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Giancarlo Pruneri

Giancarlo Pruneri

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Medicine

D-Index
95
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32693
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10080
National Ranking
358

Overview

Giancarlo Pruneri is affiliated with the University of Milan in Italy and has contributed extensively to research in medicine, with a particular focus on cancer research and oncology. Their work spans disciplines closely related to biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

The primary fields of study for Giancarlo Pruneri include:

  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these broader categories, their subfields of study cover:

  • Cancer Research
  • Oncology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
  • Pathology and Forensic Medicine

The main research topics for Giancarlo Pruneri encompass:

  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Breast Cancer Treatment Studies
  • Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
  • Genetic factors in colorectal cancer
  • HER2/EGFR in Cancer Research
  • Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations
  • Advanced Breast Cancer Therapies

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Giancarlo Pruneri include:

  • "ESO-ESMO 4th International Consensus Guidelines for Breast Cancer in Young Women (BCY4)" (2020), published in Annals of Oncology
  • "ESMO expert consensus statements (ECS) on the definition, diagnosis, and management of HER2-low breast cancer" (2023), published in Annals of Oncology
  • "The tale of TILs in breast cancer: A report from The International Immuno-Oncology Biomarker Working Group" (2021), published in npj Breast Cancer
  • "The path to a better biomarker: application of a risk management framework for the implementation of PD-L1 and TILs as immuno-oncology biomarkers in breast cancer clinical trials and daily practice" (2020), published in The Journal of Pathology
  • "Pitfalls in assessing stromal tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (sTILs) in breast cancer" (2020), published in npj Breast Cancer

Giancarlo Pruneri has published regularly in several scientific journals that range across oncology and cancer biology topics. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Annals of Oncology
  • Cancer Research
  • ESMO Open
  • Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • Clinical Cancer Research

The scientist has collaborated extensively with multiple co-authors. Some of the most frequent co-authors are:

  • Andrea Vingiani
  • Filippo de Braud
  • Claudio Vernieri
  • Serena Di Cosimo
  • Luca Agnelli

Best Publications

  • The evaluation of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) in breast cancer: recommendations by an International TILs Working Group 2014

    R. Salgado;C. Denkert;S. Demaria;N. Sirtaine

  • Assessing Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes in Solid Tumors: A Practical Review for Pathologists and Proposal for a Standardized Method from the International Immuno-Oncology Biomarkers Working Group Part 2 TILs in Melanoma, Gastrointestinal Tract Carcinomas, Non–Small Cell Lung Carcinoma and Mesothelioma, Endometrial and Ovarian Carcinomas, Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck, Genitourinary Carcinomas, and Primary Brain Tumors

    Shona Hendry;Roberto Salgado;Thomas Gevaert;Prudence A. Russell;Prudence A. Russell

  • Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes and Prognosis: A Pooled Individual Patient Analysis of Early-Stage Triple-Negative Breast Cancers

    Sherene Loi;Damien Drubay;Sylvia Adams;Giancarlo Pruneri

  • Assessing Tumor-infiltrating Lymphocytes in Solid Tumors: A Practical Review for Pathologists and Proposal for a Standardized Method from the International Immunooncology Biomarkers Working Group: Part 1: Assessing the Host Immune Response, TILs in Invasive Breast Carcinoma and Ductal Carcinoma in Situ, Metastatic Tumor Deposits and Areas for Further Research

    Shona Hendry;Roberto Salgado;Thomas Gevaert;Prudence A. Russell;Prudence A. Russell

  • Resting and activated endothelial cells are increased in the peripheral blood of cancer patients

    Patrizia Mancuso;Alessandra Burlini;Giancarlo Pruneri;Aron Goldhirsch

  • Multidisciplinary Meeting on Male Breast Cancer: Summary and Research Recommendations

    Larissa A. Korde;Jo Anne Zujewski;Leah Kamin;Sharon Hermes Giordano

  • Axillary dissection versus no axillary dissection in patients with breast cancer and sentinel-node micrometastases (IBCSG 23-01): 10-year follow-up of a randomised, controlled phase 3 trial.

