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Gefitinib in combination with oral topotecan and cyclophosphamide in relapsed neuroblastoma: pharmacological rationale and clinical response.

Donfrancesco A, De Ioris MA, McDowell HP, De Pasquale MD, Ilari I, Jenkner A, Castellano A, Cialfi S, De Laurentis C, Dominici C.

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Metastatic retinoblastoma: single institution experience over two decades.

Cozza R, De Ioris MA, Ilari I, Devito R, Fidani P, De Sio L, Demelas F, Romanzo A, Donfrancesco A.

Br J Ophthalmol. 2009 Sep;93(9):1163-6. Epub 2009 Jun 24.PMID: 19556217 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Rhabdomyosarcoma associated hypertrophic osteoarthropathy in a child: detection by bone scintigraphy.

Garganese MC, De Sio L, Serra A, De Ioris MA, Bock C, Donfrancesco A, Ciofetta G.

Clin Nucl Med. 2009 Mar;34(3):155-7.PMID: 19352278 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Pancreatitis as an unusual presentation of rhabdomyosarcoma.

De Pasquale MD, De Ioris MA, Serra A, Pessolano R, Donfrancesco A, De Sio L.

Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2009 Jul;52(7):879-80.PMID: 19213073 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Epithelioid osteosarcoma of the jaw.

Cozza R, Devito R, De Ioris MA, Zama M, Boldrini R, Fidani P, Donfrancesco A.

Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2009 Jul;52(7):877-9.PMID: 19202567 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Deregulated expression of miR-26a and Ezh2 in rhabdomyosarcoma.

Ciarapica R, Russo G, Verginelli F, Raimondi L, Donfrancesco A, Rota R, Giordano A.

Cell Cycle. 2009 Jan 1;8(1):172-5. Epub 2009 Jan 30. No abstract available. PMID: 19106613 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

A multimodal strategy based on surgery, radiotherapy, ICE regimen and high dose chemotherapy in atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumours: a single institution experience.

Fidani P, De Ioris MA, Serra A, De Sio L, Ilari I, Cozza R, Boldrini R, Milano GM, Garrè ML, Donfrancesco A.

J Neurooncol. 2009 Apr;92(2):177-83. Epub 2008 Nov 29.PMID: 19048188 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Improvement of physical and psychological symptoms after breast reduction.

Rogliani M, Gentile P, Labardi L, Donfrancesco A, Cervelli V.

J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2009 Dec;62(12):1647-9. Epub 2008 Oct 23.PMID: 18951077 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Complete second look operation and radiotherapy in locally advanced non-alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma in children: A report from the AIEOP soft tissue sarcoma committee.

Cecchetto G, Carretto E, Bisogno G, Dall'Igna P, Ferrari A, Scarzello G, Donfrancesco A, Alaggio R, Indolfi P, Carli M.

Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2008 Nov;51(5):593-7.PMID: 18668515 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Clinical significance of CXC chemokine receptor-4 and c-Met in childhood rhabdomyosarcoma.

Diomedi-Camassei F, McDowell HP, De Ioris MA, Uccini S, Altavista P, Raschellà G, Vitali R, Mannarino O, De Sio L, Cozzi DA, Donfrancesco A, Inserra A, Callea F, Dominici C.

Clin Cancer Res. 2008 Jul 1;14(13):4119-27.PMID: 18593989 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Antagomir-17-5p abolishes the growth of therapy-resistant neuroblastoma through p21 and BIM.

Fontana L, Fiori ME, Albini S, Cifaldi L, Giovinazzi S, Forloni M, Boldrini R, Donfrancesco A, Federici V, Giacomini P, Peschle C, Fruci D.

PLoS One. 2008 May 21;3(5):e2236.PMID: 18493594 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Improved survival for children with parameningeal rhabdomyosarcoma: results from the AIEOP soft tissue sarcoma committee.

Bisogno G, De Rossi C, Gamboa Y, Sotti G, Ferrari A, Dallorso S, Donfrancesco A, Cecchetto G, Calderone M, Gandola L, Rosolen A, Carli M.

Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2008 Jun;50(6):1154-8.PMID: 18300319 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Immunomagnetic selection of progenitor cells from peripheral blood after thawing with an automatic system in a pediatric patient with a neuroblastoma.

Zinno F, Landi F, Aureli V, Donfrancesco A, Isacchi G.

Transfusion. 2008 Mar;48(3):550-2. Epub 2007 Dec 7.PMID: 18067494 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Prolonged response to oral gefitinib, cyclophosphamide, and topotecan in heavily pretreated relapsed stage 4 neuroblastoma: a case report.

