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Systematic versus on-demand early palliative care: A randomised clinical trial assessing quality of care and treatment aggressiveness near the end of life by Maltoni, Marco, Scarpi, Emanuela, Dall’Agata, Monia, Schiavon, Stefania, Biasini, Claudia, Codecà, Carla, Broglia, Chiara Maria, Sansoni, Elisabetta, Bortolussi, Roberto, Garetto, Ferdinando, Fioretto, Luisa, Cattaneo, Maria Teresa, Giacobino, Alice, Luzzani, Massimo, Luchena, Giovanna, Alquati, Sara, Quadrini, Silvia, Zagonel, Vittorina, Cavanna, Luigi, Ferrari, Daris, Pedrazzoli, Paolo, Frassineti, Giovanni Luca, Galiano, Antonella, Casadei Gardini, Andrea, Monti, Manlio, Nanni, Oriana

“…Abstract Aim Early palliative care (EPC) in oncology has shown sparse evidence of a positive impact on patient outcomes, quality of care outcomes and costs…”
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First step results from a phase II study of a dendritic cell vaccine in glioblastoma patients (CombiG-vax) by Ridolfi, Laura, Gurrieri, Lorena, Riva, Nada, Bulgarelli, Jenny, De Rosa, Francesco, Guidoboni, Massimo, Fausti, Valentina, Ranallo, Nicoletta, Calpona, Sebastiano, Tazzari, Marcella, Petrini, Massimiliano, Granato, Anna Maria, Pancisi, Elena, Foca, Flavia, D'Allagata, Monia, Bondi, Isabella, Amadori, Elena, Cortesi, Pietro, Zani, Chiara, Ancarani, Valentina, Gamboni, Alessandro, Polselli, Antonio, Pasini, Giuseppe, Bartolini, Daniela, Maimone, Giuseppe, Arpa, Donatella, Tosatto, Luigino

“…Glioblastoma (GBM) is a poor prognosis grade 4 glioma. After surgical resection, the standard therapy consists of concurrent radiotherapy (RT) and temozolomide…”
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Development of a predictive model for patients with bone metastases referred to palliative radiotherapy: Secondary analysis of a multicenter study (the PRAIS trial) by Rossi, Romina, Medici, Federica, Habberstad, Ragnhild, Klepstad, Pal, Cilla, Savino, Dall'Agata, Monia, Kaasa, Stein, Caraceni, Augusto Tommaso, Morganti, Alessio Giuseppe, Maltoni, Marco

“…Background The decision to administer palliative radiotherapy (RT) to patients with bone metastases (BMs), as well as the selection of treatment protocols…”
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Identification of palliative care needs and prognostic factors of survival in tailoring appropriate interventions in advanced oncological, renal and pulmonary diseases: a prospective observational protocol by Valenti, Vanessa, Rossi, Romina, Scarpi, Emanuela, Dall'Agata, Monia, Bassi, Ilaria, Cravero, Paola, La Manna, Gaetano, Magnoni, Giacomo, Marchello, Martina, Mosconi, Giovanni, Nanni, Oriana, Nava, Stefano, Pallotti, Maria Caterina, Rapposelli, Ilario Giovanni, Ricci, Marianna, Scrivo, Anna, Spazzoli, Alessandra, Valenti, Danila, Zambianchi, Loretta, Caraceni, Augusto, Maltoni, Marco

“…IntroductionIt is estimated that of those who die in high-income countries, 69%–82% would benefit from palliative care with a high prevalence of advanced…”
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Erratum to “Systematic versus on-demand early palliative care: A randomised clinical trial assessing quality of care and treatment aggressiveness near the end of life” [Eur J Cancer 69 (2016) 110–118] by Maltoni, Marco, Scarpi, Emanuela, Dall’Agata, Monia, Schiavon, Stefania, Biasini, Claudia, Codecà, Carla, Broglia, Chiara Maria, Sansoni, Elisabetta, Bortolussi, Roberto, Garetto, Ferdinando, Fioretto, Luisa, Cattaneo, Maria Teresa, Giacobino, Alice, Luzzani, Massimo, Luchena, Giovanna, Alquati, Sara, Quadrini, Silvia, Zagonel, Vittorina, Cavanna, Luigi, Ferrari, Daris, Pedrazzoli, Paolo, Frassineti, Giovanni Luca, Galiano, Antonella, Casadei Gardini, Andrea, Monti, Manlio, Nanni, Oriana

