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Francesco Piazza

Clinician
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Francesco Piazza is a hematologist and researcher. His research focuses on multiple myeloma and lymphomas, studying molecular mechanisms and new therapeutic targets.

Research

Francesco Piazza is a clinician and researcher at VIMM, where he studies blood cancers, particularly multiple myeloma and certain types of lymphomas. His work aims to understand why B lymphocytes — key cells of the immune system — sometimes turn into cancer cells and begin to grow uncontrollably. His research group seeks to identify the molecular mechanisms that drive this transformation and to use them to develop new targeted therapies, with the goal of making treatments more effective and less toxic for patients.

Publications

  1. Impact of the presence and number of chromosomal abnormalities on the clinical outcome in Waldenström Macroglobulinemia: a monocentric experience.

    Danesin N, Bonaldi L, Martines A, Nalio S, Bertorelle R, Compagno S, Marcato R, Manni S, Scarmozzino F, Pizzi M, Tos APD, Cellini A, Scapinello G, Visentin A, Trentin L, Piazza F. Ann Hematol. 2024 Aug;103(8):2961-2968. doi: 10.1007/s00277-024-05770-4. Epub 2024 Apr 30.

  2. When Waldenström macroglobulinemia hits the kidney: Description of a case series and management of a “rare in rare” scenario.

    Danesin N, Scapinello G, Del Prete D, Naso E, Berno T, Visentin A, Bonaldi L, Martines A, Bertorelle R, Vianello F, Gurrieri C, Zambello R, Castellani C, Fedrigo M, Rizzo S, Angelini A, Trentin L, Piazza F. Cancer Rep (Hoboken). 2024 Apr;7(4):e2062. doi: 10.1002/cnr2.2062.

  3. CK2β Regulates Hematopoietic Stem Cell Biology and Erythropoiesis.

    Quotti Tubi L, Canovas Nunes S, Mandato E, Pizzi M, Vitulo N, D’Agnolo M, Colombatti R, Martella M, Boaro MP, Doriguzzi Breatta E, Fregnani A, Spinello Z, Nabergoj M, Filhol O, Boldyreff B, Albiero M, Fadini GP, Gurrieri C, Vianello F, Semenzato G, Manni S, Trentin L, Piazza F. Hemasphere. 2023 Nov 23;7(12):e978. doi: 10.1097/HS9.0000000000000978. eCollection 2023 Dec.

  4. aldenström Macroglobulinemia in Very Elderly (≥75-year-old) Patients: A 33-year-retrospective Cohort Study in an Italian University Hospital.

    Danesin N, Lo Schirico M, Scapinello G, Grassi A, Riva M, Berno T, Branca A, Visentin A, Carraro M, Pavan L, Manni S, Bonaldi L, Martines A, Bertorelle R, Vianello F, Gurrieri C, Briani C, Zambello R, Trentin L, Piazza F. Hemasphere. 2023 Oct 3;7(10):e964. doi: 10.1097/HS9.0000000000000964. eCollection 2023 Oct.

  5. Peripheral neuropathy as clinical onset of monoclonal IgM/k-related amyloidosis.

    Briani C, Ferrari S, Berno T, Visentin A, Cacciavillani M, Cavallaro T, Fedrigo M, Rizzo S, Salvalaggio A, Trentin L, Piazza F. J Peripher Nerv Syst. 2023 Jun;28(2):262-265. doi: 10.1111/jns.12540. Epub 2023 Mar 10.

Curriculum

1995 - 1996

Medical Oncology Residency

1999 - 2003

Postdoc - Memorial Sloan‑Kettering Cancer Center, New York (USA)

2003 -2006

Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Università di Padova

2018 - present

Associate Professor of Hematology - Università di Padova

2012 - present

Researcher - VIMM

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