EDITORS AND EDITORIAL BOARD

Editor in Chief

Massimiliano Berretta

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

Associate Editors

Gaetano Facchini, National Cancer Institue “G. Pascale”, Naples, Italy

Luca Rinaldi, University of Campania “L. Vanvitelli”, Naples, Italy

Edtors 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

 Marco Trovò

Division of Radiotherapy, “Santa Maria della Misericordia” Hospital, Udine, Italy

Micheal Douek

Kings College Hospital, London, 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

Biophysics

Michele Caraglia, University of Naples, Naples, Italy

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, 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, “Humanitas” Cancer Center, Milan, Italy

Cardio-oncology and Onco-cardiology

Chiara Lestuzzi, 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, National Cancer Institute “G. Pascale”, Naples, Italy

Environment, Food, and Cancer

 Alberto Mantovani, Public Health Institute, Rome, Italy

Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Diego Serraino, National Cancer Institute, Aviano (PN), Italy

Epigenomics

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

Gastrointestinal Cancer, Medical Oncology

Jedrzej Antosiewicz, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland

Francesco Di Costanzo, Medical Oncology Division, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

Gastrointestinal Cancer

Antonio Craxì, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

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

Gastrointestinal-Colorectal Cancer, Medical Oncology

Abdo Jurjus, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon

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

Gastrointestinal Surgery Cancer

Giovanni De Manzoni, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

Genitourinary Cancer

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

Gaetano Facchini, National Cancer Institue “G. Pascale”, Naples, Italy

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

Genitourinary Cancer Surgery

Massimo Porena, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy

Geriatric Oncology

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

Gynecological Oncology

Sandro Pignata, National Cancer Institute “G. Pascale”, Naples, Italy

Head and Neck Cancers

Rosaria Taibi, National Cancer Institute, Aviano (PN), Italy

Emanuela Vaccher, National Cancer Institute, Aviano (PN), Italy

Hematological Oncology

Nicolas Mounier, University of Nice, Nice, France

Michele Spina, National Cancer Institute, Aviano (PN), Italy

Hepatobiliary Cancer

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

Luca Rinaldi, University of Campania “L. Vanvitelli”, Naples, Italy

Hepatobiliary Cancer Surgery

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

Dario Ribero, European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy

Lung Cancer

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

Management and Policy

Giampiero Fasola, Division of Oncology, “Santa Maria della Misericordia” Hospital, Udine, Italy

Melanoma

Michele Maio, Immunotherapy Oncology Division, Siena, Italy

Molecular Chaperones and Stress in Cancer

Francesco Cappello, 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, 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

Palliative Support Care

Davide Lombardi, National Cancer Institute, Aviano (PN), Italy

Pediatric Oncology and AYA Oncology

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

Maurizio Mascarin, National Cancer Institute, Aviano (PN), Italy

Peritoneal Surface Oncology

Marcello Deraco, National Cancer Institute, Milan, Italy

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

Pharmacology and Pharmacogenomics

Alessia Bignucolo, National Cancer Institute, Aviano (PN), Italy

Monica Montopoli University of Padua, Padua Italy

Giuseppe Toffoli, National Cancer Institute, Aviano (PN), Italy

Psycho-Oncology

Gabriella Pravettoni, European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy

Radiotheraupetic Oncology

Francesco Fiorica, Division of Radiotherapy, “S. Anna” Hospital, Ferrara, Italy

Gabriele Multhoff, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany

Marco Trovò, University of Udine, Udine, Italy

Signal Transduction and Nucleic Acids

Michele Caraglia, University of Naples “SUN”, Naples, 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

Paolo De Paoli, National Cancer Institute, Aviano (PN), Italy

Giuseppe Nunnari, University of Messina, Messina, Italy

Emanuela Vaccher, National Cancer Institute, Aviano (PN), Italy

EDITORIAL BOARD

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

Emanuele Cannizzaro, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

Vincenzo Canzonieri, National Cancer Institute, Aviano (PN), Italy

Manuela Ceccarelli, University of Catania, Catania, Italy

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

Emanuele Cigna, University “Sapienza”, Rome, Italy

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

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

Vallì De Re, National Cancer Institute, Aviano (PN), Italy

Riccardo Dolcetti, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

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

Franco Fulciniti, Pathology Division, Locarno, Switzerland

Valter Gattei, National Cancer Institute, Aviano (PN), Italy

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

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

Emanuele Lomenzo, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Cleveland, USA

Roberto Marci, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

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

Marina Porcelli, University of Campania “L. Vanvitelli”, Naples, 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

Kadare Shahin, Laboratory of Morphopatology, Hospital of Tirana, Tirana, Albania

Pasquale Sperlongano, Federico II University, Naples, Italy

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

Raffaele Di Francia, National Cancer Institue “G. Pascale”, Naples, Italy

Alessia Bignucolo, National Cancer Institute, Aviano (PN), Italy

Editorial Office

Publishing Manager

Matteo Gori

Valentina Doria

Editorial Office Director

Giovanni Lombardi