“intelligenti”, apra nuovi orizzonti alla ricerca. Infatti sappiamo oramai che esistono numerosi fenomeni che regolano la crescita <strong>di</strong> <strong>un</strong>a massa neoplastica, ma non sappiamo tuttora interpretare quali tra questi siano i più significativi. Auspichiamo che questo attuale scenario stimoli la ricerca verso la conoscenza <strong>di</strong> ulteriori vie <strong>di</strong> trasduzione dei segnali molecolari che potenzialmente potrebbero rappresentare vali<strong>di</strong> bersagli <strong>di</strong> nuove ed ulteriori terapie. Maria Pittalis <strong>Valutazione</strong> <strong>di</strong> <strong>efficacia</strong> <strong>di</strong> <strong>un</strong> <strong>antiangiogenetico</strong> (<strong>Bevacizumab</strong>) associata a chemioterapia in pazienti con carcinoma della mammella metastatico Tesi <strong>di</strong> dottorato in scienze Biome<strong>di</strong>che-Epidemiologia molecolare dei tumori Università degli Stu<strong>di</strong> <strong>di</strong> Sassari 79
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