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Giorgina Specchia is affiliated with the University of Bari Aldo Moro in Italy and has an extensive research portfolio in medicine, with a particular focus on hematology. They have contributed to various subfields including hematology, genetics, molecular biology, pathology and forensic medicine, and immunology.

Their work covers several main topics, reflecting a focus on blood-related diseases and disorders:

  • Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Treatments
  • Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research
  • Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research
  • Myeloproliferative Neoplasms: Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Eosinophilic Disorders and Syndromes
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction

Giorgina Specchia has published in numerous scientific journals, with frequent appearances in the following venues:

  • Blood
  • Cancers
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Annals of Hematology
  • Frontiers in Oncology

Among recent publications are papers such as:

  • Autologous haematopoietic stem-cell transplantation versus bortezomib-melphalan-prednisone, with or without bortezomib-lenalidomide-dexamethasone consolidation therapy, and lenalidomide maintenance for newly diagnosed multiple myeloma (EMN02/HO95): a multicentre, randomised, open-label, phase 3 study, 2020, The Lancet Haematology
  • A randomized double-blind trial of 3 aspirin regimens to optimize antiplatelet therapy in essential thrombocythemia, 2020, Blood
  • Bosutinib for pretreated patients with chronic phase chronic myeloid leukemia: primary results of the phase 4 BYOND study, 2020, Leukemia
  • Digital PCR: A Reliable Tool for Analyzing and Monitoring Hematologic Malignancies, 2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • New Insights into Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma Pathobiology, 2020, Cancers

Specchia collaborates regularly with a number of co-authors across different projects. Frequent co-authors include Pellegrino Musto, Francesco Albano, Luisa Anelli, Antonella Zagaria, and Cosimo Cumbo.

Best Publications

  • Retinoic acid and arsenic trioxide for acute promyelocytic leukemia

    F. Lo-Coco;G. Avvisati;M. Vignetti;C. Thiede

  • Cardiovascular Events and Intensity of Treatment in Polycythemia Vera

    Roberto Marchioli;Guido Finazzi;Giorgina Specchia;Rossella Cacciola

  • Levofloxacin to prevent bacterial infection in patients with cancer and neutropenia.

    Giampaolo Bucaneve;Alessandra Micozzi;Francesco Menichetti;Pietro Martino

  • Clinical profile of homozygous JAK2 617V>F mutation in patients with polycythemia vera or essential thrombocythemia.

    Alessandro M. Vannucchi;Elisabetta Antonioli;Paola Guglielmelli;Alessandro Rambaldi

  • Invasive Infections Caused by Trichosporon Species and Geotrichum capitatum in Patients with Hematological Malignancies: a Retrospective Multicenter Study from Italy and Review of the Literature

    Corrado Girmenia;Livio Pagano;Bruno Martino;Domenico D'Antonio

  • ABVD versus BEACOPP for Hodgkin's lymphoma when high-dose salvage is planned.

    Simonetta Viviani;Pier Luigi Zinzani;Alessandro Rambaldi;Ercole Brusamolino

  • Treatment of adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL): long-term follow-up of the GIMEMA ALL 0288 randomized study.

    Luciana Annino;Maria Luce Vegna;Andrea Camera;Giorgina Specchia

  • Front-line treatment of acute promyelocytic leukemia with AIDA induction followed by risk-adapted consolidation for adults younger than 61 years: results of the AIDA-2000 trial of the GIMEMA Group

    Francesco Lo-Coco;Giuseppe Avvisati;Marco Vignetti;Massimo Breccia

  • Invasive aspergillosis in patients with acute myeloid leukemia: a SEIFEM-2008 registry study

    Livio Pagano;Morena Caira;Anna Candoni;Massimo Offidani

  • Quantitative assessment of minimal residual disease in acute myeloid leukemia carrying nucleophosmin (NPM1) gene mutations

    Paolo Gorello;G. Cazzaniga;F. Alberti;M. G. Dell'Oro

  • Autologous haematopoietic stem-cell transplantation versus bortezomib-melphalan-prednisone, with or without bortezomib-lenalidomide-dexamethasone consolidation therapy, and lenalidomide maintenance for newly diagnosed multiple myeloma (EMN02/HO95): a multicentre, randomised, open-label, phase 3 study

    Michele Cavo;Meral Beksac;Lucia Pantani

  • Itraconazole Oral Solution as Prophylaxis for Fungal Infections in Neutropenic Patients with Hematologic Malignancies: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blind, Multicenter Trial

    Menichetti F;Del Favero A;Martino P;Bucaneve G

  • Characteristics and clinical correlates of MPL 515W>L/K mutation in essential thrombocythemia.

    Alessandro M. Vannucchi;Elisabetta Antonioli;Paola Guglielmelli;Alessandro Pancrazzi

  • Whole-exome sequencing identifies somatic mutations of BCOR in acute myeloid leukemia with normal karyotype

    Vera Grossmann;Enrico Tiacci;Antony B. Holmes;Alexander Kohlmann

  • JAK2 V617F mutational status predicts progression to large splenomegaly and leukemic transformation in primary myelofibrosis.

    Giovanni Barosi;Gaetano Bergamaschi;Monia Marchetti;Alessandro M. Vannucchi

  • Therapy of molecular relapse in acute promyelocytic leukemia.

    Francesco Lo Coco;Daniela Diverio;Giuseppe Avvisati;Maria C. Petti

  • Identification of patients with poorer survival in primary myelofibrosis based on the burden of JAK2V617F mutated allele.

    Paola Guglielmelli;Giovanni Barosi;Giorgina Specchia;Alessandro Rambaldi

  • Comparison of imatinib 400 mg and 800 mg daily in the front-line treatment of high-risk, Philadelphia-positive chronic myeloid leukemia: a European LeukemiaNet Study.

    Michele Baccarani;Gianantonio Rosti;Fausto Castagnetti;Ibrahim Haznedaroglu

  • A comprehensive genetic classification of adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL): analysis of the GIMEMA 0496 protocol.

    Marco Mancini;Daniela Scappaticci;Giuseppe Cimino;Mauro Nanni

  • AIDA 0493 protocol for newly diagnosed acute promyelocytic leukemia: very long-term results and role of maintenance

    Giuseppe Avvisati;Francesco Lo-Coco;Francesca Paola Paoloni;Maria Concetta Petti

Frequent Co-Authors

Giovanni Martinelli
Giovanni Martinelli University of Bologna
Michele Baccarani
Michele Baccarani University of Bologna
Giuseppe Saglio
Giuseppe Saglio University of Turin
Francesco Di Raimondo
Francesco Di Raimondo University of Catania
Pellegrino Musto
Pellegrino Musto University of Bari Aldo Moro
Franco Mandelli
Franco Mandelli Sapienza University of Rome
Alessandro Rambaldi
Alessandro Rambaldi University of Milan
Mariano Rocchi
Mariano Rocchi University of Bari Aldo Moro
Alessandro M. Vannucchi
Alessandro M. Vannucchi University of Florence
Livio Pagano
Livio Pagano Catholic University of the Sacred Heart

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