Donfrancesco A, Jenkner A, De Ioris MA, Ilari I, Castellano A, De Laurentis C, Garganese MC, Milano GM, Dominici C.

J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2007 Nov;29(11):799-803.PMID: 17984703 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Augmentation rhinoplasty with autologous grafts.

Bottini DJ, Gentile P, Donfrancesco A, Fiumara L, Cervelli V.

Aesthetic Plast Surg. 2008 Jan;32(1):136-42.PMID: 17962991 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Acquired amnesia in childhood: a single case study.

Vicari S, Menghini D, Di Paola M, Serra L, Donfrancesco A, Fidani P, Milano GM, Carlesimo GA.

Neuropsychologia. 2007 Mar 2;45(4):704-15. Epub 2006 Sep 20.PMID: 16989873 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Morphological and molecular assessment of apoptotic mechanisms in peripheral neuroblastic tumours.

Uccini S, Colarossi C, Scarpino S, Boldrini R, Natali PG, Nicotra MR, Perla FM, Mannarino O, Altavista P, Boglino C, Cappelli CA, Cozzi D, Donfrancesco A, Kokai G, Losty PD, McDowell HP, Dominici C.

Br J Cancer. 2006 Jul 3;95(1):49-55. Epub 2006 Jun 6.PMID: 16755292 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Prognostic factors in pleuro-pulmonary blastoma.

Indolfi P, Bisogno G, Casale F, Cecchetto G, De Salvo G, Ferrari A, Donfrancesco A, Donofrio V, Martone A, Di Martino M, Di Tullio MT.

Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2007 Mar;48(3):318-23.PMID: 16619221 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

High histologic and overall response to dose intensification of ifosfamide, carboplatin, and etoposide with cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, and vincristine in patients with high-risk Ewing sarcoma family tumors: the Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital experience.

Milano GM, Cozza R, Ilari I, De Sio L, Boldrini R, Jenkner A, De Ioris M, Inserra A, Dominici C, Donfrancesco A.

Cancer. 2006 Apr 15;106(8):1838-45. Erratum in: Cancer. 2006 Sep 15;107(6):1421. PMID: 16532434 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

[Buschke Loewenstein tumor of the anus-rectum: clinical caseload]

Apice N, Donfrancesco A, Bruscoli A, Beverati M, Sansoni B.

Suppl Tumori. 2005 May-Jun;4(3):S200. Italian. No abstract available. PMID: 16437986 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Pulmonary blastomas of childhood: histologic, immunohistochemical, ultrastructural aspects and therapeutic considerations.

Boldrini R, Devito R, Diomedi-Camassei F, Francalanci P, Inserra A, Boglino C, Donfrancesco A, Jenkner A, Callea F.

Ultrastruct Pathol. 2005 Nov-Dec;29(6):493-501.PMID: 16316950 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

[Shall bowel obstruction caused by phytobezoar. Case report]

Toccaceli S, Donfrancesco A, Stella LP, Diana M, Dandolo R, Di Schino C.

G Chir. 2005 May;26(5):218-20. Italian. PMID: 16184707 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Detection and clinical significance of disseminated tumour cells at diagnosis in bone marrow of children with localised rhabdomyosarcoma.

McDowell HP, Donfrancesco A, Milano GM, Clerico A, Mannarino O, Altavista P, Boldrini R, Cozza R, Inserra A, Dominici C.

Eur J Cancer. 2005 Oct;41(15):2288-96.PMID: 16169716 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Temozolomide in resistant or relapsed pediatric solid tumors.

De Sio L, Milano GM, Castellano A, Jenkner A, Fidani P, Dominici C, Donfrancesco A.

Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2006 Jul;47(1):30-6. Erratum in: Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2006 Oct 15;47(5):647-8. PMID: 16047361 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Sandplay in Jungian analysis: matter and symbolic integration.

Castellana F, Donfrancesco A.

J Anal Psychol. 2005 Jun;50(3):367-82.PMID: 15926956 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Outcomes and prognostic factors after recurrence in children and adolescents with nonmetastatic rhabdomyosarcoma.

Mazzoleni S, Bisogno G, Garaventa A, Cecchetto G, Ferrari A, Sotti G, Donfrancesco A, Madon E, Casula L, Carli M; Associazione Italiana di Ematologia e Oncologia Pediatrica Soft Tissue Sarcoma Committee.

Cancer. 2005 Jul 1;104(1):183-90.PMID: 15895378 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Clinical and molecular evidence for c-kit receptor as a therapeutic target in neuroblastic tumors.

