COVID-19 and breast cancer: a peek behind the paper with Angioletta Lasagna

17 May 2021

Written by Angioletta Lasagna

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Please introduce yourself, your research background and current research interests. My name is Angioletta Lasagna and I am a Medical Oncologist of Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo (Pavia, Italy). My general area of research focuses on breast cancer: in particular, my degree thesis was on primary and secondary endocrine-resistance in luminal B-like breast cancer. In collaboration with the Division of Infectious Diseases and the Department of Microbiology (Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo), I am currently exploring this topic in depth by analyzing the relationship with the estrobolome. The estrobolome is the aggregate of enteric bacterial genes whose products are capable of...