Journal of Cancer Chemotherapy

Dr. Lucia Quaglietta, MD, PhD, is Director of the Neuro-Oncology Unit at AORN Santobono-Pausilipon Children’s Hospital in Naples, Italy. She obtained her Medical Degree, Residency in Pediatrics, and PhD in Human Development, Reproduction and Growth at the University of Naples “Federico II.”
Her main clinical and research interests include pediatric brain tumors, particularly medulloblastoma, ependymoma, diffuse midline glioma, and optic pathway glioma. Dr. Quaglietta serves as Principal Investigator or Co-Investigator in several international multicenter clinical trials within the SIOP Europe framework and actively contributes to translational research on tumor biology and innovative therapeutic approaches.
She has authored numerous peer-reviewed papers and book chapters in pediatric neuro-oncology and is committed to advancing multidisciplinary and precision-medicine strategies in the care of children with central nervous system tumors.

• Pediatric Neurooncology
• Translational Research in Pediatric Oncology
• Molecular Biology of CNS Tumors
• Clinical Trials (SIOP, AIEOP protocols)
• Brain Tumors in Children

• Principal Investigator in over 10 international trials (e.g., DIPG/DMG Registry, PNET5-MB, SIOP EP-II)

• Contributor to multiple European pediatric oncology studies

• Author of over 60 peer-reviewed publications and book chapters in pediatric oncology and neurooncology

1) Triggiani M., Balestrieri B., Quaglietta L., Petraroli A., Marone G.: Effetti proinfiammatori ed  immunomodulanti dei cisteinil leucotrieni. Italian Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 2000; 10 (1): 34‐41.

2) Quaglietta L., Granata F., Spadaro G., Forte V., Marone G., Triggiani M.: Attivazione dei macrofagi e  dei monociti umani indotta dalle fosfolipasi A2 secretorie. Italian Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 2001; 11:139‐146.

3) Triggiani M., Granata F., Quaglietta L., Giannattasio G., Marone G.: FlogosiAllergica ed antistaminici di terza generazione: effetti della fexofenadina suimacrofagi polmonari umani. Il Medico Sportivo, 2001; 5: 1‐7.

4) Triggiani, F. Granata, V. Forte, L. Quaglietta and G. Marone. Histamine H1‐ receptor‐mediated release of preformed mediators and cytokines and airwayremodelling.  Clin Exp Allergy Rev; 2002 Jul; 2(3); 8994

5) Staiano A, Boccia G, Quaglietta L, Miele E. Upper functional gastrointestinaldisorders in a pediatric population. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2004;39 (Suppl 3):S756‐7

6) R. Auricchio, M. De Rosa, L. Quaglietta, E. Miele, G. Boccia, A. Staiano, P.Izzo. A Dramatic Case of Early Onset Familial Adenomatous Polyposis. ClinGenet. 2005;67(1):104‐6.

7) L. Quaglietta, R. Mastroianni, E. Miele, C. Esposito, L. M. Terracciano, G.Vallone, A. Staiano Cystic Lymphangioma Associated with Enteric Duplication as a Cause of Recurrent Vomiting. Dig Liver Dis. 2005;37(7):533‐6.

8) L. Quaglietta, E. Miele, A. Staiano, R. Troncone. Nuove prospettive nellaterapia delle malattie infiammatorie croniche intestinali. Prospettive in Pediatria, 2006; 142 : 131‐146.

9) Miele E, Pascarella F, Quaglietta L, Giannetti E, Greco L, Troncone R, Staiano A. Altered intestinal permeability is predictive of early relapse in children withsteroid‐responsive ulcerative colitis. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2007, 15;25 (8):933‐9.

10) L. Quaglietta, A. A. te Velde, A. Staiano, R. R. Troncone, D.W. Hommes. Functional consequences of NOD2/CARD15 i. mutations in Crohn disease. J PedGastroenterol Nutr 2007; 44 (5): 529‐539.

