NUZZO , Pier Vitale

We retrospectively investigated the prognostic significance of periostin, an extracellular matrix protein, in tumor biopsy samples of 215 patients with prostate cancer. We found that periostin expression can predict the outcome of specific subgroups of patients. In addition to the prostate-specific antigen level and/or Gleason score, the...

: Liquid biopsy has the potential to drastically change clinical practice, paving the way to a novel non-invasive approach for cancer diagnosis and treatment. One of the limitations for the implementation of liquid biopsy in clinical practice is the lack of shared and reproducible standard operating procedures (SOPs) for sample collection,...