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  • 1
    In: Cancer Research, American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), Vol. 83, No. 5_Supplement ( 2023-03-01), p. P2-02-06-P2-02-06
    Abstract: Background. Adjuvant denosumab treatment improved bone-health related outcomes in early breast cancer (BC) patients with discordant survival results. We undertook a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to assess efficacy and safety of adjuvant denosumab in addition to standard anticancer therapy. Methods. PubMed, CENTRAL, Scopus, Embase, clinicaltrials.gov and key oncological meetings websites were screened to identify potentially eligible RCTs based on the PICOs model: P) Participant: pre and postmenopausal early BC patients; I) Intervention: adjuvant denosumab; C) Comparator: placebo; O) Outcomes: Disease-free survival (DFS), Bone Metastasis-free survival (BMFS), Overall Survival (OS), fracture incidence and time to first fracture were adopted as survival endpoints, and Adverse Events, Serious Adverse Events, Osteonecrosis of the Jaw (ONJ) and Atypical Femur Fractures (AFF) as safety endpoints; S) Study design: phase III RCTs. Risk of bias was assessed with Cochrane Collaboration Risk of Bias Tool. Pooled hazard ratios (HR), risk ratios (RR), risk differences (RD) and respective confidence intervals (CI) were computed using both a fixed and a random effect model. Subgroup analyses based on menopausal status, hormone receptor and HER2 status and immunophenotype were performed. Results. Two phase III RCTs were included (ABCSG-18, D-CARE), for an overall population of 7929 early BC patients receiving denosumab or placebo. Denosumab addition to standard of care anticancer treatment showed no difference in DFS (HR 0.93; 95% CI 0.75-1.16, p=0.53), BMFS (HR 0.90; 95% CI 0.75-1.07, p=0.23) and OS (HR 0.92; 95% CI 0.72-1.17, p=0.49). In hormone receptor-positive/HER2 negative patients, denosumab significantly prolonged both DFS (HR 0.88; 95% CI 0.78-0.99, p=0.04) and BMFS (HR 0.83; 95% CI 0.71-0.97, p=0.02). No interaction was found between denosumab addition and menopausal status. Fracture incidence (RR 0.79; 95% CI 0.70-0.89, p & lt; 0.01) and time to first fracture (HR 0.76; 95% CI 0.66-0.87, p & lt; 0.01) were also improved with denosumab. No association between denosumab addition and overall toxicity was seen and no difference was observed in terms of ONJ and AFF between the 60mg every 6 months schedule and placebo (RD 0.001, 95% CI from -0.001 to 0.002, p=0.48) Conclusions. Findings from this meta-analysis validate the role of denosumab as a highly effective anti-resorptive agent. We provide robust evidence that its addition to standard anticancer treatment significantly improves survival outcomes in hormone receptor-positive/HER2 negative early BC patients, suggesting that the implementation of denosumab use in combination with endocrine therapy in this patient population should be reconsidered. Systematic Review Registration: https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero, identifier CRD42022332787. Citation Format: Luca Mastrantoni, Giovanna Garufi, Elena Di Monte, Noemi Maliziola, Mariangela Pasqualoni, Letizia Pontolillo, Sergio Pannunzio, Maria Chiara Cannizzaro, Armando Di Bello, Alessandra Fabi, Antonella Palazzo, Emilio Bria, Giampaolo Tortora, Armando Orlandi. Adjuvant Denosumab treatment in early breast cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled clinical trials. [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 2022 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium; 2022 Dec 6-10; San Antonio, TX. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2023;83(5 Suppl):Abstract nr P2-02-06.
