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Greenwich LifeSciences Partners with GIM in Italy
STAFFORD, Texas, Nov. 26, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Greenwich LifeSciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: GLSI) (the "Company"), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company
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[{"type":"text","content":"STAFFORD, Texas, Nov. 26, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Greenwich LifeSciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: GLSI) (the \"Company\"), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on its Phase III clinical trial, FLAMINGO-01, which is evaluating GLSI-100, an immunotherapy to prevent breast cancer recurrences, today announced its partnership with clinical sites in Italy. The Company has partnered with \"Gruppo Italiano Mammella\" (GIM), the largest academic cooperative breast cancer research group in Italy, including over 150 participating centers and approximately 500 investigators, with 28 clinical trials on-going today. GIM conducts independent research in innovative technologies and overall, more than 16,000 patients have been involved in approximately 30 studies conducted by the group so far. According to the latest data collected by the European Cancer Information System (click here), a total of 58,160 new cases of breast cancer were diagnosed in Italy in 2022, which is the most common cancer diagnosed in women, representing approximately 30% of all cancers in women. Breast cancer is the leading cause of death from cancer in women in Italy with 15,455 deaths in 2022. Nine of the top enrolling institutions belonging to GIM have agreed to participate in FLAMINGO-01. These sites were approved by Italian authorities, which has led to in-person training and start-up activities with all sites. At the annual national GIM conference in September 2024, updates on the FLAMINGO trial and new research proposals of interest to the entire group were discussed. Professor Grazia Arpino commented, \"The FLAMINGO-01 trial is of great interest to me and to my patients. I originally served on the Data Safety Monitory Board of FLAMINGO-01. As I became more familiar with the potential of GLSI-100, I felt that it was important to give the opportunity to patients in Italy to participate in the trial. I therefore presented the FLAMINGO-01 to my colleagues in GIM, and they also enthusiastically agreed to participate. My institution was the first site in Italy to be activated, and we have already started enrollment and treatment of patients.\" Grazia Arpino, Professor in Oncology and head of the Breast Cancer Group at the University of Naples Federico II is an expert in mechanism of resistance to endocrine therapy and anti-HER2 therapies in breast cancer. Her resea...