11) L. Quaglietta, P. Coccorullo, E. Miele, F. Pascarella, R. Troncone, A. Staiano.Eosinophilic Esophagitis and Celiac Disease: Is There an Association? Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2007; 26 (3):487‐93.

12) Quaglietta L, Strisciuglio C, Staiano A. Gastrointestinal Problems and Nutrition in Neurologically Impaired Children: Guest Editorial. Int Semin Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr2007;14:1‐3.

13) R. Mastroianni, L. Quaglietta, E. Miele, D. Simeone, A. Capobianco, A. Tramontano, A. Staiano. Respiratory and Esophageal Function after Operation for Esophageal Atresia. Ital J Ped, 2007; 33: 330‐335

14) E. Miele, F. Pascarella, E. Giannetti, L. Quaglietta, R.N. Baldassano, A.Staiano. Effect of a probiotic (VSL#3) on Induction and Manteinance of Remission in Children with Ulcerative colitis. Am J Gastroenterol 2009 Feb;104(2):437‐43

15) De Rosa M, Galatola M, Quaglietta L, Miele E, De Palma G, Rossi GB, Staiano A, Izzo P. Alu-mediated genomic deletion of the serine/threonine protein kinase 11 (STK11) gene in Peutz-Jeghers syndrome. Gastroenterology. 2010 Jun;138(7):2558-60

16) Capasso M, Cinalli G, Nastro A, Giuliano M, Errico ME, Caccioppoli U, Turco R, Ruotolo S, Vetrella S, De Bernardi B, Rossi E, Quaglietta L. Symptomatic epidural compression in infants with neuroblastoma: a single-center experience with 5 cases.. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2013 May;35(4):260-6.

17) De Bernardi B, Quaglietta L, Haupt R, Castellano A, Tirtei E, Luksch R, Mastrangelo S, Viscardi E, Indolfi P, Cellini M, Tamburini A, Erminio G, Gandolfo C, Sorrentino S, Vetrella S, Gigliotti AR. Neuroblastoma with symptomatic epidural compression in the infant: The AIEOP experience. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2014

18) Passariello A, Tufano M, Spennato P, Quaglietta L, Verrico A, Migliorati R, Cinalli G. The role of Chemotherapy and surgical removal in the treatment of Choroid Plexus carcinomas and atypical papillomas. Childs Nerv Syst. 2015 Jul;31(7):1079-88

19) Spennato P, Nicosia G, Quaglietta L, Donofrio V, Mirone G, Di Martino G, Guadagno E, Del Basso de Caro ML, Cascone D, Cinalli G. Posterior fossa tumors in infants and neonates. Childs Nerv Syst. 2015 Oct;31(10):1751-72

20) Massimino M, Miceli R, Giangaspero F, Boschetti L, Modena P, Antonelli M, Ferroli P, Bertin D, Pecori E, Valentini L, Biassoni V, Garrè ML, Schiavello E,Sardi I, Cama A, Viscardi E, Scarzello G, Scoccianti S, Mascarin M, Quaglietta L, Cinalli G, Diletto B, Genitori L, Peretta P, Mussano A, Buccoliero A, Calareso G, Barra S, Mastronuzzi A, Giussani C, Marras CE, Balter R, Bertolini P, Giombelli E, La Spina M, Buttarelli FR, Pollo B, Gandola L. Final results of the second prospective AIEOP protocol for pediatric intracranial ependymoma. Neuro Oncol. 2016 Oct;18(10):1451-60.

