Advances in diagnosis and treatment of testicular cancer

M Chovanec, L Cheng - bmj, 2022 - bmj.com
Testicular cancer is a curable cancer. The success of physicians in curing the disease is
underpinned by multidisciplinary advances. Cisplatin-based combination chemotherapy and …

Biomarkers for Salvage Therapy in Testicular Germ Cell Tumors

M Urbini, S Bleve, G Schepisi, C Menna… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The outcome of metastatic testicular germ cell tumor patients has been dramatically
improved by cisplatin-based chemotherapy combinations. However, up to 30% of patients …

Systemic immune-inflammation index in germ-cell tumours

M Chovanec, Z Cierna, V Miskovska… - British journal of …, 2018 - nature.com
Background: We evaluated systemic immune-inflammation index (SII) and its association
with patient outcome in germ-cell tumours (GCTs). Methods: Two independent cohorts of …

Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors and Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR)-T Cell Therapy: Potential Treatment Options against Testicular Germ Cell Tumors

G Schepisi, C Gianni, MC Cursano, V Gallà… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Germ cell tumors (GCTs) represent a heterogeneous neoplasm family affecting gonads and
rarely occurring in extragonadal areas. Most of patients have a good prognosis, often even …

Serum stem cell growth factor beta for the prediction of therapy response in hepatocellular carcinoma

CHC Sukowati, R Patti, D Pascut… - BioMed Research …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction. Chronic inflammatory response is one of major contributors in the development
of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Inflammatory molecules, such as cytokines and growth …

Emerging prognostic biomarkers in testicular germ cell tumors: looking beyond established practice

M Chovanec, C Albany, M Mego, R Montironi… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Testicular germ cell tumors are unique among solid cancers. Historically, this disease was
deadly if progressed beyond the stage I. The implementation of cisplatin-based …

Immune mechanisms and possible immune therapy in testicular germ cell tumours

M Chovanec, J Mardiak, M Mego - Andrology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Background Testicular germ cell tumours (GCT s) are the only universally curable solid
malignancy. The long‐term cure rate of> 95% is attributed to the extraordinary sensitivity to …

Inflammatory biomarkers for outcome prediction in patients with metastatic testicular cancer

S Bleve, MC Cursano, C Casadei, G Schepisi… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Germ cell tumors are the most common malignant tumors in male young adults. Platinum-
based chemotherapy has dramatically improved the outcome of metastatic germ cell tumor …

Cancer stem cell niche and immune-active tumor microenvironment in testicular germ cell tumors

K Kalavska, L Kucerova, S Schmidtova… - … Brain to the Skin–Part A, 2020 - Springer
Testicular germ cell tumors (TGCTs) represent the most common neoplasia among young
men. Management of TGCTs is an excellent example of curative outcomes in clinical …

βcatenin is a marker of poor clinical characteristics and suppressed immune infiltration in testicular germ cell tumors

M Chovanec, Z Cierna, V Miskovska, K Machalekova… - BMC cancer, 2018 - Springer
Background WNT/βcatenin (WNTβ) pathway is activated in early stages of embryonic
development. We aimed to evaluate the significance of βcatenin in germ cell tumors (GCTs) …