Infections and cancer

Laia Alemany Vilches

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS
  • Francesc Xavier Bosch Jose
  • Laia Bruni Coccoz
  • Miquel Angel Pavon Ribas
  • Raquel Ibañez Pérez
  • Laura Costas Caudet
  • Yolanda Benavente Moreno
  • Assumpta Company Serrat
CLINICAL RESEARCHERS
  • Maria Brotons Agulló
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHERS (R2)
  • Delphine Casabonne
  • Beatriz Serrano Carro
  • Beatriz Quirós Blasco
  • Ginesa Albero Abril
  • Mireia Diaz Sanchis
  • Marisa Mena Cervigon
  • Claudia Robles Hellin
  • Sonia Paytubi Casabona
PREDOCTORAL RESEARCHERS (R1)
  • Xin Wang
  • David Gómez Guillén
  • Álvaro De Andrés Pablo
  • Paula Angela Peremiquel Trillas
SCIENTIFIC SUPPORT
  • Omar Clavero Carletti
  • Yolanda Florencia Melgarejo
  • Vanesa Camon Melguizo
  • Sara Tous Belmonte
  • Jesus Muñoz Villanueva
  • Esther Roura Fornells
  • Ana Esteban Miró
  • Marleny Vergara Muñoz
  • Gerard Gnutti Sandiumenge
  • Jon Frias Gomez
  • Laura Monfil Herrera
  • Maria Gema Carretero Garcia
  • Laura Asensio Puig
  • Juan José Collado Contreras
  • Patricia Guijarro Larraz
  • Francisco Javier Ruiz Carrasco
  • Olga Romero Clara
  • Frederic Rodilla Pamies
  • Carla Bermúdez Carré
MANAGEMENT SUPPORT
  • Natividad Paton Morales
  • Diana Salinas Hidalgo
  • Clara Castello Echeverria
  • Mireia Montserrat Moreno
  • Alexandra Montoliu Gimenez
Cancer
EPIBELL

