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Paola Ghiorzo

University of Genoa, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa
Verified email at unige.it
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Comprehensive Study of the Clinical Phenotype of Germline BAP1 Variant-Carrying Families Worldwide

…, R Ossio, A de Klein, S Puig, P Ghiorzo… - JNCI: Journal of the …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Background The BRCA1-associated protein-1 (BAP1) tumor predisposition syndrome (BAP1-
TPDS) is a hereditary tumor syndrome caused by germline pathogenic variants in BAP1 …

BRAF-mutant melanoma: treatment approaches, resistance mechanisms, and diagnostic strategies

F Spagnolo, P Ghiorzo, L Orgiano… - OncoTargets and …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
BRAF inhibitors vemurafenib and dabrafenib achieved improved overall survival over
chemotherapy and have been approved for the treatment of BRAF-mutated metastatic …

[HTML][HTML] Overcoming resistance to BRAF inhibition in BRAF-mutated metastatic melanoma

F Spagnolo, P Ghiorzo, P Queirolo - Oncotarget, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Almost 50% of metastatic melanoma patients harbor a BRAF V600 mutation andthe
introduction of BRAF inhibitors has improved their treatment options. BRAF inhibitors …

A SUMOylation-defective MITF germline mutation predisposes to melanoma and renal carcinoma

…, S Gad, S Richard, J Couturier, BT Teh, P Ghiorzo… - Nature, 2011 - nature.com
So far, no common environmental and/or phenotypic factor has been associated with
melanoma and renal cell carcinoma (RCC). The known risk factors for melanoma include …

Genome-wide association study identifies three loci associated with melanoma risk

…, T Dębniak, G Galore-Haskel, P Ghiorzo… - Nature …, 2009 - nature.com
We report a genome-wide association study of melanoma conducted by the GenoMEL
consortium based on 317K tagging SNPs for 1,650 selected cases and 4,336 controls, with …

Features associated with germline CDKN2A mutations: a GenoMEL study of melanoma-prone families from three continents

…, A Chompret, F Cuellar, DE Elder, P Ghiorzo… - Journal of medical …, 2007 - jmg.bmj.com
Background: The major factors individually reported to be associated with an increased
frequency of CDKN2A mutations are increased number of patients with melanoma in a …

High-risk melanoma susceptibility genes and pancreatic cancer, neural system tumors, and uveal melanoma across GenoMEL

…, LA Cannon Albright, F Demenais, DE Elder, P Ghiorzo… - Cancer research, 2006 - AACR
GenoMEL, comprising major familial melanoma research groups from North America,
Europe, Asia, and Australia has created the largest familial melanoma sample yet available …

Geographical variation in the penetrance of CDKN2A mutations for melanoma

…, BB Paillerets, A Chompret, P Ghiorzo… - Journal of the …, 2002 - academic.oup.com
Background: Germline mutations in the CDKN2A gene, which encodes two proteins
(p16INK4A and p14ARF), are the most common cause of inherited susceptibility to …

Rare missense variants in POT1 predispose to familial cutaneous malignant melanoma

…, M Rotunno, D Calista, MC Fargnoli, P Ghiorzo… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Although CDKN2A is the most frequent high-risk melanoma susceptibility gene, the
underlying genetic factors for most melanoma-prone families remain unknown. Using whole …

Genome-wide association study identifies three new melanoma susceptibility loci

…, DF Easton, E Friedman, P Galan, P Ghiorzo… - Nature …, 2011 - nature.com
We report a genome-wide association study for melanoma that was conducted by the
GenoMEL Consortium. Our discovery phase included 2,981 individuals with melanoma and …