Ruth Vera

ORCID: 0000-0003-1524-3147
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Research Areas
  • Colorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies
  • Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments
  • Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
  • Colorectal and Anal Carcinomas
  • Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research
  • Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes
  • Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis
  • Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging
  • Cancer Treatment and Pharmacology
  • CAR-T cell therapy research
  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
  • Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Immune cells in cancer
  • Cancer survivorship and care
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • Lung Cancer Research Studies
  • Inflammatory Biomarkers in Disease Prognosis
  • Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies
  • Cancer Cells and Metastasis
  • Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer
  • Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
  • Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection
  • Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances
  • Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare

Universidad de Navarra
2012-2025

Universidad Católica del Norte
2025

Navarre Institute of Health Research
2019-2024

Navarrabiomed
2021-2024

Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra
2014-2023

Servicio Navarro de Salud
2021

Hospital Arnau de Vilanova
2009-2010

Hospital Clínico Universitario Lozano Blesa
2010

Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet
2010

Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología
2009

PURPOSE The optimal therapeutic sequence of the adjuvant chemotherapy component preoperative chemoradiotherapy (CRT) for patients with locally advanced rectal cancer is controversial. Induction before CRT may be associated better efficacy and compliance. PATIENTS AND METHODS A total 108 were randomly assigned to arm A-preoperative capecitabine, oxaliplatin, concurrent radiation followed by surgery four cycles postoperative capecitabine oxaliplatin (CAPOX)-or B-induction CAPOX surgery....

10.1200/jco.2009.25.8541 article EN Journal of Clinical Oncology 2010-01-12

PDL1 blockade produces remarkable clinical responses, thought to occur by T cell reactivation through prevention of PDL1-PD1 inhibitory interactions. Here, we find that cell-intrinsic signaling protects cancer cells from interferon (IFN) cytotoxicity and accelerates tumor progression. inhibited IFN signal transduction a conserved class sequence motifs mediate crosstalk with signaling. Abrogation expression or antibody-mediated strongly sensitized STAT3/caspase-7-dependent pathway. Moreover,...

10.1016/j.celrep.2017.07.075 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Cell Reports 2017-08-01

Article6 June 2019Open Access Source DataTransparent process Functional systemic CD4 immunity is required for clinical responses to PD-L1/PD-1 blockade therapy Miren Zuazo Immunomodulation Group, Biomedical Research Center of Navarre-Navarrabiomed, Fundación Miguel Servet, IdISNA, Pamplona, Spain Search more papers by this author Hugo Arasanz Gonzalo Fernández-Hinojal Department Oncology, Hospital Complex Navarre, Maria Jesus García-Granda María Gato Ana Bocanegra Maite Martínez Berta...

10.15252/emmm.201910293 article EN cc-by EMBO Molecular Medicine 2019-06-06

PD-L1 tumor expression is a widely used biomarker for patient stratification in PD-L1/PD-1 blockade anticancer therapies, particularly lung cancer. However, the reliability of this marker still under debate. Moreover, expressed by many immune cell types, and little known on relevance systemic PD-L1⁺ cells responses to checkpoint blockade. We present two clinical cases patients with non-small cancer (NSCLC) PD-L1-negative tumors treated atezolizumab that showed either objective or...

