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Ghilli M, Becherini C, Meattini I, Angiolini C, Bengala C, Marconi A, Galli L, Angiolucci G, Coltelli L, Borghesi S, Lastrucci L, Manca G, Bianchi S, Doria M, Casella D, Marotti L, Amunni G, Roncella M. Management of the axilla in breast cancer patients: critical review, regional modified Delphi consensus and implementation in the Tuscan breast network. Radiol Med 2024:10.1007/s11547-024-01818-7. [PMID: 38683499 DOI: 10.1007/s11547-024-01818-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2023] [Accepted: 04/16/2024] [Indexed: 05/01/2024]
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PURPOSE Data from recently trials have provided practice-changing recommendations in management of the axilla in early breast cancer (eBC). However, further controversies have been raised, resulting in heterogeneous diffusion of these recommendations. Our purpose was to obtain a better homogeneity. MATERIAL AND METHODS In 2021, the Tuscan Breast Network (TBN) established a consensus with the aim to update recommendations in this area. We performed a literature review on axillary management in eBC patients which led to an expert Delphi consensus aiming to explore the gray areas, build consensus and propose evidence-based suggestions for an appropriate management. Thereafter, we investigate their implementation in clinical practice. RESULTS (1) DCIS patients should have SLN biopsy only in case of mastectomy or in conservative surgery if tumor is in a location that would preclude future nodal sampling or in case of a mass; (2) ALND may be omitted for 1-2 positive SLN patients undergoing BCS in T1-2 tumors with 1-2 SLN positive, eligible for whole-breast irradiation and adjuvant systemic therapies; (3) consider the option of RNI in patients with 1-3 positive lymph nodes and one or more high-risk characteristics; (4) the population identified in 2) should NOT undergo lymph node irradiation as an alternative to axillary surgery and (5) patients with clinically (pre-operatively) positive axilla, or undergoing primary systemic therapy, or outside the criteria reported in 2) must receive additional ALND and/or RT as per local policy. CONCLUSION This consensus provided a practical tool to stimulate local and national breast surgical and radiotherapy protocols.
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- Matteo Ghilli
- Breast Centre, Breast Surgery, University Hospital of Pisa, Via Roma 67, Pisa, Italy.
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- Radiation Oncology Unit, Oncology Department, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy
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- Radiation Oncology Unit, Oncology Department, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy
- Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences "M. Serio", University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Breast Unit, Oncology Department, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Careggi, A. Brambilla 3, 50134, Florence, Italy
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- Oncology Department, Unit of Medical Oncology, Misericordia Hospital, Grosseto, Italy
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- Breast Oncological and Reconstructive Surgery, S.Luca Hospital- V. G. Lippi Francesconi, 55100, Lucca, Italy
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- Azienda Usl Toscana Centro, Ospedale San Giovanni Di Dio, Via Di Torregalli N 3, 50143, Florence, Italy
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- Radiologia Senologica, Azienda Usl Toscana Sud-Est, Ospedale Arezzo, Giovanni Valdarno, Italy
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- Division of Medical Oncology, Livorno Hospital, Department of Oncology, Azienda USL Toscana Nord Ovest, Viale Alfieri 36, Leghorn, Italy
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Azienda Usl Toscana Sud-Est, Ospedale Arezzo E S., Giovanni Valdarno, Italy
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Livorno Hospital, Azienda USL Toscana Nord Ovest, Viale Alfieri 36, Leghorn, Italy
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- Breast Centre, Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital of Pisa, Via Roma 67, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, Division of Pathological Anatomy, University of Florence, Viale Pieraccini 6, Florence, Italy
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- SOC Anatomia Patologica, Azienda Usl Toscana Centro, Ospedale San Giovanni Di Dio, Via Di Torregalli N° 3, 50143, Florence, Italy
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- European Society of Breast Cancer Specialists, Florence, Italy
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- Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy
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- Breast Centre, Breast Surgery, University Hospital of Pisa, Via Roma 67, Pisa, Italy
- University Hospital of Pisa, Via Roma 67, Pisa, Italy
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Colosimo C, Pasqualetti F, Aristei C, Borghesi S, Forte L, Mignogna M, Badii D, Bosio M, Paiar F, Nanni S, Bertocci S, Lastrucci L, Parisi S, Ingrosso G. Stereotactic radiotherapy for bone oligometastases. Rep Pract Oncol Radiother 2022; 27:40-45. [PMID: 35402030 PMCID: PMC8989454 DOI: 10.5603/rpor.a2022.0009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2021] [Accepted: 11/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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About 60–90% of cancer patients are estimated to develop bone metastases, particularly in the spine. Bone scintigraphy, computed tomography (CT ) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI ) are currently used to assess metastatic bone disease; positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET-CT ) has become more widespread in clinical practice because of its high sensitivity and specificity with about 95% diagnostic accuracy. The most common and well-known radiotracer is 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (18FDG); several other PET-radiotracers are currently under investigation for different solid tumors, such as 11C or 18FDG-choline and prostate specific membrane antigen (PSMA)-PET/CT for prostate cancer. In treatment planning, standard and investigational imaging modalities should be registered with the planning CT so as to best define the bone target volume. For target volume delineation of spine metastases, the International Spine Radiosurgery Consortium (ISRC ) of North American experts provided consensus guidelines. Single fraction stereotactic radiotherapy (SRT ) doses ranged from 12 to 24 Gy; fractionated SRT administered 21–27 Gy in 3 fractions or 20–35 Gy in 5 fractions. After spine SRT, less than 5% of patients experienced grade ≥ 3 acute toxicity. Late toxicity included the extremely rare radiation-induced myelopathy and a 14% risk of de novo vertebral compression fractures.
