Researcher at the Dipartimento di Scienze Biomorfologiche e Funzionali, Università di Napoli Federico II.

Research
Our laboratory focuses on the development of new approaches to the handling and evaluation of fine-needle aspiration (FNA) specimens both in the diagnosis and in the pre-operative prognostic evaluation of endocrine neoplasms.
The future aims of the laboratory are to investigate whether the detection of a number of molecular markers of malignancy is feasible and useful in the cytological diagnosis of endocrine neoplasms. As novel genetic markers are identified, the molecular diagnosis of FNA material will continue to expand and play a role in the management of patients with suspected endocrine neoplasms.

Selected publications
Troncone G, Migliaccio I, Caleo A, Palmieri EA, Iaccarino A, Sparano L, Vetrani A, Palombini L. p27^Kip1 Expression and Grading of Breast Cancer Diagnosed on Cytological Samples. Diagn Cytopathol 2003;29(in press).

Troncone G, A Iaccarino, A. Caleo, D Bifano, G Pettinato, L Palombini p27 Kip1 protein expression in Hashimoto's thyroiditis. J Clin Pathol 2003;56:587-591.

Troncone G, Fulciniti F, Zeppa P, Vetrani A, Palombini L. Cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p27Kip1 in thyroid cells obtained by fine-needle aspiration biopsy. Diagn Cytopathol 2000;23:77-81.

Troncone G, Vetrani A, De Rosa G, Gerbasio D, Palombini L. Cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p27Kip1 in normal and in neoplastic cervical epithelium. J Clin Pathol 1999;52:880-7.

Troncone G, Martinez JC, Palombini L, De Rosa G, Zeppa P, di Vizio D, Lucariello A, Piris MA. The immunohistochemical expression of mdm2 and p21^WAF1 in invasive cervical cancer: correlation with p53 protein and high risk HPV infection. J Clin Pathol 1998;51:754-60.