Promoting resilience in the acute phase of the COVID-19 pandemic: Psychological interventions for intensive care unit (ICU) clinicians and family members.

This contribution draws from the experience of intensive care unit psychologists at 2 frontline hospitals in Milan, Italy, during the acute phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. In this contribution, we describe the main psychological needs observed in clinicians and in the families of COVID-19 patients and illustrate some psychological interventions implemented to respond to these needs. Containing emotions and promoting resilience were the aims of our interventions.

Oligometastatic cancer: stereotactic ablative radiotherapy for patients affected by isolated body metastasis.

Background: To evaluate the outcome of patients affected by a single isolated body metastasis treated with stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT).

Material And Methods: Seven-eight patients were treated with SBRT for isolated body metastasis. The most frequent primary tumor was prostate cancer (28.

Volumetric image-guided highly conformal radiotherapy of the prostate bed: Toxicity analysis.

Aim: To evaluate toxicity of high conformal image-guided radiotherapy of the prostate bed.

Background: Radiotherapy of the prostate bed has a pivotal role in the post-operative and salvage settings, but few clinical data are available on the use of daily image guidance in combination with highly conformal techniques, and data on long-term results are lacking.

Materials And Methods: We analyzed 118 patients irradiated on the prostate bed using conformal plans processed with a micro-multileaf collimator, and daily checking treatment set-up with a cone-beam CT system.

Technical solutions to reduce mediastinal irradiation in young patients undergoing treatment for lymphomas: Preliminary experience.

This study aims at optimizing treatment planning in young patients affected by lymphoma (Stage II to III) by using an inclined board (IB) that allows reducing doses to the organs at risk. We evaluated 19 young patients affected by stage I to III lymphomas, referred to our Department for consolidation radiotherapy (RT) treatment on the mediastinum. Patients underwent 2 planning computed tomography (CT) scans performed in different positions: flat standard position and inclined position.

Predicting genitourinary toxicity in three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy for localized prostate cancer: A dose-volume parameters analysis of the bladder.

Purpose: In prostate cancer radiotherapy, the relationship between genitourinary (GU) toxicity and clinical-dosimetric parameters is debated. We report our analysis of the parameters associated with GU toxicity.

Materials And Methods: Eighty-six consecutive patients treated with conformal radiotherapy for localized prostate cancer were retrospectively analyzed; the bladder was delineated both as "whole bladder" (WB: Defined in its entirety as a solid organ) and "inferior bladder" (IB: Corresponding to the distal part of the bladder).