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Valter Torri is affiliated with the Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research in Italy. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with significant contributions in oncology, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, cancer research, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, and molecular biology.

The scientist's recent work includes studies published between 2020 and 2022, addressing various aspects of cancer treatment and healthcare impacts related to COVID-19. Selected recent papers include:

  • COVID-19 in patients with thoracic malignancies (TERAVOLT): first results of an international, registry-based, cohort study, 2020, The Lancet Oncology
  • Meta-analysis of chemotherapy in head and neck cancer (MACH-NC): An update on 107 randomized trials and 19,805 patients, on behalf of MACH-NC Group, 2021, Radiotherapy and Oncology
  • Effect of duration of adjuvant chemotherapy for patients with stage III colon cancer (IDEA collaboration): final results from a prospective, pooled analysis of six randomised, phase 3 trials, 2020, The Lancet Oncology
  • Circulating tumor DNA to guide rechallenge with panitumumab in metastatic colorectal cancer: the phase 2 CHRONOS trial, 2022, Nature Medicine
  • Pertuzumab and trastuzumab emtansine in patients with HER2-amplified metastatic colorectal cancer: the phase II HERACLES-B trial, 2020, ESMO Open

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Valter Torri include:

  • Marina Chiara Garassino
  • Roberto Ferrara
  • Eliana Rulli
  • Giuseppe Viscardi
  • Giuseppe Lo Russo

The scientist has published extensively in several notable venues, with the most frequent being:

  • Annals of Oncology
  • Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • Journal of Thoracic Oncology
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • ESMO Open

Valter Torri's main fields of study underline a specialization in medicine, concentrated particularly on oncology and the study of thoracic and respiratory diseases. Subfields of particular focus are:

  • Oncology
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
  • Cancer Research
  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
  • Molecular Biology

Their research topics cover a broad spectrum within cancer and related medical fields, including:

  • Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
  • Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations
  • Colorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
  • COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
  • Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes

Best Publications

  • Extracting summary statistics to perform meta-analyses of the published literature for survival endpoints.

    Mahesh K. B. Parmar;Valter Torri;Lesley Stewart

  • Lung Adjuvant Cisplatin Evaluation: A Pooled Analysis by the LACE Collaborative Group

    Jean Pierre Pignon;Hélène Tribodet;Giorgio V. Scagliotti;Jean Yves Douillard

  • Systematic Pelvic Lymphadenectomy vs No Lymphadenectomy in Early-Stage Endometrial Carcinoma: Randomized Clinical Trial

    Pierluigi Benedetti Panici;Stefano Basile;Francesco Maneschi;Andrea Alberto Lissoni

  • Defective Mismatch Repair As a Predictive Marker for Lack of Efficacy of Fluorouracil-Based Adjuvant Therapy in Colon Cancer

    Daniel J. Sargent;Silvia Marsoni;Genevieve Monges;Stephen N. Thibodeau

  • Paclitaxel plus platinum-based chemotherapy versus conventional platinum-based chemotherapy in women with relapsed ovarian cancer: the ICON4/AGO-OVAR-2.2 trial.

    MK Parmar;JA Ledermann;N Colombo;Bois A Du

  • Dual-targeted therapy with trastuzumab and lapatinib in treatment-refractory, KRAS codon 12/13 wild-type, HER2-positive metastatic colorectal cancer (HERACLES): A proof-of-concept, multicentre, open-label, phase 2 trial

    Andrea Sartore-Bianchi;Livio Trusolino;Cosimo Martino;Katia Bencardino

  • Duration of Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Stage III Colon Cancer

    Axel Grothey;Alberto F. Sobrero;Anthony F. Shields;Takayuki Yoshino

  • Randomized Study of Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Completely Resected Stage I, II, or IIIA Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer

    Giorgio V. Scagliotti;Roldano Fossati;Valter Torri;Lucio Crinò

  • Cytotoxic and hormonal treatment for metastatic breast cancer: a systematic review of published randomized trials involving 31,510 women.

    R Fossati;C Confalonieri;V Torri;E Ghislandi

  • Paclitaxel plus carboplatin versus standard chemotherapy with either single-agent carboplatin or cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, and cisplatin in women with ovarian cancer: The ICON3 randomised trial

    M. K B Parmar;M. Adams;M. Balestrino;K. Bertelsen

  • Adjuvant Chemotherapy After Potentially Curative Resection of Metastases From Colorectal Cancer: A Pooled Analysis of Two Randomized Trials

    Emmanuel Mitry;Anthony L.A. Fields;Harry Bleiberg;Roberto Labianca

  • Effectiveness of antibiotic prophylaxis in critically ill adult patients: systematic review of randomised controlled trials

    Roberto D’Amico;Silvia Pifferi;Cinzia Leonetti;Valter Torri

  • Chemoimmunotherapy with methotrexate, cytarabine, thiotepa, and rituximab (MATRix regimen) in patients with primary CNS lymphoma: results of the first randomisation of the International Extranodal Lymphoma Study Group-32 (IELSG32) phase 2 trial.

    Andrés J M Ferreri;Kate Cwynarski;Elisa Pulczynski;Maurilio Ponzoni

  • COVID-19 in patients with thoracic malignancies (TERAVOLT): first results of an international, registry-based, cohort study.

    Marina Chiara Garassino;Jennifer G. Whisenant;Li Ching Huang;Annalisa Trama

  • Erlotinib versus docetaxel as second-line treatment of patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer and wild-type EGFR tumours (TAILOR): a randomised controlled trial

    Marina Chiara Garassino;Olga Martelli;Massimo Broggini;Gabriella Farina

  • International Collaborative Ovarian Neoplasm trial 1 and Adjuvant ChemoTherapy In Ovarian Neoplasm trial: two parallel randomized phase III trials of adjuvant chemotherapy in patients with early-stage ovarian carcinoma.

    J Baptist Trimbos;Mahesh Parmar;Ignace Vergote;David Guthrie

  • Antibiotic prophylaxis to reduce respiratory tract infections and mortality in adults receiving intensive care

    Alessandro Liberati;Roberto D'Amico;Silvia Pifferi;Valter Torri

  • Impact of Follow-up Testing on Survival and Health-Related Quality of Life in Breast Cancer Patients: A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial

    P. Ghezzi;S. Magnanini;M. Rinaldini;F. Berardi

  • Soft tissue and visceral sarcomas: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up

    Paolo G. Casali;Jean-Yves Blay;Alexia Bertuzzi;Stefan Bielack

  • Efficacy of adjuvant chemotherapy after curative resection for gastric cancer: A meta-analysis of published randomised trials A study of the GISCAD (Gruppo Italiano per lo Studio dei Carcinomi dell'Apparato Digerente)

    E. Mari;I. Floriani;A. Tinazzi;A. Buda

Frequent Co-Authors

Marina Chiara Garassino
Marina Chiara Garassino University of Chicago
Roberto Labianca
Roberto Labianca Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research
Nicoletta Colombo
Nicoletta Colombo University of Milano-Bicocca
Sandro Barni
Sandro Barni Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research
Filippo de Braud
Filippo de Braud University of Milan
Salvatore Siena
Salvatore Siena University of Milan
Maurizio D'Incalci
Maurizio D'Incalci Humanitas University
Sara Lonardi
Sara Lonardi Istituto Oncologico Veneto
Andrea Sartore-Bianchi
Andrea Sartore-Bianchi University of Milan
Stefano Cascinu
Stefano Cascinu Vita-Salute San Raffaele University

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