, Manco G, Conte P, Cascinu S. A Dose-finding and Biomarker Evaluation Phase Ib Study of Everolimus in Association With 5-Fluorouracil and Pelvic Radiotherapy as Neoadjuvant Treatment of Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer (E-LARC Study). Clin Colorectal Cancer 2017;
  34. Berardi R, Torniai M, Pusceddu S, Spada F, Ibrahim T, Brizzi MP, Antonuzzo L, Ferolla P, Panzuto F, Silvestris N, Partelli S, Ferretti B, Freddari F, Gucciardino C, Testa E, Concas L, Murgioni S, Bongiovanni A, Zichi C, Riva N, Rinzivillo M, Brunetti O, Giustini L, Di Costanzo F, Delle Fave G, Fazio N, De Braud F, Falconi M, Cascinu S. Prognostic impact of the cumulative dose and dose intensity of everolimus in patients with pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors. Cancer Med. 2017 Jul;6(7):1493-1499.
  35. Demurtas L, Puzzoni M, Giampieri R, Ziranu P, Pusceddu V, Mandolesi A, Cremolini C, Masi G, Gelsomino F, Antoniotti C, Loretelli C, Meriggi F, Zaniboni A, Falcone A, Cascinu S, Scartozzi M. The role of primary tumour sidedness, EGFR gene copy number and EGFR promoter methylation in RAS/BRAF wild-type colorectal cancer patients receiving irinotecan/cetuximab. Br J Cancer. 2017 Jul 25;117(3):315-321.
  36. Di Costanzo GG, Casadei Gardini A, Marisi G, Foschi FG, Scartozzi M, Granata R, Faloppi L, Cascinu S, Silvestris N, Brunetti O, Palmieri VO, Ercolani G, Tortora R. Validation of a Simple Scoring System to Predict Sorafenib Effectiveness in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Target Oncol. 2017 Dec;12(6):795-803.
  37. Cascinu S, Rosati G, Nasti G, Lonardi S, Zaniboni A, Marchetti P, Leone F, Bilancia D, Iaffaioli RV, Zagonel V, Giordano M, Corsi DC, Ferraú F, Labianca R, Ronzoni M, Scartozzi M, Galli F; GISCAD investigators  Treatment sequence with either irinotecan/cetuximab followed by FOLFOX-4 or the reverse strategy in metastatic colorectal cancer patients progressing after first-line FOLFIRI/bevacizumab: An Italian Group for the Study of Gastrointestinal Cancer phase III, randomised trial comparing two sequences of therapy in colorectal metastatic patients. Eur J Cancer. 2017 Sep;83:106-115.
  38. Muro K, Cho JY, Bodoky G, Goswami C, Chao Y, Dos Santos LV, Shimada Y, Topuzov E, Van Cutsem E, Tabernero J, Zalcberg J, Chau I, Cascinu S, Cheng R, Hsu Y, Emig M, Orlando M, Fuchs C. Age does not influence efficacy of ramucirumab in advanced gastric cancer: Subgroup analyses of REGARD and RAINBOW. J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2017 Sep 29.
  39. Casadei Gardini A, Faloppi L, De Matteis S, Foschi FG, Silvestris N, Tovoli F, Palmieri V, Marisi G, Brunetti O, Vespasiani-Gentilucci U, Perrone G, Valgiusti M, Granato AM, Ercolani G, Negrini G, Tamburini E, Aprile G, Passardi A, Santini D, Cascinu S, Frassineti GL, Scartozzi M. Metformin and insulin impact on clinical outcome in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma receiving sorafenib: Validation study and biological rationale. Eur J Cancer. 2017 Nov; 86:106-114.
  40. Grandi G, Toss A, Cagnacci A, Marcheselli L, Pavesi S, Facchinetti F, Cascinu S, Cortesi L. Combined Hormonal Contraceptive Use and Risk of Breast Cancer in a Population of Women With a Family History. Clin Breast Cancer. 2018 Feb;18(1):e15-e24.
