Project description:mRNA expression in RNA isolated from formalin fixed, paraffin embedded tissue from vulvar melanoma compared to primary cutaneous melanoma.
Project description:microRNA expression in RNA isolated from formalin fixed, paraffin embedded tissue from vulvar melanoma compared to primary cutaneous melanoma
Project description:Primary outcome(s): Relationship with mRNA expression of B7 family molecules in blood of patients with colorectal cancer and clinicopathological factors
Project description:Identification of copy number alterations of HPV-positive and HPV-negative vulvar squamous cell carcinomas (VSCC) and vulvar intraepithelial neoplasias (VIN), with special focus on VIN with and without VSCC, the latter group being defined as VIN with no VSCC development during >10 year follow-up.
Project description:A growing number of studies on gynecological cancers (GCs) have revealed potential gene markers associated either with the pathogenesis and progression of the disease on representing putative targets for therapy and treatment of cervical (CC), endometrial (EC) and vulvar cancer (VC). However, quite a little overlap is found between these data. In this study we combined data from the three GCs integrating gene expression profile analysis. The meta-analysis including our results and data emerge from other available studies on gynecological malignancies and other cancer types, revealed common properties among them including deregulation of cell cycle, immune response, antiviral response and apoptosis. Total RNA was extracted from physiological and cancer patients from cervix, endometrium and vulvar tissue and was hybridized on Affymetrix HG133_A_2.0 microarray chips corresponding to more than 12.000 uniquely represented genes. A total of 35 samples were used to identify potential biomarkers and signatures in each type of cancer.
