Pubblicazioni

AIRTUM

Calì C, Amodio R, Fabiano S, Gatta G, Maule MM, Perotti V, Savoia F, Sessa M, Tittarelli A, Mazzucco W, Stracci F, Ragusa R; AIRTUM Working Group. Childhood and adolescents’ cancer survival: Progress made and priorities for improvement. An Italian population-based study. Cancer Epidemiol. 2025 Oct;98:102895. doi: 10.1016/j.canep.2025.102895. Epub 2025 Jul 31. PMID: 40749413.

Santelli E, Gatta G, Savoia F, Fabiano S, Cuccaro F, Perotti V, Tittarelli A, Scuderi T, Amodio R, Mazzucco W, Stracci F, Cozzi I; AIRTUM Working Group. Incidence rates and trends of paediatric cancer in Italy, 2008-2017. Cancer Epidemiol. 2025 Dec;99:102947. doi: 10.1016/j.canep.2025.102947. Epub 2025 Oct 24. PMID: 41138572.

BENCHISTA italiano

Gatta G, Capocaccia R, Conte M, Sessa M, Savoia F, Sacerdote C, Didonè F, Botta L; BENCHISTA-ITA working group. Benchmarking nazionale della sopravvivenza per stadio alla diagnosi dei tumori infantili in Italia (BENCHISTA-ITA): protocollo di studio. Epidemiol Prev. 2025 Jul-Aug;49(4):299-307. English. doi: 10.19191/EP25.4.A886.077. PMID: 41399889.

Didonè F, Tittarelli A, Tresoldi C, Contiero P, Capocaccia R, Haupt R, Fragola M, Sessa M, Savoia F, Sacerdote C, Conte M, Gatta G, Botta L, Benchista-Ita Working Group. Improving the Connection Between Population-Based and National Clinical Pediatric Cancer Registries-A Pilot Study on Neuroblastoma: The Italian BENCHISTA-Ita Project. Cancers (Basel). 2025 Dec 5;17(24):3894. doi: 10.3390/cancers17243894. PMID: 41463147; PMCID: PMC12731120.

Gatta G, Capocaccia R, Conte M, Sessa M, Savoia F, Sacerdote C, Mazzucco W, Ragusa R, Didonè F, Botta L, Benchista-Ita Working Group. Neuroblastoma by Stage at Diagnosis and Other Prognostic Factors: The Results of the BENCHISTA Italian Project-A Population-Based Study. Cancers (Basel). 2026 Feb 13;18(4):613. doi: 10.3390/cancers18040613. PMID: 41749866; PMCID: PMC12939154.

Botta L, Didonè F, Capocaccia R, Conte M, Sessa M, Savoia F, Di Cataldo A, Arrabito M, Maule MM, Gatta G, Ragusa R, The Benchista-Ita Wg. Toronto Staging Guidelines for Wilms Tumour: The Meeting Point Between Clinicians and Epidemiologists-Results of the BENCHISTA-ITA Project. Cancers (Basel). 2026 Jun 29;18(13):2111. doi: 10.3390/cancers18132111. PMID: 42449654; PMCID: PMC13359950.

BENCHISTA internazionale

BENCHISTA internazionale

Botta L, Gatta G, Didonè F, Lopez Cortes A, Pritchard-Jones K; BENCHISTA Project Working Group. International benchmarking of childhood cancer survival by stage at diagnosis: The BENCHISTA project protocol. PLoS One. 2022 Nov 3;17(11):e0276997. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0276997. PMID: 36327231; PMCID: PMC9632762.

Lopez-Cortes A, Al-Mahdy A, Jakab Z, Shimato M, Botta L, Didonè F, Cañete Nieto A, Desandes E, Hjalgrim LL, Polanco A, Stiller CA, Zeller B, Gatta G, Pritchard-Jones K; BENCHISTA Project Working Group. International variation in child healthcare practices and implications for childhood cancer diagnosis: a scoping review and cross-country clinician survey. Eur J Pediatr. 2026 Jun 12;185(7):491. doi: 10.1007/s00431-026-07109-9. Erratum in: Eur J Pediatr. 2026 Jul 20;185(8):587. doi: 10.1007/s00431-026-07238-1. PMID: 42283867; PMCID: PMC13263281.

