About the Authors
- Francesca Sperati
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Contributed equally to this work with: Francesca Sperati, Patrizia Vici, Marcella Mottolese
Affiliation Bostatistics/Scientific Direction, Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy
- Patrizia Vici
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Contributed equally to this work with: Francesca Sperati, Patrizia Vici, Marcella Mottolese
Affiliation Division of Medical Oncology B, Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy
- Marcello Maugeri-Saccà
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Affiliation Division of Medical Oncology B/Scientific Direction, Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy
- Saverio Stranges
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Affiliation Health Sciences, Warwick Medical School, Coventry, United Kingdom
- Nancy Santesso
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Affiliation Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University Health Sciences Centre, Ontario, Canada
- Luciano Mariani
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Affiliation Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy
- Antonio Giordano
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Affiliation Sbarro Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine and Center of Biotechnology, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Domenico Sergi
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Affiliation Division of Medical Oncology B, Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy
- Laura Pizzuti
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Affiliation Division of Medical Oncology B, Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy
- Luigi Di Lauro
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Affiliation Division of Medical Oncology B, Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy
- Maurizio Montella
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Affiliation Epidemiology Unit, National Cancer Institute G. Pascale Foundation, Naples, Italy
- Anna Crispo
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Affiliation Epidemiology Unit, National Cancer Institute G. Pascale Foundation, Naples, Italy
- Marcella Mottolese
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Contributed equally to this work with: Francesca Sperati, Patrizia Vici, Marcella Mottolese
Affiliation Department of Pathology, Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy
- Maddalena Barba
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* E-mail: maddalena.barba@gmail.com
Affiliation Division of Medical Oncology B/Scientific Direction, Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MB M. Mottolese. Analyzed the data: FS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FS. Wrote the paper: FS PV MB. Designed search strategy, performed and updated search: NS. Screened reference files and extracted data: NS DS LP AC. Provided methodological advice and critically revised the manuscript: MM-S SS LM AG LDL M. Montella.