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Patients with multiple myeloma referred for palliative care consultation: from retrospective analysis to future directions to improve clinical outcomes by Pallotti, Maria Caterina, Rossi, Romina, Scarpi, Emanuela, Dall’Agata, Monia, Ricci, Marianna, Ceccolini, Michela, Ronconi, Sonia, Valenti, Vanessa, Maltoni, Marco, Martinelli, Giovanni, Cerchione, Claudio

“…Introduction New treatments have improved the overall survival of patients with multiple myeloma (MM). At diagnosis and during the course of the disease,…”
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Defining the cutoff value of MGMT gene promoter methylation and its predictive capacity in glioblastoma by Brigliadori, Giovanni, Foca, Flavia, Dall’Agata, Monia, Rengucci, Claudia, Melegari, Elisabetta, Cerasoli, Serenella, Amadori, Dino, Calistri, Daniele, Faedi, Marina

“…Despite advances in the treatment of glioblastoma (GBM), median survival is 12–15 months. O 6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase (MGMT) gene promoter…”
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Systematic vs. on-demand early palliative care in gastric cancer patients: a randomized clinical trial assessing patient and healthcare service outcomes by Scarpi, Emanuela, Dall’Agata, Monia, Zagonel, Vittorina, Gamucci, Teresa, Bertè, Raffaella, Sansoni, Elisabetta, Amaducci, Elena, Broglia, Chiara Maria, Alquati, Sara, Garetto, Ferdinando, Schiavon, Stefania, Quadrini, Silvia, Orlandi, Elena, Casadei Gardini, Andrea, Ruscelli, Silvia, Ferrari, Daris, Pino, Maria Simona, Bortolussi, Roberto, Negri, Federica, Stragliotto, Silvia, Narducci, Filomena, Valgiusti, Martina, Farolfi, Alberto, Nanni, Oriana, Rossi, Romina, Maltoni, Marco

“…Purpose Early palliative care (EPC) has shown a positive impact on quality of life (QoL), quality of care, and healthcare costs. We evaluated such effects in…”
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The challenge of sustainability in healthcare systems: frequency and cost of diagnostic procedures in end-of-life cancer patients by Massa, Ilaria, Balzi, William, Altini, Mattia, Bertè, Raffaella, Bosco, Monica, Cassinelli, Davide, Vignola, Valentina, Cavanna, Luigi, Foca, Flavia, Dall’Agata, Monia, Nanni, Oriana, Rossi, Romina, Maltoni, Marco

“…Background Literature data on the overuse and misuse of diagnostic procedures leading to end-of-life aggressiveness are scarce due to the limited amount of…”
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Inflammatory indexes as predictors of prognosis and bevacizumab efficacy in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer by Passardi, Alessandro, Scarpi, Emanuela, Cavanna, Luigi, Dall'Agata, Monia, Tassinari, Davide, Leo, Silvana, Bernardini, Ilaria, Gelsomino, Fabio, Tamberi, Stefano, Brandes, Alba A, Tenti, Elena, Vespignani, Roberto, Frassineti, Giovanni L, Amadori, Dino, De Giorgi, Ugo

“…To investigate the role of pre-treatment inflammatory indexes (II) as predictors of prognosis and treatment efficacy in patients with metastatic colorectal…”
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Phase II study of liposomal doxorubicin, docetaxel and trastuzumab in combination with metformin as neoadjuvant therapy for HER2-positive breast cancer by Rocca, Andrea, Cortesi, Pietro, Cortesi, Laura, Gianni, Lorenzo, Matteucci, Federica, Fantini, Lorenzo, Maestri, Antonio, Giunchi, Donata Casadei, Cavanna, Luigi, Ciani, Rosa, Falcini, Fabio, Bagni, Antonella, Meldoli, Elena, Dall’Agata, Monia, Volpi, Roberta, Andreis, Daniele, Nanni, Oriana, Curcio, Annalisa, Lucchi, Leonardo, Amadori, Dino, Fedeli, Anna

“…Background: The aim of this study was to improve activity over single human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-blockade sequential neaodjuvant regimens…”
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Prognostication in palliative radiotherapy—ProPaRT: Accuracy of prognostic scores by Maltoni, Marco, Scarpi, Emanuela, Dall’Agata, Monia, Micheletti, Simona, Pallotti, Maria Caterina, Pieri, Martina, Ricci, Marianna, Romeo, Antonino, Tenti, Maria Valentina, Tontini, Luca, Rossi, Romina

