Cocco, Pierluigi
Meloni, Federico
Trobbiani, Carlotta
Miligi, Lucia
Ferrante, Daniela
Padoan, Marina
Ferri, Giovanni Maria
Gambelunghe, Angela
Muzi, Giacomo
Magnani, Corrado
Palmas, Angelo
Piras, Giovanna
Piro, Sara
Zucca, Mariagrazia
Ennas, Maria Grazia
Zanotti, Roberta
Scarpa, Aldo
De Matteis, Sara
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della Ricerca (PRIN 2007WEJLZB)
Ministero dell'Università e della Ricerca (20092ZELR2)
Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro (IG 2011/11855)
Article History
Received: 17 July 2025
Accepted: 10 September 2025
First Online: 27 October 2025
Declarations
:
: The Ethics Committee of the Cagliari University Hospital approved the study protocol on 26 May 2009 (Protocol No. 269/09/CE). Local Ethics Committees approved the study in each of the other five study centres.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: None.
: None of the funding sources intervened in the planning of the study, or in conducting the study, the analysis and interpretation of data, or in writing the manuscript.
: Obtained.