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Cozzi L, Clivio A, Subramanian V, Nicolini G, Vanetti E, Fogliata A. PO-0800: Dosimetric comparison of Acuros XB and AAA with Compass-CCC calculations for volumetric modulated arc therapy. Radiother Oncol 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(15)33106-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Alongi F, Iftode C, Arcangeli S, Villa E, Liardo L, Tozzi A, Mancosu P, Tomatis S, Cozzi L, Scorsetti M. OC-0050: Linac based SBRT for prostate cancer in 5 fractions: Preliminary report of a Phase II study with FFF delivery. Radiother Oncol 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(15)32356-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Vanetti de Palma E, Clivio A, Nicolini G, Fogliata A, Fenoglietto P, Krauss H, Cozzi L. PO-0782: VMAT pre-treatment QA for Flattening Filter Free beams with GLAaS algorithm for portal dosimetry. Radiother Oncol 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(15)33088-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Fogliata A, Clivio A, Vanetti E, Nicolini G, Cozzi L. OC-0429: Accuracy of photon dose calculation under jaw and MLC shielding. Radiother Oncol 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(15)32735-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Nicolini G, Abraham S, Fogliata A, Jordaan A, Clivio A, Vanetti E, Cozzi L. PO-0812: Critical appraisal of VMAT compared to electrons for cutaneous Kaposiís sarcoma of lower extremities treatments. Radiother Oncol 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(15)33118-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Wang PM, Hsu WC, Chung NN, Chang FL, Fogliata A, Cozzi L. Radiotherapy with volumetric modulated arc therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma patients ineligible for surgery or ablative treatments. Strahlenther Onkol 2013; 189:301-7. [PMID: 23420547 DOI: 10.1007/s00066-012-0298-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2012] [Accepted: 12/06/2012] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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PURPOSE The aim of this article is to report the dosimetric and clinical findings in the treatment of primary hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) with volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT, RapidArc). METHODS AND MATERIALS A total of 138 patients were investigated. Dose prescription ranged from 45-66 Gy. Most patients (88.4 %) presented AJCC stage III or IV and 83 % were N0-M0. All were classified as Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC) stage A-C. All patients were treated using 10 MV photons with single or multiple, coplanar or non-coplanar arcs, and cone-down technique in case of early response of tumors. RESULTS The patients' median age was 66 years (range 27-87 years), 83 % were treated with 60 Gy (12 % at 45 Gy, 6 % at 66 Gy), 62 % with cone-down, 98 % with multiple arcs. The mean initial planning target volume (PTV) was 777 ± 632 cm(3); the mean final PTV (after the cone-down) was 583 ± 548 cm(3). High target coverage was achieved. The final PTV was V98% > 98 %. Kidneys received on average 5 and 8 Gy (left and right), while the maximum dose to the spinal cord was 22 Gy; mean doses to esophagus and stomach were 23 Gy and 15 Gy, respectively. The average volume of healthy liver receiving more than 30 Gy was 294 ± 145 cm(3). Overall survival at 12 months was 45 %; median survival was 10.3 months (95 % confidence interval 7.2-13.3 months). Actuarial local control at 6 months was 95 % and 93.7 % at 12 months. The median follow-up was 9 months and a maximum of 28 months. CONCLUSION This study showed from the dosimetric point of view the feasibility and technical appropriateness of RapidArc for the treatment of HCC. Clinical results were positive and might suggest, with appropriate care, to consider RapidArc as an additional therapeutic opportunity for these patients.
