Filippo Pietrantonio

The impact of PROgnostic SIgnatures in stage II colon cancer patients enrolled in the phase III clinical trial TOSCA: the PROSIT study

BACKGROUND: Adjuvant chemotherapy (ACT) indication in stage II colorectal cancer (CRC) remains challenging, as clinical, pathological, and ctDNA inadequately predict benefit. Immune infiltration correlates with outcome, yet transcriptional signatures have not been systematically...

Circulating tumor DNA-guided de-escalation or escalation of adjuvant therapy in high-risk stage II and stage III colon cancer: the phase 2 PEGASUS trial

Oxaliplatin–fluoropyrimidine combinations are standard adjuvant therapy after radical resection of high-risk stage II and stage III colon cancer but expose many patients to toxicity while failing to prevent relapse in others. PEGASUS was a multicenter, single-arm, phase 2 trial e...