About the Authors

Annarosa Del Mistro

Affiliation Immunology and Diagnostic Molecular Oncology Unit, Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV IRCCS, Padua, Italy

Helena Frayle

Affiliation Immunology and Diagnostic Molecular Oncology Unit, Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV IRCCS, Padua, Italy

Martina Rizzi

Affiliation Immunology and Diagnostic Molecular Oncology Unit, Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV IRCCS, Padua, Italy

Gianpiero Fantin

Affiliation Maternal and Child Department, Local Health Unit 7, Pieve di Soligo-Conegliano, Conegliano, Treviso, Italy

Antonio Ferro

Affiliation Prevention Department, Local Health Unit 17, Este-Monselice, Este, Padua, Italy

Paolo Matteo Angeletti

Affiliation Department of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy

Paolo Giorgi Rossi

Affiliation Interinstitutional Epidemiology Unit, Local Health Authority, Reggio Emilia, Italy; Arcispedale S. Maria Nuova Research Hospital, IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy

Emma Altobelli

emma.altobelli@cc.univaq.it

Affiliation Department of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy; Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit, AUSL Teramo, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: EA PGR ADM. Data curation: GF AF. Formal analysis: EA. Investigation: ADM HF MR. Methodology: EA PGR. Project administration: EA ADM. Resources: EA ADM. Software: EA PMA. Supervision: EA ADM PGR. Validation: EA ADM HF MR. Visualization: EA ADM PGR. Writing – original draft: EA ADM PGR. Writing – review & editing: EA ADM PGR.