EDITORS AND EDITORIAL BOARD

Editor in Chief

Massimiliano Berretta

Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Messina Italy

Associate Editors

Lissandra Dal Lago, Medicine Department of Institut Jules Bordet, Brussels, Belgium

Luca Rinaldi, Department of Advanced Medical and Surgery Sciences, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Naples, Italy.

Editors Emeriti

Antonino Carbone, National Cancer Institute, Aviano (PN), Italy

Umberto Tirelli, National Cancer Institute, Aviano (PN), Italy

Senior Editors

Govind Baghat

 Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA

 Christian Gisselbrecht

Saint Louis Hospital, Université Paris 7 René Diderot, Paris, France

 Branimir I. Sikic

Department of Medicine-Oncology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA

Micheal Douek

Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7DQ, UK

Alfredo Guglielmi

Department of Surgery, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

North American Perspectives Editors

 Joseph A. Sparano

Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY, USA

SECTION EDITORS

Bone Marrow Transplantation and Cell Therapy

Paolo Pedrazzoli, Oncology Division, San Matteo Hospital, Pavia, Italy

Breast Cancer

Frédérique Penault-Llorca, Department of Pathology, Centre Jean-Perrin, University of Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France

Paolo Veronesi, Breast Unit, European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy

Cancer Diagnosis and Molecular Pathology

Renato Franco, Pathology Unit, Second University of Naples, Naples Italy

Philip M. Grimley, Uniformed Services University of the Health Science, Bethesda, MD, USA

 Cancer Imaging

Vincenza Granata, Radiology Division, National Cancer Institute, “G. Pascale”, Naples, Italy

 Cancer in Animal Model

Gianfranco Bellipanni, Temple University, Philadelfia, PA, USA

Gaspare La Rocca, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA

Cancer Survivors

Antonella Surbone, Division of Medical Oncology, New York University Medical School, New York, NY, USA

Armando Santoro, Department of Medical Oncology, “Humanitas” Clinical and Research Center, Milan, Italy

Cardio-oncology and Onco-cardiology

Chiara Lestuzzi, Division of Cardiology, National Cancer Institute, Aviano (PN), Italy

Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM)

Massimiliano Berretta, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Messina Italy

Raffaele Di Francia, IAPharmagen Italian Association of Pharmacogenomics and Molecular Diagnostics, Caserta, Italy

Environment, Food, and Cancer

 Alberto Mantovani, Public Health Institute, Rome, Italy

Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Diego Serraino, Unit of Cancer Epidemiology, National Cancer Institute, Aviano (PN), Italy

Epigenomics

Vittorio Enrico Avvedimento, Department of Biology and Molecular Pathology, “Federico II” University Naples, Naples, Italy

Gastrointestinal Cancer

Jedrzej Antosiewicz, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland

Antonio Craxì, Department of Medicine and Biotechnology, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

Giovanni De Manzoni, Department of Surgery Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

Gastrointestinal-Colorectal Cancer

Abdo Jurjus, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon

Carmine Pinto, Division of Oncology, Santa Maria Nuova Hospital, Reggio Emilia, Italy

Genitourinary Cancer

Anna M. Czarnecka, Military Institute of Medicine, Department of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland

Gaetano Facchini, Department of Medical Oncology, S.M. delle Grazie Hospital, Pozzuoli (NA), Italy

Gerhard Unteregger, University of Saarlandes, Homburg/Saar, Germany

Geriatric Oncology

Lissandra Dal Lago, Medicine Department of Institut Jules Bordet, Brussels, Belgium

Gynecological Oncology

Sandro Pignata, Department of Urology & Gynecology, National Cancer Institute “G. Pascale”, Naples, Italy

Head and Neck Cancers

Rosaria Taibi, Department of Medical Oncology, National Cancer Institute, Aviano (PN), Italy

Emanuela Vaccher, Department of Medical Oncology, National Cancer Institute, Aviano (PN), Italy

Hematological Oncology

Nicolas Mounier, Department of Onco-Hematology, Archet Hospital, Nice, France

Michele Spina, Department of Medical Oncology, National Cancer Institute, Aviano (PN), Italy

Hepatobiliary Cancer

Timothy Gayowski, University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics, Utah, USA

Fabrizio Di Benedetto, Department of Surgery, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy

Dario Ribero, Division of Hepatobiliary and Colorectal Surgery, Candiolo Cancer Institute IRCCS, Candiolo, Italy

Immuno-oncology

Michele Maio, Department of Medical, Surgical and Neurosciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy

Lung Cancer

Alessandro Morabito, Thoracic Medical Oncology, National Cancer Institute “G. Pascale”, Naples, Italy

Management and Policy 

Paolo De Paoli, Alliance Against Cancer, Rome, Italy

Microbiota and Cancer

Marcello Romeo, Department of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Pavia, Pavia Italy

