1. Policies for reirradiation of recurrent high-grade gliomas: a survey among Italian radiation oncologists
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Furlan, C, Arcangeli, S, Avanzo, M, Mirri, MA, Munoz, F, Giudici, S, Perrone, A, Amelio, D, Tornio, L, Draghini, L, DELI, ANIKO' MARIA, Pavanato, G, Giuliano, FM, Pontoriero, A, Ciammella, P, Navarria, P, Lannalfi, A, Buglione, M, Guida, C, Cammelli, S, Lorio, V, Cardinali, M, Genovesi, D, Barsacchi, L, Balducci, M, Bagnoli, R, Berti, F, Montesi, G, Pasqualetti, F, Bonome, P, Santoni, R, Doino, D, Schirru, P, Pinzi, V, Borzillo, V, Ferrarese, F, Ferro, M, De Cicco, L, Krengli, M, Scoccianti, S, Donato, V, PINZI, VALENTINA, Furlan, Carlo, Arcangeli, Stefano, Avanzo, Michele, Mirri, Maria A, Munoz, Fernando, Giudici, Stefania, Perrone, Antonio, Amelio, Dante, Tomio, Luigi, Draghini, Loredana, Deli, Aniko M, Pavanato, Giovanni, Giugliano, Francesca M, Pontoriero, Antonio, Ciammella, Patrizia, Navarria, Pierina, Iannalfi, Alberto, Buglione, Michela, Guida, Cesare, Cammelli, Silvia, Iorio, Vincenzo, Cardinali, Massimo, Genovesi, Domenico, Barsacchi, Lucia, Balducci, Mario, Bagnoli, Rita, Berti, Franco, Montesi, Giampaolo, Pasqualetti, Francesco, Bonome, Paolo, Santoni, Riccardo, Doino, Daniela, Schirru, Patrizia, Pinzi, Valentina, Borzillo, Valentina, Ferrarese, Fabio, Ferro, Marica, De Cicco, Luigi, Krengli, Marco, Scoccianti, Silvia, Donato, Vittorio, Furlan, C, Arcangeli, S, Avanzo, M, Mirri, M, Munoz, F, Giudici, S, Perrone, A, Amelio, D, Tornio, L, Draghini, L, Deli, A, Pavanato, G, Giuliano, F, Pontoriero, A, Ciammella, P, Navarria, P, Lannalfi, A, Buglione, M, Guida, C, Cammelli, S, Lorio, V, Cardinali, M, Genovesi, D, Barsacchi, L, Balducci, M, Bagnoli, R, Berti, F, Montesi, G, Pasqualetti, F, Bonome, P, Santoni, R, Doino, D, Schirru, P, Pinzi, V, Borzillo, V, Ferrarese, F, Ferro, M, De Cicco, L, Krengli, M, Scoccianti, S, and Donato, V
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Oncology ,Male ,Cancer Research ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Adolescent ,medicine.medical_treatment ,gliomas (HGG) ,Radiosurgery ,030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging ,Re-Irradiation ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Internal medicine ,Glioma ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,Reirradiation, gliomas (HGG) ,Medicine ,Humans ,dose, glioblastoma, glioma, IMRT, radiosurgery, reirradiation ,IMRT ,Reirradiation ,Settore MED/36 - DIAGNOSTICA PER IMMAGINI E RADIOTERAPIA ,Salvage Therapy ,RECURRENT HIGH GRADE GLIOMA ,business.industry ,Dose ,Glioblastoma ,Radiation Oncologists ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,Combined Modality Therapy ,SURVEY ,Current management ,Italy ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Female ,Neoplasm Recurrence, Local ,business - Abstract
Purpose: To assess the contribution of Italian radiation oncologists in the current management of recurrent high-grade gliomas (HGG), focusing on a reirradiation (reRT) approach. Methods: In 2015, the Reirradiation and the Central Nervous System Study Groups on behalf of the Italian Association of Radiation Oncology (AIRO) proposed a survey. All Italian radiation oncologists were individually invited to complete an online questionnaire regarding their clinical management of recurrent HGG, focusing on a reRT approach. Results: A total of 37 of 210 questionnaires were returned (18% of all centers): 16 (43%) from nonacademic hospitals, 14 (38%) from academic hospitals, 5 (13%) from private institutions, and 2 (6%) from hadron therapy centers. The majority of responding centers (59%) treated ≤5 cases per year. Performance status at the time of recurrence, along with a target diameter Conclusions: Although there were wide variations in the clinical practice of reRT across the 37 centers, the core activities were reasonably consistent. These findings provide a basis for encouraging a national collaborative study to develop, implement, and monitor the use of reRT in this challenging clinical setting.
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- 2017