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Clinical/translational cancer immunotherapy
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Impact of COVID-19 outbreak on cancer immunotherapy in Italy: a survey of young oncologists

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- Margaret Ottaviano Oncology Unit, Ospedale del Mare, Napoli, Campania, Italy Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II and CRCTR Coordinating Rare Tumors Reference Center of Campania Region, AOU Federico II, Napoli, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
- Marcello Curvietto Unit of Melanoma, Cancer Immunotherapy and Development Therapeutics, Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS Fondazione Pascale, Napoli, Campania, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
- Pasquale Rescigno Clinical Studies, The Institute of Cancer Research and the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
- Marianna Tortora CRCTR Coordinating Rare Tumors Reference Center of Campania Region, AOU Federico II, Napoli, Campania, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
- Giovannella Palmieri CRCTR Coordinating Rare Tumors Reference Center of Campania Region, AOU Federico II, Napoli, Campania, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
- Diana Giannarelli Biostatistics Unit, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Roma, Lazio, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
- Michele Aieta Medical Oncology Unit, Department of Onco-Hematology, IRCCS-CROB Referral Cancer Center of Basilicata, Rionero in Vulture, Basilicata, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
- Pasquale Assalone Oncology Unit, Ospedale Ferdinando Veneziale, Isernia, Molise, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
- Laura Attademo Department of Urology and Gynecology, Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS Fondazione Pascale, Napoli, Campania, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
- Antonio Avallone Abdominal Oncology Unit, Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS Fondazione Pascale, Napoli, Campania, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
- Francesco Bloise Medical Oncology Unit, University of Pisa, Pisa, Toscana, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
- Davide Bosso Oncology Unit, Ospedale del Mare, Napoli, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
- Valentina Borzillo Department of Radioterapia, Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS Fondazione Pascale, Napoli, Campania, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
- Giuseppe Buono Oncology Unit, San Rocco Hospital, Sessa Aurunca, Campania, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
- Giuseppe Calderoni Oncology Unit, Ospedale Della Murgia, Bari, Puglia, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
- Francesca Caputo U.O.C. Oncologia, Azienda Ospedaliera dei Colli, Monaldi Hospital, Napoli, Campania, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
- Giacomo Cartenì Department of Medical Oncology, AORN "A. Cardarelli", Napoli, Campania, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
- Diletta Cavallero Medical Oncology Unit, University of Pisa, Pisa, Toscana, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
- Alessia Cavo Oncology Unit, Villa Scassi Hospital, Genova, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
- Fortunato Ciardiello Oncology, Department of Precision Medicine, Università della Campania "L. Vanvitelli", Napoli, Campania, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
- Raffaele Conca Medical Oncology Unit, Department of Onco-Hematology, IRCCS-CROB Referral Cancer Center of Basilicata, Rionero in Vulture, Basilicata, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
- Vincenza Conteduca Medical Oncology Department, Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori (IRST) IRCCS, Meldola, Emilia-Romagna, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
- Stefano De Falco Oncology Unit, Sant’Ottone Frangipane Hospital, Avellino, Campania, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
- Marco De Felice Oncology, Department of Precision Medicine, Università della Campania "L. Vanvitelli", Napoli, Campania, Italy Oncology Unit, Sant’Anna e San Sebastiano, Caserta, Campania, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
- Michelino De Laurentiis Breast Unit, Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS Fondazione Pascale, Napoli, Campania, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
- Pietro De Placido Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, Oncology Unit, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Napoli, Campania, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
- Sabino De Placido CRCTR Coordinating Rare Tumors Reference Center of Campania Region, AOU Federico II, Napoli, Campania, Italy Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, Oncology Unit, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Napoli, Campania, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
- Irene De Santo Oncology Unit, Gemelli Molise s.p.a, Campobasso, Molise, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
- Alfonso De Stefano Abdominal Oncology Unit, Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS Fondazione Pascale, Napoli, Campania, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
- Carminia Maria Della Corte Oncology, Department of Precision Medicine, Università della Campania "L. Vanvitelli", Napoli, Campania, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
- Rossella Di Franco Department of Radioterapia, Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS Fondazione Pascale, Napoli, Campania, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
- Vincenzo Di Lauro Breast Unit, Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS Fondazione Pascale, Napoli, Campania, Italy Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, Oncology Unit, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Napoli, Campania, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
