Donatella Santini

16.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
314 papers, 11.0k citations indexed

About

Donatella Santini is a scholar working on Oncology, Surgery and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Donatella Santini has authored 314 papers receiving a total of 11.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 113 papers in Oncology, 85 papers in Surgery and 84 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Donatella Santini's work include Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research (48 papers), Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances (37 papers) and Cervical Cancer and HPV Research (35 papers). Donatella Santini is often cited by papers focused on Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research (48 papers), Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances (37 papers) and Cervical Cancer and HPV Research (35 papers). Donatella Santini collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Finland. Donatella Santini's co-authors include Claudio Ceccarelli, Mario Taffurelli, Roberto Corinaldesi, Antonio Maria Morselli‐Labate, Massimiliano Bonafè, Roberto De Giorgio, Giovanni Barbara, Vincenzo Stanghellini, Gianluca Storci and Maria Paola Bonasoni and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Investigation, Journal of Clinical Oncology and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Donatella Santini

305 papers receiving 10.7k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Activated mast cells in proximity to colonic nerves correlate with abdominal pain in irritable bowel syndrome

2004 1.1k citations Donatella Santini, Gianandrea Pasquinelli et al. profile →
IL-6 triggers malignant features in mammospheres from human ductal breast carcinoma and normal mammary gland

