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Diego Ferone

Diego Ferone

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Medicine

D-Index
75
Citations
19995
World Ranking
19139
National Ranking
768

Overview

Diego Ferone is affiliated with the University of Genoa in Italy. Their research centers predominantly on medicine, with particular focus on endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism, as well as epidemiology, oncology, neurology, and surgery. This multidisciplinary approach supports extensive investigations into complex clinical conditions.

Key research topics in Ferone's body of work include:

  • Pituitary Gland Disorders and Treatments
  • Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances
  • Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors
  • Lung Cancer Research Studies
  • Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments
  • Adrenal and Paraganglionic Tumors
  • Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment

Frequent publication venues for Ferone span several journals dedicated to endocrinology and related biomedical fields:

  • Endocrine Abstracts
  • Journal of Endocrinological Investigation
  • Journal of the Endocrine Society
  • L Endocrinologo
  • European Journal of Endocrinology

Collaborations appear significant in Ferone's research, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Federico Gatto (50 co-authored publications)
  • Manuela Albertelli (31 co-authored publications)
  • Federica Nista (25 co-authored publications)
  • Fredrik Tiberg (19 co-authored publications)
  • Mara Boschetti (17 co-authored publications)

Notable recent publications demonstrate involvement in neuroendocrine tumor studies as well as metabolic and diagnostic criteria research. Selected recent papers include:

  • "[177Lu]Lu-DOTA-TATE plus long-acting octreotide versus high-dose long-acting octreotide for the treatment of newly diagnosed, advanced grade 2-3, well-differentiated, gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumours (NETTER-2): an open-label, randomised, phase 3 study" (2024, The Lancet)
  • "Consensus on criteria for acromegaly diagnosis and remission" (2023, Pituitary)
  • "Vitamin D and Lung Outcomes in Elderly COVID-19 Patients" (2021, Nutrients)
  • "[177Lu]Lu-DOTA-TATE in newly diagnosed patients with advanced grade 2 and grade 3, well-differentiated gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors: Primary analysis of the phase 3 randomized NETTER-2 study." (2024, Journal of Clinical Oncology)
  • "Present and future of immunotherapy in Neuroendocrine Tumors" (2021, Reviews in Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders)

This profile reflects an active research career within clinical and translational medicine, with emphases on neuroendocrine tumors, pituitary disorders, and hormone-related pathologies.

Best Publications

  • Systemic complications of acromegaly: epidemiology, pathogenesis, and management.

    Annamaria Colao;Diego Ferone;Paolo Marzullo;Gaetano Lombardi

  • Pulmonary neuroendocrine (carcinoid) tumors: European Neuroendocrine Tumor Society expert consensus and recommendations for best practice for typical and atypical pulmonary carcinoids

    Martyn E. Caplin;E. Baudin;P. Ferolla;P. Filosso

  • Persistence of increased cardiovascular risk in patients with Cushing's disease after five years of successful cure.

    Annamaria Colao;Rosario Pivonello;Stefano Spiezia;Antongiulio Faggiano

  • ENETS Consensus Guidelines Update for Gastroduodenal Neuroendocrine Neoplasms.

    G. Delle Fave;D. O'Toole;Anders Sundin;B. Taal

  • Well-differentiated pancreatic tumor/carcinoma: Insulinoma

    Wouter W. de Herder;Bruno Niederle;Jean-Yves Scoazec;Stanislas Pauwels

  • Long-term effects of depot long-acting somatostatin analog octreotide on hormone levels and tumor mass in acromegaly.

    Annamaria Colao;Diego Ferone;Paolo Marzullo;Paolo Cappabianca

  • Prolactinomas resistant to standard dopamine agonists respond to chronic cabergoline treatment

    Annamaria Colao;Antonella Di Sarno;Francesca Sarnacchiaro;Diego Ferone

  • ENETS Consensus Guidelines Update for Colorectal Neuroendocrine Neoplasms

    J. K. Ramage;W. W. De Herder;G. Delle Fave;P. Ferolla

  • ENETS consensus guidelines for the standards of care in neuroendocrine tumors: Biochemical markers

    Kjell Oberg;Anne Couvelard;Gianfranco Delle Fave;David Gross

  • Dopamine receptor expression and function in corticotroph pituitary tumors

    Rosario Pivonello;Diego Ferone;Wouter W. de Herder;Johan M. Kros

  • A Consensus on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Acromegaly Comorbidities: An Update.

    Andrea Giustina;Ariel Barkan;Albert Beckers;Nienke Biermasz

  • Secondary diabetes associated with principal endocrinopathies: the impact of new treatment modalities.

    Eugenia Resmini;Francesco Minuto;Annamaria Colao;Diego Ferone

  • Effect of Octreotide Pretreatment on Surgical Outcome in Acromegaly

    Annamaria Colao;Diego Ferone;Paolo Cappabianca;Maria Laura del Basso De Caro

  • Systemic hypertension and impaired glucose tolerance are independently correlated to the severity of the acromegalic cardiomyopathy.

    Annamaria Colao;Roberto Baldelli;Paolo Marzullo;Elisabetta Ferretti

  • Acromegaly at diagnosis in 3173 patients from the Liège Acromegaly Survey (LAS) Database

    Patrick Petrossians;Adrian F Daly;Emil Natchev;Luigi Maione

  • Effect of Different Dopaminergic Agents in the Treatment of Acromegaly

    Annamaria Colao;Diego Ferone;Paolo Marzullo;Antonella Di Sarno

  • Novel insights in dopamine receptor physiology.

    Rosario Pivonello;Diego Ferone;Gaetano Lombardi;Annamaria Colao

  • ENETS Consensus Guidelines for the Standards of Care in Neuroendocrine Tumors: Pre- and Perioperative Therapy in Patients with Neuroendocrine Tumors

    Gregory Kaltsas;Martyn Caplin;Philippa Davies;Diego Ferone

  • Extensive personal experience: Acromegaly

    A. Colao;B. Merola;D. Ferone;G. Lombardi

  • ENETS consensus guidelines for the standards of care in neuroendocrine tumors: Somatostatin receptor imaging with IIIIn-pentetreotide

    Dirk Jan Kwekkeboom;Eric Krenning;Klemens Scheidhauer;Val Lewington

Frequent Co-Authors

Annamaria Colao
Annamaria Colao University of Naples Federico II
Gaetano Lombardi
Gaetano Lombardi University of Naples Federico II
Rosario Pivonello
Rosario Pivonello University of Naples Federico II
Leo J. Hofland
Leo J. Hofland Erasmus University Rotterdam
Steven W. J. Lamberts
Steven W. J. Lamberts Erasmus University Rotterdam
Wouter W. de Herder
Wouter W. de Herder Erasmus University Rotterdam
Albert Beckers
Albert Beckers University of Liège
Tullio Florio
Tullio Florio University of Genoa
Massimo Falconi
Massimo Falconi Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Luca Persani
Luca Persani University of Milan

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