Melanoma
Identifying biomarkers to predict therapy with the lowest rate of collaterals
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Secretary
Giandomenico Russo
IST. DERMOPATICO IMMACOLATA ROMA
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Clinical Coordinator
Paolo Ascierto
IRCCS FOND. PASCALE NAPOLI
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Pre-Clinical Coordinator
Licia Rivoltini
INT MILANO
The Melanoma Working Group is a team of expert doctors and researchers; its primary purpose is to identify biomarkers to predict therapeutic response 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 skincare and where the WG’s laboratories and operational secretariat are located.
The Melanoma WG can count on the synergy generated with fifteen other IRCCS that, united in the network, have access to a third of the new cases/year in Italy (about 4,000) and 1,300 patients already in therapy.
The starting point for the work of the Melanoma WG is the characterization of genomic alterations of tumours in the current clinical routine: only a few genes – out of the hundreds altered – are commonly analyzed, and not all patients have access to these analyses. The use of new generation technologies (Next Generation Sequencing, NGS) enables the WG to perform rapid, cost-effective and large-scale sequencing of the genome to identify the best therapeutic strategy for each patient– which is very useful for the selection of the most appropriate therapy for each patient.
The clinical coordinator Paolo Ascierto from the Pascale Institute in Naples, and the preclinical coordinator Licia Rivoltini from the National Tumour Institute in Milan, both national and international points of reference on the subject, also contributed to the work.
Team
- Pre-Clinical
- Clinicians
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INT MILANO
Monica Rodolfo
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OSP. POL. S. MARTINO GENOVA
Paola Ghiorzo
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IDI ROMA
Gian Domenico Russo, Stefania D’Atri
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IRE ROMA
Italia Falcone
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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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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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IRCCS CANDIOLO
Valentina Comunanza
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IRCCS CANDIOLO
Federico Bussolino
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IRCCS AOU BOLOGNA
Manuela Ferracin
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IRCCS AOU BOLOGNA
Dario De Biase
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IRCCS AOU BOLOGNA
Simona Ferrari
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IRCCS CROB
Giuseppina Improta
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IRCCS IRST MELDOLA
Jenny Bulgarelli
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IRCCS IRST MELDOLA
Marcella Tazzari
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IRCCS CANDIOLO
Chiara Lazzari
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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
Francesco De Rosa
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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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OSP. POL. S. MARTINO GENOVA
Ferdinando Cafiero
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OSP. POL. S. MARTINO GENOVA
Francesco Spagnolo
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IRCCS AOU BOLOGNA
Emi Dika
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IRCCS S. RAFFAELE MI
Alessandra Bulotta