Search Results - "Giaccherini, Lucia"
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Palliative Short-Course Radiation Therapy in Rectal Cancer: A Phase 2 Study
Published in International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics (15-07-2016)“…Purpose The management of patients with symptomatic rectal cancer not amenable to curative treatment may be challenging. The aim of this phase 2 study was to…”
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Epileptogenesis and Tumorigenesis in Glioblastoma: Which Relationship?
Published in Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) (26-09-2022)“…Epilepsy is reported in 29–52% of patients with glioblastoma (GBM) and has an important role in the natural history of this tumor and patients’ life quality…”
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State of the Art in Combination Immuno/Radiotherapy for Brain Metastases: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Published in Current oncology (Toronto) (22-04-2022)“…Common origins for brain metastases (BMs) are melanoma, lung, breast, and renal cell cancers. BMs account for a large share of morbidity and mortality caused…”
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Extracranial metastases in secondary glioblastoma multiforme: a case report
Published in BMC neurology (21-10-2020)“…Glioblastoma (GBM) is known for its devastating intracranial infiltration and its unfavorable prognosis, while extracranial involvement is a very rare event,…”
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Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma/Basal Cell Carcinoma of the Prostate: Overview and Update on Rare Prostate Cancer Subtypes
Published in Current oncology (Toronto) (09-03-2022)“…Adenoid cystic carcinoma/basaloid cell carcinoma of the prostate (ACC/BCC) is a very rare variant of prostate cancer with uncertain behavior. Few cases are…”
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Case Report: Pituitary metastasis as a presenting manifestation of silent gastric cardia adenocarcinoma
Published in Frontiers in oncology (04-01-2023)“…Pituitary metastases are very rare in cancer patients and often originate from lung or breast tumors. They usually occur in patients with known metastatic…”
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Good clinical practice and the use of hypofractionation radiation schedules as weapons to reduce the risk of COVID-19 infections in radiation oncology unit: A mono-institutional experience
Published in Journal of cancer research and therapeutics (01-07-2023)“…BACKGROUND: After coronavirus disease outbreak emerged in 2019, radiotherapy departments had to adapt quickly their health system and establish new…”
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Efficacy and Tolerability of Perampanel in Brain Tumor-Related Epilepsy: A Systematic Review
Published in Biomedicines (21-02-2023)“…(1) Background: Epilepsy is a frequent comorbidity in patients with brain tumors, in whom seizures are often drug-resistant. Current evidence suggests that…”
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Clinical Effects of Immuno-Oncology Therapy on Glioblastoma Patients: A Systematic Review
Published in Brain sciences (17-01-2023)“…The most prevalent and deadly primary malignant glioma in adults is glioblastoma (GBM), which has a median survival time of about 15 months. Despite the…”
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Underuse of brachytherapy for the treatment of dysphagia owing to esophageal cancer. An Italian survey
Published in Digestive and liver disease (01-10-2016)“…Abstract Background International guidelines strongly recommend brachytherapy as valid alternative or in addition to stenting in patients with dysphagia owing…”
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Prognostic Impact of Presurgical CA19-9 Level in Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma: A Pooled Analysis
Published in Translational oncology (01-01-2019)“…BACKGROUND: Presurgical carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA19-9) level predicts overall survival (OS) in resected pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PaC). The aim of this…”
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Time to surgery and pathologic complete response after neoadjuvant chemoradiation in rectal cancer: A population study on 2094 patients
Published in Clinical and translational radiation oncology (01-06-2017)“…•A large population based analysis to evaluate pathologic response according to time of surgery.•LARC patients were treated with modern techniques of…”
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Solitary vulvar metastasis from early-stage endometrial cancer: Case report and literature review
Published in Medicine (Baltimore) (04-06-2021)“…Endometrial cancer (EC) is the most common gynecological malignancy in developed countries. It is usually diagnosed at early-stage and presents a favorable…”
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Linac-based stereotactic salvage reirradiation for intraprostatic prostate cancer recurrence: toxicity and outcomes
Published in Strahlentherapie und Onkologie (01-06-2023)“…Background The rates of local failure after curative radiotherapy for prostate cancer (PC) remain high despite more accurate locoregional treatments available,…”
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Glioblastoma and malignant melanoma: Serendipitous or anticipated association?
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Moderately Hypofractionated Helical Tomotherapy for Prostate Cancer: Ten-year Experience of a Mono-institutional Series of 415 Patients
Published in In vivo (Athens) (01-03-2023)“…Radiotherapy represents an important therapeutic option in the management of prostate cancer (PCa). As helical tomotherapy may improve toxicity outcomes, we…”
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Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) for Oligorecurrent/Oligoprogressive Mediastinal and Hilar Lymph Node Metastasis: A Systematic Review
Published in Cancers (28-05-2022)“…Mediastinal or hilar lymph node metastases are a challenging condition in patients affected by solid tumors. Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) could…”
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Safety of Inhomogeneous Dose Distribution IMRT for High-Grade Glioma Reirradiation: A Prospective Phase I/II Trial (GLIORAD TRIAL)
Published in Cancers (22-09-2022)“…Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most aggressive astrocytic primary brain tumor, and concurrent temozolomide (TMZ) and radiotherapy (RT) followed by…”
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The Role of Interstitial Brachytherapy for Breast Cancer Treatment: An Overview of Indications, Applications, and Technical Notes
Published in Cancers (23-05-2022)“…Breast cancer represents the second leading cause of cancer-related death in the female population, despite continuing advances in treatment options that have…”
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Role of multidimensional assessment of frailty in predicting outcomes in older patients with glioblastoma treated with adjuvant concurrent chemo-radiation
Published in Journal of geriatric oncology (01-09-2019)“…AbstractBackgroundOur aim was to evaluate the impact of comorbidities, clinical and biological factors on outcomes in elderly GBM patients treated with surgery…”
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