De Angelis, Maria Teresa
Rizzuto, Antonia
Amaddeo, Angela
Sagnelli, Carlo
Vono, Niccolò
Reda, Michela
Lise, Valentina
Parrillo, Luca
De Marco, Carmela
Malanga, Donatella
Santamaria, Gianluca https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9284-7492
Viglietto, Giuseppe
Article History
Received: 20 May 2025
Accepted: 21 July 2025
First Online: 6 August 2025
Declarations
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: The samples used in this study were used retrospectively. Patients were enrolled at AOU Mater Domini in accordance with the guidelines of the Institutional Review Board of AOU Mater Domini / University Magna Graecia (Catanzaro, Italy). The study was approved by the Institutional Review Board in the meeting of May 21st, 2014. Tumor specimens were collected from patients who underwent surgical resection for rectal cancer at the General Surgery Unit of the University Hospital Magna Graecia of Catanzaro. Bioptic samples were immediately snap-frozen and stored at − 80 °C. Eligibility criteria included no prior exposure to chemotherapy or radiotherapy before surgery. All collected samples were confirmed to be suitable for subsequent molecular analyses.
: All authors approved the manuscript publication in Journal of Translational Medicine.
: All other authors declare that they have no competing interests.