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    ISSN: 1538-7445
    Language: English
    Publisher: American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
    Publication Date: 2023
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    In: Therapeutic Advances in Medical Oncology, SAGE Publications, Vol. 15 ( 2023-01), p. 175883592311731-
    Abstract: In early breast cancer (BC) the impact of denosumab on survival outcomes is still unclear. We undertook a systematic review and meta-analysis to assess efficacy and safety of adjuvant denosumab in addition to standard anticancer therapy. Methods: PubMed, CENTRAL, Scopus, Embase, and oncological meetings websites were screened to identify potentially eligible randomized controlled trials (RCTs). Survival outcomes were disease-free survival (DFS), bone-metastasis-free survival (BMFS), and overall survival (OS). Fracture incidence and time to first fracture were bone-health outcomes. Osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ), atypical femur fractures (AFF), and other adverse events were also evaluated. Pooled hazard ratios (HRs) and risk ratios (RR) with respective 95% confidence interval (95% CI) were computed using a random-effects model. Exploratory subgroup analyses were performed. Results: Two phase III RCTs were included, the Austrian Breast & Colorectal Cancer Study Group-18 (ABCSG-18) and the D-CARE trials, for a total of 7929 patients. In the ABCSG-18 trial, denosumab was administered every 6 months during endocrine therapy (for a median of seven cycles) while the D-CARE trial used an intensive schedule for a total treatment duration of 5 years. Adjuvant denosumab showed no difference in DFS (HR: 0.932; 95% CI: 0.748–1.162), BMFS (HR: 0.9896; 95% CI: 0.751–1.070), and OS (HR: 0.917; 95% CI: 0.718–1.171) compared to placebo in the overall population. In hormone receptor positive/human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) negative BC patients, a DFS (HR: 0.883; 95% CI: 0.782–0.996) and BMFS (HR: 0.832; 95% CI: 0.714–0.970) benefit was observed and BMFS was prolonged in all hormone receptor positive patients (HR: 0.850; 95% CI: 0.735–0.983). Fracture incidence (RR: 0.787; 95% CI: 0.696–0.890) and time to first fracture (HR: 0.760; 95% CI: 0.665–0.869) were also improved. No increase in overall toxicity was seen with denosumab and no differences were observed for ONJ and AFF between the 60-mg every 6-month schedule and placebo. Conclusion: Denosumab addition to anticancer treatment does not improve DFS, BMFS, or OS in the overall population, although a DFS improvement was observed in hormone receptor positive/HER2 negative BC patients and a BMFS improvement in all hormone receptor positive patients. Bone-health outcomes were improved with no added toxicity with the 60-mg schedule. Registration: PROSPERO identifier: CRD42022332787.
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    Publisher: SAGE Publications
    Publication Date: 2023
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    In: Journal of Clinical Oncology, American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), Vol. 41, No. 16_suppl ( 2023-06-01), p. 10533-10533
    Abstract: 10533 Background: PC is mostly diagnosed in the 7th decade of life. Recent evidence suggests a rising incidence of both EOPC and LOPC. However, there are few data about their specific characteristics. The aim of our study is to determine the incidence of EOPC and LOPC and their correlation with epidemiological and clinicopathological features. Methods: Real world data were extracted and analyzed by the Gemelli GENERATOR within the Gemelli Science and Technology Park (G-STeP). Study population was identified from health records matching main inclusion criteria: hospitalized pts with a diagnosis of PC (International Classification of Disease 9, ICD-9 codes captured from structured data source) or pts with at least one anatomic pathology report including PC evidence (selected using clinically validated text mining techniques from unstructured data source). Two subgroups were defined: EOPC ( 〈 50 years old) and LOPC ( 〉 75 years old) pts. Epidemiological and clinicopathological variables (gender; age, BMI, diabetes, history of pancreatitis, histology, primary tumor site, primary tumor surgery) were extracted using SAS (SAS(R) Institute suite for ETL). Statistical analyses were conducted using R (v4.2.1). Results: From January 2018 to December 2020, a total of 1606 PC pts treated at our Institution were included in the analysis. The median age was 69 years, 51% were male and the median BMI was 25. Regarding comorbidities, only 4% and 3% of pts had diabetes and history of pancreatitis, respectively. Adenocarcinoma (1120/1126; 99%) was the most common histotype and pancreatic head (576/901, 64%) was the most frequent primary tumor site. Two hundred and ninety-three pts (18%) underwent primary tumor surgery. Concerning the two subgroups, 92 (6%) pts had EOPC and 510 (32%) had LOPC. The median age was 43 years in EOPC group and 81 years in LOPC group. No difference between the two groups was found in gender (p 0.83), BMI (p 1) and tumor histology (p 1). Diabetes was present in 1% and 7% of EOPC and LOPC pts (p 0.07) and pancreatitis history in 3% and 2% (p 0.79), respectively. The primary tumor site was pancreatic head in 78% and 65% (p 0.06) of LOPC and EOPC, respectively. Regarding primary tumor surgery, a significant difference was observed between the two groups (27% in EOPC pts vs 11% LOPC pts; p 〈 0.001). Conclusions: In our study, we did not observe a different epidemiology or a distinctive clinicopathological profile between EOPC and LOPC pts. Despite the retrospective nature of our analysis and single-institution evaluation, our findings showed that EOPC pts more frequently underwent primary tumor surgery, probably related to better clinical conditions. Additional analyses on survival outcomes, molecular and genetic features may help to clarify differences between the two groups.