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- Caterina Colosimo
- Operative Unit of Radiotherapy, Department of Oncology, San Luca Hospital, Lucca, Italy
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Pisana, University of Pisa, Italy
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- Radiation Oncology Section, University of Perugia and Perugia General Hospital, Italy
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- Radiation Oncology Unit of Arezzo-Valdarno, Azienda USL Toscana Sud Est, Italy
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- Department of Radiotherapy, Livorno Hospital, ATNO, Italy
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- Operative Unit of Radiotherapy, Department of Oncology, San Luca Hospital, Lucca, Italy
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- Department of Radiotherapy, Livorno Hospital, ATNO, Italy
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Pisana, University of Pisa, Italy
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- Radiation Oncology Unit of Arezzo-Valdarno, Azienda USL Toscana Sud Est, Italy
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- Radiation Oncology Unit of Arezzo-Valdarno, Azienda USL Toscana Sud Est, Italy
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- Radiation Oncology Unit - Department of Biomedical, Dental Science, and Morphological and Functional Images, University of Messina, Italy
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- Radiation Oncology Section, University of Perugia and Perugia General Hospital, Italy
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Maddalo M, Borghetti P, Tomasini D, Corvò R, Bonomo P, Petrucci A, Paiar F, Lastrucci L, Bonù ML, Greco D, Costa L, Pegurri L, Triggiani L, Belgioia L, Desideri I, Grisanti S, Buglione M, Magrini SM. Cetuximab and Radiation Therapy Versus Cisplatin and Radiation Therapy for Locally Advanced Head and Neck Cancer: Long-Term Survival and Toxicity Outcomes of a Randomized Phase 2 Trial. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2020; 107:469-477. [PMID: 32184121 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2020.02.637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2019] [Revised: 02/03/2020] [Accepted: 02/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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PURPOSE This study describes the long-term survival and toxicity outcomes of a multicenter randomized phase 2 trial comparing radiation therapy (RT) plus cisplatin (CDDP) or cetuximab (CTX) as first line treatment in locally advanced head and neck cancer (LASCCHN). METHODS AND MATERIALS Between January 2011 and August 2014, 70 patients were enrolled and randomized to receive RT plus weekly CDDP (40 mg/m2) or CTX (250 mg/m2 plus a loading dose of 400 mg/m2). This updated series focuses on late toxicities (graded by using Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events version 4.0) and long-term survival outcomes in terms of local control, overall survival, cancer-specific survival, and metastasis-free survival (MFS). A supplementary analysis based on human papilloma virus (HPV) status was also performed. RESULTS No statistically significant difference was found in terms of late effects (xerostomia, fibrosis, mucosal atrophy, weight loss). In the CDDP arm and the CTX arm, 5-year local control rates were 67% and 48%; 5-year MFS rates were 83% and 97%; 5-year overall survival rates were 61% and 52%; and 5-year cancer-specific survival rates were 70% and 59%, respectively. None of these differences reached statistical significance. A subgroup analysis by HPV status and anatomic subsites revealed that in HPV+ oropharyngeal carcinoma, better survival was obtained in the CDDP arm (although statistical tests were not performed owing to the small sample size). Conversely, no statistically significant differences were observed in HPV- oropharyngeal carcinoma and other anatomic subsites, except for the confirmed better MFS rates of the CTX arm. CONCLUSIONS Long-term results are in line with current literature suggesting that RT + CTX is inferior to RT + CDDP for the definitive treatment of LASCCHN. However, if not as an alternative to CDDP, CTX might still play a role in LASCCHN, particularly in HPV- cases.
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- Marta Maddalo
- Radiation Oncology Department, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia - Brescia University, Brescia, Italy
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- Radiation Oncology Department, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia - Brescia University, Brescia, Italy
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- Radiation Oncology Department, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia - Brescia University, Brescia, Italy.
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- Health Science Department (DISSAL) University of Genova, Genova - Radiation Oncology Department IRCCS San Martino Hospital, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Careggi, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Pistoia Hospital, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale No. 3, Pistoia, Italy
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Pisana, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- S. Donato Hospital, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale No. 8, Arezzo, Italy
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- Radiation Oncology Department, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia - Brescia University, Brescia, Italy
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- Radiation Oncology Department, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia - Brescia University, Brescia, Italy
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- Radiation Oncology Department, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia - Brescia University, Brescia, Italy
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- Radiation Oncology Department, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia - Brescia University, Brescia, Italy
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- Radiation Oncology Department, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia - Brescia University, Brescia, Italy
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- Health Science Department (DISSAL) University of Genova, Genova - Radiation Oncology Department IRCCS San Martino Hospital, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Careggi, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Radiation Oncology Department, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia - Brescia University, Brescia, Italy
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- Radiation Oncology Department, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia - Brescia University, Brescia, Italy
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Bonomo P, Talamonti C, Desideri I, Marrazzo L, Pezzulla D, Rampini A, Bertocci S, De Majo R, Gasperi C, Curion AS, Lastrucci L, Dominici L, Pallotta S, Livi L, Caini S. Analysis of skin dose distribution for the prediction of severe radiation dermatitis in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma patients treated with concurrent chemo-radiotherapy. Head Neck 2019; 42:244-253. [PMID: 31682308 DOI: 10.1002/hed.25997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2019] [Revised: 09/16/2019] [Accepted: 10/09/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND We investigated whether the pattern of intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) dose distribution to the skin can be correlated with the development of G3/G4 radiation dermatitis (RD). METHODS A frequency-matched cohort analysis was perfomed on patients treated with IMRT and concurrent cisplatin or cetuximab. Risk ratios were obtained by fitting Poisson regression models. RESULTS The incidence of G3/G4 RD was 41.1% in 90 patients included (50% vs 36.6% in the cetuximab and cisplatin cohorts, respectively). In multivariate analysis, PS ≥ 1 and weight loss at RT completion >10 kg were the only factors that retained significance. The best dosimetric predictive accuracy was provided by 19.9 cc and 5.8 cc of skin ring 2 mm V50 and V60, respectively (AUC: 0.61 for both). CONCLUSION Along with clinical factors, the pattern of dose distribution to a ring structure localized 2 mm below the patient's surface may help predict the development of severe RD.
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- Pierluigi Bonomo
- Radiation Oncology, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy
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- Medical Physics, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy
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- Radiation Oncology, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy
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- Medical Physics, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy
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- Radiation Oncology, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy
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- Radiation Oncology, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy
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- Medical Physics, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy
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- Radiation Oncology, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy
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- Cancer Risk Factors and Lifestyle Epidemiology Unit, Institute for Cancer Research, Prevention, and Clinical Network (ISPRO), Florence, Italy
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Giuliani C, Lastrucci L, Cresti L, Santini G, Foggi B, Lippi MM. The morphology and activity of the extrafloral nectaries in Reynoutria × bohemica (Polygonaceae). Plant Biol (Stuttg) 2019; 21:975-985. [PMID: 31062924 DOI: 10.1111/plb.13004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2019] [Accepted: 05/02/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Reynoutria × bohemica is an invasive species causing significant damage to native ecosystems in North America and Europe. In this work, we performed an in-depth micromorphological characterisation of the extrafloral nectaries (EFN), during their secretory and post-secretory phases, in combination with field monitoring of nectary activity over time and the qualitative pool of insect visitors. EFN consist of secretory trichomes and vascularised parenchyma. Polysaccharides, lipids and proteins were histochemically detected in all trichome cells; phenolic substances were detected in parenchyma cells. Our data indicate that all nectary regions are involved in nectar production and release, constituting a functional unit. Moreover, the main compound classes of nectar and their transfer change over time: first, granulocrine secretion for sugars prevails, then eccrine secretion of the lipophilic fraction takes place. Active nectaries are mainly located in the apical portion of the stem during the growth phase (April-May), when we detected the highest number of individuals visited by ants; from mid-August onwards, during flowering, the number of active nectaries declined then ceased production (September), with a concomitant decrease in visits by the ants. The spectrum of nectar-foraging ants mainly included representatives of the genera Formica, Lasius and Camponotus. Reynoutria × bohemica produces an attractive secretion able to recruit local ants that may potentially act as 'bodyguards' for protecting young shoots, reducing secretions during the blooming stage. This defence mechanism against herbivores is the same as that displayed by the parental species in its native areas.
