About the Authors

Vito Michele Garrisi

vito.m.garrisi@oncologico.bari.it

Affiliation Clinical Experimental Oncology Department, National Cancer Research Centre, Istituto Tumori “Giovanni Paolo II”, Bari, Italy

Antonio Tufaro

Affiliation Clinical Experimental Oncology Department, National Cancer Research Centre, Istituto Tumori “Giovanni Paolo II”, Bari, Italy

Paolo Trerotoli

Affiliation Biomedical Science and Human Oncology Department, University of Bari Medical School, Bari, Italy

Italia Bongarzone

Affiliation Experimental Oncology and Laboratory Department, IRCCS Foundation Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milano, Italy

Michele Quaranta

Affiliation Clinical Experimental Oncology Department, National Cancer Research Centre, Istituto Tumori “Giovanni Paolo II”, Bari, Italy

Vincenzo Ventrella

Affiliation Women's Department, National Cancer Research Centre, Istituto Tumori “Giovanni Paolo II”, Bari, Italy

Stefania Tommasi

Affiliation Clinical Experimental Oncology Department, National Cancer Research Centre, Istituto Tumori “Giovanni Paolo II”, Bari, Italy

Gianluigi Giannelli

Affiliation Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, Section of Internal Medicine Allergology and Immunology, University of Bari Medical School, Bari, Italy

Angelo Paradiso

Affiliation Scientific Directorate, National Cancer Research Centre, Istituto Tumori “Giovanni Paolo II”, Bari, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AP GG VMG. Performed the experiments: VMG. Analyzed the data: VMG PT. Wrote the paper: VMG AP GG. Selected population: VV AT. Supervised research: ST. Shared observations and provided critical reading of manuscript: IB MQ.