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    In: Journal of Clinical Oncology, American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), Vol. 41, No. 16_suppl ( 2023-06-01), p. 3593-3593
    Abstract: 3593 Background: Despite rising incidence and mortality reported worldwide for CRC diagnosed in pts aged 〈 50 yrs, currently early onset metastatic CRC (EOmCRC) are treated as their older counterparts. We aimed to investigate how this specific subgroup is treated in real world. Methods: This an observational, retrospective, monocentric study aiming to describe features, management and prognosis of EOmCRC. Pts with EOmCRC treated at our Institution between Apr2002 and Dec2022 were included. Applying a descriptive method, counts and percentages were reported for categorical variables, while median and range for continuous variables. PFS and OS were estimated with the Kaplan-Meier method. A multivariate Cox regression analysis was performed. Results: 172 pts were included, of those 60.5% were female and 66% had an ECOG PS of 0. Median age at diagnosis was 43 yrs (range 12-49 yrs). Metastatic disease was mainly synchronous (72.1%), while only 12.2% and 15.7% were stage II and III at diagnosis and developed metachronous metastases. Primary tumor was left-sided in 70.1%. Metastatic site was most frequently liver (67.4%), followed by peritoneum (41.3%), lungs (33.7%), ovary (23.2%) and bones (9.9%). Disease was mostly widespread, while only 30.2% had a single metastatic site. MMR status was available for 87.2% of pts, being proficient in 90% and deficient in 10%. RAS/BRAF status was available for 95.3% of cases, of those 47.5% was RAS/BRAF wt, 48.2% was RAS mt and 4.3% was BRAF mt. 42.4% of cases had a family history positive for cancer. Germline pathogenic or likely pathogenic variants were identified in 6.4% of cases, of those 63.6% involved MMR genes and 18.2% involved HRD genes. Median number of lines of treatment received was 2 (range 1–6). Most frequent first line regimen was a doublet CT (69.8%), followed by a triplet CT (23.8%) and immunotherapy (4.1%), CT regimens were associated to bevacizumab in 45.3% of cases and to antiEGFRs in 29.1% of cases. Throughout the whole continuum of care 8.7% of pts received immunotherapy and 21.5% received treatment within a clinical trial. 70.3% of pts received surgery and/or local ablative treatments (LATs) with radical intent (52.9% surgery, 12.2 both, 4.6% LATs). At a median FU of 38.6 m, mPFS for first line was 13.5 m (95%CI 12.1-15.0 m) and mOS was 41.5 m (95%CI 33.9 - 44.1 m). Median OS was significantly longer for pts who received surgery and/or LATs compared to those who did not (43.4 vs 23.6 m, p 〈 .0001). At multivariate analysis, besides surgery and/or LATs (p= .0007), BRAF status (p= .0165) and ECOG PS (p= .0209) independently correlated with OS. Conclusions: We confirmed that EOmCRC is more frequently diagnosed as synchronous disease, due to delayed diagnosis. Despite the small population and the retrospective nature, we showed that combining surgery and/or LATs to systemic therapy is associated with increased OS in EOmCRC. These evidence warrant further validation in prospective setting.
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    In: Journal of Clinical Oncology, American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), Vol. 41, No. 16_suppl ( 2023-06-01), p. e15598-e15598
    Abstract: e15598 Background: Nowadays, RAS mutational status remains a key determinant in mCRC patients’ therapeutic algorithm. Mutations involving codon 61 are rare, accounting for 1-4%, but have been recently identified with high frequency in ctDNA of pts with mCRC with secondary resistance to anti-EGFR mAbs, with a prevalence of 50% in the Chronos trial. Despite the growing clinical relevance of these mutations, evidence on clinicopathological features and prognosis of mCRC harboring codon 61 RAS mutations is limited and relies on small retrospective studies. In 2014, a cohort study on 19 codon 61 KRAS mutated (mt) mCRC reported clinicopathological and molecular features similar to KRAS codon 12 and 13 mt mCRC. Methods: This is an observational, retrospective, monocentric study, aiming to investigate and describe clinical phenotype and prognostic performance of codon 61 KRAS or NRAS mt mCRC. Pts with codon 61 RAS mt mCRC, treated at Fondazione Policlinico Gemelli between January 2013 and December 2021 were enrolled. Additional datasets of codon 61 RAS wt mCRC (non-codon 61 RAS mt, BRAF V600E mt and RAS/BRAF wt) treated at our Center during the same time period were used as comparators. Differences between groups for categorical variables were compared using Chi Square test. Endpoint for prognostic assessment was OS, estimated with the Kaplan-Meier method and compared using log-rank test. Statistical significance was set at p = .05. Results: 50 pts with codon 61 mt RAS mCRC were included. The comparator dataset included 648 pts with codon 61 RAS wt mCRC. Interestingly, 54% of codon 61 RAS mt cohort developed peritoneal and/or ovary metastases during their disease history. Metastatic involvement of peritoneum or ovary was significantly more frequent in codon 61 RAS mt mCRC compared to codon 61 RAS wt mCRC (54 vs 28.5%, p= . 000163), significance was retained when comparing codon 61 RAS mt to non codon 61 RAS mt (54 vs 35.6%, p= .012495), BRAF V600E mt (54 vs 25%, p= .001286) and RAS/BRAF wt (54 vs 20.5%, p 〈 .00001) cohorts. At a median FU of 96.2 m, mOS for codon 61 RAS mt was significantly shorter compared to RAS/BRAF wt (26.9 vs 36.0 m, HR 0.56, p= .0006) while no significant difference was observed compared to non codon 61 RAS mt (26.9 vs 30.2 m, p = .0993) and BRAF V600E mt (26.9 vs 22.6 m, p = .9124). Conclusions: We showed a statistically significant correlation between codon 61 RAS mutations and metastatic involvement of peritoneum and ovary. This is the first evidence of an impact of RAS mutational status on metastatization pattern. In addition, our data showed a negative prognostic impact of codon 61 RAS mt compared to RAS/BRAF wt mCRC, while no difference was observed compared to other non codon 61 RAS mt and BRAF mt. These evidence warrant further validation in wider and prospective setting.
