Publications by authors named "L Menegotti"
(Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) is an insect pest native to Asia that has spread over the last two decades to most of the North America, parts of South America, Europe and North Africa. Its impact is significant as it can feed on more than 300 host plants, rendering affected fruits and vegetable crops unsellable or of lower quality. Various chemical and biological methods have been used to control this pest, with varying degrees of success.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe brown marmorated stink bug, , is a pentatomid bug of Eastern Asian origin that became an economically relevant pest in the Eurasian and American continents. Management of this species is limited to use of chemical insecticides: an inefficient method due to the strong adaptability of the target pest. The sterile insect technique (SIT) is potentially a valid tactic in the search for nontoxic alternatives.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWhole Breast Irradiation Versus Intraoperative Electron Radiation Therapy for Breast Conserving Therapy: A Large Mature Single Institution Matched-Pair Evaluation of True Local Relapse, Progression Free Survival, and Overall Survival.
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys
July 2023
Article Synopsis
- * A total of 258 patients from each treatment group were matched based on various clinical factors, and after a median follow-up of approximately 13 years, the data indicated IOERT had a higher cumulative incidence of ipsilateral recurrences at 15 years (12.7% vs. 5.0% for WBI).
- * The results also showed that those fit for accelerated partial breast irradiation (APBI) had better outcomes, suggesting
Purpose: Proton pencil beam scanning (PBS) represents an interesting option for the treatment of breast cancer (BC) patients with nodal involvement. Here we compare tangential 3D-CRT and VMAT to PBS proton therapy (PT) in terms of secondary cancer risk (SCR) for the lungs and for contralateral breast.
Methods: Five BC patients including supraclavicular (SVC) nodes in the target (Group 1) and five including SVC plus internal-mammary-nodes (IMNs, Group 2) were considered.
Aim: Three-dimensional (3D) nonfluoroscopic mapping systems (NMSs) are generally used during the catheter ablation (CA) of complex arrhythmias. We evaluated the efficacy, safety, and economic advantages of using NMSs during His-Bundle CA (HB-CA).
Methods: A total of 124 consecutive patients underwent HB-CA between 2012 and 2019 in our EP Laboratory.