The expanding role of next-generation imaging in prostate cancer management: a cross-sectional survey exploring the clinical practice of uro-oncologists in North-Eastern Italy; on behalf of GUONE (Gruppo Uro-Oncologico del Nord-Est).

Background: Next-generation imaging (NGI) technologies such as multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI) and total-body NGI (tbNGI) methodologies including choline, fluciclovine or PSMA positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT), whole-body MRI (wbMRI), and PET/MRI are becoming increasingly available, but their use in different prostate cancer (PCa) settings is under debate. The Gruppo Uro-Oncologico del Nord-Est (GUONE) designed a survey to explore the current clinical practice of NGI utilization in a specific macro-region in North-Eastern Italy.

Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted by administering an anonymous online multiple-choice questionnaire to uro-oncologists practicing in North-Eastern Italy, using the Google Forms platform.

VOYAGER: an international consortium investigating the role of human papilloma virus and genetics in oral and oropharyngeal cancer risk and survival.

Head and neck cancer (HNC) is the sixth most common cancer globally. Incidence and survival rates vary significantly across geographic regions and tumor subsites. This is partly due to differences in risk factor exposure, which includes tobacco smoking, alcohol consumption and human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, alongside detection and treatment strategies.

Performance of 8 Smoking Metrics for Modeling Survival in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma.

Importance: Cigarette smoking is a strong risk factor for mortality in patients diagnosed with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). However, little evidence supports which smoking metric best models the association between smoking and survival in HNSCC.

Objective: To determine which smoking metric best models a linear association between smoking exposure and overall survival (OS) in patients with HNSCC.

Quality of Information Provided by Artificial Intelligence Chatbots Surrounding the Management of Vestibular Schwannomas: A Comparative Analysis Between ChatGPT-4 and Claude 2.

Objective: To examine the quality of information provided by artificial intelligence platforms ChatGPT-4 and Claude 2 surrounding the management of vestibular schwannomas.

Study Design: Cross-sectional.

Setting: Skull base surgeons were involved from different centers and countries.

Probe-based confocal laser endomicroscopy intra-operative evaluation in ovarian cancer: definition of in vivo architectural patterns to determine resection strategies.

Objective: Probe-based confocal laser endomicroscopy (pCLE) is a novel real-time imaging technique that is potentially useful for accurately distinguishing between normal and cancerous tissues. The aim of this study was to describe the pCLE patterns of areas suggestive of tumors and evaluate the ability of the method to differentiate between normal and cancerous tissue during cytoreductive surgery for epithelial ovarian cancer.

Methods: In vivo pCLE images and subsequent biopsies were acquired from various anatomical sites including the parietal and visceral peritoneum, ovaries, and omentum.