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- C Giuliani
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- University Museum System, Natural History Museum of the University of Florence, Botany, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Florence, Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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De Sanctis V, Merlotti A, De Felice F, Trignani M, Dell'Oca I, Lastrucci L, Molteni M, Frakulli R, Bunkheila F, Bacigalupo A, Paiar F. Intensity modulated radiation therapy and oral mucosa sparing in Head and neck cancer patients: A systematic review on behalf of Italian Association of Radiation Oncology - Head and neck working group. Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 2019; 139:24-30. [PMID: 31112879 DOI: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2019.04.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2019] [Revised: 04/20/2019] [Accepted: 04/23/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022] Open
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Oral mucositis is a common dose-limiting toxicity during radiotherapy with or without chemotherapy in head and neck cancer patients. This potentially severe complication globally worsens quality of life and negatively impacts local control and survival's outcomes. Several studies have been published on feasibility and/or clinical benefit of intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) mucosa-sparing technique. In 2017, the Italian Association of Radiation Oncology Head and Neck Cancer Working Group organized a study group to perform a systematic review. The aim was to verify if practical indications, including dose-constraints and demonstrated clinical benefit, could be proposed for oral mucosa (OM)-sparing IMRT in order to reduce the incidence of severe acute mucositis. Although dose to OM should be reduced as much as possible without compromising target volumes coverage, it is still tricky to firmly state that OM-sparing procedure should be considered the standard of care, especially due to high subjective variability in OM contour.
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- V De Sanctis
- Radiation Oncology, Department of Medical-Surgery and Translational Medicine, "Sapienza" University of Rome, S Andrea Hospital, Rome, Italy
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- Radiation Oncology A.S.O. S.Croce e Carle, Cuneo, Italy
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- Department of Radiotherapy, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Policlinico Umberto I, Rome, Italy.
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- Radiation Oncolgy Department, "SS Annunziata Hospital", Chieti, Italy
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- Radiation Oncology, Scientific Institute San Raffaele, Segrate, Milan, Italy
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- Radiation Oncology, San Donato Hospital, Arezzo, Italy
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- Radioterapia Ospedale di Circolo e Fondazione Macchi, Varese, Italy
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- Radiation Oncology Unit, Bellaria Hospital, Bologna, Italy
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- Radiation Oncology Azienda Ospedaliera Ospedali Riuniti Marche Nord, Pesaro, Italy
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- Radiation Oncology, Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy
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- Radiation Oncology, Department of Translational Research and of New Surgical and Medical Technologies, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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Bonomo P, Talamonti C, Marrazzo L, Desideri I, Pezzulla D, Dominici L, Rampini A, Bertocci S, De Majo R, Gasperi C, Curion A, Lastrucci L, Pallotta S, Livi L, Caini S. EP-1200 Is skin dose distribution a predictive factor for the development of severe radiation dermatitis? Radiother Oncol 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(19)31620-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Lastrucci L, Bertocci S, Nucciarelli S, Borghesi S, De Majo R, Pernici P, Rampini A, Gennari P. PO-0854: Elderly patient, radiotherapy, quality of life: is Vulnerable Elders Survey 13 a tool for frailty? Radiother Oncol 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(18)31164-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Palazzi M, Alterio D, Tonoli S, Caspiani O, Bolner A, Colombo S, Dall'Oglio S, Lastrucci L, Bunkheila F, Cianciulli M, Taglianti RV, Cante D, Merlotti A, Bianchi E, Rampino M, Podhradska A, Fontana A, Paiar F, Micciché F, Manzo R, Ursino S, Bruschieri L, Bacigalupo A, Iannone T, Barca R, Tomatis S. Patterns of Postoperative Radiotherapy for Head and Neck Cancer in Italy: A Prospective, Observational Study by the Head and Neck Group of the Italian Association for Radiation Oncology (AIRO). Tumori 2018; 97:170-6. [DOI: 10.1177/030089161109700207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Aims and background Our previous survey showed that the patterns of postoperative radiotherapy (PORT) for head and neck cancer (HNC) in Italy might be suboptimal. A prospective observational study was therefore designed to evaluate this issue in greater detail. Methods All radiotherapy centers involved in the HNC Working Group of the Italian Radiation Oncology Association were asked to enter into the study all patients treated with PORT during a 6-month period. Results A total of 200 patients were accrued by 24 centers from December 2008 to May 2009. Larynx (38%) and oral cavity (34%) were the most common primary sites. The median time between surgery and the start of radiotherapy was 69 days (range, 25–215 days). Seventy-nine percent of cases with no evidence of risk factors for local recurrence were treated with high-dose radiotherapy to the primary site. In about 75% of cases the pN0 neck was included in the target volume. Concomitant chemotherapy was delivered to about 60% of patients with major risk factors and 21% of patients with no risk factors. Conclusions Three issues emerged from our study as potential targets for future investigations: the impact on clinical outcome of the interval between surgery and the start of PORT; factors driving radiation oncologists to overtreat volumes at low risk of recurrence; and problems associated with the delivery of concomitant chemotherapy.