  41. Ponti G, Manfredini M, Greco S, Pellacani G, Depenni R, Tomasi A, Maccaferri M, Cascinu S. BRAF, NRAS and C-KIT Advanced Melanoma: Clinico-pathological Features, Targeted-Therapy Strategies and Survival. Anticancer Res. 2017 Dec;37(12):7043-7048.
  42. Salati M, Di Emidio K, Tarantino V, Cascinu S. Second-line treatments: moving towards an opportunity to improve survival in advanced gastric cancer? ESMO Open. 2017 Jul 19;2(3):e000206.
  43. Van Laethem J-L, Riess H, Jassem J, et al. Phase I/II Study of Refametinib (BAY 86-9766) in Combination with Gemcitabine in Advanced Pancreatic cancer. Targeted Oncology 2017; 12: 97–109
  44. Toss A, Venturelli M, Peterle C, Piacentini F, Cascinu S, Cortesi L. Molecular biomarkers for prediction of targeted therapy response in metastatic breast cancer: Trick or treat? International Journal of Molecular Sciences [Internet] 2017; 18.
  45. Toss A, Grandi G, Cagnacci A, et al. The impact of reproductive life on breast cancer risk in women with family history or BRCA mutation. Oncotarget 2017; 8: 9144–54
  46. Silvestris N, Brunetti O, Vasile E, et al. Multimodal treatment of resectable pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology 2017; 111: 152–65
  47. Petrelli F, Inno A, Barni S, et al. Borderline resectable pancreatic cancer: More than an anatomical concept. Digestive and Liver Disease 2017; 49: 223–6
  48. Orsi G, Barbolini M, Ficarra G, et al. GD2 expression in breast cancer. Oncotarget 2017; 8: 31592–600
  49. Omarini C, Guaitoli G, Noventa S, et al. Impact of time to surgery after neoadjuvant chemotherapy in operable breast cancer patients. European Journal of Surgical Oncology 2017; 43: 613–8
  50. Omarini C, Filieri ME, Depenni R, Grizzi G, Cascinu S, Piacentini F. Osteonecrosis of the Jaw in a Breast Cancer Patient Treated with Everolimus and a Single Dose of Zoledronic Acid. Breast Journal [Internet] 2017;
  51. Maur M, Omarini C, Piacentini F, Fontana A, Pettorelli E, Cascinu S. Metronomic capecitabine effectively blocks leptomeningeal carcinomatosis from breast cancer: A case report and literature review. American Journal of Case Reports 2017; 18: 208–11
  52. Laquente B, Lopez-Martin J, Richards D, et al. A phase II study to evaluate LY2603618 in combination with gemcitabine in pancreatic cancer patients. BMC Cancer [Internet] 2017; 17
  53. Giampieri R, Restivo A, Pusceddu V, et al. The Role of Aspirin as Antitumoral Agent for Heavily Pretreated Patients With Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Receiving Capecitabine Monotherapy. Clinical Colorectal Cancer 2017; 16: 38–43
  54. Giampieri R, Prete MD, Prochilo T, et al. Off-target effects and clinical outcome in metastatic colorectal cancer patients receiving regorafenib: The TRIBUTE analysis. Scientific Reports [Internet] 2017; 7
  55. Giampieri R, Maccaroni E, Mandolesi A, et al. Mismatch repair deficiency may affect clinical outcome through immune response activation in metastatic gastric cancer patients receiving first-line chemotherapy. Gastric Cancer 2017; 20: 156–63
  56. Gardini AC, Foca F, Scartozzi M, et al. Metronomic capecitabine versus best supportive care as second-line treatment in hepatocellular carcinoma: A retrospective study. Scientific Reports [Internet] 2017; 7
  57. Cascinu S. Anal cancer: from an orphan disease to a curable malignancy? The Lancet Oncology 2017; 18: 415–6
  58. Berardi R, Santoni M, Newsom-Davis T, et al. Hyponatremia normalization as an independent prognostic factor in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer treated with first-line therapy. Oncotarget 2017; 8: 23871–9
  59. Andrikou K, Peterle C, Pipitone S, Salati M, Cascinu S. Emerging antibodies for the treatment of pancreatic cancer. Expert Opinion on Emerging Drugs 2017; 22: 39–51
