AMARO , Adriana Agnese

Simple Summary Uveal melanoma is a rare and aggressive disease. G alpha-proteins GNAQ and GNA11 are driver mutations that activate MAP kinase and YAP/TAZ pathways. BAP1 loss and monosomy of chromosome 3 are present in patients with high risk of metastasis. MEK-inhibitors do not significantly block UM progression. Combinations of the MEK...

Prostate cancer (PCa), the second most common cancer affecting men worldwide, shows a broad spectrum of biological and clinical behaviour representing the epiphenomenon of an extreme heterogeneity. Androgen deprivation therapy is the mainstay of treatment for advanced forms but after few years the majority of patients progress to...