Publications by authors named "A Papadia"
Objective: Treatment approaches for endometrial cancer became more personalized in the last decade, mainly due to two key advancements - sentinel lymph node (SLN) mapping and molecular classification. However, their prognostic interaction remains relatively unexplored.
Methods: This retrospective cohort study included patients with endometrial cancer, who underwent surgical treatment including SLN mapping at the Bern University Hospital, Switzerland.
Ovarian cancer typically presents at advanced stages, with prognosis heavily influenced by the presence of residual disease following cytoreductive surgery. The role of resecting enlarged extra-abdominal lymph nodes during cytoreductive procedures remains contentious. These enlarged lymph nodes are commonly identified through high-resolution imaging techniques such as ultrasound (US), computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT).
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- The European Cancer Organisation's Essential Requirements for Quality Cancer Care (ERQCC) provide guidance on how to improve cancer treatment, focusing on ovarian cancer specifically.
- Ovarian cancer patients experience low cure rates due to inconsistent treatment and a need for specialized care, which should be provided in dedicated centers by qualified professionals.
- Centralized, patient-centered care throughout the entire treatment journey is essential for better outcomes but is not yet widely implemented across many European countries.
Background: Pelvic floor dysfunctions (PFDs) have a complex, multifactorial pathophysiology that impacts women's health and must be identified to provide the most appropriate care and treatment. Therefore, symptom and quality of life (QoL) questionnaires, briefly identified as patient-reported outcomes (PROs), have been developed. Despite the large number of questionnaires available for the assessment of PFDs and QoL-related issues in English, few of them have been validated for the Italian language.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: It has been reported that approximately 80-90% of apical prolapse repair is through reconstructive or obliterative vaginal surgery. Although several procedures have been described, to date there is a lack of consensus on the best surgical procedure. The aim of this study was to perform a thorough review of the current literature on the efficacy and safety of the iliococcygeus fixation technique for the treatment of vaginal vault prolapse.
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