There is no such a thing as a'< em > biological < /em >'basis for cancer disparities: A call to end misreporting of the ultimate determinants of health outcomes
Tumori. 2023 Sep 9:3008916231196369. doi: 10.1177/03008916231196369. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTImproved strategies of cancer prevention and control have resulted in tangible benefits for patients with cancer. Disparities in outcome have been reported as a result of inequal access to health care. Historically, differences in health outcomes at population level have been reported according to key characteristics, including race, ethnicity and, more recently, ancestry. These population descriptors have been used to display the differences in the outcome and highlight actionable areas of health disparities, through policy ...
Source: Tumori - September 9, 2023 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Dario Trapani Fabio Girardi Saverio Cinieri Giuseppe Curigliano Source Type: research
Impact of inter-observer variability on first axillary level dosimetry in breast cancer radiotherapy: An AIRO multi-institutional study
This study quantified the incidental dose to the first axillary level (L1) in locoregional treatment plan for breast cancer. Eighteen radiotherapy centres contoured L1-L4 on three different patients (P1,2,3), created the L2-L4 planning target volume (single centre planning target volume, SC-PTV) and elaborated a locoregional treatment plan. The L2-L4 gold standard clinical target volume (CTV) along with the gold standard L1 contour (GS-L1) were created by an expert consensus. The SC-PTV was then replaced by the GS-PTV and the incidental dose to GS-L1 was measured. Dosimetric data were analysed with Kruskal-Wallis test. Pla...
Source: Tumori - September 9, 2023 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Maria Cristina Leonardi Matteo Pepa Mattia Zaffaroni Maria Giulia Vincini Rosa Luraschi Sabrina Vigorito Anna Morra Samantha Dicuonzo Giovanni Carlo Mazzola Marianna Alessandra Gerardi Maria Alessia Zerella Domenico Cante Edoardo Petrucci Giuseppina Borz Source Type: research
Italian oncologists and vaccinations against infectious diseases: Results of a survey of the Italian Association of Medical Oncology
CONCLUSION: This is the first survey conducted among Italian oncologists to better understand the perception and attitudes towards the vaccination. It highlights the urgent issues of educating and training oncologists in vaccine-preventable diseases and vaccine awareness and the need to build (or implement) a network of multidisciplinary collaborations.PMID:37586016 | DOI:10.1177/03008916231191547 (Source: Tumori)
Source: Tumori - August 16, 2023 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Angioletta Lasagna Antonella Brunello Nicola Silvestris Paolo Pedrazzoli Massimo Di Maio Saverio Cinieri Source Type: research
