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G. Mandoliti

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How radical prostatectomy procedures have changed over the last 10 years in Italy: a comparative analysis based on more than 1500 patients participat…

2020

Purpose Therapeutic strategies for prostate cancer (PCa) have been evolving dramatically worldwide. The current article reports on the evolution of surgical management strategies for PCa in Italy. Methods The data from two independent Italian multicenter projects, the MIRROR-SIU/LUNA (started in 2007, holding data of 890 patients) and the Pros-IT-CNR project (started in 2014, with data of 692 patients), were compared. Differences in patients' characteristics were evaluated. Multivariable logistic regression models were used to identify characteristics associated with robot-assisted (RA) procedure, nerve sparing (NS) approach, and lymph node dissection (LND). Results The two cohorts did not …

MaleNephrologymedicine.medical_specialtyTime FactorsUrologymedicine.medical_treatment030232 urology & nephrologyLymph node dissectionLogistic regression03 medical and health sciencesProstate cancer0302 clinical medicineInternal medicineLUNA studyBiopsyHumansMedicineProspective StudiesNerve sparingLymph nodeAgedProstatectomyProstate cancermedicine.diagnostic_testbusiness.industryProstatectomyMIRROR SIU/LUNA studyLymph node dissection MIRROR SIU/LUNA study Nerve sparing Pros-IT CNR study Prostate cancer Robotic proceduresProstatic NeoplasmsCancerPros-IT CNR studyMiddle Agedmedicine.diseaseMIRROR SIUDissectionRobotic proceduresLogistic Modelsmedicine.anatomical_structureItaly030220 oncology & carcinogenesisLymph node dissection; MIRROR SIU/LUNA study; Nerve sparing; Pros-IT CNR study; Prostate cancer; Robotic procedures; Aged; Humans; Italy; Logistic Models; Male; Middle Aged; Prospective Studies; Prostatectomy; Prostatic Neoplasms; Time FactorsLymph node dissection; MIRROR SIU/LUNA study; Nerve sparing; Pros-IT CNR study; Prostate cancer; Robotic proceduresbusiness
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Use of the word "cured" for cancer patients-implications for patients and physicians: the Siracusa charter

2015

Long-term survival for adult patients with solid tumours continues to increase. For some cancers, the possibility of recurrence after a number of years is extremely low, and the risk of death becomes similar to that of the general population of the same sex and age. During the Fifth European Conference on Survivors and Chronic Cancer Patients held in Siracusa, Italy, June 2014, oncologists, general practitioners, epidemiologists, cancer patients and survivors, and patient advocates joined to discuss the possible use of the term “cured” in reference to some adult patients with solid tumours. The specific focus was the appropriateness of using the term in communicating with cancer patients, s…

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