21) Nicosia G, Spennato P, Aliberti F, Cascone D, Quaglietta L, Errico ME, Muto M, Ionna F, Cinalli G. Giant melanotic neuroectodermal tumor of infancy (melanotic progonoma) of the head and neck: report of a malignant case. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2017 May;19(5):538-545

22) Cinalli G, Aguirre DT, Mirone G, Ruggiero C, Cascone D, Quaglietta L, Aliberti F, Santi SD, Buonocore MC, Nastro A, Spennato P. Surgical treatment of talami tumors in children. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2018 Mar;21(3):247257

23) Ferrucci V, de Antonellis P, Pennino FP, Asadzadeh F, Virgilio A, Montanaro D, Galeone A, Boffa I, Pisano I, Scognamiglio I, Navas L, Diana D, Pedone E, Gargiulo S, Gramanzini M, Brunetti A, Danielson L, Carotenuto M, Liguori L, mVerrico A, Quaglietta L, Errico ME, Del Monaco V, D'Argenio V, Tirone F, Mastronuzzi A, Donofrio V, Giangaspero F, Picard D, Remke M, Garzia L, Daniels C, Delattre O, Swartling FJ, Weiss WA, Salvatore F, Fattorusso R, Chesler L, Taylor MD, Cinalli G, Zollo M. Metastatic group 3 medulloblastoma is driven by PRUNE1 targeting NME1- TGF-β-OTX2-SNAIL via PTEN inhibition. Brain. 2018 May 1;141(5):1300-1319.

24) Massimino M, Barretta F, Modena P, Giangaspero F, Chiapparini L, Erbetta A, Boschetti L, Antonelli M, Ferroli P, Bertin D, Pecori E, Biassoni V, Garrè ML, Schiavello E, Sardi I, Viscardi E, Scarzello G, Mascarin M, Quaglietta L, Cinalli G, Genitori L, Peretta P, Mussano A, Barra S, Mastronuzzi A, Giussani C, Marras CE, Balter R, Bertolini P, Tornesello A, La Spina M, Buttarelli FR, Ruggiero A, Caldarelli M, Poggi G, Gandola L. Pediatric intracranial ependymoma: correlating signs and symptoms at recurrence with outcome in the second prospective AIEOP protocol follow-up. J Neurooncol. 2018 Nov;140(2):457-465.

25) Pierobon M, Ferrari A, Scarzello G, Tamburini A, Quaglietta L, Ruggiero A, Milano GM, Zin A, Bisogno G. Central nervous system involvement in children and adolescents with rhabdomyosarcoma. A report from the AIEOP Soft Tissue Sarcoma Committee. Neurooncol Pract. 2018 Nov;5(4):241-245. doi: 10.1093/nop/npy007. Epub 2018 Mar 27.

26) De Martino L, Errico ME, Ruotolo S, Cascone D, Chiaravalli S, Collini P, Ferrari A, Muto P, Cinalli G, Quaglietta L. Pediatric lung adenocarcinoma presenting with brain metastasis: a case report. J Med Case Rep. 2018 Sep 2;12(1):243.

27) Gambale A, Russo R, Andolfo I, Quaglietta L, De Rosa G, Contestabile V, De Martino L, Genesio R, Pignataro P, Giglio S, Capasso M, Parasole R, Pasini B, Iolascon A. Germline mutations and new copy number variants among 40 pediatric cancer patients suspected for genetic predisposition. Clin Genet. 2019 Jul 6

28) De Martino L, Spennato P, Vetrella S, Capasso M, Porfito C, Ruotolo S, Abate ME, Cinalli G, Quaglietta L. Symptomatic malignant spinal cord compression in children: a single-center experience. Ital J Pediatr. 2019 Jul 12;45(1):80.

29) Santoro C, Picariello S, Palladino F, Spennato P, Melis D, Roth J, Cirillo M, Quaglietta L, D'Amico A, Gaudino G, Meucci MC, Ferrara U, Costantini S, Perrotta S, Cinalli G. Retrospective Multicentric Study on Non-Optic CNS Tumors in Children and Adolescents with Neurofibromatosis Type 1. Cancers (Basel). 2020 May 31;12(6):1426.