Lopez-Cortes A, Didonè F, Botta L, Hjalgrim LL, Jakab Z, Canete Nieto A, Stiller C, Zeller B, Gatta G, Pritchard-Jones K; BENCHISTA Project Working Group. Cancer data quality and harmonization in Europe: the experience of the BENCHISTA Project – international benchmarking of childhood cancer survival by stage. Front Oncol. 2023 Aug 22;13:1232451. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2023.1232451. Erratum in: Front Oncol. 2024 Mar 28;14:1397101. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2024.1397101. PMID: 37675230; PMCID: PMC10477775.

Botta L, Didonè F, Lopez-Cortes A, Nieto AC, Desandes E, Hjalgrim LL, Jakab Z, Stiller CA, Zeller B, Gatta G, Pritchard-Jones K; BENCHISTA Project Working Group. International benchmarking of stage at diagnosis for six childhood solid tumours (the BENCHISTA project): a population-based, retrospective cohort study. Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2025 Feb;9(2):89-99. doi: 10.1016/S2352-4642(24)00302-X. Erratum in: Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2025 Mar;9(3):e9. doi: 10.1016/S2352-4642(25)00037-9. Erratum in: Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2025 May;9(5):e13. doi: 10.1016/S2352-4642(25)00096-3. PMID: 39855760.

Botta L, Didonè F, Lopez-Cortes A, Cañete Nieto A, Desandes E, Hjalgrim LL, Jakab Z, Stiller CA, Zeller B, Bailey S, Gaspar N, Spreafico F, Strauss SJ, Gatta G, Pritchard-Jones K; BENCHISTA Project Working Group. Stage at Diagnosis and International Survival Variation in Childhood Tumors in the BENCHISTA Study. JAMA Netw Open. 2026 Feb 2;9(2):e2556747. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.56747. PMID: 41661594; PMCID: PMC12887745.

EUROCARE

Botta L, Gatta G, Capocaccia R, Stiller C, Cañete A, Dal Maso L, Innos K, Mihor A, Erdmann F, Spix C, Lacour B, Marcos-Gragera R, Murray D, Rossi S; EUROCARE-6 Working Group. Long-term survival and cure fraction estimates for childhood cancer in Europe (EUROCARE-6): results from a population-based study. Lancet Oncol. 2022 Dec;23(12):1525-1536. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(22)00637-4. Epub 2022 Nov 16. PMID: 36400102.

Trama A, Geerdes EE, Demuru E, De Angelis R, Karim-Kos HE, Troussard X, Bennett D, Marcos-Gragera R, Kuehni CE, Liu H, Bernasconi A, Vener C, Guevara M, Zwaan CM, Mayer-da-Silva A, Paapsi K, Ragusa R, Smith OP; EUROCARE-6 Working Group. Survival of European children, adolescents and young adults diagnosed with haematological malignancies in the period 2000-2013: Results from EUROCARE-6, a population-based study. Eur J Cancer. 2025 Jun 3;222:115336. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2025.115336. Epub 2025 Mar 1. PMID: 40334304.

Virgili G, Capocaccia R, Botta L, Bennett D, Hadjistilianou T, Innos K, Karim-Kos H, Kuehni CE, Kuhnel U, Mazzini C, Canete Nieto A, Paapsi K, Parravano M, Ronckers CM, Rossi S, Stiller C, Vicini G, Visser O, Gatta G; EUROCARE-6 Working Group. Survival and Health Care Burden of Children With Retinoblastoma in Europe. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2024 Oct 10;142(11):1062–70. doi: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2024.4140. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39388193; PMCID: PMC11581545.

Trama A, Botta L, Stiller C, Visser O, Cañete-Nieto A, Spycher B, Bielska-Lasota M, Katalinic A, Vener C, Innos K, Marcos-Gragera R, Paapsi K, Guevara M, Demuru E, Mousavi SM, Blum M, Eberle A, Ferrari A, Bernasconi A, Lasalvia P; EUROCARE-6 Working Group. Survival of European adolescents and young adults diagnosed with cancer in 2010-2014. Eur J Cancer. 2024 May;202:113558. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2024.113558. Epub 2024 Jan 24. PMID: 38489859.

Hoogendijk R, Capocaccia R, van der Lugt J, Kranendonk MEG, Hoving EW, Wesseling P, Visser O, van Vuurden DG, Gatta G, Karim-Kos HE; EUROCARE working group. Long-term survival and cure fraction estimates for paediatric central nervous system tumours in 31 European countries (EUROCARE-6): a population-based study. Lancet Oncol. 2025 Aug;26(8):1091-1099. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(25)00297-9. PMID: 40744027…