ZAMBONI , Giuseppe

: Neuroendocrine neoplasms of the small intestine are some of the most frequently occurring along the gastrointestinal tract, even though their incidence is extremely variable according to specific sites. Jejunal-ileal neuroendocrine neoplasms account for about 27% of gastrointestinal NETs making them the second most frequent NET type. The aim...

Immunotherapy with checkpoint inhibitors, allowing recovery of effector cells function, has demonstrated to be highly effective in many tumor types and represents a true revolution in oncology. Recently, the anti-PD1 agent pembrolizumab was granted FDA approval for the first line treatment of patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer...

Introduction: Determination of programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1) expression defines eligibility for treatment with pembrolizumab in patients with advanced NSCLC. This study was designed to better define which value across core biopsy specimens from the same case more closely reflects the PD-L1 expression status on whole sections and how many...