Molecular Chaperones and Stress in Cancer

Francesco Cappello, Department of Biomedicine, Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

Molecular Oncology

Anna M. Czarnecka, Military Institute of Medicine, Department of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland

Jack A. Tuszynski, Department of Oncology, University of Alberta Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton, AB, Canada

Nanobiotechnology

Silvia Zappavigna, Department of Precision Medicine, University of Campania “L. Vanvitelli”, Naples, Italy

Occupational and Environmental Carcinogenesis

       Venerando Rapisarda, Occupational Medicine, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy

Oncology Nursing Insight

Gregorio Segatto, Bon Secours Health System, Cork, Ireland

Pediatric Oncology and AYA Oncology

Muayyad Ahmad, Clinical Nursing Department, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan

Maurizio Mascarin, AYA Oncology and Pediatric Radiotherapy Unit, National Cancer Institute, Aviano (PN), Italy

Peritoneal Surface Oncology

Marcello Deraco, Peritoneal Malignancy Program, Department of Surgery, National Cancer Institute, Milan, Italy

Dominique Elias, Department of Surgical Oncology, Institute Gustave Roussy, Paris, France

Pharmacology

Alessia Bignucolo, Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, National Cancer Institute, Aviano (PN), Italy

Monica Montopoli, Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, University of Padua, Padua Italy

Giuseppe Toffoli, Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, National Cancer Institute, Aviano (PN), Italy

Psycho-Oncology

Gabriella Pravettoni, Applied Research Division for Cognitive and Psychological Science, European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy

Radiotheraupetic Oncology

Francesco Fiorica, Department of Radiation Oncology, Mater Salutis Hospital, Scaligera, Legnago, VR, Italy

Gabriele Multhoff, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany

Signal Transduction and Nucleic Acids

Michele Caraglia, Department of Precision Medicine, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Naples, Italy

Skin Cancers

Michele Maio, Department of Medical, Surgical and Neurosciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy

Surgery

Dominique Elias, Department of Surgical Oncology. Institute Gustave Roussy, Paris, France

Angel M. Minetti, Department of Surgery, Hospital Interzonal de Agudos de Lanús, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Translational Research

Lucia Cilenti, College of Medicine, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA

Virus and Cancer

Giuseppe Nunnari, Unit of Infectious Disease, University of Messina, Messina, Italy

Emanuela Vaccher, Department of Medical Oncology, National Cancer Institute, Aviano (PN), Italy

EDITORIAL BOARD

Marina Accardo, University of Campania “L. Vanvitelli”, Naples, Italy

Gabriele Anania, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

Erika Cecchin, National Cancer Institute, Aviano (PN), Italy

Emanuele Cigna, University “Sapienza”, Rome, Italy

Alberto Costa, Breast Unit Division, Hospital of Bellinzona, Bellinzona, Switzerland

Ugo De Giorgi, National Cancer Institute “Romagnolo”, Meldola, Italy

Riccardo Dolcetti, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

Pedro A. Ferraina, Hospital de Clínicas José de San Martin, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Franco Fulciniti, Clinical Cytopathology Service and Pathology Institute of Locarno, Locarno, Switzerland

Gian Piero Guerrini, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy

Salehiniya Hamid, Teheran University of Medical Sciences, Teheran, Iran

Akbar Hedayatizadeh-Omran, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran

Emanuele Lo Menzo, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Cleveland, USA

Enrico Mini, Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

Diego Ribuffo, University “Sapienza”, Rome, Italy

Alvaro L. Ronco, Pereira Rossell Women’s Hospital, Montevideo, Uruguay

Paola Rossi, Department of Biology, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Pervaiz Ruqiya, Near East University, Nicosia, Cyprus

Jean-Christophe Sabourin, University Hospital, Rouen, France

Maria Grazia Scuderi, Division of Pediatric Surgery, University of Catania, Catania Italy

Richard A. Seidu, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, P.R. China

Syed Imran Ali Shah, Central Park Medical College, Lahore, Pakistan

B. J. Sriniivas, HCG Cancer Hospital, Bangalore

Yongxu Sun, Qiqihar Medical University, Qiqihar, China

Sule Gokyildiz Surucu, Cukurova University, Adana, Turkey

Sabine Topka, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA

Manlio Vinciguerra, London University College, London, UK

Diop Mohamed Yahya, National Centre of Oncology, Nouakchott, RIM

Editorial Scientific Assistant

Alessia Bignucolo, Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, National Cancer Institute, Aviano (PN), Italy

Raffaele Di Francia, IAPharmagen Italian Association of Pharmacogenomics and Molecular Diagnostics, Caserta, Italy

Editorial Office

Editorial Office Director

Mariella Verduci

Publishing Manager

Matteo Gori