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Alessandro Olivi

Researcher at Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic

Publications -  225
Citations -  19575

Alessandro Olivi is an academic researcher from Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Internal medicine. The author has an hindex of 52, co-authored 163 publications receiving 17205 citations. Previous affiliations of Alessandro Olivi include Johns Hopkins University & Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

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Detection of Circulating Tumor DNA in Early- and Late-Stage Human Malignancies

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TL;DR: The ability of circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) to detect tumors in 640 patients with various cancer types was evaluated and suggested that ctDNA is a broadly applicable, sensitive, and specific biomarker that can be used for a variety of clinical and research purposes.
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Bone morphogenetic proteins inhibit the tumorigenic potential of human brain tumour-initiating cells

TL;DR: Findings show that the BMP–BMPR signalling system—which controls the activity of normal brain stem cells—may also act as a key inhibitory regulator of tumour-initiating, stem-like cells from GBMs and identify BMP4 as a novel, non-cytotoxic therapeutic effector, which may be used to prevent growth and recurrence of GBMs in humans.
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Independent association of extent of resection with survival in patients with malignant brain astrocytoma: Clinical article

TL;DR: In the authors' experience with both primary and secondary resection of malignant brain astrocytomas, increasing extent of resection was associated with improved survival independent of age, degree of disability, WHO grade, or subsequent treatment modalities used.
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Cyclopamine-mediated Hedgehog pathway inhibition depletes stem-like cancer cells in glioblastoma

TL;DR: Investigating whether Hedgehog blockade could target the stem‐like population in glioblastoma multiforme found that Gli1, a key Hedgehog pathway target, was highly expressed in 5 of 19 primary GBM and in 4 of 7 GBM cell lines, and Shh ligand was expressed in some primary tumors, and in GBM‐derived neurospheres, suggesting a potential mechanism for pathway activation.