- Antonietta Fabbrocini Oncology Unit, Ospedale del Mare, Napoli, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
- Piera Federico Oncology Unit, Ospedale del Mare, Napoli, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
- Lucia Festino Unit of Melanoma, Cancer Immunotherapy and Development Therapeutics, Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS Fondazione Pascale, Napoli, Campania, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
- Pasqualina Giordano Oncology Unit, Ospedale del Mare, Napoli, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
- Mario Giuliano CRCTR Coordinating Rare Tumors Reference Center of Campania Region, AOU Federico II, Napoli, Campania, Italy Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, Oncology Unit, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Napoli, Campania, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
- Cesare Gridelli Division of Medical Oncology, "San Giuseppe Moscati" Hospital, Avellino, Campania, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
- Antonio Maria Grimaldi Unit of Melanoma, Cancer Immunotherapy and Development Therapeutics, Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS Fondazione Pascale, Napoli, Campania, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
- Michela Lia Oncology Unit, SS Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo Hospital, Alessandria, Piemonte, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
- Antonella Lucia Marretta Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, Oncology Unit, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Napoli, Campania, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
- Valentina Massa Medical Oncology Unit, University of Pisa, Pisa, Toscana, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
- Alessia Mennitto Department of Medical Oncology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milano, Lombardia, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
- Sara Merler Department of Oncology, University of Verona, Verona, Veneto, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
- Valeria Merz Department of Medical Oncology, Santa Chiara Hospital, Trento, Trentino Alto Adige, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
- Carlo Messina Department of Medical Oncology, Santa Chiara Hospital, Trento, Trentino Alto Adige, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
- Marco Messina UOC Oncologia Medica, Ospedali Riuniti Villa Sofia Cervello, Palermo, Sicilia, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
- Monica Milano Department of Medical Oncology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milano, Lombardia, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
- Alessandro Marco Minisini Department of Oncology, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Integrata del Friuli Centrale, Udine, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
- Vincenzo Montesarchio U.O.C. Oncologia, Azienda Ospedaliera dei Colli, Monaldi Hospital, Napoli, Campania, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
- Alessandro Morabito Thoracic Medical Oncology, Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS Fondazione Pascale, Napoli, Campania, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
- Floriana Morgillo Oncology, Department of Precision Medicine, Università della Campania "L. Vanvitelli", Napoli, Campania, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
- Brigitta Mucci Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, Oncology Unit, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Napoli, Campania, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
- Lucia Nappi Vancouver Prostate Centre, Department of Urologic Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada and British Columbia Cancer Agency—Vancouver Center—Department of Medicine, Division of Medical Oncology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
- Fabiana Napolitano Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, Oncology Unit, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Napoli, Campania, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
- Immacolata Paciolla Oncology Unit, Ospedale Sacro Cuore di Gesù Fatebenefratelli, Benevento, Campania, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
- Martina Pagliuca Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, Oncology Unit, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Napoli, Campania, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
- Giuseppe Palmieri Institute of Research on Genetics and Biomedicine (IRGB), National Research Council (CNR), Sassari, Sardegna, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
- Sara Parola Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, Oncology Unit, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Napoli, Campania, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
- Stefano Pepe Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Scuola Medica Salernitana", Oncology Unit, University of Salerno, Baronissi, Campania, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
- Angelica Petrillo Oncology Unit, Ospedale del Mare, Napoli, Italy Oncology, Department of Precision Medicine, Università della Campania "L. Vanvitelli", Napoli, Campania, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
- Francovito Piantedosi U.O.C. Pneumologia Oncologica, Azienda Ospedaliera dei Colli, Monaldi Hospital, Naples, Campania, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
- Luisa Piccin Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV-IRCCS, Padova, Veneto, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
- Fernanda Picozzi Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, Oncology Unit, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Napoli, Campania, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
