5 results on '"Lombardo, Eleonora"'
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2. How Radiomics Can Improve Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment.
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Pesapane, Filippo, De Marco, Paolo, Rapino, Anna, Lombardo, Eleonora, Nicosia, Luca, Tantrige, Priyan, Rotili, Anna, Bozzini, Anna Carla, Penco, Silvia, Dominelli, Valeria, Trentin, Chiara, Ferrari, Federica, Farina, Mariagiorgia, Meneghetti, Lorenza, Latronico, Antuono, Abbate, Francesca, Origgi, Daniela, Carrafiello, Gianpaolo, and Cassano, Enrico
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RADIOMICS ,CANCER diagnosis ,CANCER relapse ,SCIENTIFIC literature ,CANCER treatment ,COMPUTER-assisted image analysis (Medicine) - Abstract
Recent technological advances in the field of artificial intelligence hold promise in addressing medical challenges in breast cancer care, such as early diagnosis, cancer subtype determination and molecular profiling, prediction of lymph node metastases, and prognostication of treatment response and probability of recurrence. Radiomics is a quantitative approach to medical imaging, which aims to enhance the existing data available to clinicians by means of advanced mathematical analysis using artificial intelligence. Various published studies from different fields in imaging have highlighted the potential of radiomics to enhance clinical decision making. In this review, we describe the evolution of AI in breast imaging and its frontiers, focusing on handcrafted and deep learning radiomics. We present a typical workflow of a radiomics analysis and a practical "how-to" guide. Finally, we summarize the methodology and implementation of radiomics in breast cancer, based on the most recent scientific literature to help researchers and clinicians gain fundamental knowledge of this emerging technology. Alongside this, we discuss the current limitations of radiomics and challenges of integration into clinical practice with conceptual consistency, data curation, technical reproducibility, adequate accuracy, and clinical translation. The incorporation of radiomics with clinical, histopathological, and genomic information will enable physicians to move forward to a higher level of personalized management of patients with breast cancer. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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3. Discovering a Preacher and His Work : First Approaches to Petrus Hispanus' Sermon Collections
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Lombardo, Eleonora
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Predicación medieval ,Sermons ,Sermones ,Petrus Hispanus ,Dominicos ,Dominican Order ,Medieval preaching - Abstract
The name Petrus Hispanus covers a range of authors on different topics, such as medicine or philosophy. The less studied part of the "corpus petrinicum" concerns a group of three sermon collections discovered in the 1970s by Schneyer and Cruz Pontes. This article investigates, for the first time, two of these three sermon collections, inquiring into their authorship, their environment of composition and the purpose for which they were written down. In doing so, the figure of a Dominican Preacher, active inLangue d'Oc in the third quarter of the 13th century, emerges. In the second part of the paper two sermons of each Sunday collection are compared so as to discover not only the main interests of the preacher, but also the different uses for which these collections were written. A kaleidoscopic range of possibilities comes to light, enriching the perspective in which to approach this new material. El nombre de Petrus Hispanus cubre un abanico de autores de diferentes temas, tales como la medicina o la filosofía. La parte menos estudiada del "corpus petrinicum" se relaciona con un grupo de tres colecciones de sermones descubiertos en los setenta por Schneyer y Cruz Pontes. Este artículo investiga, por primera vez, dos de estas tres colecciones, intentando explorar la cuestión de la autoría, su ambiente de composición y el propósito por el que fueron escritos; haciendo esto, emerge la figura del predicador dominico activo en la Provenza en el tercer cuarto del siglo trece. En la segunda parte de este artículo se comparan dos sermones de cada colección dominical para descubrir no solo las preocupaciones principales del predicador sino además los diferentes usos para los que fueron escritas estas colecciones. Así aparece un caleidoscópico abanico de posibilidades, enriqueciendo la perspectiva sobre el tema gracias a este nuevo material.
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4. Vacuum-assisted Evacuation (VAEv) of Symptomatic and/or Voluminous Breast Haematomas Following Surgeries and Percutaneous Procedures.
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Meucci R, Buonomo OC, Perretta T, Manenti G, Vanni G, Lombardo E, Serio ML, DI Pietro F, Pellicciaro M, Montesanto F, Palombi C, Rufi F, Materazzo M, and Pistolese CA
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- Humans, Female, Retrospective Studies, Biopsy, Needle methods, Hematoma etiology, Hematoma surgery, Image-Guided Biopsy methods, Breast pathology, Breast Neoplasms surgery, Breast Neoplasms pathology
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Background/aim: Among postoperative complications in breast surgery, postoperative hematoma is the most common occurrence. While mostly self-limited, in some cases surgical revision is mandatory. Among percutaneous procedures, preliminary studies demonstrated the efficacy of vacuum-assisted breast biopsy (VAB) in evacuating postprocedural breast hematomas. However, no data are available regarding VAB evacuating postoperative breast hematomas. Therefore, the present study aimed to investigate the efficacy of the VAB system in evacuating postoperative and postprocedural hematoma, symptom resolution, and avoidance of surgery., Patients and Methods: From January 2016 to January 2020, patients with ≥25 mm symptomatic breast hematomas developed after breast-conserving surgery (BCS) and percutaneous procedures were retrospectively enrolled from a perspective-maintained database. Hematoma maximum diameter, estimated hematoma volume, total procedure time, and visual analog scale (VAS) score before ultrasound (US) vacuum-assisted evacuation (VAEv) were recorded. At one-week VAS score, residual hematoma volume, and complications were recorded., Results: Among 932 BCSs and 618 VAB procedures, a total of 15 late postoperative hematomas were recorded (9 after BCS and 6 after VAB). Preoperative median diameter was 43.00 (35.50-52.50) mm and median volume 12.60 (7.35-18.30) mm
3 Regarding VAEv, median time recorded was 25.92 (21.89-36.81) min. At one week, the median hematoma reduction was 83.00% (78.00%-87.5%) with a statistically significant VAS reduction (5.00 vs. 2.00; p>0.001). No surgical treatment was needed and only one case of seroma occurred., Conclusion: VAEv represents a promising safe, time and resource-sparing treatment modality for the evacuation of breast hematomas, potentially decreasing the rate of reoperation after surgery., (Copyright © 2023 International Institute of Anticancer Research (Dr. George J. Delinasios), All rights reserved.)- Published
- 2023
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5. Disorder of sex development: a rare case of a boy with an XY karyotype and Magnetic Resonance Imaging findings of hermaphroditism.
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Meucci R, Bengala M, Manenti G, Montesanto F, Palombi C, Rufi F, Goffredo C, Lombardo E, Serio ML, and Floris R
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Disorders of sexual differentiation are rare congenital conditions in which the chromosomal, anatomic or gonadal sex development is atypical. In some of these patients, chromosomal sex is inconsistent with phenotypic sex; in other cases, the phenotype is not classifiable as either male or female, resulting in a condition known as ambiguous genitalia. These are very complex cases in which diagnostic certainty is not always possible. A multidisciplinary team including geneticists, pediatricians, radiologists is certainly needed to approach these patients. We present the case of an 18-year-old boy with an XY karyotype, ambiguous genitalia, uterus and blind-ending vaginal pouch. The patient had not been previously diagnosed with a disorder of sex development. The patient underwent a panel of genetic analyses and diagnostic imaging investigations. Magnetic resonance imaging was decisive for the identification of the internal genital organs, especially the uterus. At the end of investigations, the patient was diagnosed with 46,XY disorder of sex development. Our purpose is to underline the role of imaging in the diagnosis and management of congenital disorders of sex differentiation.
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- 2023
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