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- Istituto del Radio “O. Alberti”, University Hospital, Brescia
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- S. Giovanni Battista Le Molinette University Hospital, Torino
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- Medical Physics Unit, Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milan, Italy
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Scotti V, Bruni A, Simontacchi G, Furfaro I, Loi M, Scartoni D, Gonfiotti A, Viggiano D, De Luca Cardillo C, Agresti B, Poggesi L, Olmetto E, Ferrari K, Perna M, Bastiani P, Paoletti L, Lastrucci L, Pernici P, Carta G, Borghesi S, Bertocci S, Giacobazzi P, Voltolini L, Livi L. PO-0695: Lobectomy vs Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy in NSCLC:a multicentric series in four centers. Radiother Oncol 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(16)31945-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Magrini SM, Buglione M, Corvò R, Pirtoli L, Paiar F, Ponticelli P, Petrucci A, Bacigalupo A, Crociani M, Lastrucci L, Vecchio S, Bonomo P, Pasinetti N, Triggiani L, Cavagnini R, Costa L, Tonoli S, Maddalo M, Grisanti S. Cetuximab and Radiotherapy Versus Cisplatin and Radiotherapy for Locally Advanced Head and Neck Cancer: A Randomized Phase II Trial. J Clin Oncol 2015; 34:427-35. [PMID: 26644536 DOI: 10.1200/jco.2015.63.1671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 160] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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PURPOSE No randomized trials have been conducted to directly compare radiotherapy (RT) with concomitant cisplatin (CDDP) versus concomitant cetuximab (CTX) as first-line treatment of locally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck. In this randomized trial, we compared these two treatment regimens in terms of compliance, toxicity, and efficacy. PATIENTS AND METHODS Eligible patients were randomly assigned in a 1:1 ratio to receive either CDDP 40 mg/m(2) once per week or CTX 400 mg/m(2) as loading dose followed by CTX 250 mg/m(2) once per week concomitant to radical RT. For primary end points, compliance to treatment was defined as number of days of treatment discontinuation and drug dosage reduction. The acute toxicity rate was defined according to the National Cancer Institute Common Toxicity Criteria. Efficacy end points were local recurrence-free survival, metastasis-free survival, cancer-specific survival, and overall survival. RESULTS The study was discontinued early because of slow accrual after the enrollment of 70 patients. RT discontinuation for more than 10 days occurred in 13% of patients given CTX and 0% given CDDP (P = .05). Drug dosage reduction occurred in 34% given CTX and 53% given CDDP (difference not significant). Toxicity profiles differed between the two arms, with hematologic, renal, and GI toxicities more frequent in the CDDP arm, and cutaneous toxicity and the need for nutritional support more frequent in the CTX arm. Serious adverse events related to treatment, including four versus one toxic deaths, were higher in the CTX arm (19% v 3%, P = .044). Locoregional control, patterns of failure, and survivals were similar between the treatment arms. CONCLUSION CTX concomitant to RT lowered compliance and increased acute toxicity rates. Efficacy outcomes were similar in both arms. These results raise the issue of appropriately selecting patients with head and neck cancer who can benefit from CTX in combination with RT.
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- Stefano Maria Magrini
- Stefano Maria Magrini, Michela Buglione, Nadia Pasinetti, Luca Triggiani, Roberta Cavagnini, Loredana Costa, Sandro Tonoli, and Marta Maddalo, Brescia University, Istituto del Radio O. Alberti, Spedali Civili Hospital; Renzo Corvò, Almalina Bacigalupo, and Stefania Vecchio, Istituto Di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico S. Martino, National Cancer Research Institute and University, Genova; Luigi Pirtoli and Monica Crociani, University of Siena, Siena; Fabiola Paiar and Pierluigi Bonomo, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Firenze; Pietro Ponticelli and Luciana Lastrucci, S. Donato Hospital, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale No. 8, Arezzo; and Alessia Petrucci, Pistoia Hospital, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale No. 3, Pistoia; Salvatore Grisanti, Brescia University, Brescia, Italy
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- Stefano Maria Magrini, Michela Buglione, Nadia Pasinetti, Luca Triggiani, Roberta Cavagnini, Loredana Costa, Sandro Tonoli, and Marta Maddalo, Brescia University, Istituto del Radio O. Alberti, Spedali Civili Hospital; Renzo Corvò, Almalina Bacigalupo, and Stefania Vecchio, Istituto Di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico S. Martino, National Cancer Research Institute and University, Genova; Luigi Pirtoli and Monica Crociani, University of Siena, Siena; Fabiola Paiar and Pierluigi Bonomo, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Firenze; Pietro Ponticelli and Luciana Lastrucci, S. Donato Hospital, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale No. 8, Arezzo; and Alessia Petrucci, Pistoia Hospital, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale No. 3, Pistoia; Salvatore Grisanti, Brescia University, Brescia, Italy.
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- Stefano Maria Magrini, Michela Buglione, Nadia Pasinetti, Luca Triggiani, Roberta Cavagnini, Loredana Costa, Sandro Tonoli, and Marta Maddalo, Brescia University, Istituto del Radio O. Alberti, Spedali Civili Hospital; Renzo Corvò, Almalina Bacigalupo, and Stefania Vecchio, Istituto Di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico S. Martino, National Cancer Research Institute and University, Genova; Luigi Pirtoli and Monica Crociani, University of Siena, Siena; Fabiola Paiar and Pierluigi Bonomo, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Firenze; Pietro Ponticelli and Luciana Lastrucci, S. Donato Hospital, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale No. 8, Arezzo; and Alessia Petrucci, Pistoia Hospital, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale No. 3, Pistoia; Salvatore Grisanti, Brescia University, Brescia, Italy
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- Stefano Maria Magrini, Michela Buglione, Nadia Pasinetti, Luca Triggiani, Roberta Cavagnini, Loredana Costa, Sandro Tonoli, and Marta Maddalo, Brescia University, Istituto del Radio O. Alberti, Spedali Civili Hospital; Renzo Corvò, Almalina Bacigalupo, and Stefania Vecchio, Istituto Di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico S. Martino, National Cancer Research Institute and University, Genova; Luigi Pirtoli and Monica Crociani, University of Siena, Siena; Fabiola Paiar and Pierluigi Bonomo, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Firenze; Pietro Ponticelli and Luciana Lastrucci, S. Donato Hospital, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale No. 8, Arezzo; and Alessia Petrucci, Pistoia Hospital, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale No. 3, Pistoia; Salvatore Grisanti, Brescia University, Brescia, Italy
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- Stefano Maria Magrini, Michela Buglione, Nadia Pasinetti, Luca Triggiani, Roberta Cavagnini, Loredana Costa, Sandro Tonoli, and Marta Maddalo, Brescia University, Istituto del Radio O. Alberti, Spedali Civili Hospital; Renzo Corvò, Almalina Bacigalupo, and Stefania Vecchio, Istituto Di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico S. Martino, National Cancer Research Institute and University, Genova; Luigi Pirtoli and Monica Crociani, University of Siena, Siena; Fabiola Paiar and Pierluigi Bonomo, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Firenze; Pietro Ponticelli and Luciana Lastrucci, S. Donato Hospital, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale No. 8, Arezzo; and Alessia Petrucci, Pistoia Hospital, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale No. 3, Pistoia; Salvatore Grisanti, Brescia University, Brescia, Italy