  60. Zagonel V, Torta R, Franciosi V, et al. Early integration of palliative care in oncology practice: Results of the Italian Association of Medical Oncology (AIOM) survey. Journal of Cancer 2016; 7: 1968–78
  61. Silvestris N, Longo V, Cellini F, et al. Neoadjuvant multimodal treatment of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology 2016; 98: 309–24
  62. Scartozzi M, Vincent L, Chiron M, Cascinu S. Aflibercept, a New Way to Target Angiogenesis in the Second Line Treatment of Metastatic Colorectal Cancer (mCRC). Targeted Oncology 2016; 11: 489–500
  63. Santoni M, Scarpelli M, Mazzucchelli R, et al. Current Histopathologic and Molecular Characterisations of Prostate Cancer: Towards Individualised Prognosis and Therapies. European Urology 2016; 69: 186–90
  64. Santini D, Santoni M, Conti A, et al. Risk of recurrence and conditional survival in complete responders treated with TKIs plus or less locoregional therapies for metastatic renal cell carcinoma. Oncotarget 2016; 7: 33381–90
  65. Rossana B, Silvia R, Mariangela T, et al. Gastrointestinal neuroendocrine tumors: Searching the optimal treatment strategy-A literature review. Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology 2016; 98: 264–74
  66. Price T, Kim TW, Li J, et al. Final results and outcomes by prior bevacizumab exposure, skin toxicity, and hypomagnesaemia from ASPECCT: randomized phase 3 non-inferiority study of panitumumab versus cetuximab in chemorefractory wild-type KRAS exon 2 metastatic colorectal cancer. European Journal of Cancer 2016; 68: 51–9
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  234. Di Costanzo F, Gasperoni S, Manzione L, et al. Adjuvant chemotherapy in completely resected gastric cancer: A randomized phase III trial conducted by GOIRC. Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2008; 100: 388–98
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  247. Grillo-Ruggieri F, Mantello G, Berardi R, et al. Mucinous rectal adenocarcinoma can be associated to tumor downstaging after preoperative chemoradiotherapy. Diseases of the Colon and Rectum 2007; 50: 1594–603
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  286. Graziano F, Cascinu S. Prognostic molecular markers for planning adjuvant chemotherapy trials in Duke’s B colorectal cancer patients: How much evidence is enough? Annals of Oncology 2003; 14: 1026–38
  287. Gaeta M, Blandino A, Pergolizzi S, et al. Patterns of recurrence of bronchioloalveolar cell carcinoma after surgical resection: A radiological, histological, and immunohistochemical study. Lung Cancer 2003; 42: 319–26
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  293. Cascinu S, Giordani P, Agostinelli R, et al. Pain and its treatment in hospitalized patients with metastatic cancer. Supportive Care in Cancer 2003; 11: 587–92
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  295. Cascinu S, Catalano V, Piga A, et al. The Role of Levamisole in the Adjuvant Treatment of Stage III Colon Cancer Patients: A Randomized Trial of 5-Fluorouracil and Levamisole Versus 5-Fluorouracil Alone. Cancer Investigation 2003; 21: 701–7
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  298. Merendino RA, Ruello A, Cascinu S, et al. Influence of 5-fluorouracil and folinic acid on interleukin-18 production in colorectal cancer patients. International Journal of Biological Markers 2002; 17: 63–6
  299. Lippe P, Silva RR, Giuliodori L, et al. Clinical benefit of gemcitabine-cisplatin in advanced non-small cell lung cancer elderly patients. Anticancer Research 2002; 22: 1053–9
  300. Humar B, Graziano F, Cascinu S, et al. Association of CDH1 haplotypes with susceptibility to sporadic diffuse gastric cancer. Oncogene 2002; 21: 8192–5