- Erica Pietroluongo Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, Oncology Unit, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Napoli, Campania, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
- Sandro Pignata Department of Urology and Gynecology, Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS Fondazione Pascale, Napoli, Campania, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
- Veronica Prati Medical Oncology Unit, ASL CN2, Alba, Piemonte, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
- Vittorio Riccio Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, Oncology Unit, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Napoli, Campania, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
- Mario Rosanova Oncology Unit, Ospedale del Mare, Napoli, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
- Alice Rossi Department of Oncology, University of Verona, Verona, Veneto, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
- Anna Russo Medical Oncology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Giovanni Paolo II, Bari, Puglia, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
- Massimiliano Salati Medical Oncology Unit, University Hospital Modena, Modena, Emilia Romagna, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
- Giuseppe Santabarbara Division of Medical Oncology, "San Giuseppe Moscati" Hospital, Avellino, Campania, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
- Andrea Sbrana Medical Oncology Unit, University of Pisa, Pisa, Toscana, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
- Ester Simeone Unit of Melanoma, Cancer Immunotherapy and Development Therapeutics, Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS Fondazione Pascale, Napoli, Campania, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
- Antonia Silvestri Oncology Unit, Ospedale del Mare, Napoli, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
- Massimiliano Spada Oncology Unit, Fondazione Istituto San Raffaele G Giglio di Cefalu, Cefalu, Sicilia, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
- Paolo Tarantino Division of Early Drug Development for Innovative Therapies, European Institute of Oncology IRCCS, Milano, Lombardia, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
- Paola Taveggia Oncology Unit, Villa Scassi Hospital, Genova, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
- Federica Tomei Oncology Unit, Ospedale Ferdinando Veneziale, Isernia, Molise, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
- Tortora Vincenzo Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, Oncology Unit, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Napoli, Campania, Italy Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Scuola Medica Salernitana", Oncology Unit, University of Salerno, Baronissi, Campania, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
- Dario Trapani Division of Early Drug Development for Innovative Therapies, European Institute of Oncology IRCCS, Milano, Lombardia, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
- Claudia Trojanello Unit of Melanoma, Cancer Immunotherapy and Development Therapeutics, Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS Fondazione Pascale, Napoli, Campania, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
- Vito Vanella Unit of Melanoma, Cancer Immunotherapy and Development Therapeutics, Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS Fondazione Pascale, Napoli, Campania, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
- Sabrina Vari Medical Oncology 1 Unit, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Lazio, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
- Jole Ventriglia Oncology Division, ASL San Felice a Cancello, Caserta, Campania, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
- Maria Grazia Vitale Unit of Melanoma, Cancer Immunotherapy and Development Therapeutics, Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS Fondazione Pascale, Napoli, Campania, Italy Department of Oncology, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Integrata del Friuli Centrale, Udine, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
- Fabiana Vitiello U.O.C. Pneumologia Oncologica, Azienda Ospedaliera dei Colli, Monaldi Hospital, Naples, Campania, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
- Caterina Vivaldi Medical Oncology Unit, University of Pisa, Pisa, Toscana, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
- Claudia von Arx Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College, London, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
- Francesca Zacchi Oncology Unit, Università degli Studi di Verona, sede Borgo Roma, Verona, Veneto, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
- Ilaria Zampiva Oncology Unit, Università degli Studi di Verona, sede Borgo Roma, Verona, Veneto, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
- Andrea Zivi Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College, London, UK Medical Oncology Department, AOUI di Verona, Verona, Veneto, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
- Bruno Daniele Oncology Unit, Ospedale del Mare, Napoli, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
- Paolo Antonio Ascierto Unit of Melanoma, Cancer Immunotherapy and Development Therapeutics, Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS Fondazione Pascale, Napoli, Campania, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
- On behalf of SCITO (Società Campana di ImmunoTerapia Oncologica)Google scholar articles
Citation
Ottaviano M, Curvietto M, Rescigno P On behalf of SCITO (Società Campana di ImmunoTerapia Oncologica), et al
Impact of COVID-19 outbreak on cancer immunotherapy in Italy: a survey of young oncologists
Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer 2020;8:e001154. doi: 10.1136/jitc-2020-001154
Online issue publication
October 15, 2020
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