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List of works by Giuseppe Altavilla

A novel HPLC method for the determination of mitoxantrone in pharmaceutical formulations

scientific article published on 01 December 1992

A study of endometrial adenocarcinoma treated with tamoxifen by scanning and transmission electron microscopy

Adjuvant chemotherapy of pT1a and pT1b breast carcinoma: results from the NEMESI study

scientific article

Alectinib: a selective, next-generation ALK inhibitor for treatment of ALK-rearranged non-small-cell lung cancer

scientific article published on 5 February 2015

An acute-leukaemia-like picture due to breast carcinoma cells

scientific article published on 01 June 2006

Annual increase in the frequency of papillary thyroid carcinoma as diagnosed by fine-needle aspiration at a cytology unit in Sicily

scientific article

Antiblastic treatment of advanced cervical carcinoma and its recurrences: assessment of four different polychemotherapies used for a decade

scientific article published in January 1989

Apelin beyond kidney failure and hyponatremia: a useful biomarker for cancer disease progression evaluation.

scientific article

Behavior of serum sialic acid levels at various stages of neoplastic disease

Bleomycin, epirubicin, carboplatin (BECA) in the treatment of recurrent and/or metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck

scientific article

Circulating mitotic figures in a patient with dual infection by Epstein-Barr virus and cytomegalovirus.

scientific article published on 28 June 2013

Cisplatin induces a mitochondrial-ROS response that contributes to cytotoxicity depending on mitochondrial redox status and bioenergetic functions

scientific article (publication date: 2013)

Cisplatin-gemcitabine combination in advanced non-small-cell lung cancer: a phase II study

scientific article

Clodronate and radiotherapy for the treatment of osteolysis caused by metastasis of breast carcinoma and non-small cell lung carcinoma. A retrospective study

scientific article published on October 1990

Concurrent carboplatin and radiotherapy in the treatment of squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck, stage IV. Preliminary data of a phase II study

scientific article published on December 1995

Dasatinib induces a response in chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

scientific article published in January 2009

Efficacy of clindamycin phosphate and benzoyl peroxide gel (DUAC(®) ) in the treatment of EGFR inhibitors-associated acneiform eruption.

scientific article

Efficacy of two oral dose regimens of granisetron

scientific article published on 01 September 1995

Efficacy, tolerability and impact on quality of life of clindamycin phosphate and benzoyl peroxide for the treatment of cetuximab-associated acneiform eruption in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer

scientific article published on 27 August 2015

Erlotinib in a patient with acute myelogenous leukemia and concomitant non-small-cell lung cancer.

scientific article published in July 2008

Erlotinib therapy in a patient with non-small-cell lung cancer and brain metastases.

scientific article published on 20 June 2008

Erlotinib versus standard chemotherapy as first-line treatment for European patients with advanced EGFR mutation-positive non-small-cell lung cancer (EURTAC): a multicentre, open-label, randomised phase 3 trial

scientific article

Etoposide, l-leucovorin and fluorouracil (ELF) regimen in metastatic gastric cancer: a phase II study

scientific article published in February 1999

Evaluation of quality of life of patients submitted to cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy for peritoneal carcinosis of gastrointestinal and ovarian origin and identification of factors influencing outcome

scientific article published on 01 January 2009

Extramedullary plasmacytoma presented as a non-functional invasive pituitary macro-adenoma

scientific article published on 01 June 2008

Fatal Hepatocellular Carcinoma in a Patient with Occult Hepatitis B Virus Infection following the Administration of R-CHOP for Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma

scientific article published on 26 December 2012

From the bench to the bed: individualizing treatment in non-small-cell lung cancer

scientific article

Gemcitabine as single agent in the treatment of elderly patients with advanced non small cell lung cancer.

scientific article

Gene expression profiling does not identify molecular subgroup among nodal peripheral T-cell lymphomas

scientific article published on 01 October 2007

HCV genotype 2 as a risk factor for reactivation in patients with B-cell lymphoma undergoing rituximab combination chemotherapy.

scientific article published on 8 March 2010

How cells respond to interferons

scientific article published on 19 July 2010

Imatinib-induced apoptosis in the eosinophils of patients with a hypereosinophilic syndrome: a surrogate marker of response?

scientific article published on 15 September 2006

Increased annual frequency of Hashimoto's thyroiditis between years 1988 and 2007 at a cytological unit of Sicily

scientific article

Interleukin-2 and lymphokine-activated killer cell therapy in patients with relapsed B-cell lymphoma treated with rituximab

scientific article published on 01 September 2007

Isolation of breast cancer and gastric cancer circulating tumor cells by use of an anti HER2-based microfluidic device

scientific article

Moving towards molecular-guided treatments: erlotinib and clinical outcomes in non-small-cell lung cancer patients

scientific article

Myelodysplastic syndrome appearing during imatinib mesylate therapy in a patient with GIST.

scientific article published on 13 May 2009

Natural killer cells infiltrating human nonsmall-cell lung cancer are enriched in CD56 bright CD16(-) cells and display an impaired capability to kill tumor cells

scientific article published on 01 February 2008

Necrotizing fasciitis as a rare complication of osteonecrosis of the jaw in a patient with multiple myeloma treated with lenalidomide: case report and review of the literature

scientific article published on 05 March 2014

Older people with non small cell lung cancer in clinical stage IIIA and co-morbid conditions. Is curative irradiation feasible? Final results of a prospective study

scientific article published on 01 August 2002

Ondansetron plus dexamethasone in the control of high dose cisplatin-induced emesis

scientific article published on 01 February 1993

PIK3CA mutations and BRCA1 expression in breast cancer: potential biomarkers for chemoresistance

scientific article published on December 2008

Palliative treatment of rectosigmoid tumors by endoscopic electrocoagulation

scientific article published in April 1988

Pattern and quality of care of cancer pain management. Results from the Cancer Pain Outcome Research Study Group

scientific article published on 28 April 2009

Peritoneal carcinomatosis of colorectal origin.