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- Stefano Maria Magrini, Michela Buglione, Nadia Pasinetti, Luca Triggiani, Roberta Cavagnini, Loredana Costa, Sandro Tonoli, and Marta Maddalo, Brescia University, Istituto del Radio O. Alberti, Spedali Civili Hospital; Renzo Corvò, Almalina Bacigalupo, and Stefania Vecchio, Istituto Di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico S. Martino, National Cancer Research Institute and University, Genova; Luigi Pirtoli and Monica Crociani, University of Siena, Siena; Fabiola Paiar and Pierluigi Bonomo, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Firenze; Pietro Ponticelli and Luciana Lastrucci, S. Donato Hospital, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale No. 8, Arezzo; and Alessia Petrucci, Pistoia Hospital, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale No. 3, Pistoia; Salvatore Grisanti, Brescia University, Brescia, Italy
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- Stefano Maria Magrini, Michela Buglione, Nadia Pasinetti, Luca Triggiani, Roberta Cavagnini, Loredana Costa, Sandro Tonoli, and Marta Maddalo, Brescia University, Istituto del Radio O. Alberti, Spedali Civili Hospital; Renzo Corvò, Almalina Bacigalupo, and Stefania Vecchio, Istituto Di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico S. Martino, National Cancer Research Institute and University, Genova; Luigi Pirtoli and Monica Crociani, University of Siena, Siena; Fabiola Paiar and Pierluigi Bonomo, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Firenze; Pietro Ponticelli and Luciana Lastrucci, S. Donato Hospital, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale No. 8, Arezzo; and Alessia Petrucci, Pistoia Hospital, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale No. 3, Pistoia; Salvatore Grisanti, Brescia University, Brescia, Italy
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- Stefano Maria Magrini, Michela Buglione, Nadia Pasinetti, Luca Triggiani, Roberta Cavagnini, Loredana Costa, Sandro Tonoli, and Marta Maddalo, Brescia University, Istituto del Radio O. Alberti, Spedali Civili Hospital; Renzo Corvò, Almalina Bacigalupo, and Stefania Vecchio, Istituto Di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico S. Martino, National Cancer Research Institute and University, Genova; Luigi Pirtoli and Monica Crociani, University of Siena, Siena; Fabiola Paiar and Pierluigi Bonomo, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Firenze; Pietro Ponticelli and Luciana Lastrucci, S. Donato Hospital, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale No. 8, Arezzo; and Alessia Petrucci, Pistoia Hospital, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale No. 3, Pistoia; Salvatore Grisanti, Brescia University, Brescia, Italy
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- Stefano Maria Magrini, Michela Buglione, Nadia Pasinetti, Luca Triggiani, Roberta Cavagnini, Loredana Costa, Sandro Tonoli, and Marta Maddalo, Brescia University, Istituto del Radio O. Alberti, Spedali Civili Hospital; Renzo Corvò, Almalina Bacigalupo, and Stefania Vecchio, Istituto Di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico S. Martino, National Cancer Research Institute and University, Genova; Luigi Pirtoli and Monica Crociani, University of Siena, Siena; Fabiola Paiar and Pierluigi Bonomo, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Firenze; Pietro Ponticelli and Luciana Lastrucci, S. Donato Hospital, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale No. 8, Arezzo; and Alessia Petrucci, Pistoia Hospital, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale No. 3, Pistoia; Salvatore Grisanti, Brescia University, Brescia, Italy
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- Stefano Maria Magrini, Michela Buglione, Nadia Pasinetti, Luca Triggiani, Roberta Cavagnini, Loredana Costa, Sandro Tonoli, and Marta Maddalo, Brescia University, Istituto del Radio O. Alberti, Spedali Civili Hospital; Renzo Corvò, Almalina Bacigalupo, and Stefania Vecchio, Istituto Di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico S. Martino, National Cancer Research Institute and University, Genova; Luigi Pirtoli and Monica Crociani, University of Siena, Siena; Fabiola Paiar and Pierluigi Bonomo, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Firenze; Pietro Ponticelli and Luciana Lastrucci, S. Donato Hospital, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale No. 8, Arezzo; and Alessia Petrucci, Pistoia Hospital, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale No. 3, Pistoia; Salvatore Grisanti, Brescia University, Brescia, Italy
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- Stefano Maria Magrini, Michela Buglione, Nadia Pasinetti, Luca Triggiani, Roberta Cavagnini, Loredana Costa, Sandro Tonoli, and Marta Maddalo, Brescia University, Istituto del Radio O. Alberti, Spedali Civili Hospital; Renzo Corvò, Almalina Bacigalupo, and Stefania Vecchio, Istituto Di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico S. Martino, National Cancer Research Institute and University, Genova; Luigi Pirtoli and Monica Crociani, University of Siena, Siena; Fabiola Paiar and Pierluigi Bonomo, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Firenze; Pietro Ponticelli and Luciana Lastrucci, S. Donato Hospital, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale No. 8, Arezzo; and Alessia Petrucci, Pistoia Hospital, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale No. 3, Pistoia; Salvatore Grisanti, Brescia University, Brescia, Italy
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- Stefano Maria Magrini, Michela Buglione, Nadia Pasinetti, Luca Triggiani, Roberta Cavagnini, Loredana Costa, Sandro Tonoli, and Marta Maddalo, Brescia University, Istituto del Radio O. Alberti, Spedali Civili Hospital; Renzo Corvò, Almalina Bacigalupo, and Stefania Vecchio, Istituto Di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico S. Martino, National Cancer Research Institute and University, Genova; Luigi Pirtoli and Monica Crociani, University of Siena, Siena; Fabiola Paiar and Pierluigi Bonomo, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Firenze; Pietro Ponticelli and Luciana Lastrucci, S. Donato Hospital, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale No. 8, Arezzo; and Alessia Petrucci, Pistoia Hospital, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale No. 3, Pistoia; Salvatore Grisanti, Brescia University, Brescia, Italy
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- Stefano Maria Magrini, Michela Buglione, Nadia Pasinetti, Luca Triggiani, Roberta Cavagnini, Loredana Costa, Sandro Tonoli, and Marta Maddalo, Brescia University, Istituto del Radio O. Alberti, Spedali Civili Hospital; Renzo Corvò, Almalina Bacigalupo, and Stefania Vecchio, Istituto Di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico S. Martino, National Cancer Research Institute and University, Genova; Luigi Pirtoli and Monica Crociani, University of Siena, Siena; Fabiola Paiar and Pierluigi Bonomo, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Firenze; Pietro Ponticelli and Luciana Lastrucci, S. Donato Hospital, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale No. 8, Arezzo; and Alessia Petrucci, Pistoia Hospital, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale No. 3, Pistoia; Salvatore Grisanti, Brescia University, Brescia, Italy
