Prevention, early diagnosis, research and innovative therapies. Thanks to these arms, tumors today are less and less fearful. The sixth edition of the volume “The numbers of cancer in Italy” highlights the quality of our helpful system: the survival in our Country is aligned with the European average and for many types of tumor is […]

It is estimated that in 2016, in Italy, will be diagnosed 365.800 new tumor cases, of which 189.600 (54%) in men and 176.200 (46%) in women. Overall, in our Country about 1.000 people receive a new tumor diagnosis every day. Excluding skin carcinomas (not melanomas), the most frequent tumor, in the total of men and […]

Lung cancer is the main cause of cancer deaths all over the world. The surgery is the standard treatment for the early stage of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC). However, from 30% to 80% of these patients die within 5 years after diagnosis. The circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) is carrier of the pathological characteristics of […]

Biopsy is the most commonly used test to diagnose tumor. Usually, it consists in a tissue sample analysed later by microscope and represents one of the main instruments in doctors’ hands to discover many valuable information about the disease. Thanks to the expert eyes of the pathologist, in fact, from a little piece of tumor […]

  Circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) study as new non-invasive test for tumor diagnosis and surveillance is a topic of great interest. CtDNA sequencing is a powerful information instrument in the specialist’s hand, same as tissue biopsy. Circulating tumor DNA was detected also during non-invasive prenatal tests and in over 75% of cancer patients who participated […]

  Gastrointestinal neoplasms are among the main causes of death for cancer all over the world. Like all tumors, they are characterised by an accumulation of mutations that lead to the inactivation of tumor suppressor genes or to the activation of oncogenes. Progress in molecular biology techniques allowed a more accurate analysis of tumors genetic […]