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Editor-in-chief
Maria Stella Graziani

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Martina Zaninotto

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Ferruccio Ceriotti
Davide Giavarina
Bruna Lo Sasso
Giampaolo Merlini
Martina Montagnana
Andrea Mosca
Paola Pezzati
Rossella Tomaiuolo
Matteo Vidali

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Francesco Busardò

International Advisory Board Khosrow Adeli Canada
Sergio Bernardini Italy
Marcello Ciaccio Italy
Eleftherios Diamandis Canada
Philippe Gillery France
Kjell Grankvist Sweden
Hans Jacobs The Netherlands
Eric Kilpatrick UK
Magdalena Krintus Poland
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Giuseppe Agosta

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Chiara Riva
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ISSN print: 0393 – 0564
ISSN digital: 0392- 7091



BC: Articoli scritti da M. Del Re

Oncologia di precisione: la terminologia è importante.
Precision oncology: when the metrics does matter.
<p>Precision oncology can be considered as the application of &quot;Precision Medicine&quot; to the management of cancerpatients. Although this new chapter of the modern medicine is really exciting and many clinicians and researchers arespending some efforts in the setting of tests and clinical trials able to identify new potential biomarkers, theidentification of the specific oncogenic mutation driving the tumor growth and giving a chance of target-selective drug,still remains challenging. Sometimes the term precision medicine as wee as precision oncology can be consideredtoo simplistic: in practice, indeed, some important issues like the genetic heterogeneity of tumors, the complexity ofpathways used by different tumors, and the inevitable development of drug resistance, are not considered as a partof complete patients&rsquo; disease evolution. Therefore, in order to guide clinicians and laboratory community to harmonizethe metrics surrounding the precision oncology path, a glossary has been defined by an intersociety group. Thepresent joint document has been elaborated by the following scientific societies: Italian Society of Clinical Chemistry(SIBioC), Italian Association of Medical Oncology, Italian Association of Clinical Pathology (SIAPEC), Italian Societyof Farmacology (SIF) and is aimed to allow the research and clinical communities to familiarize with new conceptsand terminologies which are not often well defined. We underline as, in the management of the paths related to theprecision oncology, the terminology is fundamental, both for the scientific aspects and for those related to thecommunication with the patients. Therefore, below is a glossary that can be useful to all specialists in the clinical area,basic and translational research.</p>
Biochimica Clinica ; 43(3) 339-347
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Raccomandazioni per l’esecuzione di indagini molecolari su biopsia liquida in oncologia
Reccomendations for using of molecular assays on liquid biopsy: the first document provided by intersociety Group AIOM, SIF, SIAPEC-IAP, SIBioC.
<p>Liquid biopsy in cancer patients is mainly based on the analysis of circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) enriched from biological fluids. This approach has more recently been proposed for the detection of oncogenic alterations in blood, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), or urine through the use of sensitive technologies, mainly digital PCR (ddPCR) and massive parallel sequencing (MPS). Liquid biopsies have the advantage of overcoming some of the drawbacks associated with tumor biopsies, being blood samples easy to obtain from patients. Plasma ctDNA may better represent the total landscape of oncogenic alterations found across all tumor sites. Several commercially available liquid biopsy platforms based on MPS technology are currently analytically validated, with sensitivities, specificities, false negative rates, false positive rates, positive predictive values, and negative predictive values evaluated in comparison with tissue. The specificity of ctDNA is generally high while the sensitivity varies between different platforms. However, these data have not yet led to the incorporation of ctDNA into<br />routine clinical practice. The present Reccomandation represents a synthesis of the main evidences supporting use of liquid biopsy based assays in clinical setting. This inter-society approved document was prepared by a panel of expert belonging to four scientific societies who tried to provide the main useful information for the implementation of liquid biopsy-based test in clinical and laboratory practice.</p>
Biochimica Clinica ; 43(1) 106-114
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