Raquel Esqueva
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Raquel Esqueva is a translational researcher whose work centers on the molecular biology of prostate cancer, with a particular focus on the quality and utility of biobanked tissue for genomic studies. Her major contribution lies in demonstrating that prostate tissue obtained via robotic-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RALP) can yield high-quality RNA, despite longer ischaemia times than open surgery. This finding, published in her most-cited paper (32 citations), was pivotal for enabling large-scale, RNA-based research using modern surgical specimens, directly impacting the design of biobanking protocols and downstream molecular analyses. Esqueva’s work bridges surgical oncology and molecular pathology, ensuring that clinically relevant tissue resources remain viable for cutting-edge transcriptomic studies. Her research has helped standardize tissue handling procedures, thereby increasing the reproducibility of prostate cancer biomarker discovery. By validating the feasibility of RNA studies from RALP specimens, she has empowered a generation of researchers to leverage robotic surgery archives for high-impact genomic investigations, solidifying her role as a key figure in the quality assurance of cancer biobanking.
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