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The paper presents the work done during the two editions of the Summer School that took place in Lampedusa in 2017 and 2018, organized by the Italian Association of Sociology – Environment and Territory Section. The aim of the paper is twofold. Firstly, it aims to illustrate the results of the data analysis and field observation carried out by the participants of the School. They consist of a multi-faceted description of the Island, with special attention to its different populations (residents, city users and especially migrants), and of some resulting project proposals. Secondly, the essay aims to promote a practice based on study and training, which is typical of the sociological analysis of territory, and that can provide useful insight on the studied places and to the people of Lampedusa, within a broader vision of justice and social sustainability.

The overexpression of the HER2 oncoprotein, which corresponds to the genotype-amplification of the HER2/neu oncogene, is reported in 20% of breast tumors. The development of anti-HER2 drugs has improved the prognosis of these particularly aggressive tumors and the positivity to HER2, detected with immunohistochemistry or with FISH (fluorescent in situ hybridization) method in metastatic cells, allows today a therapeutic approach and a better outcome for the patient. We report a peculiar clinical case of a patient whose diagnosis of HER2-positive asymptomatic breast tumor was based on the identification of a metastatic lymph node and who responded very well to 6-years therapy with anti-HER2 drugs, with good compliance to the treatment and with management of its toxicity (Oncology).