  301. Cascinu S, Graziano F, Ferraù F, et al. Raltitrexed plus oxaliplatin (TOMOX) as first-line chemotherapy for metastatic colorectal cancer. A phase II study of the Italian Group for the Study of Gastrointestinal Tract Carcinomas (GISCAD). Annals of Oncology 2002; 13: 716–20
  302. Cascinu S, Graziano F, Catalano V, et al. An analysis of p53, BAX and vascular endothelial growth factor expression in node-positive rectal cancer. Relationships with tumour recurrence and event-free survival of patients treated with adjuvant chemoradiation. British Journal of Cancer 2002; 86: 744–9
  303. Cascinu S, Franciosi V, Salvagni S, Gasparro D, Mare M, Camisa R. Pamidronate in the treatment of bone metastases [Il pamidronato nel trattamento delle metastasi ossee]. European Journal of Oncology 2002; 7: 21–4
  304. Cascinu S, Catalano V, Cordella L, et al. Neuroprotective effect of reduced glutathione on oxaliplatin-based chemotherapy in advanced colorectal cancer: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Journal of Clinical Oncology 2002; 20: 3478–83
  305. Cascinu S, Baldelli AM, Catalano V, et al. Infusional 5-fluorouracil, cisplatin and mitomycin C in advanced gastric cancer: A low cost effective regimen. British Journal of Cancer 2002; 86: 213–7
  306. Bozzetti C, Nizzoli R, Guazzi A, et al. Biological parameters on computed tomography guided fine needle aspiration biopsy from peripheral primary non-small cell lung cancer. Lung Cancer 2002; 35: 243–7
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  308. Aschele C, Debernardis D, Bandelloni R, et al. Thymidylate synthase protein expression in colorectal cancer metastases predicts for clinical outcome to leucovorin-modulated bolus or infusional 5-fluorouracil but not methotrexate-modulated bolus 5-fluorouracil. Annals of Oncology 2002; 13: 1882–92
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  310. Maisano R, Pergolizzi S, Cascinu S. Novel therapeutic approaches to cancer patients with bone metastasis. Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology 2001; 40: 239–50
  311. Graziano F, Catalano V, Baldelli AM, Cascinu S. Prognostic biomarkers in resected colorectal cancer: Implications for adjuvant chemotherapy. Expert Review of Anticancer Therapy 2001; 1: 247–57
  312. Graziano F, Cascinu S, Staccioli MP, et al. Potential role and chronology of abnormal expression of the Deleted in Colon Cancer (DCC) and the p53 proteins in the development of gastric cancer. BMC Cancer 2001; 1: 9
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  314. Casella G, Cacopardo E, Rovere G, Buda CA, Cascinu S, Baldini V. Cutaneous seeding after ultrasound-guided percutaneous ethanol injection for treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma. Journal of Clinical Ultrasound 2001; 29: 354–8
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  318. Cascinu S, Del Ferro E, Ligi M, et al. Inhibition of vascular endothelial growth factor by octreotide in colorectal cancer patients. Cancer Investigation 2001; 19: 8–12
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  325. Cascinu S, Ligi M, Del Ferro E, et al. Effects of calcium and vitamin supplementation on colon cell proliferation in colorectal cancer. Cancer Investigation 2000; 18: 411–6
  326. Cascinu S, Graziano F, Catalano V, et al. Prognostic value of S-Phase Fraction in T3N0M0 gastric cancer. Implications for adjuvant chemotherapy. Anticancer Research 2000; 20: 3839–42
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  332. Cascinu S, Silva RR, Labianca R, et al. A phase II study of Tomudex alternated with methotrexate, 5- fluorouracil, leucovorin in first-line chemotherapy of metastatic colorectal cancer. Annals of Oncology 1999; 10: 985–7