Scientific production

43

PAPERS

Impact factor: 188,937

9 PUBLICATIONS IN FIRST DECILE

26 PUBLICATIONS IN FIRST QUARTILE

Selected publications

  • Arbyn M, Weiderpass E, Bruni L, de Sanjosé S, Saraiya M, Ferlay J, Bray F. Estimates of incidence and mortality of cervical cancer in 2018: a worldwide analysis. LANCET GLOBAL HEALTH. 10.1016/S2214-109X(19)30482-6
  • Lorenzo-Martin, L. Francisco; Fernandez-Parejo, Natalia; Menacho-Marquez, Mauricio; Rodriguez-Fdez, Sonia; Robles-Valero, Javier; Zumalave, Sonia; Fabbiano, Salvatore; Pascual, Gloria; Garcia-Pedrero, Juana M.; Abad, Antonio; Garcia-Macias, Maria C.; Gonzalez, Nazareno; Lorenzano-Menna, Pablo; Pavon, Miguel A.; Gonzalez-Sarmiento, Rogelio; Segrelles, Carmen; Paramio, Jesus M.; Tubio, Jose M. C.; Rodrigo, Juan P.; Benitah, Salvador A.; Cuadrado, Myriam; Bustelo, Xose R.. VAV2 signaling promotes regenerative proliferation in both cutaneous and head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 10.1038/s41467-020-18524-3
  • Tagliabue, Marta; Mena, Marisa; Maffini, Fausto; Gheit, Tarik; Blasco, Beatriz Quiros; Holzinger, Dana; Tous, Sara; Scelsi, Daniele; Riva, Debora; Grosso, Enrica; Chu, Francesco; Lucas, Eric; Ridder, Ruediger; Rrehm, Susanne; Bogers, Johannes Paul; Lepanto, Daniela; Rubio, Belen Lloveras; Kumar, Rekha Vijay; Gangane, Nitin; Clavero, Omar; Pawlita, Michael; Anantharaman, Devasena; Pillai, Madhavan Radhakrishna; Brennan, Paul; Sankaranarayanan, Rengaswamy; Arbyn, Marc; Lombardi, Francesca; Taberna, Miren; Gandini, Sara; Chiesa, Fausto; Ansarin, Mohssen; Alemany, Laia; Tommasino, Massimo; Chiocca, Susanna. Role of Human Papillomavirus Infection in Head and Neck Cancer in Italy: The HPV-AHEAD Study. CANCERS. 10.3390/cancers12123567
  • Kyrgiou, Maria; Arbyn, Marc; Bergeron, Christine; Bosch, F. Xavier; Dillner, Joakim; Jit, Mark; Kim, Jane; Poljak, Mario; Nieminen, Pekka; Sasieni, Peter; Kesic, Vesna; Cuzick, Jack; Gultekin, Murat. Cervical screening: ESGO-EFC position paper of the European Society of Gynaecologic Oncology (ESGO) and the European Federation of Colposcopy (EFC). BRITISH JOURNAL OF CANCER. 10.1038/s41416-020-0920-9
  • Casabonne, Delphine; Benavente, Yolanda; Seifert, Julia; Costas, Laura; Armesto, Maria; Arestin, Maria; Besson, Caroline; Hosnijeh, Fatemeh S.; Duell, Eric J.; Weiderpass, Elisabete; Masala, Giovanna; Kaaks, Rudolf; Canzian, Federico; Chirlaque, Maria-Dolores; Perduca, Vittorio; Mancini, Francesca R.; Pala, Valeria; Trichopoulou, Antonia; Karakatsani, Anna; La Vecchia, Carlo; Sanchez, Maria-Jose; Tumino, Rosario; Gunter, Marc J.; Amiano, Pilar; Panico, Salvatore; Sacerdote, Carlotta; Schmidt, Julie A.; Boeing, Heiner; Schulze, Matthias B.; Barricarte, Aurelio; Riboli, Elio; Olsen, Anja; Tjonneland, Anne; Vermeulen, Roel; Nieters, Alexandra; Lawrie, Charles H.; de Sanjose, Silvia. Serum levels of hsa-miR-16-5p, hsa-miR-29a-3p, hsa-miR-150-5p, hsa-miR-155-5p and hsa-miR-223-3p and subsequent risk of chronic lymphocytic leukemia in the EPIC study. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER. 10.1002/ijc.32894

Research highlights

PROJECTS

14 Ongoing projects
4 Granted projects 

 

3 Ongoing clinical trials
1 Started clinical trial

PUBLISHED WORKS

1 Clinical guideline

 

Selected projects

  • HEADSpAcE: Translational studies of HEAD and neck cancer in South America and Europe (2019 – 2022) PI: ALEMANY VILCHES, MARIA EULALIA. Funder: COMUNITAT EUROPEA.
  • ¿Es la vacunación una estrategia adecuada para limitar la infectividad del virus en mujeres positivas para el virus del papiloma humano? (HPV-VIOLIN) (2021 – 2023) PI: PAVON RIBAS, MIQUEL ANGEL. Funder: FIS-Instituto de Salud Carlos III.
  • Identificación de biomarcadores pronósticos virales y genéticos mediante técnicas no invasivas en pacientes diagnosticados de cáncer de orofaringe VPH-relacionado (2019 – 2021) PI: ALEMANY VILCHES, MARIA EULALIA. Funder: FIS-Instituto de Salud Carlos III.
  • Ensayo clínico en fase 3, internacional, multicéntrico, aleatorizado, doble ciego y controlado con placebo para estudiar la eficacia, la inmunogenicidad y la seguridad de la vacuna 9VVPH, una vacuna polivalente de partículas viroides l1, en la prevención de la infección bucal persistente por los tipos 16, 18, 31, 33, 45, 52 o 58 del VPH en varones adultos de 20 a 45 años de edad. (2020 – 2020) PI: ALEMANY VILCHES, MARIA EULALIA. Funder ref.: V503-049.
  • Effectiveness of HPV vaccination in the prevention of oral HPV infection in a young population (2018 – 2020) PI: ALEMANY VILCHES, MARIA EULALIA. Funder ref.: IISP 58230.