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- Stefano Maria Magrini, Michela Buglione, Nadia Pasinetti, Luca Triggiani, Roberta Cavagnini, Loredana Costa, Sandro Tonoli, and Marta Maddalo, Brescia University, Istituto del Radio O. Alberti, Spedali Civili Hospital; Renzo Corvò, Almalina Bacigalupo, and Stefania Vecchio, Istituto Di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico S. Martino, National Cancer Research Institute and University, Genova; Luigi Pirtoli and Monica Crociani, University of Siena, Siena; Fabiola Paiar and Pierluigi Bonomo, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Firenze; Pietro Ponticelli and Luciana Lastrucci, S. Donato Hospital, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale No. 8, Arezzo; and Alessia Petrucci, Pistoia Hospital, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale No. 3, Pistoia; Salvatore Grisanti, Brescia University, Brescia, Italy
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- Stefano Maria Magrini, Michela Buglione, Nadia Pasinetti, Luca Triggiani, Roberta Cavagnini, Loredana Costa, Sandro Tonoli, and Marta Maddalo, Brescia University, Istituto del Radio O. Alberti, Spedali Civili Hospital; Renzo Corvò, Almalina Bacigalupo, and Stefania Vecchio, Istituto Di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico S. Martino, National Cancer Research Institute and University, Genova; Luigi Pirtoli and Monica Crociani, University of Siena, Siena; Fabiola Paiar and Pierluigi Bonomo, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Firenze; Pietro Ponticelli and Luciana Lastrucci, S. Donato Hospital, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale No. 8, Arezzo; and Alessia Petrucci, Pistoia Hospital, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale No. 3, Pistoia; Salvatore Grisanti, Brescia University, Brescia, Italy
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- Stefano Maria Magrini, Michela Buglione, Nadia Pasinetti, Luca Triggiani, Roberta Cavagnini, Loredana Costa, Sandro Tonoli, and Marta Maddalo, Brescia University, Istituto del Radio O. Alberti, Spedali Civili Hospital; Renzo Corvò, Almalina Bacigalupo, and Stefania Vecchio, Istituto Di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico S. Martino, National Cancer Research Institute and University, Genova; Luigi Pirtoli and Monica Crociani, University of Siena, Siena; Fabiola Paiar and Pierluigi Bonomo, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Firenze; Pietro Ponticelli and Luciana Lastrucci, S. Donato Hospital, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale No. 8, Arezzo; and Alessia Petrucci, Pistoia Hospital, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale No. 3, Pistoia; Salvatore Grisanti, Brescia University, Brescia, Italy
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- Stefano Maria Magrini, Michela Buglione, Nadia Pasinetti, Luca Triggiani, Roberta Cavagnini, Loredana Costa, Sandro Tonoli, and Marta Maddalo, Brescia University, Istituto del Radio O. Alberti, Spedali Civili Hospital; Renzo Corvò, Almalina Bacigalupo, and Stefania Vecchio, Istituto Di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico S. Martino, National Cancer Research Institute and University, Genova; Luigi Pirtoli and Monica Crociani, University of Siena, Siena; Fabiola Paiar and Pierluigi Bonomo, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Firenze; Pietro Ponticelli and Luciana Lastrucci, S. Donato Hospital, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale No. 8, Arezzo; and Alessia Petrucci, Pistoia Hospital, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale No. 3, Pistoia; Salvatore Grisanti, Brescia University, Brescia, Italy
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- Stefano Maria Magrini, Michela Buglione, Nadia Pasinetti, Luca Triggiani, Roberta Cavagnini, Loredana Costa, Sandro Tonoli, and Marta Maddalo, Brescia University, Istituto del Radio O. Alberti, Spedali Civili Hospital; Renzo Corvò, Almalina Bacigalupo, and Stefania Vecchio, Istituto Di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico S. Martino, National Cancer Research Institute and University, Genova; Luigi Pirtoli and Monica Crociani, University of Siena, Siena; Fabiola Paiar and Pierluigi Bonomo, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Firenze; Pietro Ponticelli and Luciana Lastrucci, S. Donato Hospital, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale No. 8, Arezzo; and Alessia Petrucci, Pistoia Hospital, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale No. 3, Pistoia; Salvatore Grisanti, Brescia University, Brescia, Italy
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- Stefano Maria Magrini, Michela Buglione, Nadia Pasinetti, Luca Triggiani, Roberta Cavagnini, Loredana Costa, Sandro Tonoli, and Marta Maddalo, Brescia University, Istituto del Radio O. Alberti, Spedali Civili Hospital; Renzo Corvò, Almalina Bacigalupo, and Stefania Vecchio, Istituto Di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico S. Martino, National Cancer Research Institute and University, Genova; Luigi Pirtoli and Monica Crociani, University of Siena, Siena; Fabiola Paiar and Pierluigi Bonomo, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Firenze; Pietro Ponticelli and Luciana Lastrucci, S. Donato Hospital, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale No. 8, Arezzo; and Alessia Petrucci, Pistoia Hospital, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale No. 3, Pistoia; Salvatore Grisanti, Brescia University, Brescia, Italy
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Merlotti A, Alterio D, Vigna-Taglianti R, Muraglia A, Lastrucci L, Manzo R, Gambaro G, Caspiani O, Miccichè F, Deodato F, Pergolizzi S, Franco P, Corvò R, Russi EG, Sanguineti G. Technical guidelines for head and neck cancer IMRT on behalf of the Italian association of radiation oncology - head and neck working group. Radiat Oncol 2014; 9:264. [PMID: 25544268 PMCID: PMC4316652 DOI: 10.1186/s13014-014-0264-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2014] [Accepted: 11/17/2014] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Performing intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) on head and neck cancer patients (HNCPs) requires robust training and experience. Thus, in 2011, the Head and Neck Cancer Working Group (HNCWG) of the Italian Association of Radiation Oncology (AIRO) organized a study group with the aim to run a literature review to outline clinical practice recommendations, to suggest technical solutions and to advise target volumes and doses selection for head and neck cancer IMRT. The main purpose was therefore to standardize the technical approach of radiation oncologists in this context. The following paper describes the results of this working group. Volumes, techniques/strategies and dosage were summarized for each head-and-neck site and subsite according to international guidelines or after reaching a consensus in case of weak literature evidence.
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- Anna Merlotti
- Radioterapia AO Ospedale di Circolo-Busto Arsizio (VA), Piazzale Professor G. Solaro, 3, 21052, Busto Arsizio, VA, Italy.
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- Radioterapia Azienda Ospedaliera ASL Napoli 1-Napoli, Napoli, Italy.
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- Radioterapia Ospedale Fatebenefratelli, Isola Tiberina-Roma, Roma, Italy.
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- Radioterapia Università Cattolica del S. Cuore -Campobasso, Roma, Italy.
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- Dipartimento SBIMOF Sezione di Scienze Radiologiche, Università di Messina, Piazza Pugliatti Salvatore, 1, 98122, Messina, ME, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Oncologia, Radioterapia Oncologica, Università di Torino, Turin, Italy.
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- Oncologia Radioterapica, IRCS S. Martino-IST- Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Università Genova, Genova, Italy.
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- Radioterapia Az. Ospedaliera S. Croce e Carle-Cuneo, via M. Coppino 26 12100, Cuneo, Italy.
