Publications by authors named "Simonetta Salviato"

Objective: The purpose of this study was to assess the prognostic value of (18)F-FDG PET performed at restaging in patients with locally advanced rectal cancer who previously underwent neoadjuvant radiochemotherapy.

Subjects And Methods: Eighty-eight patients with histologically proven rectal cancer classified at clinical TNM stages II and III were enrolled. Six weeks after radiochemotherapy completion, all patients were restaged by sonography, CT, MRI, endoscopy, and (18)F-FDG PET.

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Purpose: To describe a new beam arrangement for preoperative concurrent boost radiotherapy in locally advanced rectal carcinoma.

Material And Methods: Three different volumes, ie posterior pelvis, total mesorectal space, and gross tumor volume plus 2 cm, are selected to receive radiation doses of 47 Gy, 51 Gy, and 54 Gy, respectively, in 24 fractions. There are two prerequisites for the use of such a radiotherapy schedule: complete displacement of the small bowel outside the boost volume, and horizontal positioning of the rectal long axis.

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