  333. Cascinu S, Silva RR, Barni S, et al. A combination of gemcitabine and 5-fluorouracil in advanced pancreatic cancer, a report from the Italian Group for the Study of Digestive Tract Cancer (GISCAD). British Journal of Cancer 1999; 80: 1595–8
  334. Cascinu S, Labianca R, Barni S, et al. Predictors of response to an intensive weekly chemotherapy in advanced gastric cancer patients. A report from the Italian Group for the Study of Digestive Tract Cancer (GISCAD). GI Cancer 1999; 3: 79–83
  335. Cascinu S, Graziano F, Catalano G. Chemotherapy for advanced pancreatic cancer: It may no longer be ignored. Annals of Oncology 1999; 10: 105–9
  336. Cascinu S, Giordani P, Quattrone A, et al. Intensive versus standard chemotherapy in elderly gastric cancer patients: A retrospective analysis. GI Cancer 1999; 3: 97–101
  337. Cascinu S, Giordani P, Catalano V, Agostinelli R, Catalano G. Resection-line involvement in gastric cancer patients undergoing curative resections: Implications for clinical management. Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology 1999; 29: 291–3
  338. Cascinu S, Gasparini G, Catalano V, et al. A phase I-II study of gemcitabine and docetaxel in advanced pancreatic cancer: A report from the Italian Group for the Study of Digestive Tract Cancer (GISCAD). Annals of Oncology 1999; 10: 1377–81
  339. Cascinu S, Frontini L, Comella G, et al. Intensive weekly chemotherapy is not effective in advanced pancreatic cancer patients: A report from the Italian Group for the Study of Digestive Tract Cancer (GISCAD). British Journal of Cancer 1999; 79: 491–4
  340. Cascinu S, Aschele C, Barni S, et al. Thymidylate synthase protein expression in advanced colon cancer: Correlation with the site of metastasis and the clinical response to leucovorin-modulated bolus 5-fluorouracil. Clinical Cancer Research 1999; 5: 1996–9
  341. Cascinu S, Ligi M, Graziano F, et al. S-phase fraction can predict event free survival in patients with pT2- T3N0M0 colorectal carcinoma: Implications for adjuvant chemotherapy. Cancer 1998; 83: 1081–5
  342. Cascinu S, Labianca R, Graziano F, et al. Intensive weekly chemotherapy for locally advanced gastric cancer using 5-fluorouracil, cisplatin, epidoxorubicin, 6S-leucovorin, glutathione and filgrastim: A report from the Italian Group for the Study of Digestive Tract Cancer (GISCAD). British Journal of Cancer 1998; 78: 390–3
  343. Cascinu S, Graziano F, Del Ferro E, et al. Expression of p53 protein and resistance to preoperative chemotherapy in locally advanced gastric carcinoma. Cancer 1998; 83: 1917–22
  344. Cascinu S, Graziano F, Cardarelli N, et al. Phase II study of paclitaxel in pretreated advanced gastric cancer. Anti-Cancer Drugs 1998; 9: 307–10
  345. Cascinu S, Graziano F, Alessandroni P, et al. Different doses of pamidronate in patients with painful osteolytic bone metastases. Supportive Care in Cancer 1998; 6: 139–43
  346. Cascinu S, Del Ferro E, Ligi M, et al. Cell kinetics and DNA distribution patterns determined by flow cytometry in early and advanced gastric cancer. GI Cancer 1998; 2: 197–201
  347. Cascinu S, Catalano V, Baldelli AM, et al. Locoregional treatments of unresectable liver metastases from colorectal cancer. Cancer Treatment Reviews 1998; 24: 3–14
  348. Cascinu S, Battelli N, Scartozzi M, Baldelli AM, Cellerino R. Symptomatic effects of methotrexate, 5fluorouracil and leucovorin in advanced colorectal cancer after failure of 5FU continuous infusion. GI Cancer 1998; 2: 203–6
  349. Labianca R, Cascinu S, Frontini L, et al. High-versus low-dose levo-leucovorin as a modulator of 5-fluorouracil in advanced colorectal cancer: A ‘GISCAD’ phase III study. Annals of Oncology 1997; 8: 169–74