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Rampino M, Bacigalupo A, Russi E, Schena M, Lastrucci L, Iotti C, Reali A, Musu A, Balcet V, Piva C, Bustreo S, Munoz F, Ragona R, Corvò R, Ricardi U. Efficacy and feasibility of induction chemotherapy and radiotherapy plus cetuximab in head and neck cancer. Anticancer Res 2012; 32:195-199. [PMID: 22213307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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BACKGROUND To determine the potential activity and tolerability of sequential treatment in head and neck cancer, we conducted a phase II trial based on induction chemotherapy of two cycles of taxotere, cisplatin and 5-fluorouracil followed by radiotherapy plus weekly cetuximab. PATIENTS AND METHODS Thirty-six patients with stage III or IV squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity, larynx, oropharynx and hypopharynx were treated and evaluated for response and acute toxicity. RESULTS Eighty-one percent of patients had stage IV disease and 42% had hypopharyngeal and oral cavity primaries. The overall response rate was 81.8%, with 60.6% complete response and 33.3% partial response. Severe toxicities were febrile neutropenia (6%) during induction chemotherapy and dermatitis (48%), mucositis (33%) and dysphagia (12%) during the concurrent phase. CONCLUSION Our protocol proved to be feasible, effective and well tolerated. This sequential strategy should be further investigated.
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- M Rampino
- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Radiation Oncology Unit, University of Torino, San Giovanni Battista Hospital, Torino, Italy.
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Palazzi M, Alterio D, Tonoli S, Caspiani O, Bolner A, Colombo S, Dall'oglio S, Lastrucci L, Bunkheila F, Cianciulli M, Vigna Taglianti R, Cante D, Merlotti A, Bianchi E, Rampino M, Podhradska A, Fontana A, Paiar F, Miccichè F, Manzo R, Ursino S, Bruschieri L, Bacigalupo A, Iannone T, Barca R, Tomatis S. Patterns of postoperative radiotherapy for head and neck cancer in Italy: a prospective, observational study by the head and neck group of the Italian Association for Radiation Oncology (AIRO). Tumori 2011. [PMID: 21617711 DOI: 10.1700/667.7779] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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AIMS AND BACKGROUND Our previous survey showed that the patterns of postoperative radiotherapy (PORT) for head and neck cancer (HNC) in Italy might be suboptimal. A prospective observational study was therefore designed to evaluate this issue in greater detail. METHODS All radiotherapy centers involved in the HNC Working Group of the Italian Radiation Oncology Association were asked to enter into the study all patients treated with PORT during a 6-month period. RESULTS A total of 200 patients were accrued by 24 centers from December 2008 to May 2009. Larynx (38%) and oral cavity (34%) were the most common primary sites. The median time between surgery and the start of radiotherapy was 69 days (range, 25-215 days). Seventy-nine percent of cases with no evidence of risk factors for local recurrence were treated with high-dose radiotherapy to the primary site. In about 75% of cases the pN0 neck was included in the target volume. Concomitant chemotherapy was delivered to about 60% of patients with major risk factors and 21% of patients with no risk factors. CONCLUSIONS Three issues emerged from our study as potential targets for future investigations: the impact on clinical outcome of the interval between surgery and the start of PORT; factors driving radiation oncologists to overtreat volumes at low risk of recurrence; and problems associated with the delivery of concomitant chemotherapy.
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- Mauro Palazzi
- Radiotherapy Units of the following institutions in Italy.
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Fustinoni S, Colosio C, Colombi A, Lastrucci L, Yeowell-O'Connell K, Rappaport SM. Albumin and hemoglobin adducts as biomarkers of exposure to styrene in fiberglass-reinforced-plastics workers. Int Arch Occup Environ Health 1998; 71:35-41. [PMID: 9523247 DOI: 10.1007/s004200050247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The purpose of this work was to compare levels of styrene-7,8-oxide (SO) adducts of albumin (Alb) and hemoglobin (Hb) with those of two urinary metabolites of styrene, mandelic acid (MA) and phenylglyoxylic acid (PGA), among workers exposed to styrene in the reinforced-plastics industry and in unexposed subjects. We also wished to determine whether cigarette smoking influenced adduct levels among these subjects. METHODS A group of 22 male workers was selected on basis of an expectedly high level of exposure to styrene, and a group of 15 controls was selected from hospital blood donors and hospital staff. In the exposed group, MA and PGA were quantified by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) analysis of urine samples collected prior to the work shift. The SO adducts were cleaved from cysteine residues by reaction with Raney nickel to give 1-phenylethanol (1-PE) and 2-phenylethanol (2-PE), which, after derivatization, were measured using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) in the negative-chemical-ionization (NCI) mode. RESULTS The estimated mean levels of MA and MA + PGA were 74 and 159 mg/g creatinine, respectively. Using the levels of urinary metabolites, an average styrene concentration of about 100 mg/m3 in the workplace air was estimated. The mean levels of 2-PE and 1-PE adducts in exposed workers were 2.84 and 0.60 nmol/g Alb and 5.44 and 0.43 nmol/g Hb, respectively. When subjects were stratified by level of urinary metabolites [zero (controls), low-level exposure (MA + PGA < or = 159 mg/g creatinine), and high-level exposure (MA + PGA > 159 mg/g creatinine)] and smoking status (smokers versus nonsmokers), a difference in Alb adduct levels was found among the groups (2-PE P = 0.002, I-PE P = 0.052). The difference in 2-PE-Alb levels was related to exposure category, to smoking status, and to their interaction. Correlations at or near a 0.05 level of significance were observed among the workers (n = 22) between individual levels of SO-protein adducts and MA + PGA (2-PE Alb, r = 0.54, 2-PE Hb, r = 0.40). CONCLUSION Our data suggest that only exposure to relatively high levels of styrene allows a clear relationship to be detected between styrene exposure and SO adducts, due in part to the effects of cigarette consumption and to the high background levels of these adducts observed in unexposed subjects.
