• Cancer Stem Cells and Their Possible Implications in Cervical Cancer: A Short Review 

      Di Fiore, Riccardo; Suleiman, Sherif; Drago-Ferrante, Rosa; Subbannayya, Yashwanth; Pentimalli, Francesca; Giordano, Antonio; Calleja-Agius, Jean (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Cervical cancer (CC) is the fourth most common type of gynecological malignancy affecting females worldwide. Most CC cases are linked to infection with high-risk human papillomaviruses (HPV). There has been a significant ...
    • Extraterrestrial Gynecology: Could Spaceflight Increase the Risk of Developing Cancer in Female Astronauts? An Updated Review 

      Drago-Ferrante, Rosa; Di Fiore, Riccardo; Karouia, Fathi; Subbannayya, Yashwanth; Das, Saswati; Aydogan Mathyk, Begum; Arif, Shehbeel; Guevara-Cerdán, Ana Paula; Seylani, Allen; Galsinh, Aman Singh; Kukulska, Weronika; Borg, Joseph; Suleiman, Sherif; Porterfield, David Marshall; Camera, Andrea; Christenson, Lane K; Ronca, April Elizabeth; Steller, Jonathan G; Beheshti, Afshin; Calleja-Agius, Jean (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Outer space is an extremely hostile environment for human life, with ionizing radiation from galactic cosmic rays and microgravity posing the most significant hazards to the health of astronauts. Spaceflight has also been ...
    • LncRNA MORT (ZNF667-AS1) in Cancer—Is There a Possible Role in Gynecological Malignancies? 

      Di Fiore, Riccardo; Suleiman, Sherif; Drago-Ferrante, Rosa; Félix, Ana; O’Toole, Sharon A.; O’Leary, John J.; Ward, Mark P.; Beirne, James; Yordanov, Angel; Vasileva-Slaveva, Mariela; Subbannayya, Yashwanth; Pentimalli, Francesca; Giordano, Antonio; Calleja-Agius, Jean (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Gynecological cancers (GCs) are currently among the major threats to female health. Moreover, there are different histologic subtypes of these cancers, which are defined as ‘rare’ due to an annual incidence of <6 per 100,000 ...
    • The Role of Omics Approaches to Characterize Molecular Mechanisms of Rare Ovarian Cancers: Recent Advances and Future Perspectives 

      Subbannayya, Yashwanth; Di Fiore, Riccardo; Urru, Silvana Anna Maria; Calleja-Agius, Jean (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Rare ovarian cancers are ovarian cancers with an annual incidence of less than 6 cases per 100,000 women. They generally have a poor prognosis due to being delayed diagnosis and treatment. Exploration of molecular mechanisms ...