Uccini S, Mannarino O, McDowell HP, Pauser U, Vitali R, Natali PG, Altavista P, Andreano T, Coco S, Boldrini R, Bosco S, Clerico A, Cozzi D, Donfrancesco A, Inserra A, Kokai G, Losty PD, Nicotra MR, Raschellà G, Tonini GP, Dominici C.

Clin Cancer Res. 2005 Jan 1;11(1):380-9.PMID: 15671569 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Antibiotic lock with vancomycin and urokinase can successfully treat colonized central venous catheters in pediatric cancer patients.

De Sio L, Jenkner A, Milano GM, Ilari I, Fidani P, Castellano A, Gareri R, Donfrancesco A.

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2004 Oct;23(10):963-5.PMID: 15602201 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

[Emergency surgery for colorectal cancer: our experience]

Toccaceli S, Stella LP, Diana M, Dandolo R, Donfrancesco A.

Chir Ital. 2004 Sep-Oct;56(5):661-7. Review. Italian. PMID: 15553437 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Different pattern of matrix metalloproteinases expression in alveolar versus embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma.

Diomedi-Camassei F, Boldrini R, Ravà L, Donfrancesco A, Boglino C, Messina E, Dominici C, Callea F.

J Pediatr Surg. 2004 Nov;39(11):1673-9.PMID: 15547833 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

A single-institution Wilms' tumor and localized neuroblastoma series.

Boglino C, Inserra A, Madafferi S, Jenkner A, Diomedi Camassei F, Boldrini R, Donfrancesco A.

Acta Paediatr Suppl. 2004 May;93(445):74-7.PMID: 15176726 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Ifosfamide/carboplatin/etoposide (ICE) as front-line, topotecan/cyclophosphamide as second-line and oral temozolomide as third-line treatment for advanced neuroblastoma over one year of age.

Donfrancesco A, Jenkner A, Castellano A, Ilari I, Milano GM, De Sio L, Cozza R, Fidani P, Deb G, De Laurentis C, Inserra A, Dominici C.

Acta Paediatr Suppl. 2004 May;93(445):6-11.PMID: 15176712 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Expression of glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor and neurturin in mature kidney, nephrogenic rests, and nephroblastoma: possible role as differentiating factors.

Camassei FD, Boldrini R, Jenkner A, Inserra A, Donfrancesco A, Rava L, Dominici C.

Pediatr Dev Pathol. 2003 Nov-Dec;6(6):511-9.PMID: 15018450 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Tumor lysis syndrome and neuroblastoma.

Milano GM, De Sio L, Cozza R, Donfrancesco A.

Med Pediatr Oncol. 2003 Dec;41(6):592. No abstract available. PMID: 14595729 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

c-Kit is preferentially expressed in MYCN-amplified neuroblastoma and its effect on cell proliferation is inhibited in vitro by STI-571.

Vitali R, Cesi V, Nicotra MR, McDowell HP, Donfrancesco A, Mannarino O, Natali PG, Raschellà G, Dominici C.

Int J Cancer. 2003 Aug 20;106(2):147-52.PMID: 12800187 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Expression of the lipogenic enzyme fatty acid synthase (FAS) in retinoblastoma and its correlation with tumor aggressiveness.

Camassei FD, Cozza R, Acquaviva A, Jenkner A, Ravà L, Gareri R, Donfrancesco A, Bosman C, Vadalà P, Hadjistilianou T, Boldrini R.

Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2003 Jun;44(6):2399-403.PMID: 12766036 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Neuroblastic tumors associated with opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome: histological, immunohistochemical and molecular features of 15 Italian cases.

Gambini C, Conte M, Bernini G, Angelini P, Pession A, Paolucci P, Donfrancesco A, Veneselli E, Mazzocco K, Tonini GP, Raffaghello L, Dominici C, Morando A, Negri F, Favre A, De Bernardi B, Pistoia V.

Virchows Arch. 2003 Jun;442(6):555-62. Epub 2003 Apr 23.PMID: 12709798 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Disseminated neuroblastoma in children older than one year at diagnosis: comparable results with three consecutive high-dose protocols adopted by the Italian Co-Operative Group for Neuroblastoma.

De Bernardi B, Nicolas B, Boni L, Indolfi P, Carli M, Cordero Di Montezemolo L, Donfrancesco A, Pession A, Provenzi M, di Cataldo A, Rizzo A, Tonini GP, Dallorso S, Conte M, Gambini C, Garaventa A, Bonetti F, Zanazzo A, D'Angelo P, Bruzzi P; Italian Co-Operative Group for Neuroblastoma.

