Prof. Piergiuseppe Colombo

Humanitas University, Italy

Email: piergiuseppe.colombo@humanitas.it

Qualifications

1999 Ph.D., University of Milan, Italy

1995 M.Sc., University of Milan School of Medicine, Italy

Publications (Selected)

1. Avolio, P. P., Garbin, A., Pandini, M., Carriero, R., Kunderfranco, P., Elefante, M. G., ... & Lazzeri, M. (2025). Immune profiling at the single-cell level to evaluate the immune microenvironment in bladder cancer: Insights from non-muscle invasive and muscle-invasive disease.
2. Ciancio, F. F., Insalaco, G., Forte, S., Randazzo, C., Grasso, F., Trombetta, G., ... & Valenti, G. (2025). Vaginal wall smooth muscle tumors: a systematic review of literature and a case report of vaginal STUMP.
3. Sordelli, F., Desai, A., Dagnino, F., Contieri, R., Giuriolo, S., Paciotti, M., ... & Voza, A. (2025). Xpert Bladder Cancer Detection in Emergency Setting Assessment (XESA Project): A Prospective, Single-centre Trial. European Urology Open Science, 71, 172-179.
4. Portale, F., Carriero, R., Iovino, M., Kunderfranco, P., Pandini, M., Marelli, G., ... & Di Mitri, D. (2024). C/EBPβ-dependent autophagy inhibition hinders NK cell function in cancer. Nature Communications, 15(1), 10343.
5. Piccolini, A., Avolio, P. P., Saitta, C., Beatrici, E., Moretto, S., Aljoulani, M., ... & Lughezzani, G. (2024). A Propensity Score–matched Comparison of Micro-ultrasound–guided Transrectal and Magnetic Resonance Imaging/Transrectal Ultrasound Fusion-guided Transperineal Prostate Biopsies for Detection of Clinically Significant Prostate Cancer. European Urology Open Science, 69, 7-12.
6. Uleri, A., Contieri, R., Moretto, S., Cieri, M., Paciotti, M., Hurle, R., ... & Lughezzani, G. (2024). Ex Vivo Real-time Assessment of Detrusor Muscle Sampling via Confocal Microscopy During Endoscopic Resection of Bladder Tumor. European Urology Open Science, 69, 71.
7. Renne, S. L., Sama’, L., Kumar, S., Mintemur, O., Ruspi, L., Santori, I., ... & Cananzi, F. C. M. (2024). Disruptions in antigen processing and presentation machinery on sarcoma. Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy, 73(11), 228.
8. Lopci, E., Lazzeri, M., Disconzi, L., Colombo, P., Saita, A., Peschechera, R., ... & Lughezzani, G. (2024). Interim analyses from the PROSPET-BX trial:[G8Ga] PSMA PET/CT vs. mpMRI in patients with suspicion of prostate cancer and previous negative biopsy.
9. Bertuzzi, A. F., Grimaudo, M. S., Laffi, A., Giordano, L., Gennaro, N., Cariboni, U., ... & Santoro, A. (2023). Multidisciplinary management of adolescents and young adults (AYA) sarcoma: A successful effort of an adult high‐volume cancer center. Cancer Medicine, 12(15), 16254-16263.
10. Frego, N., Contieri, R., Diana, P., Mancon, S., Colombo, P., Lazzeri, M., ... & Hurle, R. (2023). Inflammatory markers and Type 2 diabetes mellitus as prognostic risk factors in low‐risk bladder cancer. BJU international, 132(2).
11. Maffei, D., Fasulo, V., Avolio, P. P., Saitta, C., Paciotti, M., De Carne, F., ... & Lughezzani, G. (2023). Diagnostic performance of microUltrasound at MRI‐guided confirmatory biopsy in patients under active surveillance for low‐risk prostate cancer. The Prostate, 83(9), 886-895.
12. Lopci, E., Lazzeri, M., Colombo, P., Casale, P., Buffi, N. M., Saita, A., ... & Lughezzani, G. (2023). Diagnostic Performance and Clinical Impact of PSMA PET/CT versus mpMRI in patients with a high suspicion of prostate cancer and previously negative biopsy: A prospective trial (PROSPET-BX). Urologia Internationalis, 107(5), 433-439.
13. Saitta, C., De Simone, I., Fasulo, V., Corbetta, M., Duga, S., Chiereghin, C., ... & Lazzeri, M. (2023). Evaluation of semen self-sampling yield predictors and CTC isolation by multi-color flow cytometry for liquid biopsy of localized prostate cancer. Cancers, 15(10), 2666.
14. Valeri, M., Contieri, R., Fasulo, V., Iuzzolino, M., Cieri, M., Elefante, G. M., ... & Colombo, P. (2023). Prospective validation of the ROL system in substaging pT1 high-grade urothelial carcinoma: results from a mono-institutional confirmatory analysis in BCG treated patients. Cancers, 15(3), 934.
15. Navarria, P., Baldaccini, D., Clerici, E., Marini, B., Cozzi, L., Franceschini, D., ... & Scorsetti, M. (2022). Stereotactic body radiation therapy for lung metastases from sarcoma in oligometastatic patients: a phase 2 study. International Journal of Radiation Oncology* Biology* Physics, 114(4), 762-770.
16. De Carlo, C., Valeri, M., Corbitt, D. N., Cieri, M., & Colombo, P. (2022). Non-muscle invasive bladder cancer biomarkers beyond morphology. Frontiers in Oncology, 12, 947446.
17. Diana, P., Lughezzani, G., Saita, A., Uleri, A., Frego, N., Contieri, R., ... & Hurle, R. (2022). Head-to-head comparison between high-resolution microultrasound imaging and multiparametric MRI in detecting and local staging of bladder cancer: The BUS-MISS protocol. Bladder Cancer, 8(2), 119-127.

Profile Details

WoS ResearcherID: AAA-9176-2019

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https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/Piergiuseppe-Colombo-38195435