scientific article

Personalized treatment of early-stage non-small-cell lung cancer: the challenging role of EGFR inhibitors

scientific article published on January 2015

Pharmacogenetics in tumors of the lung

scientific article published in March 2004

Pharmacogenomics in non-small-cell lung cancer chemotherapy

scientific article published on 16 March 2009

Pharmacogenomics of gemcitabine in non-small-cell lung cancer and other solid tumors

scientific article published on January 2009

Phase III randomized study of fluorouracil, epirubicin, and cyclophosphamide v fluorouracil, doxorubicin, and cyclophosphamide in advanced breast cancer: an Italian multicentre trial

scientific article published on 01 June 1988

Phase III randomized trial comparing three platinum-based doublets in advanced non-small-cell lung cancer.

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Physician-assessed and patient-reported outcome measures in chemotherapy-induced sensory peripheral neurotoxicity: two sides of the same coin

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Pitfalls of positron emission tomography for assessing relapse in Hodgkin's disease: a case report.

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Pretreatment quality of life and functional status assessment significantly predict survival of elderly patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer receiving chemotherapy: a prognostic analysis of the multicenter Italian lung cancer in the eld

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Prospective multicenter study of combined treatment with chemotherapy and radiotherapy in breast cancer women with the rare clinical scenario of ipsilateral supraclavicular node recurrence without distant metastases.

scientific article published on 30 January 2006

Questionable validity of cardiac risk score on the basis of the NSABP B-31 model

scientific article published on 6 May 2013

Rasch-built Overall Disability Scale for patients with chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN-R-ODS).

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Response to dasatinib in a patient with SQCC of the lung harboring a discoid-receptor-2 and synchronous chronic myelogenous leukemia.

scientific article published on 9 August 2013

Risk of occult hepatitis B virus infection reactivation in patients with solid tumours undergoing chemotherapy.

scientific article published on 11 March 2013

Risk of second malignant neoplasm among patients with lymphoma

scientific article published on 29 August 2011

Salvage therapy for primary central nervous system lymphoma with (90)Y-Ibritumomab and Temozolomide.

scientific article

Secondary Leukemia in a non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Patient Presenting as Myeloid Sarcoma of the Breast

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Serum levels of copper and zinc in patients with lung cancer

scientific article published in November 1985

Severe pulmonary complications after bortezomib treatment for multiple myeloma: an unrecognized pulmonary vasculitis?

scientific article published on 28 November 2006

Should the use of surveillance imaging in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma be discontinued?

scientific article published on 23 March 2015

Significance of P16INK4A hypermethylation gene in primary head/neck and colorectal tumors: it is a specific tissue event? Results of a 3-year GOIM (Gruppo Oncologico dell'Italia Meridionale) prospective study

scientific article published on 01 June 2006

Sternal metastasis as initial presentation of a unknown rectal cancer

scientific article published on 28 January 2004

Supportive care in patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer.

scientific article published on September 2003

Surgical treatment for congestive heart failure with autologous adult stem cell transplantation

scientific article published on 01 May 2006

Temozolomide-induced shrinkage of a pituitary carcinoma causing Cushing's disease--report of a case and literature review.

scientific article

The chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy outcome measures standardization study: from consensus to the first validity and reliability findings

scientific article published on 21 August 2012

The role of vindesine and lonidamine in the treatment of elderly patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer: a phase III randomized FONICAP trial. Italian Lung Cancer Task Force

scientific article published on 01 May 1999

The treatment of peritoneal carcinomatosis in elderly patients.

scientific article published on 19 May 2010

The treatment of recurrent and metastatic cervical carcinoma. Evaluation of an antiblastic combination of methotrexate-adriamycin-bleomycin (MAB)

scientific article published on 01 April 1985

Thyroid function, autoimmunity and nodules in hematological malignancies

scientific article published on 01 June 2015

Thyroid metastasis of clear cell renal carcinoma: Report of a case.

scientific article published in October 2009

Tyrosine kinase inhibitors for non-small-cell lung cancer: finding patients who will be responsive

scientific article published on June 2011

Unusual relapse of hepatocellular carcinoma

scientific article published on 01 September 1992

VP16, epirubicin and procarbazine in the treatment of advanced non-small-cell lung cancer

scientific article published on 01 April 1989

Validation of a LC method for the analysis of oxaliplatin in a pharmaceutical formulation using an experimental design

scientific article

Venous damage prevention by defibrotide in vinorelbine-treated patients.

scientific article published on 16 May 2003

Visceral leishmaniasis after alemtuzumab in a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia.

scientific article published on 25 July 2011

[186Re]HEDP in the palliation of painful bone metastases from cancers other than prostate and breast

scientific article published on December 2006

[Effects of synthetic salmon calcitonin in the treatment of bone lesions of the neoplastic type]

scientific article published on 01 February 1982

[Malignant paraganglioma of the carotid body. Clinical, morphological, histochemical and ultrastructural findings in a case]

scientific article published on 01 August 1981

[Pathological tolerance to glucose and breast neoplasia]

scientific article published on 01 May 1984