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    In: Journal of Instrumentation, IOP Publishing, Vol. 17, No. 01 ( 2022-01-01), p. P01013-
    Abstract: The semiconductor tracker (SCT) is one of the tracking systems for charged particles in the ATLAS detector. It consists of 4088 silicon strip sensor modules. During Run 2 (2015–2018) the Large Hadron Collider delivered an integrated luminosity of 156 fb -1 to the ATLAS experiment at a centre-of-mass proton-proton collision energy of 13 TeV. The instantaneous luminosity and pile-up conditions were far in excess of those assumed in the original design of the SCT detector. Due to improvements to the data acquisition system, the SCT operated stably throughout Run 2. It was available for 99.9% of the integrated luminosity and achieved a data-quality efficiency of 99.85%. Detailed studies have been made of the leakage current in SCT modules and the evolution of the full depletion voltage, which are used to study the impact of radiation damage to the modules.
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    ISSN: 1748-0221
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    Publisher: IOP Publishing
    Publication Date: 2022
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    In: The European Physical Journal C, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, Vol. 83, No. 7 ( 2023-07-11)
    Abstract: The task of reconstructing particles from low-level detector response data to predict the set of final state particles in collision events represents a set-to-set prediction task requiring the use of multiple features and their correlations in the input data. We deploy three separate set-to-set neural network architectures to reconstruct particles in events containing a single jet in a fully-simulated calorimeter. Performance is evaluated in terms of particle reconstruction quality, properties regression, and jet-level metrics. The results demonstrate that such a high-dimensional end-to-end approach succeeds in surpassing basic parametric approaches in disentangling individual neutral particles inside of jets and optimizing the use of complementary detector information. In particular, the performance comparison favors a novel architecture based on learning hypergraph structure, HGPflow , which benefits from a physically-interpretable approach to particle reconstruction.
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    ISSN: 1434-6052
    Language: English
    Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
    Publication Date: 2023
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    Springer Science and Business Media LLC ; 2021
    In:  The European Physical Journal C Vol. 81, No. 2 ( 2021-02)
    In: The European Physical Journal C, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, Vol. 81, No. 2 ( 2021-02)
    Abstract: In High Energy Physics experiments Particle Flow (PFlow) algorithms are designed to provide an optimal reconstruction of the nature and kinematic properties of the particles produced within the detector acceptance during collisions. At the heart of PFlow algorithms is the ability to distinguish the calorimeter energy deposits of neutral particles from those of charged particles, using the complementary measurements of charged particle tracking devices, to provide a superior measurement of the particle content and kinematics. In this paper, a computer vision approach to this fundamental aspect of PFlow algorithms, based on calorimeter images, is proposed. A comparative study of the state of the art deep learning techniques is performed. A significantly improved reconstruction of the neutral particle calorimeter energy deposits is obtained in a context of large overlaps with the deposits from charged particles. Calorimeter images with augmented finer granularity are also obtained using super-resolution techniques.
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    ISSN: 1434-6044 , 1434-6052
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    Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
    Publication Date: 2021
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    Elsevier BV ; 2019
    In:  Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment Vol. 924 ( 2019-04), p. 104-107
    In: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Elsevier BV, Vol. 924 ( 2019-04), p. 104-107
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    Publication Date: 2019
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    In: Machine Learning: Science and Technology, IOP Publishing, Vol. 4, No. 3 ( 2023-09-01), p. 035042-
    Abstract: A configurable calorimeter simulation for AI (CoCoA) applications is presented, based on the Geant4 toolkit and interfaced with the Pythia event generator. This open-source project is aimed to support the development of machine learning algorithms in high energy physics that rely on realistic particle shower descriptions, such as reconstruction, fast simulation, and low-level analysis. Specifications such as the granularity and material of its nearly hermetic geometry are user-configurable. The tool is supplemented with simple event processing including topological clustering, jet algorithms, and a nearest-neighbors graph construction. Formatting is also provided to visualise events using the Phoenix event display software.
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    ISSN: 2632-2153
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    Publisher: IOP Publishing
    Publication Date: 2023
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