Dr. Piergiuseppe Colombo

University of Milan, 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. Colombo P, Naspro R, Vallieri L, Vavassori I, Valenti S, Galli C, Roncalli M. Non-hormone-induced mixed epithelial and stromal tumor of kidney in a man: description of a rare case. Urology. 2008. 1: 168. 7-9.
2. De Pas T, Toffalorio F, Colombo P, Giuseppe Trifirò, Pelosi G, Della Vigna P, Manzotti M, Agostini M, de Braud F. Brief report: activity of Imatinib in a patient with Platelet-Derived-Growth-Factor receptor positive malignant solitary fibrous tumor of the pleura. Journal of Thoracic Oncology. 2008. 3: 938-941.
3. Patriarca C, Colombo P, Taronna AP, Wesseling J, Franchi G, Guddo F, Naspro R, Macchi RM, Giunta P, Pasquale MD, Parente M, Arizzi C, Roncalli M, Campo B. Cell Discohesion and Multifocality of Carcinoma In situ of the Bladder: New Insight From the Adhesion Molecule Profile (e-Cadherin, Ep-CAM, and MUC1). Int J Surg Pathol. 2008 Nov 19.
4. Taverna G, Colombo P, Grizzi F, Franceschini B, Ceva-Grimaldi G, Seveso M, Giusti G, Piccinelli A, Graziotti P. Fractal analysis of two-dimensional vascularity in primary prostate cancer and surrounding non-tumoral parenchyma. Pathol Res Pract. 2009; 205:438-44
5. Taverna G, Grizzi F, Minuti F, Seveso M, Piccinelli A, Giusti G, Benetti A, Maugeri O, Pasini L, Zandegiacomo S, Colombo P, Di Biccari S, Graziotti P. PSA repeatedly fluctuating levels are reassuring enough to avoid biopsy? Arch Ital Urol Androl. 2009 Dec;81(4):203-8.
6. Taverna G, Corinti M, Colombo P, Grizzi F, Severo M, Piccinelli A, Giusti G, Benetti A, Zucali PA, Graziotti P. Bladder metastases of appendiceal mucinous adenocarcinoma: a case presentation. BMC Cancer. 2010;10:62.
7. Taverna G, Grizzi F, Colombo P, Graziotti PP. Microvessel density estimate: friend or foe in the light of prostate vascular system complexity? World J Urol. 2010 Jan 21.
8. Gaetani P, Hulleman E, Levi D, Quarto M, Scorsetti M, Helin K, Simonelli M, Colombo P, Rodriguez Y Baena R. Expression of the transcription factor Hey1 in glioblastoma: a preliminary clinical study. Tumori. 2010;96:97-102.
9. Sclafani F, Carnaghi C, Colombo P, Bozzarelli S, De Vincenzo F, Rimassa L, Giorgetti PL, Santoro A. Case report of acute aortic dissection during treatment with capecitabine for a late recurrence of breast cancer. Chemotherapy. 2010;56(3):203-7. Epub 2010 Jun 11.
10. Erreni M, Solinas G, Brescia P, Osti D, Zunino F, Colombo P, Destro A, Roncalli M, Mantovani A, Draghi R, Levi D, Rodriguez Y Baena R, Gaetani P, Pelicci G, Allavena P. Human glioblastoma tumours and neural cancer stem cells express the chemokine CX3CL1 and its receptor CX3CR1. European Journal of Cancer. 2010 Aug 19.
11. Di Ieva A, Grizzi F, Tschabitscher M, Colombo P, Casali M, Simonelli M, Widhalm G, Muzzio PC, Matula C, Chiti A, Rodriguez Y Baena R. Correlation of microvascular fractal dimension with positron emission tomography [(11)C]-methionine uptake in glioblastoma multiforme: Preliminary findings. Microvascular Research. 2010 Sep;80(2):267-73.