Publications by authors named "Sara Cassani"
Article Synopsis
- Some individuals have the ability to wake up spontaneously at the end of their sleep, which challenges the traditional view of sleep as a passive activity.
- The review analyzed 17 studies and found that self-awakening is relatively rare, occurring in only 17% of participants, primarily young males.
- To advance research on self-awakening, the authors propose a new screening questionnaire and outline a theoretical framework to better understand the phenomenon, suggesting that future studies should use objective measures.
Purpose/objective(s): Due to its anti-inflammatory, antifibrotic and antineoplastic properties, the PPAR-γ agonist rosiglitazone is of interest in the prevention and therapy of radiation-induced pulmonary injury. We evaluated the radioprotective effects of rosiglitazone in a murine model of pulmonary damage to determine whether radioprotection was selective for normal and tumor tissues.
Methods: Lungs in C57BL/6J mice were irradiated (19 Gy) with or without rosiglitazone (RGZ, 5mg/kg/day for 16 weeks, oral gavage).
Purpose: Accurate organs at risk definition is essential for radiation treatment of brain tumors. The aim of this study is to provide a stepwise and simplified contouring guide to delineate the OARs in the brain as it would be done in the everyday practice of planning radiotherapy for brain cancer treatment.
Methods: Anatomical descriptions and neuroimaging atlases of the brain were studied.
Aim: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the potential usefulness of [18F]-Choline PET/CT in the restaging of prostate cancer patients, who presented a rising PSA.
Materials And Methods: We evaluated 170 prostate cancer patients, previously radically treated, that were referred for restaging with [18F]-Choline PET/CT.
Results: A total of 129 patients (median PSA 4.
Aim: In men with adverse pathology after radical prostatectomy, the most appropriate timing to administer radiotherapy (RT) remains a topic of debate. We analyzed in terms of efficacy, prognostic factors and toxicity the two therapeutic strategies: immediate postoperative radiotherapy (PORT) and salvage radiotherapy (SART).
Materials And Methods: Between January 1995 and November 2010, 307 patients underwent adjuvant or salvage radiotherapy, after prostatectomy.
Purpose: Individual variability in radiosensitivity is large in cancer patients. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in genes involved in DNA repair and in protection against reactive oxygen species (ROS) could be responsible for such cases of radiosensitivity. We investigated the association between the occurrence of acute reactions in 101 patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SCCHN) after radiotherapy (RT) and five genetic polymorphisms: XRCC1 c.
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