Evaristo Di Napoli

Self-presentation:

I am currently a 39° cycle PhD student in Veterinary Science. Specifically, I work at the Pathological Anatomy Unit of the Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Production. I am a graduate student in Veterinary Medicine and Animal Production Technology. I am involved in the management and implementation of the Animal Tumor Registry of the Campania region, clinical care, and research activities atthe DIPSA Laboratory.

Project:

Animal Cancer Registry in Campania region: spatiotemporal correlation between tumors and environment

The environment understood as the set of physical, chemical, and biological factors external to an individual, determines the health status of animals and humans. This premise combined with the different latency of neoplastic disease in the two species allows us to consider animals “sentinels of an environmental alert.” With this, we emphasize the need for digitized collection systems of spontaneous neoplastic diseases in animals (dogs, cats). With this end in mind, animal tumor registries were created. The Campania Region Cancer Registry is a population-based cancer registry created to collect data and estimate cancer incidence in companion animals, understand the natural history of cancer occurrence in them, and compare data on the incidence of cancer in animals and humans. This project aims to innovate and implement new strategies for 1) the acquisition of the oncological data in canine and feline species; 2) the comparison of the oncological data with the human species; and 3) the finding of the direct implication of environmental pollution in the genesis of cancer in and in humans. Of the “sentinel animals” under study, tissues will be analyzed for histological analysis to arrive at the diagnosis coded according to ICD-O, which will allow comparability with human pathology and contextual risk analysis in the reference territory. All data will be contextualized considering the environmental situation in the territories under investigation. The use of unique artificial intelligence software will allow the collection and use of health and environmental data for risk analysis and communication activities according to a data-driven approach to health risk management. The expected results of this project aim to give greater impetus to veterinary and human oncology research in the One-Health perspective.

Supervisior:

Prof. Dr. Orlando Paciello
-Dept. of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Production,
University of Naples Federico II, Naples – Italy

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