30) Santoro C, Perrotta S, Picariello S, Scilipoti M, Cirillo M, Quaglietta L, Cinalli G, Cioffi D, Di Iorgi N, Maghnie M, Gallizia A, Parpagnoli M, Messa F, De Sanctis L, Vannelli S, Marzuillo P, Miraglia Del Giudice E, Grandone A. Pretreatment Endocrine Disorders Due to Optic Pathway Gliomas in Pediatric Neurofibromatosis Type 1: Multicenter Study. J Clin Endocrinol Metab.

2020 Jun 1;105(6):dgaa138.

31) D'Angelo P, De Pasquale MD, Barretta F, Affinita MC, Conte M, Dall'Igna P, Di Cataldo A, Inserra A, Provenzi M, Quaglietta L, Riccipetitoni G, Spreafico F, Trizzino A, Terenziani M; AIEOP MGCT Working Group. Malignant sacrococcygeal germ cell tumors in childhood: The Associazione Italiana Ematologia Oncologia Pediatrica (AIEOP) experience. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2021 Mar;68(3):e28812. doi: 10.1002/pbc.28812

32) Maglione M, Muzzica S, Mamone R, Quaglietta L. Tracheal collapse as acute presentation in metastatic thyroid cancer. Pediatr Neonatol. 2020 Dec;61(6):659-660.

33) Stellato P. ,Granata A. De Matteo A., Capelli C., Paparo M, Parasole R. Ricciardi I, Tambaro FP, Leone O., Quaglietta L. Menna G., Silvestri N.. Successful management plan of COVID-19 in a pediatric hemato-oncology department: a single- centre experience. BMJ Paediatrics Open 2020;4:e000818. doi:10.1136/bmjpo-2020-000818

34) Affinita MC, Ferrari A, Chiaravalli S, Melchionda F, Quaglietta L, Casanova M, Zanetti I, Scarzello G, Di Pasquale L, Di Cataldo A, Bisogno G. Defining the impact of prognostic factors at the time of relapse for nonmetastatic rhabdomyosarcoma. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2020 Dec;67(12):e28674.

35) Massimino M, Barretta F, Modena P, Witt H, Minasi S, Pfister SM, Pajtler KW, Antonelli M, Gandola L, Luisa Garrè M, Bertin D, Mastronuzzi A, Mascarin M, Quaglietta L, Viscardi E, Sardi I, Ruggiero A, Pollo B, Buccoliero A, Boschetti L, Schiavello E, Chiapparini L, Erbetta A, Morra I, Gessi M, Donofrio V, Patriarca C, Giangaspero F, Johann P, Buttarelli FR. Second series by the Italian Association of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology of children and adolescents with intracranial ependymoma: an integrated molecular and clinical characterization with a long-term follow-up. Neuro Oncol. 2021 May 5;23(5):848-857. doi: 10.1093/neuonc/noaa257

36) Martinelli M, Quaglietta L, Banderali G, Ferrara P, Romano C, Staiano A. Prescribing patterns, indications and adverse events of ibuprofen in children: results from a national survey among Italian pediatricians. Ital J Pediatr. 2021 Apr 21;47(1):98. doi: 10.1186/s13052-021-01047-y.

37) Quaglietta L, Martinelli M, Staiano A. Serious infectious events and ibuprofen administration in pediatrics: a narrative review in the era of COVID-19 pandemic. Ital J Pediatr. 2021 Jan 29;47(1):20. doi: 10.1186/s13052-021-00974-0.

38) Imperato A, Spennato P, Mazio F, Arcas E, Ozgural O, Quaglietta L, Errico ME, Cinalli G. Desmoplastic infantile astrocytoma and ganglioglioma: a series of 12 patients treated at a single institution. Childs Nerv Syst. 2021 Jan 28. doi: 10.1007/s00381021-05057-3.

39) De Martino L, Tresserras-Giné G, Quaglietta L, Spennato P, Errico M, Bifano D, Cinalli G. Giant intracranial infantile myofibromatosis of the skull base: report of two cases. Childs Nerv Syst. 2021 Jul 9.