  350. Cascinu S, Labianca R, Alessandroni P, et al. Intensive weekly chemotherapy for advanced gastric cancer using fluorouracil, cisplatin, epi-doxorubicin, 6S-leucovorin, glutathione, and filgrastim: A report from the Italian group for the study of digestive tract cancer. Journal of Clinical Oncology 1997; 15: 3313–9
  351. Cascinu S, Ficarelli R, Safi MAA, Graziano F, Catalano G, Cellerino R. A phase I study of paclitaxel and 5-fluorouracil in advanced gastric cancer. European Journal of Cancer 1997; 33: 1699–702
  352. Cascinu S, Del Ferro E, Ligi M, et al. Lack of correlation between octreotide dose and decrease of serum insulin growth factor-I in advanced colorectal cancer patients. GI Cancer 1997; 2: 139–42
  353. Cascinu S, Del Ferro E, Ligi M, Graziano F, Catalano G. The clinical impact of teniposide in the treatment of elderly patients with small-cell lung cancer. American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials 1997; 20: 477–8
  354. Cascinu S, Del Ferro E, Grianti C, et al. Inhibition of tumor cell kinetics and serum insulin growth factor I levels by octreotide in colorectal cancer patients. Gastroenterology 1997; 113: 767–72
  355. Cascinu S, Del Ferro E, Grianti C, et al. Measurements of cellular proliferation by 3H-thymidine-labeling index and flow cytometry in breast cancer patients. Oncology Reports 1997; 4: 539–41
  356. Cascinu S, Del Ferro E, Grianti C, Ligi M, Catalano G. S-Phase fraction and tumor aneuploidy in young patients with gastric carcinoma. GI Cancer 1997; 2: 149–52
  357. Cascinu S, Del Ferro E, Barbanti I, Ligi M, Fedeli A, Catalano G. Tumor markers in the diagnosis of malignant serous effusions. American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials 1997; 20: 247–50
  358. Cascinu S, Catalano V, Scartozzi M, Baldelli AM, Cellerino R. Liver metastases from colorectal cancer. Annals of Oncology 1997; 8: 393–9
  359. Cascinu S, Barni S, Labianca R, et al. Evaluation of factors influencing 5-fluorouracil-induced diarrhea in colorectal cancer patients. An Italian group for the study of digestive tract cancer (GISCAD) study. Supportive Care in Cancer 1997; 5: 314–7
  360. Piga A, Cascinu S, Latini L, et al. A phase II randomised trial of 5-fluorouracil with or without interferon alpha-2a in advanced colorectal cancer. British Journal of Cancer 1996; 74: 971–4
  361. Cavaletti G, Cascinu S, Venturino P, Tedeschi M, Tredici G. Neuroprotectant drugs in cisplatin neurotoxicity. Anticancer Research 1996; 16: 3149–59
  362. Cascinu S, Wadler S. Chemo-embolization in the treatment of liver metastases from colorectal cancer. Cancer Treatment Reviews 1996; 22: 355–63
  363. Cascinu S, Valentini G, Fiorentini G, Riggio S, Catalano G. Temporary small-gauge catheter for intraperitoneal chemotherapy: Indications and feasibility. Regional Cancer Treatment 1996; 9: 44–5
  364. Cascinu S, Ferro ED, Catalano G. Toxicity and therapeutic response to chemotherapy in patients aged 70 years or older with advanced cancer. American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials 1996; 19: 371–4
  365. Cascinu S, Del Ferro E, Ligi M, Graziano F, Castellani, Catalano G. Phase II trial of 13-cis retinoic acid plus interferon-a in advanced squamous cell carcinoma of head and neck, refractory to chemotherapy [4]. Annals of Oncology 1996; 7: 538–9
  366. Cascinu S, Del Ferro E, Ligi M, Catalano G. A phase I trial of 5-fluorouracil, leucovorin and interferon-a2b administered by 24 h infusion in metastatic colorectal carcinoma. Anti-Cancer Drugs 1996; 7: 520–4
  367. Cascinu S, Del Ferro E, Grianti C, Ligi M, Catalano G. S-phase fraction and tumor aneuploidy in colorectal carcinoma of young patients. Cancer 1996; 78: 1857–60
  368. Cascinu S, Del Ferro E, Catalano G. Different doses of granulocyte colony stimulating factor to support a weekly chemotherapeutic regimen in advanced gastric cancer: A randomized study. Anti-Cancer Drugs 1996; 7: 43–7