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- Istituti Clinici di Perfezionamento, Milan, Italy
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Sanloni R, Baldini B, Lastrucci L, Chiostrini C, Mungai R, Savino L. 1195 Clinical stage IIB carcinoma of the uterine cervix treated with intracavitary radiation therapy and radical surgery. Eur J Cancer 1995. [DOI: 10.1016/0959-8049(95)96441-f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Artuso M, Angotzi G, Bonassi S, Bonatti S, De Ferrari M, Gargano D, Lastrucci L, Miligi L, Sbrana C, Abbondandolo A. Cytogenetic biomonitoring of styrene-exposed plastic boat builders. Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 1995; 29:270-274. [PMID: 7661632 DOI: 10.1007/bf00212980] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Earlier studies have produced evidence for an association between work-related styrene exposure and cytogenetic damage, while more recent studies have failed to show such an association. In the present study, chromosome aberrations (CA) and sister chromatid exchanges (SCE) were measured in peripheral blood lymphocytes of 46 male workers employed in a fiber-reinforced plastic boat building factory and exposed to styrene. Two groups of 23 workers each, characterized by different exposure levels (ranges: 2-120 mg/m3 and 86-1389 mg/m3 ambient air) were studied, fifty-one controls matched by sex, age and smoking habits were included. Randomized blood samples were analyzed for cytogenetic damage separately in two laboratories. Interlaboratory differences in the scoring of CA and SCE were noted. However, increases of the considered cytogenetic endpoints in exposed vs control groups were consistently observed in both laboratories. Multivariate statistical analysis of pooled data revealed increases of CA ranging between 19% (RR = 1.19; 95% C.I., 0.80-1.78; chromatid-type aberrations, low exposure group) and 144% (RR = 2.44; 95% C.I., 1.26-4.70; chromosome-type aberrations, high exposure group). Parallel excess of SCE in styrene exposed workers was also observed, although at a lesser extent (RR = 1.22; 95% C.I., 1.05-1.43, low exposure group; RR = 1.26; 95% C.I., 1.07-1.47, high exposure group). These findings suggest the presence of a causal association between occupational exposure to styrene and cytogenetic damage in the plastic boat building factory that was the object of the study.
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- M Artuso
- Center for the Study of Tumours of Environmental Origin (CSTA), IST, Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Genova, Italy
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Magrini SM, Cellai E, Papi MG, Pertici M, Lastrucci L, Ponticelli P, Sulprizio S, Biti G. [Therapeutic implications of the peculiar clinical characteristics of Hodgkin's disease in clinical stages I-II with isolated neck presentation]. Radiol Med 1995; 90:108-12. [PMID: 7569074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Among 703 patients with supradiaphragmatic clinical stages I-II Hodgkin's disease consecutively treated 1960 through 1989 at the Florence Radiotherapy Department, we identified 98 cases presenting with cervical and supraclavicular nodes involvement only. The latter cases were retrospectively reviewed to assess: a) if they presented any peculiar clinicopathologic features and b) the possible prognostic and therapeutic implications (if any) of these features. The high incidence of lymphocytic predominance histology (33%) and Waldeyer's ring (WR) involvement (24%) and the very low risk of occult infradiaphragmatic involvement (observed in only 2 of 44 patients submitted to staging laparotomy with splenectomy, 4.5%) are among the distinctive features of the patients with supradiaphragmatic clinical stages I-II Hodgkin's disease. All the 98 patients were treated at presentation with irradiation alone. Actuarial cause-specific survival 20 years after the end of treatment was 87%; the corresponding value for relapse-free survival was 78%. The most frequent complications were irradiation pneumonia, most often asymptomatic, and xerostomia. Our data seem to suggest that, for the majority of these patients: a) staging laparotomy could be avoided and b) "mini mantle" irradiation is an adequate treatment. Moreover, WR irradiation could be avoided in the patients without clinical WR involvement.
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- S M Magrini
- Dipartimento di Fisiopatologia Clinica, Università di Firenze
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Paggiaro PL, Lastrucci L, Pardi F, Rossi O, Bacci E, Talini D. Specific bronchial reactivity to toluene diisocyanate: dose-response relationship. Respiration 1986; 50:167-73. [PMID: 3025984 DOI: 10.1159/000194924] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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20 patients with toluene diisocyanate (TDI)-induced asthma were examined in order to assess their threshold of response to TDI during specific bronchial provocative tests (BPT). Specific bronchial hyperresponsiveness was evaluated by performing, on different days, specific BPT with increasing concentrations of TDI until a positive response was obtained; the threshold of response to TDI (low: 0.02-0.05 ppm; moderate: 0.1 ppm; high: 0.2-0.25 ppm) and the pattern of positive response were evaluated in comparison with some clinical features of the disease. The threshold of airway response to TDI was low in 9, moderate in 7 and high in 4 patients. No evident relationship was observed between the threshold of response to TDI and the pattern of positive response to the lower TDI concentration (immediate in 5, late in 8 and dual in 7 subjects) or other clinical features (duration of asthmatic symptoms, smoking habits, cessation of work, nonspecific bronchial hyperresponsiveness to methacholine); however, 6 out of 9 patients with low threshold had nonspecific bronchial hyperreactivity in comparison with 6 out of 11 patients with moderate or high threshold. In 10 out of 13 patients who performed two positive BPT with different TDI concentrations, the pattern of response was the same either at lower and at higher TDI concentrations; 3 subjects who had a late reaction at the lower concentration showed a dual reaction to the higher TDI concentration. A relationship between the degree of the specific bronchial reaction (% fall in FEV1 from baseline value) and TDI concentration during BPT was observed for the immediate reaction but not for the late reaction.
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Paggiaro P, Lastrucci L, Di Pede C, Bacci E, Rossi O, Talini D. [Respiratory pathology caused by exposure to solvents in the shoe industry: description of 3 clinical cases]. G Ital Med Lav 1985; 7:149-52. [PMID: 3836920] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Clinical and functional respiratory features of three shoe factory workers exposed to organic solvents from glue or other adhesives are described. All subjects complained of chronic cough, dyspnea and wheezing when exposed to non specific bronchial stimuli, and showed a non specific bronchial hyperresponsiveness to methacholine; symptoms and bronchial hyperreactivity persisted some years after the cessation of work. In two cases the onset of the symptoms was ascribed to the occupational exposure to glue activators (containing usually a considerable percentage of chlorinated hydrocarbons as dichloromethane or methilenedichloride). We supposed that occupational exposure to large amounts of glue solvents in shoe factory might cause a chronic airway impairment with non specific bronchial hyperresponsiveness.
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Paggiaro PL, Rossi O, Lastrucci L, Pardi F, Pezzini A, Baschieri L. TDI-induced oculorhinitis and bronchial asthma. J Occup Med 1985; 27:51-2. [PMID: 2982003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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A case of allergic oculorhinitis induced by toluene diisocyanate (TDI) exposure in a subject who two years later developed bronchial asthma due to TDI is described. A 55-year-old nonatopic spray painter developed symptoms of oculorhinitis two or three hours after direct occupational exposure to polyurethane varnish; at the first examination neither specific nor nonspecific bronchial hyperresponsiveness was present. Two years later the patient, who had remained in his job, developed episodic dyspnea, wheezing, and cough immediately after TDI exposure, with persistence of oculorhinitis; at this time a slight immediate-type response to a specific bronchial provocative test with polyurethane varnish and TDI was observed. Nonspecific bronchial hyperresponsiveness was mild. Specific IgE to TDI-HSA conjugate was present at both the first and second examinations. We conclude that, in some cases, TDI may cause "allergic" oculorhinitis and bronchial asthma, probably with an immunological IgE-mediated mechanism.
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