About the Authors

Roberta Grande

robertagrande@virgilio.it

Affiliation Medical Oncology Unit, ASL Frosinone, Frosinone, Italy

Clara Natoli

Affiliation Medical Oncology Unit, G. D'Annunzio University-Chieti, Chieti, Italy

Fabrizio Ciancola

Affiliation Medical Oncology Unit, La Sapienza University-Rome, Rome, Italy

Donatello Gemma

Affiliation Medical Oncology Unit, ASL Frosinone, Frosinone, Italy

Arianna Pellegrino

Affiliation Medical Oncology Unit, San Pietro Fatebenefratelli Hospital, Rome, Italy

Ida Pavese

Affiliation Medical Oncology Unit, San Pietro Fatebenefratelli Hospital, Rome, Italy

Carlo Garufi

Affiliation Medical Oncology Unit, Regina Elena Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy

Luigi Di Lauro

Affiliation Medical Oncology Unit, Regina Elena Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy

Domenico Corsi

Affiliation Medical Oncology Unit, S. Giovanni Calibita Fatebenefratelli Hospital, Isola Tiberina-Rome, Rome, Italy

Diego Signorelli

Affiliation Medical Oncology Unit, S. Giovanni Calibita Fatebenefratelli Hospital, Isola Tiberina-Rome, Rome, Italy

Isabella Sperduti

Affiliation Department of Bio-Statistics, Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy

Giada Cortese

Affiliation Medical Oncology Unit, G. D'Annunzio University-Chieti, Chieti, Italy

Emanuela Risi

Affiliation Medical Oncology Unit, La Sapienza University-Rome, Rome, Italy

Federica Morano

Affiliation Medical Oncology Unit, La Sapienza University-Rome, Rome, Italy

Domenico Sergi

Affiliation Medical Oncology Unit, Regina Elena Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy

Carlo Signorelli

Affiliation Medical Oncology Unit, Belcolle Hospital, Viterbo, Italy

Enzo Maria Ruggeri

Affiliation Medical Oncology Unit, Belcolle Hospital, Viterbo, Italy

Germano Zampa

Affiliation Medical Oncology Unit ASL RM/A, Rome, Italy

Marco Russano

Affiliation Medical Oncology Unit, Campus Biomedico University, Rome, Italy

Teresa Gamucci

Affiliation Medical Oncology Unit, ASL Frosinone, Frosinone, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RG TG. Performed the experiments: RG FC DG AP IP LDL EMR GZ CG DC D. Signorelli IS GC ER FM D. Sergi CS MR. Analyzed the data: RG IS TG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RG IS. Wrote the paper: RG CN CG.