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Elena Piazza

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Phase I-II trial of gemcitabine-based first-line chemotherapies for small cell lung cancer in elderly patients with performance status 0-2: the G-STE…

2011

Introduction: Treatment of elderly patients with small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is based on scanty evidence. Methods: Patients with extensive SCLC, age >70 years, and performance status 0-2 were eligible for a study looking for optimal two-drug combination of gemcitabine (Gem) with vinorelbine (Vin), etoposide (Eto), cisplatin (Cis), or carboplatin (Car). Gemcitabine dose was the same (1000 mg/m2, days 1-8) in all combinations. A two-stage minimax flexible design for response was applied to GemVin combination (Vin 25 mg/m2, days 1-8). For GemCar, GemCis, GemEto, a phase I-II Bayesian design was applied, looking for the optimal dose of the partner drugs. Objective response rate ≥60% and un…

OncologyMaleLung NeoplasmsDeoxycytidineCarboplatinchemistry.chemical_compoundElderlyAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols80 and overCarcinoma Small CellMultivariate AnalysiEtoposideEtoposidePlatinum compoundsAged 80 and overArea under the curveSCLCVinorelbinePrognosisElderly; Etoposide; Gemcitabine; Platinum compounds; SCLC; Vinorelbine; Aged; Aged 80 and over; Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols; Carboplatin; Carcinoma Small Cell; Cisplatin; Deoxycytidine; Disease-Free Survival; Etoposide; Female; Humans; Lung Neoplasms; Male; Multivariate Analysis; Prognosis; Proportional Hazards Models; Quality of Life; Treatment Outcome; Vinblastine; VinorelbineTreatment OutcomeOncologyPlatinum compoundToxicityFemalemedicine.drugHumanPulmonary and Respiratory Medicinemedicine.medical_specialtyPrognosiVinorelbineVinblastineDisease-Free SurvivalInternal medicinemedicineHumansAgedProportional Hazards ModelsCisplatinAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolPerformance statusbusiness.industryCarcinomaSmall CellGemcitabineGemcitabineCarboplatinSurgeryLung NeoplasmchemistryMultivariate AnalysisProportional Hazards ModelQuality of LifeCisplatinbusiness
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The Path of Cicely Saunders: The “Peculiar Beauty” of Palliative Care

2019

This paper is aimed at focusing on the writings and the experience of the Hospice movement Founder, Dame Cicely Saunders. The in-depth analysis carried out had the objective of verifying if “the way” of Cicely to understand, live and propose palliative care was still current and “beautiful”, so that we can nowadays refer to her fascinating “Original Palliative Care”. With “beauty” we mean, on the one hand, a way able to allow a personal path of research of the meaning of the disease and of the care, both for those who care and for those who are cared for. On the other hand, it seems to us that Cicely strongly suggests how this path can not be carried out alone, but is only possible within …

AdultMalePalliative careAttitude of Health Personnelmedia_common.quotation_subjectContext (language use)EmpathyNursing Staff HospitalRelational autonomyHistory 21st Centurytotal painCicelyHumansMeaning (existential)SociologyCicely Saundermedia_commonpalliative carebiologyGeneral MedicineHistory 20th CenturyMiddle Agedbiology.organism_classificationglobal approachAction (philosophy)AestheticsBeautyFemaleEmpathy
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Evidence of autonomic dysregulation in otherwise healthy cancer caregivers: a possible link with health hazard.

2008

Caregiving, an important component of cancer patient treatment, may set forth a cascade of stress responses such as sympatho-adrenal activation, immuno-humoral changes and an unhealthy lifestyle, which could be hazardous to caregivers' health. In this observational study, we addressed whether autonomic nervous system (ANS) regulation and perception of stress would be altered in a group of 58 health cancer caregivers as compared to 60 controls. We employed non invasive autoregressive spectral analysis of cardiovascular variabilities and ad hoc questionnaires. Caregivers show, in addition to signs of psychological involvement, a clear autonomic imbalance, suggestive of sympathetic predominanc…

MaleCancer Researchmedicine.medical_specialtyBaroreceptorSettore MED/09 - Medicina InternaHydrocortisoneStreEmotionsPostureBlood PressureBaroreflexHeart RateInternal medicineNeoplasmsEpidemiologyBaroreceptorMedicineAutonomic dysregulationHumansAutonomic nervous systemRisk factorSalivaCancerbusiness.industryCancerBaroreflexMiddle Agedmedicine.diseaseAutonomic nervous systemOncologyAutonomic Nervous System DiseasesCaregiversRisk factorsCase-Control StudiesPhysical therapyQuality of LifeCaregivingObservational studyFemalePerceptionbusinessStress Psychological
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