40) Massimino M, Barretta F, Modena P, Johann P, Ferroli P, Antonelli M, GandolaL, Garrè ML, Bertin D, Mastronuzzi A, Mascarin M, Quaglietta L, Viscardi E,Sardi I, Ruggiero A, Boschetti L, Giagnacovo M, Biassoni V, Schiavello E,Chiapparini L, Erbetta A, Mussano A, Giussani C, Mura RM, Barra S, Scarzello G, Scimone G, Carai A, Giangaspero F, Buttarelli FR. Treatment and outcome of   intracranial ependymoma after first relapse in AIEOP 2 nd protocol. Neuro Oncol. 2021 Oct 4.

41) Second series by the Italian Association of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology of children and adolescents with intracranial ependymoma: an integrated molecular and clinical characterization with a long-term follow-up.Massimino M, Barretta F, Modena P, Witt H, Minasi S, Pfister SM, Pajtler KW, Antonelli M, Gandola L, Luisa Garrè M, Bertin D, Mastronuzzi A, Mascarin M, Quaglietta L, Viscardi E, Sardi I, Ruggiero A, Pollo B, Buccoliero A, Boschetti L, Schiavello E, Chiapparini L, Erbetta A, Morra I, Gessi M, Donofrio V, Patriarca C, Giangaspero F, Johann P, Buttarelli FR. Neuro Oncol. 2021 May 5;23(5):848-857. doi: 10.1093/neuonc/noaa257

42) The Clinical and Prognostic Impact of the Choice of Surgical Approach to Fourth Ventricular Tumors in a Single-Center, SingleSurgeon Cohort of 92 Consecutive Pediatric Patients. Onorini N, Spennato P, Orlando V, Savoia F, Calì C, Russo C, De Martino L,

de Santi MS, Mirone G, Ruggiero C, Quaglietta L, Cinalli G.Front Oncol. 2022 Feb 24;12:821738. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2022.821738. eCollection 2022

43) Posterior Fossa Tumours in the First Year of Life: A Two-Centre Retrospective Study. Picariello S, Spennato P, Roth J, Shimony N, Marini A, De Martino L, Nicosia G, Mirone G, De Santi MS, Savoia F, Errico ME, Quaglietta L, Costantini S, Cinalli G.Diagnostics (Basel). 2022 Mar 4;12(3):635. doi: 10.3390/diagnostics12030635.

44) Diencephalic Syndrome Due to Optic Pathway Gliomas in Pediatric Patients: An Italian Multicenter Study. De Martino L, Picariello S, Triarico S, Improda N, Spennato P, Capozza MA, Grandone A, Santoro C, Cioffi D, Attinà G, Cinalli G, Ruggiero A, Quaglietta L.Diagnostics (Basel). 2022 Mar 9;12(3):664. doi: 10.3390/diagnostics12030664

45) Herophilus-Galen line as a predictor of extent of resection in the occipital interhemispheric transtentorial approach to pineal tumors in children.Cinalli G, Marini A, Russo C, Spennato P, Mirone G, Ruggiero C, Quaglietta L, De' Santi MS, Covelli E.J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2022 Apr 22:1-9. doi: 10.3171/2022.3.PEDS2231. Online ahead of print.

46) 46) Endoscopic ultrasonic aspiration as alternative to more invasive surgery in initial management of optic pathway gliomas in     children. Spennato P, De Rosa A, Meccariello G, Quaglietta L, Imperato A, Scala MR, Russo C, Cinalli G.Childs Nerv Syst. 2022 Jul;38(7):1281-1287. doi: 10.1007/s00381-022-05515-6. Epub 2022 Apr 11.PMID: 35411438

47)  Spennato P, De Martino L, Russo C, Errico ME, Imperato A, Mazio F, Miccoli G, Quaglietta L, Abate M, Covelli E, Donofrio V, Cinalli G. Tumors of Choroid Plexus and Other Ventricular Tumors. Adv Exp Med Biol. 2023;1405:175-223. doi: 10.1007/9783-031-23705-8_7. PMID: 37452939

