Ontologies and knowledge graphs in oncology research

MC Silva, P Eugénio, D Faria, C Pesquita - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Cancer is a complex phenomenon and cancer research is increasingly
data-rich. Representing this knowledge in a manner that is both human and computer …

The role of palliative interventional radiotherapy (brachytherapy) in esophageal cancer: An AIRO (Italian Association of Radiotherapy and Clinical Oncology) …

V Lancellotta, F Cellini, B Fionda, V De Sanctis… - Brachytherapy, 2020 - Elsevier
Purpose The aim of this review was to examine efficacy of palliative interventional
radiotherapy (IRT) in esophageal cancer compared with other treatment in terms of …

SKIN-COBRA (Consortium for Brachytherapy data Analysis) ontology: The first step towards interdisciplinary standardized data collection for personalized oncology in …

V Lancellotta, JL Guinot, B Fionda… - Journal of …, 2020 - termedia.pl
Purpose Non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC) is the most common type of skin cancer [1, 2,
3, 4, 5]. Therapeutic options such as cryotherapy, laser therapy, topical treatment, and …

COVID-19 and digital competencies among young physicians: are we (really) ready for the new era? A national survey of the Italian young doctors association

C Casà, C Marotta, M Di Pumpo, A Cozzolino… - Annali dell'Istituto …, 2021 - annali.iss.it
Background. Digital health (DH) is nowadays fundamental for physicians. Despite the
improvement of Information and communications technology (ICT) Italian medical …

Machine learning-based Radiomics analysis for differentiation degree and lymphatic node metastasis of extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma

Y Tang, CM Yang, S Su, WJ Wang, LP Fan, J Shu - BMC cancer, 2021 - Springer
Background Radiomics may provide more objective and accurate predictions for
extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ECC). In this study, we developed radiomics models …

Can brachytherapy be properly considered in the clinical practice? Trilogy project: The vision of the AIRO (Italian Association of Radiotherapy and Clinical Oncology) …

L Tagliaferri, A Vavassori, V Lancellotta… - Journal of …, 2020 - termedia.pl
Purpose Brachytherapy (BT, interventional radiotherapy–IRT) is a kind of radiation therapy,
in which the radioactive source is placed nearby or even inside the cancer itself; BT may be …

The role of personalized Interventional Radiotherapy (brachytherapy) in the management of older patients with non-melanoma skin cancer

V Lancellotta, G Kovács, L Tagliaferri, E Perrucci… - Journal of Geriatric …, 2019 - Elsevier
Objective Non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC) has been rapidly increasing in incidence
over the past 30 years. Mainstays of treatment remain surgery and radiotherapy, particularly …

Challenges in the sustainability of brachytherapy service in contemporary radiotherapy

M Swain, A Budrukkar, A Rembielak, T Kron… - Clinical Oncology, 2023 - Elsevier
Brachytherapy has a long history of delivering a highly conformal radiation dose to the target
volume with sparing of adjacent normal tissue and has an irreplaceable role in certain …

Clinical evidence of abscopal effect in cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma treated with diffusing alpha emitters radiation therapy: a case report

S Bellia, G Feliciani, M Duca, M Monti, V Turri… - Journal of …, 2019 - termedia.pl
Purpose The abscopal effect (AE) is a sporadic event of tumor regression following
radiotherapy treatment observed at distance from irradiated site. For the first time, the term …

Stereotactic body radiation therapy in the treatment of ovarian cancer

RO Kowalchuk, MR Waters, KM Richardson… - Radiation …, 2020 - Springer
Background This study evaluates the outcomes and toxicity of stereotactic body radiation
therapy (SBRT) in ovarian cancer. Methods This retrospective analysis considered all …