    Viviana Galimberti;Bernard F Cole;Giuseppe Viale;Giuseppe Viale;Paolo Veronesi;Paolo Veronesi

  • Clinical activity of rituximab in extranodal marginal zone B-cell lymphoma of MALT type

    Annarita Conconi;Giovanni Martinelli;Catherine Thiéblemont;Andrés J M Ferreri

  • Chemotherapy Is More Effective in Patients with Breast Cancer Not Expressing Steroid Hormone Receptors: A Study of Preoperative Treatment

    Marco Colleoni;Giuseppe Viale;David Zahrieh;Giancarlo Pruneri

  • Update on tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) in breast cancer, including recommendations to assess TILs in residual disease after neoadjuvant therapy and in carcinoma in situ: A report of the International Immuno-Oncology Biomarker Working Group on Breast Cancer

    Maria Vittoria Dieci;Nina Radosevic-Robin;Susan Fineberg;Gert Van den Eynden

  • Antibody–Fc/FcR Interaction on Macrophages as a Mechanism for Hyperprogressive Disease in Non–small Cell Lung Cancer Subsequent to PD-1/PD-L1 Blockade

    Giuseppe Lo Russo;Massimo Moro;Michele Sommariva;Valeria Cancila

  • Angiogenesis in myelodysplastic syndromes.

    G Pruneri;F Bertolini;D Soligo;N Carboni

  • The 70-gene prognosis-signature predicts disease outcome in breast cancer patients with 1-3 positive lymph nodes in an independent validation study.

    Stella Mook;Marjanka K. Schmidt;Giuseppe Viale;Giuseppe Viale;Giancarlo Pruneri;Giancarlo Pruneri

  • Predicting the Risk for Additional Axillary Metastases in Patients With Breast Carcinoma and Positive Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy

    Giuseppe Viale;Eugenio Maiorano;Giancarlo Pruneri;Mauro G. Mastropasqua

  • Primary diffuse large B-cell lymphoma of the breast: prognostic factors and outcomes of a study by the International Extranodal Lymphoma Study Group

    G Ryan;Giovanni Martinelli;M Kuper-Hommel;R Tsang

  • Dual Effect of Metformin on Breast Cancer Proliferation in a Randomized Presurgical Trial

    Bernardo Bonanni;Matteo Puntoni;Massimiliano Cazzaniga;Giancarlo Pruneri

  • Genomic Characterization of Primary Invasive Lobular Breast Cancer

    Christine Desmedt;Gabriele Zoppoli;Gunes Gundem;Giancarlo Pruneri

  • Clinical activity of rituximab in gastric marginal zone non-Hodgkin's lymphoma resistant to or not eligible for anti-Helicobacter pylori therapy.

    Giovanni Martinelli;Daniele Laszlo;Andrés J M Ferreri;Giancarlo Pruneri

  • ESO-ESMO 3rd international consensus guidelines for breast cancer in young women (BCY3)

    Shani Paluch-Shimon;Olivia Pagani;Ann H. Partridge;Omalkhair Abulkhair

  • Update on tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) in breast cancer, including recommendations to assess TILs in residual disease after neoadjuvant therapy and in carcinoma in situ: A report of the International Immuno-Oncology Biomarker Working Group on Breast Cancer

    Maria Vittoria Dieci;Nina Radosevic-Robin;Susan Fineberg;Gert van den Eynden

Frequent Co-Authors

Giuseppe Viale
Giuseppe Viale University of Milan
Giovanni Martinelli
Giovanni Martinelli University of Bologna
Francesco Bertolini
Francesco Bertolini European Institute of Oncology
Paolo Veronesi
Paolo Veronesi European Institute of Oncology
Antonino Neri
Antonino Neri University of Milan
Giuseppe Curigliano
Giuseppe Curigliano University of Milan
Christos Sotiriou
Christos Sotiriou Université Libre de Bruxelles
Vincenzo Bagnardi
Vincenzo Bagnardi University of Milano-Bicocca
Nicole Rotmensz
Nicole Rotmensz European Institute of Oncology
Patrick Maisonneuve
Patrick Maisonneuve European Institute of Oncology

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