48) van Ewijk R, Chatziantoniou C, Adams M, Bertolini P, Bisogno G, Bouhamama A, Caro-Dominguez P, Charon V, Coma A, Dandis R, Devalck C, De Donno G, Ferrari A, Fiocco M, Gallego S, Giraudo C, Glosli H, Ter Horst SAJ, Jenney M, Klein WM, Leemans A, Leseur J, Mandeville HC, McHugh K, Merks JHM, Minard-Colin V, Moalla S, Morosi C, Orbach D, Ording Muller LS, Pace E, Di Paolo PL, Perruccio K, Quaglietta L, Renard M, van Rijn RR, Ruggiero A, Sirvent SI, De Luca A, Schoot RA. Quantitative diffusion-weighted MRI response assessment in rhabdomyosarcoma: an international retrospective study on behalf of the European paediatric Soft tissue sarcoma Study Group Imaging Committee. Pediatr Radiol. 2023 Nov;53(12):25392551. doi: 10.1007/s00247-023-05745-z. Epub 2023 Sep 8. PMID: 37682330; PMCID: PMC10635937.

49)   Spinelli C, Ghionzoli M, Sahli LI, Guglielmo C, Frascella S, Romano S, Ferrari C, Gennari F, Conzo G, Morganti R, De Napoli L, Quaglietta L, De Martino L, Picariello S, Grandone A, Luongo C, Gambale A, Patrizio A, Fallahi P, Antonelli A, Ferrari SM. DICER1 Syndrome: A Multicenter Surgical Experience and Systematic Review. Cancers (Basel). 2023 Jul 19;15(14):3681. doi: 10.3390/cancers15143681. PMID: 37509342; PMCID: PMC10377723.

50)   Improda N, Rosanio F, De Martino L, Picariello S, Mozzillo E, Franzese A, Quaglietta L. Precocious Pseudo-Puberty in a 7Year-Old Girl Due to Malignant Mixed Ovarian Germ Cell Tumor. Turk Arch Pediatr. 2023 Jan;58(1):115-116. doi: 10.5152/TurkArchPediatr.2022.22140. PMID: 35950740; PMCID: PMC9885806.

51)  Onorini N, Vitulli F, Spennato P, Pinto M, Scala MR, Mirone G, Quaglietta L, Cinalli G. Dry Field Technique and Ultrasonic Aspirator in Endoscopic Removal of a Hemorrhagic Intraventricular Tumor in a 2-Year-Old Girl. World Neurosurg. 2023 Oct;178:85. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2023.07.046. Epub 2023 Jul 17. PMID: 37467958.

52)   Martinato M, Comoretto RI, Biban P, Zanonato E, Simonini A, Montaguti A, Gitto E, Caramelli F, Ferrario S, Sagredini R, Alaimo N, Zito Marinosci G, bRossetti E, Cecchetti C, L'erario M, Vasile B, Ivani G, Bonanomi E, Astuto M, Gregori D, Mondardini MC, Amigoni A; OncoTIPnet Study Group. Italian pediatric intensive care units admitting critically ill cancer children: results from a national survey. Minerva Anestesiol. 2023 Oct;89(10):850-858. doi: 10.23736/S0375-9393.23.17329-9. Epub 2023 Jun 28. PMID: 37378625. ) 

53)  De Martino L, Picariello S, Russo C, Errico ME, Spennato P, Papa MR, Normanno N, Scimone G, Colafati GS, Cacchione A, Mastronuzzi A, Massimino M, Cinalli G, Quaglietta L. Extra-neural metastases in pediatric diffuse midline gliomas, H3 K27altered: presentation of two cases and literature review. Front Mol Neurosci. 2023 Jul 20;16:1152430. doi: 10.3389/fnmol.2023.1152430. PMID: 37547920; PMCID: PMC10398382.