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Nicolini G, Abraham S, Fogliata A, Jordaan A, Clivio A, Vanetti E, Cozzi L. Critical appraisal of volumetric-modulated arc therapy compared with electrons for the radiotherapy of cutaneous Kaposi's sarcoma of lower extremities with bone sparing. Br J Radiol 2013; 86:20120543. [PMID: 23392192 DOI: 10.1259/bjr.20120543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the use of volumetric-modulated arc therapy [VMAT, RapidArc® (RA); Varian Medical Systems, Palo Alto, CA] for the treatment of cutaneous Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) of lower extremities with adequate target coverage and high bone sparing, and to compare VMAT with electron beam therapy. METHODS 10 patients were planned with either RA or electron beams. The dose was prescribed to 30 Gy, 10 fractions, to mean the planning target volume (PTV), and significant maximum dose to bone was limited to 30 Gy. Plans were designed for 6-MV photon beams for RA and 6 MeV for electrons. Dose distributions were computed with AcurosXB® (Varian Medical Systems) for photons and with a Monte Carlo algorithm for electrons. RESULTS V(90%) was 97.3±1.2 for RA plans and 78.2±2.6 for electrons; similarly, V(107%) was 2.5±2.2 and 37.7±3.4, respectively. RA met coverage criteria. Concerning bone sparing, D(2%) was 29.6±1.1 for RA and 31.0±2.4 for electrons. Although acceptable for bone involvement, pronounced target coverage violations were obtained for electron plans. Monitor units were similar for electrons and RA, although for the latter they increased when superior bone sparing was imposed. Delivery times were 12.1±4.0 min for electrons and 4.8±1.3 min for the most modulated RA plans. CONCLUSION High plan quality was shown for KS in the lower extremities using VMAT, and this might simplify their management in comparison with the more conventional usage of electrons, particularly in institutes with limited staff resources and heavy workloads. ADVANCES IN KNOWLEDGE VMAT is also dosimetrically extremely advantageous in a typology of treatments where electron beam therapy is mainly considered to be effective owing to the limited penetration of the beams.
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Caruso R, De Chiara B, Campolo J, Verde A, Musca F, Belli O, Parolini M, Cozzi L, Moreo A, Frigerio M, Parodi O. Neopterin levels are independently associated with cardiac remodeling in patients with chronic heart failure. Clin Biochem 2013; 46:94-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2012.10.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2012] [Revised: 10/01/2012] [Accepted: 10/15/2012] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Cozzi L, Campolo J, Parolini M, De Maria R, Patrosso MC, Marocchi A, Parodi O, Penco S. Paraoxonase 1 L55M, Q192R and paraoxonase 2 S311C alleles in atherothrombosis. Mol Cell Biochem 2012; 374:233-8. [DOI: 10.1007/s11010-012-1525-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2012] [Accepted: 11/23/2012] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Fogliata A, Garcia R, Knoos T, Nicolini G, Clivio A, Vanetti E, Khamphan C, Cozzi L. Definition of parameters for quality assurance of flattening filter free (FFF) photon beams in radiation therapy. Med Phys 2012; 39:6455-64. [PMID: 23039680 DOI: 10.1118/1.4754799] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Flattening filter free (FFF) beams generated by medical linear accelerators have recently started to be used in radiotherapy clinical practice. Such beams present fundamental differences with respect to the standard filter flattened (FF) beams, making the generally used dosimetric parameters and definitions not always viable. The present study will propose possible definitions and suggestions for some dosimetric parameters for use in quality assurance of FFF beams generated by medical linacs in radiotherapy. METHODS The main characteristics of the photon beams have been analyzed using specific data generated by a Varian TrueBeam linac having both FFF and FF beams of 6 and 10 MV energy, respectively. RESULTS Definitions for dose profile parameters are suggested starting from the renormalization of the FFF with respect to the corresponding FF beam. From this point the flatness concept has been translated into one of "unflatness" and other definitions have been proposed, maintaining a strict parallelism between FFF and FF parameter concepts. CONCLUSIONS Ideas for quality controls used in establishing a quality assurance program when introducing FFF beams into the clinical environment are given here, keeping them similar to those used for standard FF beams. By following the suggestions in this report, the authors foresee that the introduction of FFF beams into a clinical radiotherapy environment will be as safe and well controlled as standard beam modalities using the existing guidelines.