10.3390/ijms20071631 article EN International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2019-04-02
Peter Gibbs Volker Heinemann Navesh Sharma Julien Taı̈eb Jens Ricke and 95 more Marc Peeters Michael Findlay Bridget A. Robinson Christopher Jackson Andrew Strickland Val Gebski Mark Van Buskirk Huaqing Zhao Guy van Hazel Michael D. Brown Matthew Burge Giuseppe Cardaci Stephen Clarke Paul Eliadis Tom Ferguson Vinod Ganju Peter Gibbs Guy van Hazel Philip E. James Christos S. Karapetis Winston Liauw Gavin Marx Marco Matos Louise Nott Nick Pavlakis Alex Powell Timothy Price David Ransom Eva Segelov Jenny Shannon Nimit Singhal Andrew Strickland Euan Walpole Michel Craninx Thierry Delaunoit Amélie Deleporte Michel Ferrante Karen Geboes Alain Hendlisz Koen Hendrickx Marc De Man Els Monsaert Veerle Moons Marc Peeters Marc Polus Éveline Boucher Jacques Balosso P. Chevallier Samy Louafi Marc Pracht Christine Rebischung Denis Smith Julien Taı̈eb Eric Terrebonne Harald-Robert Bruch Gerald Gehbauer Volker Heinemann Thomas Helmberger Yon-Dschun Ko H. Kröning Frank Lammert Arnd Nusch Stefan Pluntke Karsten Ridwelski Jorge Riera‐Knorrenschild Hanno Riess Jorge Ramon Riera Jens Ricke Tilmann Sauerbruch Klemens Scheidhauer Oliver Stötzer Klaus Tatsch Ursula Vehling‐Kaiser Thomas Vogl Alex Beny Ravit Geva Einat Shacham‐Shmueli Salomon M. Stemmer Thomas Tichler Ido Wolf Bruna Angelelli Andrea Martoni Michael Findlay Richard Isaacs Anne O’Donnell‐Luria D Díaz Pérez Bridget A. Robinson Javier Rodríguez Ruth Vera Pradip Amin Daniel Bloomgarden James T. Bui James Carlisle Seungjean Chai Yi‐Jen Chen

10.1016/j.clcc.2018.06.001 article EN Clinical Colorectal Cancer 2018-06-13

Preclinical studies suggest that a vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) blockade may play role in the preoperative treatment of rectal adenocarcinoma; however, how to combine anti-VEGF drugs with neoadjuvant chemotherapy (CT) and/or chemoradiotherapy (CRT) remains controversial.To study effect aflibercept plus modified fluorouracil, leucovorin, and oxaliplatin (mFOLFOX6) induction CT prior standard CRT total mesorectal excision (TME) surgery patients high-risk adenocarcinoma.In Grupo...

10.1001/jamaoncol.2019.2294 article EN JAMA Oncology 2019-08-29

Single-agent immunotherapy has been widely accepted as frontline treatment for advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with high tumor PD-L1 expression, but most patients do not respond and the mechanisms of resistance are well known. Several works have highlighted immunosuppressive activities myeloid subpopulations, including low-density neutrophils (LDNs), although context in which these cells play their role is defined. We prospectively monitored LDNs peripheral blood from NSCLC...

10.3390/cancers14163846 article EN Cancers 2022-08-09

Precision medicine in oncology aims to identify the most beneficial interventions based on a patient's individual features and disease. However, disparities exist when providing cancer care patients an individual's sex.To discuss how sex differences impact epidemiology, pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, disease progression, response treatment, with focus data from Spain.Genetic environmental factors (social or economic inequalities, power imbalances, discrimination) that contribute...

10.1007/s12094-023-03112-w article EN cc-by Clinical & Translational Oncology 2023-02-18

Abstract Many cancer patients do not benefit from PD-L1/PD-1 blockade immunotherapies. PD-1 and LAG-3 co-upregulation in T-cells is one of the major mechanisms resistance by establishing a highly dysfunctional state T-cells. To identify shared features associated to PD-1/LAG-3 dysfunctionality human cancers T-cells, multiomic expression profiles were obtained for all TCGA immune infiltrates. A signature was found which regulated immune, metabolic, genetic, epigenetic pathways, but especially...

10.1038/s44321-024-00098-y article EN cc-by EMBO Molecular Medicine 2024-07-19

640 Background: The literature on burden of disease studies hepatocellular carcinoma is scarce. aim this analysis was to quantify the economic recurrence in very early or early-stage HCC patients who underwent liver resection, ablation transplantation Spain. Methods: A decision-tree model developed estimate cost a after curative treatment with an initial complete response primary tumor over 5-year time horizon. Clinical parameters were collected by multidisciplinary group experts also...