54) Mastronuzzi A, Quaglietta L, Schiavello E, Carai A. Editorial: 2021 WHO classification of pediatric brain tumors: a final wedding between morphology and molecular biology? Front Mol Neurosci. 2024 May 8;17:1423298. doi: 10.3389/fnmol.2024.1423298. PMID: 38779356; PMCID: PMC11109396.

55)   De Martino L, Russo C, Bifano D, Quaglietta L, Spennato P, Cinalli G. Pineocytoma in a child with Pallister-Killian syndrome: a case report and review of the literature. Childs Nerv Syst. 2024 Aug;40(8):2619-2623. doi: 10.1007/s00381-024-06426-4. Epub 2024 Apr 30. PMID: 38689102.

56)  Bibbò F, Asadzadeh F, Boccia A, Sorice C, Bianco O, Saccà CD, Majello B, Donofrio V, Bifano D, De Martino L, Quaglietta L, Cristofano A, Covelli EM, Cinalli G, Ferrucci V, De Antonellis P, Zollo M. Targeting Group 3 Medulloblastoma by the AntiPRUNE-1 and Anti-LSD1/KDM1A Epigenetic Molecules. Int J Mol Sci. 2024 Mar 31;25(7):3917. doi: 10.3390/ijms25073917. PMID: 38612726; PMCID: PMC11011515.

57)  De Martino L, Mirabelli P, Quaglietta L, Ferrara UP, Picariello S, De Gennaro DV, Aiello M, Smaldone G, Aliberti F, Spennato P, De Brasi D, Covelli E, Cinalli G. Biobank for craniosynostosis and faciocraniosynostosis, rare pediatric congenital craniofacial disorders: a study protocol. Childs Nerv Syst. 2024 Aug doi: 10.1007/s00381-024-06555-w. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39133244.

58)  d'Amati A, Adotti F, Gianno F, Cicala D, Covelli E, Cinalli G, D'Onofrio V, Errico ME, Quaglietta L, Barresi S, Rossi S, Miele E, Antonelli M PLAG-Family Amplified CNS Embryonal Tumour With PLAG1 Immunohistochemical Expression: Expanding the Spectrum of Diagnostic Tools. .Neuropathol Appl Neurobiol. 2025 Apr;51(2):e70017. doi: 10.1111/nan.70017.

59) Mirone G, Picariello S, Russo C, Cicala D, Spennato P, Onorini N, Quaglietta L, Covelli E, Cinalli G. Magnetic resonance guided laser interstitial thermal therapy in pediatric brain tumors: an institutional case series J Neurosurg Sci. 2025 Mar 6. doi: 10.23736/S0390-5616.24.06381-1. 

60) De Martino L, Piga P, Sessa M, Calì C, Russo C, Picariello S, Onorini N, Spennato P, Quaglietta L, Donofrio MV, Cinalli G, Vetrano F, Savoia F. Primary Central Nervous System Tumors in Adolescents: A Population-Based Study on Epidemiology and Clinical Pathways in a Challenging Age Group. Curr Oncol. 2025 Apr 10;32(4):222

61) Chatziantoniou C, van Ewijk R, Adams M, Bertolini P, Bisogno G, Bouhamama A, Caro-Dominguez P, Charon V, Coma A, Dandis R, Devalck C, De Donno G, Ferrari A, Fiocco M, Gallego S, Giraudo C, Glosli H, Ter Horst SAJ, Jenney M, Klein WM, Leemans A, Leseur J, Mandeville HC, McHugh K, Merks JHM, Minard-Colin V, Moalla S, Morosi C, Orbach D, Ording Müller LS, Pace E, Di Paolo PL, Perruccio K, Quaglietta L, Renard M, van Rijn RR, Ruggiero A, Sirvent SI, Schoot RA, De Luca A Acquisition matters - how do scan parameters affect apparent diffusion coefficient estimates in pediatric rhabdomyosarcoma.Pediatr Radiol. 2025 Jun 10. doi: 10.1007/s00247-025-06263-w.