2007 633 citations Gianluca Storci, Mario Taffurelli et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Clinico-pathological features predicting indication to mastectomy in breast cancer patients achieving complete response after neoadjuvant therapy: A retrospective analysis of the EUSOMA database 2025 ·European Journal of Surgical Oncology ·Giuseppe Catanuto, Damiano Gentile, Federica Martorana, Mariano Tomatis, Antonio Ponti, Lorenza Marotti, Cynthia Aristei, Maria João Cardoso, Kwok‐Leung Cheung, Giuseppe Curigliano, Jakob de Vries, Andreas Karakatsanis, Donatella Santini, Francesco Sardanelli, Peter A. van Dam, Isabel T. Rubio, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	2
2	Uptake of post-mastectomy immediate breast reconstruction in older women – A real-world analysis from the European Society of Breast Cancer Specialists (EUSOMA) certified breast centres 2024 ·European Journal of Cancer ·(unknown), Ruth Parks, Lorenza Marotti, Antonio Ponti, Mariano Tomatis, Cynthia Aristei, Giuseppe Curigliano, Jakob de Vries, Donatella Santini, Francesco Sardanelli, Peter A. van Dam, Isabel T. Rubio, Maria João Cardoso, Kwok‐Leung Cheung	0
3	Spatial Cancer-Immune Phenotypes Predict Shorter Recurrence-Free Survival in the No Specific Molecular Profile Molecular Subtype of Endometrial Carcinoma 2024 ·Modern Pathology ·Dario de Biase, Jacopo Lenzi, Claudio Ceccarelli, Thais Maloberti, Marco Grillini, Camelia Alexandra Coadǎ, Claudio Zamagni, Pierandrea De Iaco, Anna Myriam Perrone, Donatella Santini, Martin Köbel, Cheng‐Han Lee, Giovanni Tallini, Antonio De Leo	4
4	Factors predicting BRCA1/2 pathogenic variants in patients with ovarian cancer: a systematic review with meta-analysis 2023 ·Journal of Clinical Pathology ·(unknown), Lea Godino, (unknown), Antonio De Leo, Donatella Santini, Anna Myriam Perrone, Pierandrea De Iaco, Claudio Zamagni, Daniela Turchetti	2
5	European guidelines for the diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of breast lesions with uncertain malignant potential (B3 lesions) developed jointly by EUSOMA, EUSOBI, ESP (BWG) and ESSO 2023 ·European Journal of Surgical Oncology ·Isabel T. Rubio, Lynda Wyld, Lorenza Marotti, Alexandra Athanasiou, Peter Regitnig, Giuseppe Catanuto, Jan W. Schoones, (unknown), (unknown), Donatella Santini, Jill R. Dietz, Francesco Sardanelli, Zsuzsanna Varga, Marjolein L. Smidt, Nisha Sharma, Abeer M. Shaaban, Fiona J. Gilbert	22
6	Prognostic Role of p53 Immunohistochemical Status in Invasive Breast Cancer. A Retrospective Review of 1387 Cases With Luminal-Like/Her2 Negative Breast Tumors 2023 ·The Oncologist ·(unknown), Margherita Serra, Giovanni Cisternino, Claudio Ceccarelli, A Pellegrini, (unknown), Antonio De Leo, Donatella Santini, Mario Taffurelli, Simone Zanotti	3
7	Relevance of ARID1A Mutations in Endometrial Carcinomas 2022 ·Diagnostics ·Antonio De Leo, Gloria Ravegnini, Francesco Musiani, Thais Maloberti, Michela Visani, (unknown), Sabrina Angelini, Anna Myriam Perrone, Pierandrea De Iaco, (unknown), Francesca Rosini, Marco Grillini, Donatella Santini, Claudio Ceccarelli, Claudio Zamagni, Giovanni Tallini, Dario de Biase	9
8	Fetal Brain Damage in Human Fetuses with Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection: Histological Features and Viral Tropism 2022 ·Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology ·Giulia Piccirilli, Liliana Gabrielli, Maria Paola Bonasoni, Angela Chiereghin, (unknown), (unknown), Giuliana Simonazzi, (unknown), (unknown), Nunzio Salfi, Donatella Santini, Tiziana Lazzarotto	18
9	What Is New on Ovarian Carcinoma: Integrated Morphologic and Molecular Analysis Following the New 2020 World Health Organization Classification of Female Genital Tumors 2021 ·Diagnostics ·Antonio De Leo, Donatella Santini, Claudio Ceccarelli, Giacomo Santandrea, Andrea Palicelli, Giorgia Acquaviva, (unknown), Francesca Rosini, Gloria Ravegnini, Annalisa Pession, Daniela Turchetti, Claudio Zamagni, Anna Myriam Perrone, Pierandrea De Iaco, Giovanni Tallini, Dario de Biase	74
10	Classification Systems of Endometrial Cancer: A Comparative Study about Old and New 2021 ·Diagnostics ·Camelia Alexandra Coadǎ, Giulia Dondi, Gloria Ravegnini, Antonio De Leo, Donatella Santini, Eugenia De Crescenzo, Marco Tesei, Alessandro Bovicelli, S. Giunchi, Ada Dormi, (unknown), A.G. Morganti, Dario de Biase, Pierandrea De Iaco, Anna Myriam Perrone	4
