Search Results - "Cottafavi, Luca"
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Changes in Cancer Patients' and Caregivers' Disease Perceptions While Receiving Early Palliative Care: A Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis
Published in The oncologist (Dayton, Ohio) (01-12-2021)“…Background Little is known about the underlying mechanisms through which early palliative care (EPC) improves multiple outcomes in patients with cancer and…”
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The Prognostic and Predictive Role of Somatic BRCA Mutations in Ovarian Cancer: Results from a Multicenter Cohort Study
Published in Diagnostics (Basel) (21-03-2021)“…Previous research involving epithelial ovarian cancer patients showed that, compared to germline (gBRCA) mutations, somatic (sBRCA) mutations present a similar…”
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Use of procalcitonin for the differential diagnosis of fever in cancer patients: an observational study
Published in Italian journal of medicine (01-01-2013)“…Fever often occurs in cancer patients and the possibility of having a reliable marker for the differential etiological diagnosis is desirable. The aim of this…”
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Nine weeks versus 1 year adjuvant trastuzumab in combination with chemotherapy: final results of the phase III randomized Short-HER study
Published in Annals of oncology (01-12-2018)“…Chemotherapy plus 1-year trastuzumab is the standard adjuvant treatment of HER2-positive breast cancer. The efficacy of less extended trastuzumab exposure is…”
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Perceptions of Hope Among Bereaved Caregivers of Cancer Patients Who Received Early Palliative Care: A Content and Lexicographic Analysis
Published in The oncologist (Dayton, Ohio) (04-03-2022)“…Oncologists' fear of taking away hope from patients when proposing early palliative care (EPC) is a barrier to the implementation of this model. This study…”
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Perceptions of Death Among Patients with Advanced Cancer Receiving Early Palliative Care and Their Caregivers: Results from a Mixed-Method Analysis
Published in The oncologist (Dayton, Ohio) (01-01-2023)“…Oncologists are often concerned that talking about death with patients may hinder their relationship. However, the views of death held by patients have not…”
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The prognostic role of somatic BRCA mutations in ovarian cancer: Preliminary results from an observational multicenter cohort study
Published in Journal of clinical oncology (20-05-2020)“…Abstract only e13674 Background: BRCA germline (gBRCA) mutations occur in 11-15% of women with unselected ovarian cancers (OC), whereas somatic BRCA (sBRCA)…”
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Density separation of umbilical cord blood and recovery of hemopoietic progenitor cells: implications for cord blood banking
Published in Stem cells (Dayton, Ohio) (1995)“…Umbilical cord blood (CB) has been evaluated as a potential source of hematopoietic stem cells suitable for clinical use in the transplantation setting…”
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Use of Recombinant Human Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor in Patients With Lymphoid Malignancies Transplanted With Unpurged or Adjusted-Dose Mafosfamide-Purged Autologous Marrow
Published in Blood (01-11-1992)“…The neutropenia-related morbidity and mortality occurring after autologous bone marrow transplantation (ABMT) is increased by marrow purging procedures. While…”
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