Colangelo, Tommaso https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6927-403X
Mazzarelli, Francesco
Cuttano, Roberto
Dama, Elisa https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6918-6577
Melocchi, Valentina
Afanga, Miriam Kuku
Perrone, Rosa Maria
Graziano, Paolo
Bianchi, Fabrizio https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7412-8638
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministero della Salute (GR-2016-02363975)
Ministero della Salute (RF-2021-12372433)
Ministero della Salute (GR-2019-12370460)
Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro (IG 2024 - ID.30689)
Article History
Received: 18 October 2024
Revised: 28 February 2025
Accepted: 11 March 2025
First Online: 4 April 2025
Competing interests
: The study funders had no role in the design of the study, the collection, analysis and interpretation of the data, the writing of the manuscript and the decision to submit the manuscript for publication. All the authors declare no conflict of interest.
: Study was approved by internal IRB at IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza Hospital (protocol name: BIOPOLMONE v1.0_08 Giu 16). Patients signed an informed consent in accordance with the Helsinki’s declaration.