Rosato, Rosalba https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4921-374X
De Luca, Stefano
Zitella, Andrea https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7331-2521
Munoz, Fernando
Baima, Carlo Giuliano https://orcid.org/0009-0000-8828-6565
Barale, Maurizio
Bardari, Franco
Beldì, Debora
Bellei, Luca https://orcid.org/0009-0002-3462-0315
Bellissimo, Andrea Rocco
Bernardi, Diego
Biamino, Giorgio
Billia, Michele
Borsa, Roberto
Cante, Domenico https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8155-6865
Castelli, Emanuele
Centrella, Danilo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9237-6926
Checcucci, Enrico
Collura, Devis
Coppola, Pietro
Dalmasso, Ettore
Di Stasio, Andrea
Fiorio, Michele
Gatti, Marco https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8726-9712
Garibaldi, Elisabetta
Girelli, Giuseppe https://orcid.org/0009-0003-5631-9424
Griffa, Daniele
Guarneri, Alessia
Guercio, Stefano
Iorio, Carlo Giuseppe
Migliari, Roberto
Montefiore, Franco
Moroni, Maurizio
Muto, Giovanni
Oderda, Marco https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4681-888X
Pagano, Eva
Pasquale, Massimo
Ponti di Sant’Angelo, Francesca https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2689-3137
Rossi, Riccardo
Ruggiero, Luca
Sedigh, Omid
Serao, Armando
Squeo, Maria Sara
Stancati, Salvatore
Varvello, Francesco
Volpe, Alessandro
Zaramella, Stefano
Zarrelli, Giovanni
Bollito, Enrico
Gontero, Paolo
Porpiglia, Francesco
Galassi, Claudia
Ciccone, Giovannino https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7644-9574
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De Luca, Stefano
Di Stasio, Andrea
Funding for this research was provided by:
Compagnia di San Paolo (2018.1377 ID ROL 29374 [Ciccone])
Article History
Received: 4 January 2025
Revised: 15 September 2025
Accepted: 24 September 2025
First Online: 16 October 2025
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests. The views expressed in this publication are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the Regional Oncology Network of Piemonte e Valle d’Aosta.
: The study was approved by the Comitato Etico Interaziendale c/o AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino on May 18, 2015, and subsequently by all other ethics committees. All patients gave written informed consent for participation. The START study was designed and conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.