She primarily focuses on the development of statistical and epidemiological methods applied to the health field, economic impact assessments on the healthcare system regarding disease diagnosis and treatment,
particularly with applications related to neoplasms.
Rome
silvia.francisci@iss.it
She holds a degree in Economics with a specialization in statistics and operations research, obtained a Master’s degree in Economic Demography from the Institut de Sciences Politiques in Paris in 1994, and a PhD in Demographic Statistics from the University of Padua in 1998.
She currently works as a researcher at the National Center for Disease Prevention and Health Promotion of the Italian National Institute of Health.
She primarily focuses on the development of statistical and epidemiological methods applied to the health field, economic impact assessments on the healthcare system regarding disease diagnosis and treatment, particularly with applications related to neoplasms. She is associated with the Institute for Research on Population and Social Policies of the CNR, with which she has collaborated since 1998. She serves as a reviewer for the following scientific journals: Annali dell’Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Annals of Oncology, BMC Cancer, Canadian J Gastroenterology, Cancer Epidemiology, Cancer Medicine, Environmental Health Perspective, Epidemiologia e Prevenzione, Health Policy, Int J Medical Informatics, Journal of National Cancer Institute, Lung Cancer, Lung Cancer Management, Oncotarget, PLOS-One, Quality in Primary Care, Tumori, Value in Health.
• Anna Gigli, Silvia Francisci, Stefano Guzzinati, Aaron Hall, Mark Hachey, Steve Scoppa, Angela Mariotto (2020). Cancer prevalence by phase of care: an indicator for assessing health service needs, Tumori Journal
• Dal Maso L, Panato C, Guzzinati S, Serraino D, Francisci S, Botta L, Capocaccia R, Tavilla A, Gigli A, Crocetti E, Rugge M, Tagliabue G, Filiberti RA, Carrozzi G, Michiara M, Ferretti S, Cesaraccio R, Tumoni R, Falcini F, Stracci F, Torrisi A, Mazzoleni G, Fusco M, Rosso S, Tisano F, Fanetti AC, Sini GM, Buzzoni C, De Angelis R, Airtum WG. Prognosis and cure of long‐term cancer survivors: A population‐based estimation. Cancer Medicine 2019 : 4497-4507.
• Francisci S, Gigli A. Using current data in public health : from a management perspective to an economic evaluation one. Epidemiol Prev 2018, Mar-Apr 42(2) : 188-189.
• Guzzinati S., Virdone S., De Angelis R., Panato C., Buzzoni C., Capocaccia R., Francisci S., Gigli A., Zorzi M., Tagliabue G., Serraino D., Falcini F., Casella C., Russo A.G., Stracci F., Caruso B., Michiara M., Caiazzo A.L., Castaing M., Ferretti S., Mangone L., Rudisi G., Sensi F., Mazzoleni G., Pannozzo F., Tumino R., Fusco M., Ricci P., Gola G., Giacomin A., Tisano F., Candela G., Fanetti A.C., Pala F., Sardo A.S., Rugge M., Botta L., Dal Maso L. Characteristics of people living in Italy after a cancer diagnosis in 2010 and projections to 2020. BMC Cancer 2018.
• Francisci S, Guzzinati S, Dal Maso L, Sacerdote C, Buzzoni C, Gigli A; AIRTUM Working Group. An estimate of the number of people in Italy living after a childhood cancer. Int J Cancer. 2017 Jun 1;140(11):2444-2450. doi: 10.1002.
• Capocaccia R Biselli R Ruggeri R Tesei C Grande E Martina L Rocchetti A Salmaso S Caldora M Francisci S. Mortality in Italian veterans deployed in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Kosovo. Eur J Public Health. 2016 Aug;26(4):712-7. doi: 10.1093
• Milena Sant Pamela Minicozzi Maja Primic-Zakelj Renee Otter Silvia Francisci Gemma Gatta Franco Berrino Roberta De Angelis. Cancer survival in Europe 1999 – 2007: Doing better feeling worst. European Journal of Cancer 2015 51 2101-2103.
• Paolo Baili Francesca Di Salvo Rafael Marcos-Gragera Sabine Siesling Sandra Mallone Mariano Santaquilani Andrea Micheli Roberto Lillini Silvia Francisci and the EUROCARE-5 Working Group. Age and case mix-standardised survival for all cancer patients in Europe 1999-2007: Results of EUROCARE-5 a population-based study. European Journal of Cancer 2015 51 2120-2129.
• Bernd Holleczek Silvia Rossi Agius Domenic Kaire Innos Pamela Minicozzi Silvia Francisci Monika Hackl Nora Eisemann Hermann Brenner and the EUROCARE-5 Working Group. On-going improvement and persistent differences in the survival for patients with colon and rectum cancer across Europe 1999–2007 – Results from the EUROCARE-5 study. European Journal of Cancer 2015 51 2158-2168.
• Silvia Francisci Pamela Minicozzi Daniela Pierannunzio Eva Ardanaz Andrea Eberle Tom K. Grimsrud Arnold Knijn Ugo Pastorino Diego Salmero´n Annalisa Trama Milena Sant and the EUROCARE-5 Working Group. Survival patterns in lung and pleural cancer in Europe 1999–2007: Results from the EUROCARE-5 study. European Journal of Cancer 2015 51 2242-2253.
• Roberta De Angelis Milena Sant Michel P Coleman Silvia Francisci Paolo Baili Daniela Pierannunzio Annalisa Trama Otto Visser Hermann Brenner Eva Ardanaz Magdalena Bielska-Lasota Gerda Engholm Alice Nennecke Sabine Siesling Franco Berrino Riccardo Capocaccia. Cancer survival in Europe 1999–2007 by country and age: results of EUROCARE-5-a population-based study. Lancet Oncology. Vol 15 (1) 2014: 23-34.
• K. R. Yabroff S. Francisci A. Mariotto M. Mezzetti A. Gigli J. Lipscomb. Advancing Comparative Studies of Patterns of Care and Economic Outcomes in Cancer: Challenges and Opportunities. Journal of National Cancer Institute – Monographs 2013 46: 1-6
• Gigli A Warren JL Yabroff KR Francisci S Stedman M Guzzinati S Giusti F Miccinesi G Crocetti E Angiolini C Mariotto A. Initial Treatment for Newly Diagnosed Elderly Colorectal Cancer Patients: Patterns of Care in Italy and the United States. Journal of National Cancer Institute – Monographs 2013 46: 88-98
• Lipscomb K. R. Yabroff M. C. Hornbrook A. Gigli S. Francisci M. Krahn G. Gatta A. Trama D. P. Ritzwoller I. Durand-Zaleski R. Salloum N. Chawla C. Angiolini E. Crocetti F. Giusti S. Guzzinati M. Mezzetti G. Miccinesi A. Mariotto Comparing Cancer Care Outcomes and Costs Across Health Systems: Charting the Course. Journal of National Cancer Institute – Monographs 2013 46: 124-130
• Francisci S Yabroff KR Gigli A. Mariotto A Mezzetti M Lipscomb J. Advancing science of cancer cost measurement: challenges and opportunities. Annali dell’Istituto Superiore di Sanità 2013 Vol.49 No.1: 73-78 (IF 2011 0.941)
• Francisci S Guzzinati S Mezzetti M Crocetti E Giusti F Miccinesi G Paci E Angiolini C Gigli A. Cost profiles of colorectal cancer patients in Italy based on individual patterns of care. BMC 2013 13:329 (IF 2011 3.01)