“…Background Prognostication can be used within a tailored decision-making process to achieve a more personalized approach to the care of patients with cancer…”
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The challenge of prognostication in palliative radiotherapy: the way forward is shared decision-making by Rossi, Romina, Scarpi, Emanuela, Dall’Agata, Monia, Tontini, Luca, Pieri, Martina, Micheletti, Simona, Romeo, Antonino, Ricci, Marianna, Pallotti, Maria Caterina, Maltoni, Marco

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Immuno markers in newly diagnosed glioblastoma patients underwent Stupp protocol after neurosurgery: a retrospective series by Gurrieri, Lorena, Mercatali, Laura, Ibrahim, Toni, Fausti, Valentina, Dall’Agata, Monia, Riva, Nada, Ranallo, Nicoletta, Pasini, Giuseppe, Tazzari, Marcella, Foca, Flavia, Bartolini, Daniela, Riccioni, Luca, Cavatorta, Chiara, Morigi, Federico Paolo, Bulgarelli, Jenny, Cocchi, Claudia, Ghini, Virginia, Tosatto, Luigino, Martinelli, Giovanni, Pession, Andrea, Ridolfi, Laura

“…Purpose The aims of our retrospective study investigated the role of immune system in glioblastoma (GBM), which is the most aggressive primary brain tumor in…”
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Patients’ understanding of clinical research: An Italian cancer patient survey by Rudnas, Britt, Montanari, Emanuela, Dall’Agata, Monia, Petracci, Elisabetta, Nanni, Oriana

“…Introduction: Patients’ awareness of clinical research and their involvement in clinical trials is of great importance, but it is difficult to estimate the…”
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Randomized phase II study with two gemcitabine- and docetaxel-based combinations as first-line chemotherapy for metastatic non-small cell lung cancer by Passardi, Alessandro, Cecconetto, Lorenzo, Dall'agata, Monia, Dazzi, Claudio, Pasquini, Enzo, Oliverio, Giovanni, Zumaglini, Federica, Zoli, Wainer, Nanni, Oriana, Milandri, Carlo, Frassineti, Giovanni Luca, Amadori, Dino

“…Docetaxel and gemcitabine combinations have proven active for the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The aim of the present study was to evaluate…”
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Predictors of survival and effect of short (40 Gy) or standard-course (60 Gy) irradiation plus concomitant temozolomide in elderly patients with glioblastoma: a multicenter retrospective study of AINO (Italian Association of Neuro-Oncology) by Lombardi, Giuseppe, Pace, Andrea, Pasqualetti, Francesco, Rizzato, Simona, Faedi, Marina, Anghileri, Elena, Nicolotto, Elisa, Bazzoli, Elena, Bellu, Luisa, Villani, Veronica, Fabi, Alessandra, Ferrazza, Patrizia, Gurrieri, Lorena, Dall’Agata, Monia, Eoli, Marica, Della Puppa, Alessandro, Pambuku, Ardi, D’Avella, Domenico, Berti, Franco, Rudà, Roberta, Zagonel, Vittorina

“…The efficacy of temozolomide (TMZ) plus radiation therapy (RT) in elderly patients with glioblastoma is unclear. We performed a large multicenter retrospective…”
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Explainable Machine Learning Model to Predict Overall Survival in Patients Treated With Palliative Radiotherapy for Bone Metastases by Cilla, Savino, Rossi, Romina, Habberstad, Ragnhild, Klepstad, Pal, Dall'Agata, Monia, Kaasa, Stein, Valenti, Vanessa, Donati, Costanza M, Maltoni, Marco, Morganti, Alessio G

“…The estimation of prognosis and life expectancy is critical in the care of patients with advanced cancer. To aid clinical decision making, we build a…”
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Prospective observational Italian study on palliative sedation in two hospice settings: differences in casemixes and clinical care by Maltoni, Marco, Miccinesi, Guido, Morino, Piero, Scarpi, Emanuela, Bulli, Francesco, Martini, Francesca, Canzani, Filippo, Dall’Agata, Monia, Paci, Eugenio, Amadori, Dino

“…Purpose Palliative sedation (PS) has been defined as the use of sedative medications to relieve intolerable suffering from refractory symptoms by a reduction…”
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Nurse‐led telephone follow‐up for early palliative care patients with advanced cancer by Valenti, Vanessa, Rossi, Romina, Scarpi, Emanuela, Ricci, Marianna, Pallotti, Maria Caterina, Dall'Agata, Monia, Montalti, Sandra, Maltoni, Marco

“…Aim and objectives To present our experience of a nursing telephone consultation service, describing patient and caregiver requests, and outlining ensuing…”
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