Search Results - "Caparrotti, Francesca"
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Localized Non-melanoma Skin Cancer: Risk Factors of Post-surgical Relapse and Role of Postoperative Radiotherapy
Published in Current treatment options in oncology (09-10-2020)“…Opinion statement The mainstay treatment of localized non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC) is surgical excision or Mohs surgery. However, approximately 5% of…”
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Postoperative radiotherapy for meningiomas - a decision-making analysis
Published in BMC cancer (04-05-2022)“…The management of meningiomas is challenging, and the role of postoperative radiotherapy is not standardized. Radiation oncology experts in Swiss centres were…”
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Immunotherapy in elderly head and neck cancer patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Published in Frontiers in oncology (2024)“…Over the past years, there has been a growing interest in the role of immunotherapy in locally advanced (LA) and recurrent and metastatic head and neck…”
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Exploring the Impact of Human Papillomavirus Status, Comorbidity, Polypharmacy, and Treatment Intensity on Outcome of Elderly Oropharyngeal Cancer Patients Treated With Radiation Therapy With or Without Chemotherapy
Published in International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics (15-07-2017)“…Purpose To explore the impact of tumor human papillomavirus (HPV) status, comorbidity, polypharmacy, and treatment intensity on overall survival (OS) of…”
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VoiceS: voice quality after transoral CO2 laser surgery versus single vocal cord irradiation for unilateral stage 0 and I glottic larynx cancer—a randomized phase III trial
Published in Current controlled trials in cardiovascular medicine (27-10-2022)“…Abstract Background Surgery and radiotherapy are well-established standards of care for unilateral stage 0 and I early-stage glottic cancer (ESGC). Based on…”
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Impact of hydrogel spacer injections on interfraction prostate motion during prostate cancer radiotherapy
Published in Acta oncologica (02-07-2016)“…Background The dosimetric advantage of prostate-rectum spacers to displace the anterior rectal wall outside of the high-dose radiation regions has been clearly…”
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Clinical experience with lung-specific electromagnetic transponders for real-time tumor tracking in lung stereotactic body radiotherapy
Published in Physics and imaging in radiation oncology (01-10-2019)“…•7 patients were implanted with lung-specific electromagnetic transponders (EMT).•We report no complications from implantation and no migration of the EMT.•7…”
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Influencing Factors on Radiotherapy Outcome in Stage I-II Glottic Larynx Cancer—A Multicenter Study
Published in Frontiers in oncology (20-09-2019)“…Background and Purpose: Larynx cancer represents one of the most frequently diagnosed head and neck malignancies, which is most often confined to the glottic…”
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Simultaneous in-field boost for patients with 1 to 4 brain metastasis/es treated with volumetric modulated arc therapy: a prospective study on quality-of-life
Published in Radiation oncology (London, England) (30-06-2011)“…To assess treatment toxicity and patients' survival/quality of life (QoL) after volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) with simultaneous in-field boost (SIB)…”
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888: high rate of organ preservation with Papillon contact x-ray radiotherapy in rectal cancer
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Adjuvant and concurrent temozolomide for 1p/19q non-co-deleted anaplastic glioma (CATNON; EORTC study 26053-22054): second interim analysis of a randomised, open-label, phase 3 study
Published in The lancet oncology (01-06-2021)“…The CATNON trial investigated the addition of concurrent, adjuvant, and both current and adjuvant temozolomide to radiotherapy in adults with newly diagnosed…”
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Osteoradionecrosis of the mandible in patients with oropharyngeal carcinoma treated with intensity‐modulated radiotherapy
Published in Cancer (01-10-2017)“…BACKGROUND Osteoradionecrosis (ORN) of the mandible is a late toxicity affecting patients treated with radiotherapy for head and neck malignancies. To the…”
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Comparison of the incidence of osteoradionecrosis with conventional radiotherapy and intensity-modulated radiotherapy
Published in Head & neck (01-11-2016)“…Background Modern techniques of radiotherapy are supposed to decrease the incidence of osteoradionecrosis of the mandible (ORNM). The purpose of this study was…”
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Impact of Early Prophylactic Cranial Irradiation With Hippocampal Avoidance on Neurocognitive Function in Patients With Limited Disease Small Cell Lung Cancer. A Multicenter Phase 2 Trial (SAKK 15/12)
Published in International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics (01-06-2020)“…Our purpose was to evaluate neurocognitive function (NCF) and clinical outcomes after early hippocampal avoidance (HA) prophylactic cranial irradiation (PCI)…”
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Local recurrence of squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck after radio(chemo)therapy: Diagnostic performance of FDG-PET/MRI with diffusion-weighted sequences
Published in European radiology (01-02-2018)“…Purpose To determine the diagnostic performance of FDG-PET/MRI with diffusion-weighted imaging (FDG-PET/DWIMRI) for detection and local staging of head and…”
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Utility of MRI with morphologic and diffusion weighted imaging in the detection of post-treatment nodal disease in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma
Published in European journal of radiology (01-04-2018)“…•Malignant LNs have lower ADCmean than benign LNs in post-treatment HNSCC patients.•DWIMRI sensitivity is highest per neck dissection and lowest per LN.•DWIMRI…”
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Neck management in head and neck squamous cell carcinomas: where do we stand?
Published in Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England) (01-05-2019)“…Head and neck squamous-cell carcinomas (HNSCCs) have a significant lymph node tropism. This varies considerably depending on the primary tumor site and the…”
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MRI and 18FET-PET Predict Survival Benefit from Bevacizumab Plus Radiotherapy in Patients with Isocitrate Dehydrogenase Wild-type Glioblastoma: Results from the Randomized ARTE Trial
Published in Clinical cancer research (01-01-2021)“…Abstract Purpose: To explore a prognostic or predictive role of MRI and O-(2–18F-fluoroethyl)-L-tyrosine (18FET) PET parameters for outcome in the randomized…”
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High Rates of Organ Preservation in Rectal Cancer with Papillon Contact X-ray Radiotherapy: Results from a Swiss Cohort
Published in Cancers (25-06-2024)“…Rectal cancer typically necessitates a combination of radiotherapy (RT), chemotherapy, and surgery. The associated functional disorders and reduction in…”
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