  369. Cascinu S, Casadei V, Del Ferro E, Alessandroni P, Catalano G. Pamidronate in patients with painful bone metastases, who failed initial treatment with hormones and/or chemotherapy. Supportive Care in Cancer 1996; 4: 31–3
  370. Cascinu S, Battelli N, Graziano F, et al. c-erbB-2 and common prognostic factors in breast cancer patients. Oncology Reports 1996; 3: 883–6
  371. Cascinu S, Alessandroni P, Rossi D, et al. Multimodal biochemical modulation of 5-fluorouracil by leucovorin, methotrexate, and interferon alpha in patients with advanced colorectal cancer. Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology 1996; 38: 385–6
  372. Cascinu S. Management of diarrhea induced by tumors or cancer therapy. Current Opinion in Oncology 1995; 7: 325–9
  373. Cascinu S. Drug therapy in diarrheal diseases in oncology/hematology patients. Critical Reviews in Oncology and Hematology 1995; 18: 37–50
  374. Cascinu S, Latini L, Fedeli A, et al. The clinical impact of FEM regimen (5-fluorouracil, 4-epidoxorubicin and mitomycin-C) in advanced gastric cancer patients. Anticancer Research 1995; 15: 2781–3
  375. Cascinu S, Garbugli S, Catalano G. Weekly 24-hour infusion with high-dose 5-fluorouracil and 6S-leucovorin as a second-line therapy in advanced colorectal cancer resistant to a 5-fluorouracil/6S-leucovorin bolus combination. Oncology Reports 1995; 2: 377–9
  376. Cascinu S, Del Ferro E, Grianti C, Fedeli A, Catalano G. Oral escalating dose of cyclosporin A combined with 4-epidoxorubicin in advanced colorectal cancer: A phase I study. Oncology Reports 1995; 2: 1033–5
  377. Cascinu S, Del Ferro E, Fedeli A, Ligi M, Alessandroni P, Catalano G. Recombinant human erythropoietin treatment in elderly cancer patients with cisplatin-associated anemia. Oncology 1995; 52: 422–6
  378. Cascinu S, Del Ferro E, Catalano G. A randomised trial of octreotide vs best supportive care only in advanced gastrointestinal cancer patients refractory to chemotherapy. British Journal of Cancer 1995; 71: 97–101
  379. Cascinu S, Cordella L, Del Ferro E, Fronzoni M, Catalano G. Neuroprotective effect of reduced glutathione on cisplatin-based chemotherapy in advanced gastric cancer: A randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial. Journal of Clinical Oncology 1995; 13: 26–32
  380. Cascinu S, Catalano G. Have enteric infections a role in 5-fluorouracil-associated diarrhea? Supportive Care in Cancer 1995; 3: 322–3
  381. Cascinu S, Catalano G. Escalating dose of tegafur combined with oral etoposide in metastatic gastric carcinoma. Anti-Cancer Drugs 1995; 6: 608–11
  382. Cascinu S, Catalano G, Cellerino R. Recombinant human erythropoietin in chemotherapy-associated anemia. Cancer Treatment Reviews 1995; 21: 553–64
  383. Labianca R, Giaccon G, Barni S, et al. Double modulation of 5-fluorouracil in advanced colorectal cancer with low-dose interferon-a2b and folinic acid. The ‘GISCAD’ experience. European Journal of Cancer 1994; 30: 1611–6
  384. Cascinu S, Valentini G, Fiorentini G, et al. Intraperitoneal carboplatin, etoposide and interferon alpha 2b in women with residual ovarian cancer confined to peritoneum after an intravenous cisplatin containing regimen chemotherapy. Regional Cancer Treatment 1994; 7: 47–50
  385. Cascinu S, Fedeli A, Fedeli SL, Catalano G. Oral cooling (cryotherapy), an effective treatment for the prevention of 5-fluorouracil-induced stomatitis. European Journal of Cancer Part B: Oral Oncology 1994; 30: 234–6
  386. Cascinu S, Fedeli A, Fedeli SL, Catalano G. Control of chemotherapy-induced diarrhea with octreotide: A randomized trial with placebo in patients receiving cisplatin. Oncology (Switzerland) 1994; 51: 70–3