11	ARID1A and CTNNB1/β-Catenin Molecular Status Affects the Clinicopathologic Features and Prognosis of Endometrial Carcinoma: Implications for an Improved Surrogate Molecular Classification 2021 ·Cancers ·Antonio De Leo, Dario de Biase, Jacopo Lenzi, Giovanna Barbero, Daniela Turchetti, Marco Grillini, Gloria Ravegnini, Sabrina Angelini, Claudio Zamagni, (unknown), Giulia Dondi, Pierandrea De Iaco, Anna Myriam Perrone, Giovanni Tallini, Donatella Santini, Claudio Ceccarelli	40
12	An Analysis of Clinical, Surgical, Pathological and Molecular Characteristics of Endometrial Cancer According to Mismatch Repair Status. A Multidisciplinary Approach 2020 ·International Journal of Molecular Sciences ·Giulia Dondi, (unknown), Antonio De Leo, Simona Ferrari, Elisa Gruppioni, Alessandro Bovicelli, Lea Godino, Camelia Alexandra Coadǎ, A.G. Morganti, Antonio Giordano, Donatella Santini, Claudio Ceccarelli, Daniela Turchetti, Pierandrea De Iaco, Anna Myriam Perrone	20
13	Molecular modelling evaluation of exon 18 His845_Asn848delinsPro PDGFRα mutation in a metastatic GIST patient responding to imatinib 2019 ·Scientific Reports ·Margherita Nannini, Giuseppe Tarantino, Valentina Indio, Gloria Ravegnini, Annalisa Astolfi, Milena Urbini, Antonio De Leo, Donatella Santini, Claudio Ceccarelli, Elisa Gruppioni, Annalisa Altimari, Paolo Castellucci, Stefano Fanti, Valerio Di Scioscio, Maristella Saponara, Lidia Gatto, Andrea Pession, Pier Luigi Martelli, Rita Casadio, Maria A. Pantaleo	5
14	A Single-Centre Experience on the Management of Adenosarcoma: A Successful Report of an Integrated Medical and Surgical Approach 2018 ·Clinical Medicine Insights Oncology ·Margherita Nannini, Giulia Dondi, Donatella Santini, Antonio De Leo, Angelo Paolo Dei Tos, Claudio Zamagni, Maristella Saponara, Lidia Gatto, (unknown), Paola Bertaccini, Maurizio Zompatori, Pierandrea De Iaco, Anna Myriam Perrone, Maria A. Pantaleo	5
15	Slug/β-Catenin–Dependent Proinflammatory Phenotype in Hypoxic Breast Cancer Stem Cells 2013 ·American Journal Of Pathology ·Gianluca Storci, (unknown), Sabrina De Carolis, Alessio Papi, Marina Nati, Claudio Ceccarelli, Chiara Pirazzini, Paolo Garagnani, Alberto Ferrarini, Genny Buson, Massimo Delledonne, Michelangelo Fiorentino, Elisa Capizzi, Elisa Gruppioni, Mario Taffurelli, Donatella Santini, Claudio Franceschi, Giuseppe Bandini, Francesca Bonifazi, Massimiliano Bonafè	17
16	Novel Dyskerin-Mediated Mechanism of p53 Inactivation through Defective mRNA Translation 2010 ·Cancer Research ·Lorenzo Montanaro, Maria Calienni, (unknown), Laura Rocchi, Pasquale Sansone, Gianluca Storci, Donatella Santini, Claudio Ceccarelli, Mario Taffurelli, Domenica Carnicelli, Maurizio Brigotti, Massimiliano Bonafè, Davide Treré, Massimo Derenzini	87
17	High prevalence of retinoblastoma protein loss in triple-negative breast cancers and its association with a good prognosis in patients treated with adjuvant chemotherapy 2009 ·Annals of Oncology ·Davide Treré, Elisa Brighenti, Giulio Donati, Claudio Ceccarelli, Donatella Santini, Mario Taffurelli, Lorenzo Montanaro, Massimo Derenzini	73
18	Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Test and PAP Smear as Predictors of Outcome in Conservatively Treated Adenocarcinoma In Situ (AIS) of the Uterine Cervix 2007 ·Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey ·Silvano Costa, Giovanni Negri, Mario Sideri, Donatella Santini, Giuseppe Martinelli, Simona Venturoli, Carla Pelusi, Stina Syrjänen, Karí Syrjänen, Giuseppe Pelusi	1
19	Over-Expression of Topoisomerase II?? is Related to the Grade of Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia (CIN) and High-Risk Human Papillomavirus (HPV), but does not Predict Prognosis in Cervical Cancer or HPV Clearance after Cone Treatment 2006 ·International Journal of Gynecological Pathology ·Margherita Branca, Colomba Giorgi, Marco Ciotti, Donatella Santini, Luigi Di Bonito, Silvano Costa, A. Benedetto, (unknown), Paola Di Bonito, (unknown), Luisa Accardi, Luciano Mariani, Merja Ruutu, (unknown), Cartesio Favalli, (unknown)	22
20	Expression of intermediate filaments in normal and neoplastic exocrine pancreas. 1994 ·PubMed ·Donatella Santini, Claudio Ceccarelli, Giovanni Martinelli, Gianandrea Pasquinelli, Ornella Leone, D Marrano, (unknown)	9

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