10.1200/jco.2025.43.4_suppl.640 article EN Journal of Clinical Oncology 2025-01-27

Background Despite the evidence of sense coherence (SOC) as a key factor in stress management and health promotion, there is little information about its connection with healthy lifestyles migrant population. Objective To investigate relationship between variables SOC Healthy Lifestyles south-south Study design Non-experimental, cross-sectional correlational study. Method A total 1,844 migrants living Chile participated, selected through non-probabilistic intentional sampling. The lifestyle...

10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1543830 article EN cc-by Frontiers in Psychology 2025-03-12

Treatment with nab-paclitaxel plus gemcitabine increases survival in patients metastatic pancreatic cancer. However, the assessment of treatment efficacy and safety non-selected a real-life setting may provide useful information to support decision-making processes routine practice.Retrospective, multicenter study including cancer, who started first-line between December 2013 June 2015 according clinical practice. In addition describing pattern, overall (OS) progression-free (PFS) were...

10.1186/s12885-018-5101-3 article EN cc-by BMC Cancer 2018-11-29

Abstract Recent studies highlight the importance of baseline functional immunity for immune checkpoint blockade therapies. High‐dimensional systemic profiling is performed in a cohort non‐small‐cell lung cancer patients undergoing PD‐L1/PD‐1 immunotherapy. Responders show high myeloid phenotypic diversity peripheral blood. To quantify it, we define index as potential biomarker response. This parameter correlates with elevated activated monocytic cells and decreased granulocytic phenotypes....

10.15252/embr.202255884 article EN cc-by EMBO Reports 2023-06-27

•Incidence of EORC is progressively increasing in Navarra, similar to many countries worldwide.•This evidence indicates an urgent need advance the age for starting population screening programmes.•Disease-free survival and cancer-specific were between LORC patients.•A higher pCR was achieved patients with EORC.•Potential organ preservation strategies may be considered this young population. BackgroundAlthough incidence mortality rates colorectal cancer have decreased during past decades,...

10.1016/j.esmogo.2023.100033 article EN cc-by-nc-nd ESMO Gastrointestinal Oncology 2024-02-01

Abstract Objective This study evaluates satisfaction with care (SC) in cancer patients treated at a Spanish day hospital to identify SC determinants and assess the relationship between quality of life. Methods One hundred seventy‐six different tumour sites disease stages completed European Organization for Research Treatment Cancer Quality Life Questionnaire (EORTC QLQ‐C30), Outpatient Satisfaction Care questionnaire chemotherapy (OUT‐PATSAT35 CT), Oberst patients' perception scales, an item...

10.1002/pon.3307 article EN Psycho-Oncology 2013-06-04

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second leading cause of dead in Spain. About half patients will eventually develop distant metastases. However, as treatment options are expanding, prognosis has steadily improved over last decades. Management advanced CRC should be discussed within an experienced multidisciplinary team to select most appropriate systemic (chemotherapy and targeted agents) integrate surgical or ablative procedures when indicated. Disease site extent, resectability, tumor...

10.1007/s12094-015-1434-4 article EN cc-by Clinical & Translational Oncology 2015-12-01

Commentary10 July 2020Open Access Systemic CD4 immunity: A powerful clinical biomarker for PD-L1/PD-1 immunotherapy Miren Zuazo Navarrabiomed-UPNA, IdISNA, Pamplona, Spain Search more papers by this author Hugo Arasanz Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra-IdISNA, Ana Bocanegra Luisa Chocarro Ruth Vera orcid.org/0000-0003-1524-3147 David Escors Corresponding Author [email protected] Hiroshi Kagamu orcid.org/0000-0003-4523-8517 Saitama Medical University International Center, Hidaka, Japan Grazyna...

10.15252/emmm.202012706 article EN cc-by EMBO Molecular Medicine 2020-07-10
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