J Clin Oncol. 2003 Apr 15;21(8):1592-601.PMID: 12697885 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Expression of the lipogenic enzyme fatty acid synthase (FAS) as a predictor of poor outcome in nephroblastoma: an interinstitutional study.

Camassei FD, Jenkner A, Ravà L, Bosman C, Francalanci P, Donfrancesco A, Alò PL, Boldrini R.

Med Pediatr Oncol. 2003 May;40(5):302-8.PMID: 12652618 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Nephroblastoma: multidrug-resistance P-glycoprotein expression in tumor cells and intratumoral capillary endothelial cells.

Camassei FD, Arancia G, Cianfriglia M, Bosman C, Francalanci P, Ravà L, Jenkner A, Donfrancesco A, Boldrini R.

Am J Clin Pathol. 2002 Mar;117(3):484-90.PMID: 11888090 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Nephroblastoma. DNA characteristics and their modifications induced by prenephrectomy chemotherapy: a cytofluorimetric study.

Camassei FD, Ferlini C, Jenkner A, Bosman C, Biselli R, Donfrancesco A, Boldrini R.

Pediatr Pathol Mol Med. 2002 Jan-Feb;21(1):15-23.PMID: 11842975 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Hemangioendothelioma: successful therapy with interferon-alpha: a study in Association with the Italian Pediatric Haematology/Oncology Society (AIEOP).

Deb G, Donfrancesco A, Ilari I, De Sio L, Milano GM, Ghitti C, Fontana G, Sandri A, Helson L.

Med Pediatr Oncol. 2002 Feb;38(2):118-9. No abstract available. PMID: 11813178 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Id2 is critical for cellular proliferation and is the oncogenic effector of N-myc in human neuroblastoma.

Lasorella A, Boldrini R, Dominici C, Donfrancesco A, Yokota Y, Inserra A, Iavarone A.

Cancer Res. 2002 Jan 1;62(1):301-6.PMID: 11782392 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Sternal lesions in children.

Donfrancesco A, Ilari I, Miano C.

Med Pediatr Oncol. 2001 Dec;37(6):558. No abstract available. PMID: 11745901 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Glutathione transferase P1 polymorphism in neuroblastoma studied by endonuclease restriction mapping.

Bellincampi L, Ballerini S, Bernardini S, Inserra A, Marchetti P, Boglino C, Donfrancesco A, Federici G.

Clin Chem Lab Med. 2001 Sep;39(9):830-5.PMID: 11601682 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

111 renal neoplasms of childhood: a clinicopathologic study.

Jenkner A, Camassei FD, Boldrini R, de Sio L, Ravà L, Bosman C, Boglino C, Donfrancesco A.

J Pediatr Surg. 2001 Oct;36(10):1522-7.PMID: 11584401 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Carboplatin and doxorubicin (CARDOX) for nonmetastatic hepatoblastoma: a discouraging pilot study.

Dall'Igna P, Cecchetto G, Dominici C, Donfrancesco A, Carli M, Indolfi P, Guglielmi M, Perilongo G.

Med Pediatr Oncol. 2001 Feb;36(2):332-4. No abstract available. PMID: 11452948 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Neuroblastoma with symptomatic spinal cord compression at diagnosis: treatment and results with 76 cases.

De Bernardi B, Pianca C, Pistamiglio P, Veneselli E, Viscardi E, Pession A, Alvisi P, Carli M, Donfrancesco A, Casale F, Giuliano MG, di Montezemolo LC, Di Cataldo A, Lo Curto M, Bagnulo S, Schumacher RF, Tamburini A, Garaventa A, Clemente L, Bruzzi P.

J Clin Oncol. 2001 Jan 1;19(1):183-90.PMID: 11134211 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Pierre Robin syndrome and Wilms tumor: an unusual association.

Camassei FD, Jenkner A, Bertini E, Bosman C, Donfrancesco A, Boldrini R.

Med Pediatr Oncol. 2000 Jul;35(1):83-4. No abstract available. PMID: 10881015 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in childhood: report from the bone marrow transplantation group of the Associazione Italiana Ematologia Oncologia Pediatrica (AIEOP).

Pession A, Rondelli R, Paolucci P, Pastore G, Dini G, Bonetti F, Madon E, Mandelli F, Zanesco L, Uderzo C, Prete A, Rabusin M, Ugazio A, Di Bartolomeo P, Favre C, Bojd-Faulkner L, Poggi V, Luksch R, Donfrancesco A, Argiolu F, La Nasa G, Amici A, Locatelli F.

Haematologica. 2000 Jun;85(6):638-46.PMID: 10870122 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article