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Arcangeli S, Castiglioni S, Mancosu P, Navarria P, Tozzi A, Alongi F, Pellegrini C, Ascolese A, Cozzi L, Scorsetti M. Is Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) an Attractive Option for Unresectable Liver Metastases? Early Results From a Phase 2 Trial. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2012.07.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Weber D, Zilli T, Vallée J, Rouzaud M, Miralbell R, Cozzi L. Intensity Modulated Proton and Photon Therapy for Early Prostate Cancer With or Without Transperineal Injection of a Polyethylene Glycol Spacer: A Treatment Planning Comparison Study. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2012.07.942] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Castiglioni S, Tozzi A, Arcangeli S, Mancosu P, Reggiori G, Navarria P, Clerici E, Fogliata A, Cozzi L, Scorsetti M. Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy With Ablative Dose on Liver Metastases: Radiation-induced Liver Disease (RILD) and Toxicity Assessment. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2012.07.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Subramanian S, Thirumalaiswamy S, Srinivas C, Gandhi A, Kathirvel M, Clivio A, Fogliata A, Nicolini G, Vanetti E, Cozzi L. Chest Wall Radiation Therapy With Volumetric Modulated Arcs and the Potential Role of Flattening Filter-free Photon Beams. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2012.07.2310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Navarria P, Pentimalli S, Ascolese A, Mancosu P, Clerici E, Reggiori G, Cozzi L, Alongi F, Scorsetti M. Lung Metastases in Oligometastatic Patients: A New SBRT Approach Using VMAT With Flattening Filter-free (FFF) Beams. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2012.07.1543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Wang P, Hsu W, Chung N, Chang F, Fogliata A, Cozzi L. Results From a Phase II Non-randomized Trial on 145 Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treated With Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2012.07.879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Sironi M, Caneva A, Pasquinelli G, Cozzi L, Wizeman G, Assi A. Aspiration biopsy cytology of pleuro-pulmonary metastasis from a recurrent meningioma. Oncol Rep 2012; 4:1165-7. [PMID: 21590214 DOI: 10.3892/or.4.6.1165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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A transthoracic fine-needle aspiration biopsy, sampled under echographic guidance from a pleuro-pulmonary mass, proved to be a metastatic meningioma. The meningioma had been operated on from the left parietal lobe, twelve years previously. Cytologic specimens showed nests of round-to-spindle-shaped tumor cells with whorl formation; the cells were immunoreactive for vimentin and epithelial-membrane antigen. The cytological appearance of the tumor cells was diagnostic of meningioma. In the course of the clinical staging, a recurrent cerebral meningioma was found and was judged to be inoperable, because of extensive growth and brain infiltration.
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Mancosu P, Navarria P, Reggiori G, Castiglioni S, Pellegrini C, Catalano M, Lobefalo F, Fogliata A, Cozzi L, Scorsetti M. OC-0558 TOTAL MARROW IRRADIATION WITH VOLUMETRIC MODULATED ARC THERAPY: EARLY EXPERIENCE AND PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS. Radiother Oncol 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(12)70897-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Nicolini G, Ghosh-Laskar S, Shrivastava S, Banerjee S, Agarwal J, Munshi A, Clivio A, Vanetti E, Fogliata A, Cozzi L. PO-0915 VMAT WITH FLATTENING FILTER FREE BEAMS COMPARED WITH IMRT AND 3DCRT FOR ADVANCED ESOPHAGEAL CANCER. Radiother Oncol 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(12)71248-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Wang P, Hsu W, Chung N, Chang F, Vanetti E, Nicolini G, Fogliata A, Cozzi L. EP-1087 RESULTS FROM A PHASE II NON RANDOMIZED TRIAL ON 145 PATIENTS WITH HEPATO-CELLULAR CARCINOMA WITH VMAT. Radiother Oncol 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(12)71420-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Castiglioni S, Tozzi A, Arcangeli S, Mancosu P, Reggiori G, Navarria P, Clerici E, Fogliata A, Cozzi L, Scorsetti M. PO-0769 STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIOTHERAPY ON LIVER METASTASES: RADIATION INDUCED LIVER DISEASE AND TOXICITY ASSESSMENT. Radiother Oncol 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(12)71102-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Pentimalli S, Alongi F, Navarria P, Lobefalo F, Ascolese A, Mancosu P, Fogliata A, Cozzi L, Arcangeli S, Scorsetti M. EP-1004 PHASE I-II STUDY OF HYPOFRACTIONATED SIMULTANEOUS INTEGRATED BOOST (SIB) IN BREAST CANCER PATIENTS. Radiother Oncol 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(12)71337-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Cozzi L, Subramanian S, Thirumalaiswamy S, Chilukuri S, Gandhi A, Babaiah M, Clivio A, Vanetti E, Nicolini G, Fogliata A. EP-1558 CHEST WALL RADIOTHERAPY WITH VOLUMETRIC MODULATED ARCS AND THE POTENTIAL ROLE OF FLATTENING FILTER FREE PHOTON BEAMS. Radiother Oncol 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(12)71891-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Scorsetti M, Navarria P, Ascolese A, Clerici E, Catalano M, Reggiori G, Mancosu P, Alongi F, Arcangeli S, Cozzi L. PO-0770 STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIOTHERAPY (SBRT) WITH FLATTENING FILTER FREE (FFF) MODE IN EARLY STAGE NSCLC. Radiother Oncol 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(12)71103-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Croci L, Suffredini E, Di Pasquale S, Cozzi L. Detection of Norovirus and Feline Calicivirus in spiked molluscs subjected to heat treatments. Food Control 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2011.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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