  387. Cascinu S, Fedeli A, Fedeli SL, Catalano G. Cisplatin, 5-fluorouracil and interferon alpha 2b for recurrent or metastatic head and neck cancer. British Journal of Cancer 1994; 69: 392–3
  388. Cascinu S, Fedeli A, Del Ferro E, Luzi Fedeli S, Catalano G. Recombinant human erythropoietin treatment in cisplatin-associated anemia: A randomized, double-blind trial with placebo. Journal of Clinical Oncology 1994; 12: 1058–62
  389. Cascinu S, Fedeli A, Del Ferro E, Fedeli SL, Catalano G. Carboplatin associated anemia treated with subcutaneous erythropoietin. A pilot study. Oncology Reports 1994; 1: 169–72
  390. Cascinu S, Fedeli A, Catalano G. Etoposide, leucovorin, 5-fluorouracil and interferon alpha-2b in elderly gastric cancer patients: a pilot study. Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology 1994; 34: 72–4
  391. Cascinu S, Del Ferro E, Ligi M, Sani F, Grianti C, Catalano G. Correlation among [3H]thymidine, flow cytometry and proliferating cell nuclear antigen indices in colorectal tumours. Oncology Reports 1994; 1: 1229–32
  392. Cascinu S, Isidori PP, Fedeli SL, et al. A phase 1 study of carboplatin and a-2 interferon in patients with malignant pleural effusions. Cancer Journal 1993; 6: 330–3
  393. Cascinu S, Ferro ED, Fedeli A, et al. Cytokinetic Effects of Interferon in Colorectal Cancer Tiimors: Implications in the Design of the Interferon/5-fluorouracil Combinations. Cancer Research 1993; 53: 5429–32
  394. Cascinu S, Fedeli A, Luzi Fedeli S, Catalano G. Cisplatin-associated anaemia treated with subcutaneous erythropoietin. A pilot study. British Journal of Cancer 1993; 67: 156–8
  395. Cascinu S, Fedeli A, Luzi Fedeli S, Catalano G. 5-Fluorouracil, leucovorin and interferon alpha 2b in advanced pancreatic cancer: A pilot study. Annals of Oncology 1993; 4: 83–4
  396. Cascinu S, Fedeli A, Fedeli SL, Catalano G. Octreotide versus loperamide in the treatment of fluorouracil-induced diarrhea: A randomized trial. Journal of Clinical Oncology 1993; 11: 148–51
  397. Cascinu S, Fedeli A, Fedeli SL, Catalano G. Intensive weekly chemotherapy for advanced gastric cancer using 5- fluorouracil, cisplatin, epi-doxorubicin, 6S-leucovorin and granulocyte- colony stimulating factor. International Journal of Oncology 1993; 3: 535–8
  398. Cascinu S, Fedeli A, Fedeli SL, Catalano G. Cisplatin treatment in cancer patients with hyperbilirubinemia due to secondary liver involvement. Cancer Journal 1993; 6: 151–3
  399. Cascinu S, Fedeli A, Catalano G. Breast cancer developing after therapy for Hodgkin’s disease. Clinical Oncology 1993; 5: 61–2
  400. Cascinu S, Fedelil A, Luzi Fedeli S, Catalano G. Double biochemical modulation of 5-fluorouracil by leucovorin and cyclic low dose interferon alpha 2b in advanced colorectal cancer patients. Annals of Oncology 1992; 3: 489–91
  401. Cascinu S, Fedeli A, Luzi Fedeli S, Catalano G. Treatment of elderly advanced gastric cancer patients with 5-fluorouracil and leucovorin combination. Journal of Chemotherapy 1992; 4: 185–8
  402. Cascinu S, Fedeli A, Luzi Fedeli S, Catalano G. Salvage chemotherapy in colorectal cancer patients with good performance status and young age after failure of 5-fluoroacil/leucovorin combination. Journal of Chemotherapy 1992; 4: 46–9
  403. Cascinu S, Fedeli A, Luzi Fedeli S, Catalano G. 5-Fluorouracil dose intensity increase in 5-fluorouracil and leucovorin combination: results of a phase II study. Journal of Chemotherapy 1991; 3: 51–4
  404. Cascinu S, Fedeli A, Fedeli SL, Catalano G. Treatment of metastatic renal cell carcinoma with daily high dose of alpha 2b interferon. A phase II study. Cancer Journal 1991; 4: 388–90

 

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