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Maria Pia Foschini

Full Professor

Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences

Academic discipline: MEDS-04/A Pathology

Research

Keywords: osteosarcoma pituitary adenoma central nervous system squamous cell carcinoma breast field cancerization maxillary bone mandible glioblastoma oral cavity pleomorphic lobular carcinoma salivary galnd like breast carcinoma

Research activities mainly focused on head and neck, breast and central nervous system pathology.

Breast: Androgen receptor expression in female breast cancer. 

Squamous cells carcinoma of the head and neck: impact of methylation profiles in oral squamous cell carcinoma.

Field cancerization in the tumours of the sino-nasal region.

CNS: CoViD-19 lesions of the brain.

 

 













Research activities are mainly focused on endocrine and exocrine glands, head and neck and central nervous system tumours.

Breast carcinomas are under evaluation using macrosections. These macrosections (large histological sections) are proved to be useful to determine the real extent and intra-mammary growth of in situ and invasive caricnoma. Special attention is now focused on pleomorphic invasive lobular carcinoma.

Squamous cell carcinoma of the oral (OSC) cavity, even if presenting at early stage (pT1\pT2) can frequently recur and metastatize.  Furthermore the oral cavity can be affected by tumours originating from the salivary glands. The treatment of these latter tumour is mainly based on surgical resection as they do not respond to radio and or chemotherapy

The study aims at retrospectively and prospectively identifying markers transcripts to be utilized for the prediction aggressive behaviour in patients presenting OSC at early stage and in cases of salivary gland carcinomas.

In addition the impact of specific miRNA in the neoplastic tranformation and progression is under evaluation.

The genetic profile of salivary gland tumours with epithelial and myoepithelial differentiation is under evaluation.

Finally a retrospective series of osteosarcomas of the jaws is under evaluation.

CNS: brain tissue changes in CoV-2 patients.