Project description:Despite a pathological complete response, risk-of-relapse remains a challenge for most of epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) patients and an ad-hoc predictor can be a valuable clinical tool. We developed a 35 miRNAs-based predictor of Risk of Ovarian Cancer Relapse (MiROvaR) using a training set of patients from MITO-2 (Multicentre Italian Trials in Ovarian Cancer-2; Pignata S et al. J Clin Oncol. 2011 Sep 20). MiROvaR performance was confirmed in two independent validation cohorts.
Project description:Despite a pathological complete response, risk-of-relapse remains a challenge for most of epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) patients and an ad-hoc predictor can be a valuable clinical tool. We developed a 35 miRNAs-based predictor of Risk of Ovarian Cancer Relapse (MiROvaR) using a training set of patients from MITO-2 (Multicentre Italian Trials in Ovarian Cancer-2; Pignata S et al. J Clin Oncol. 2011 Sep 20). MiROvaR performance was confirmed in two independent validation cohorts.
Project description:A set of 45 surgical specimens has been profiled for miRNA expression to validate miRNA alterations associated to early relapse in advanced stage ovarian cancer patients.
Project description:A set of 45 surgical specimens has been profiled for miRNA expression to validate miRNA alterations associated to early relapse in advanced stage ovarian cancer patients. Fresh frozen samples were collected from a series of consecutive patients with high-grade advanced stage ovarian cancer who underwent primary surgery at INT-Milan. After surgery all patients received postoperative platinum-based chemotherapy. All patients signed an Institutional Review Board approved consent for bio-banking, clinical data collection and molecular analysis. Clinical codes: Histotype: according to WHO classification guidelines Stage: according to International Federation of Gynecological and Obstetrics (FIGO) guidelines Grading: according to WHO classification guidelines Debulking: NED: not evident disease; mRD: minimal residual disease; GRD: gross residual disease Therapy code: P: Platinum without taxanes; PT: Platinum/paclitaxel
Project description:The aim of our study is to develop a miRNA marker panel prognostic of 5-year survival in early-stage OSCC patients. We assessed differential expression of miRNAs genome-wide via deep sequencing in 100 tumor tissue samples. We also attempted to identify deregulated miRNA expression signatures that may serve as the prognostic markers.