According to estimates by the International Agency for Research on Cancer, there are 348,000 deaths from cervical cancer in the world in 2022 alone, and more than 90% occurred in low- and middle-income countries. Cervical cancer in 99% of cases is almost always caused by the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) for which the 'Call to action' promoted by the World Health Organization was launched, by the European CanCer Organisation and the European Commission's 'Europe's Beating Cancer Plan' to promote new strategies aimed at eliminating cervical cancer by 2030. Therefore, this research aims to promote innovative strategies in order to achieve this goal. Particularly, we reported the importance of the microbiota in conditioning the endogenous vaginal, cervical and endometrial immune system and how treatment with probiotics can be of support in association with proper nutrition. Furthermore, very important data derive from the use of the vaccine in patients treated with a reduction in recurrences of up to 95%, particularly in cases of optimal treatment (with minimal or no residual disease). To improve both diagnosis and surgical treatments, it is necessary to establish a quality control system for colposcopic / cytological diagnosis and periodic training for surgical treatments. As a consequence, we have collaborated with the Italian Society of Colposcopy (SICPCV) in order to create a team of experts who can periodically subject dedicated specialists to quality controls. In addition, it has been realized that the uterine cervix remains a very difficult district to explore. Therefore, it is necessary to integrate the study of endocervicoscopy with markers capable of highlighting lesions and suitable instrumentation to perform incisional and excisional biopsies. To improve patient compliance during these services, technology offers us the support of Virtual Reality headsets that seem to reduce the perception of pain especially if in "Active" mode. Finally, in view of the "precision medicine" era, we started research for the application of artificial intelligence to colposcopy. We believe that in the future, this sector will enormously grow, favoring the choice of personalized management based on the HPV risk factors for progression specific for each patient.
Nel Mondo secondo le stime dell’International Agency for Research on Cancer vi sono 348.000 decessi per cancro cervicale solo nel 2022 ed oltre il 90% si è verificato nei paesi a basso e medio reddito. Questa malattia nel 99% dei casi è quasi sempre causata dallo Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) per cui è partita la ‘Call to action’ promosse dall’Organizzazione Mondiale della Sanità, dalla European CanCer Organisation e dallo ‘Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan’ della Commissione Europea di fine di promuovere nuove strategie finalizzate ad eliminare il tumore della cervice uterina entro il 2030. Pertanto questa ricerca ha l’obiettivo di promuovere delle strategie innovative per eradicare l’HPV e di conseguenza il carcinoma cervicale per cui sono state avviate delle ricerche parallele con questa finalità. Tra queste in particolare è emersa l’importanza del microbiota nel condizionare il sistema immunitario endogeno vaginale, cervicale ed endometriale e come il trattamento con i probiotici possa essere di supporto in associazione ad una corretta alimentazione. Dati molto importanti inoltre derivano dall’utilizzo del vaccino nelle pazienti trattate con una riduzione delle recidive fino al 95% in particolare nei casi di trattamento ottimale (ovvero con residuo minimo o nullo di malattia). Per migliorare sia la diagnosi colposcopica che i trattamenti chirurgici è necessario istituire dei sistemi di controllo di qualità per la diagnosi colposcopica e citologica ma anche dei training periodici per i trattamenti chirurgici. Per questo abbiamo collaborato con la società Italiana di colposcopia (SICPCV) per creare un team di esperti che periodicamente possano sottoporre gli specialisti dedicati ai controlli di qualità. Inoltre, ci si è resi conto di come la cervice uterina rimanga un distretto molto difficilmente esplorabile. Pertanto bisogna integrare lo studio della endocervicoscopia con marcatori capaci di evidenziare le lesioni e strumentazione idonea per eseguire biopsie incisionali ed escissionali. Per migliorare la compliance delle pazienti durante queste prestazioni, la tecnologia ci offre il supporto dei visori della Virtual Reality che sembrano riducano la percezione del dolore soprattutto se in modalità “Attiva”. Infine, trovandoci nell’ era “medicina di precisione “abbiamo avviato la ricerca per lo studio dell’intelligenza artificiale e colposcopia. Crediamo che in futuro, questo settore potrà crescere enormemente mediante il supporto del machine learning, favorendo la scelta di un management personalizzato sulla scorta dei fattori di rischio di progressione delle lesioni HPV-correlate specifiche di ciascun paziente.
Patologie del basso tratto genitale femminile: nuove prospettive a fronte delle recenti acquisizioni scientifiche
DELLINO, MIRIAM
2025
Abstract
According to estimates by the International Agency for Research on Cancer, there are 348,000 deaths from cervical cancer in the world in 2022 alone, and more than 90% occurred in low- and middle-income countries. Cervical cancer in 99% of cases is almost always caused by the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) for which the 'Call to action' promoted by the World Health Organization was launched, by the European CanCer Organisation and the European Commission's 'Europe's Beating Cancer Plan' to promote new strategies aimed at eliminating cervical cancer by 2030. Therefore, this research aims to promote innovative strategies in order to achieve this goal. Particularly, we reported the importance of the microbiota in conditioning the endogenous vaginal, cervical and endometrial immune system and how treatment with probiotics can be of support in association with proper nutrition. Furthermore, very important data derive from the use of the vaccine in patients treated with a reduction in recurrences of up to 95%, particularly in cases of optimal treatment (with minimal or no residual disease). To improve both diagnosis and surgical treatments, it is necessary to establish a quality control system for colposcopic / cytological diagnosis and periodic training for surgical treatments. As a consequence, we have collaborated with the Italian Society of Colposcopy (SICPCV) in order to create a team of experts who can periodically subject dedicated specialists to quality controls. In addition, it has been realized that the uterine cervix remains a very difficult district to explore. Therefore, it is necessary to integrate the study of endocervicoscopy with markers capable of highlighting lesions and suitable instrumentation to perform incisional and excisional biopsies. To improve patient compliance during these services, technology offers us the support of Virtual Reality headsets that seem to reduce the perception of pain especially if in "Active" mode. Finally, in view of the "precision medicine" era, we started research for the application of artificial intelligence to colposcopy. We believe that in the future, this sector will enormously grow, favoring the choice of personalized management based on the HPV risk factors for progression specific for each patient.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14242/209524
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