A5075427633- Cancer survivorship and care
- Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
- Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments
- Radiology practices and education
- Traumatic Brain Injury Research
- Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
- Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Risk Perception and Management
- Cancer-related cognitive impairment studies
- BRCA gene mutations in cancer
- Meta-analysis and systematic reviews
- Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research
- Radiation Dose and Imaging
- MRI in cancer diagnosis
- Family Support in Illness
European Institute of Oncology
2020-2024
Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico
2021
Ripamonti
2021
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has strongly affected oncology patients. Many screening and treatment programs have been postponed or canceled, such patients also experience fear of increased risk exposure to the virus. In many cases, locus control, coping flexibility, perception a supportive environment, specifically family resilience, can allow for positive emotional outcomes individuals managing complex health conditions like cancer. This study aims determine if control...
Background The use of whole‐body MRI (WB‐MRI) in oncology has uncovered frequent unexpected abnormal findings (AFs). However, the impact AFs on patients' mental well‐being is still poorly examined. Purpose To investigate long‐term psychological consequences AF detection following WB‐MRI for cancer screening asymptomatic individuals. Study Type Prospective, longitudinal. Population 121 consecutive subjects general population (mean age = 52.61 ± 11.39 years; 63% males) scheduled by WB‐MRI....
Background:The impact of neobladder and urostomy on bladder cancer patient's healthrelated quality life (HR-QoL) is controversial many issues currently remain underinvestigated.Initial studies pointed out that the emotional responses caregivers might be 'contagious', influencing reactions in patients undergoing radical cystectomy.Methods: Three hundred eighty-two (aged M = 67.29 years; SD 9.23) (16.9% (65) were female 82.9% (319) male) their enrolled.Data collected prospectively: at T0 (1...
Integrating the psychosocial perspective in oncology is warranted.Here, we introduce a structured psychological intervention, clinical-care focused interview (CLiC), to address patients' needs relationship with health professionals, clinical pathway and decision-making process.The perceived utility feasibility of CLiC were evaluated preliminary sample 30 patients who candidates undergo radical cystectomy at European Institute Oncology, Milan, Italy.Patients reported very high satisfaction...
To evaluate the satisfaction of asymptomatic subjects who self-referring Whole-Body Magnetic Resonance Imaging (WB-MRI) for early cancer diagnosis.Subjects completed a pre-examination questionnaire, while waiting their WB-MRI examination, recording demographics, expected discomfort, perceived knowledge and usefulness procedure health risk perceptions, as well post-examination measuring discomfort experienced, acceptability with WB-MRI. We examined which factors influenced associated...
The purpose of the present study was to determine whether use e-cigarettes aid in quitting contributed increase pulmonary health chronic smokers. efficacy support a successful smoking cessation attempt also investigated. A total 210 smokers (78 women) were enrolled screening program for early detection lung cancer and distributed three arms: nicotine e-cigarette plus support, nicotine-free support. Results showed that participants arm had significant fast decrease daily cigarettes, but later...
Abstract Objective Magnetic resonance often produces feelings of anxiety before, or during, the examination. The aim this study was to assess and potential causes in cancer patients undergoing whole‐body magnetic imaging (WB‐MRI). Methods This monocentric recruited 70 who were scheduled undergo WB‐MRI for detection, staging therapy monitoring. At baseline (prior WB‐MRI), assessments performed using State–Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI‐Y 1), Illness Perception Questionnaire (IPQ‐R), Big Five...
Whole–body magnetic resonance imaging (WB–MRI) is an all-in-one non-invasive technique that can be used also in early cancer diagnosis asymptomatic individuals. The aim of this work was to identify the personal characteristics predicting satisfaction for WB-MRI a sample healthy subjects. Before undergoing examination, 154 participants completed questionnaire covering sociodemographics (age, gender, education), personality traits (agreeableness, conscientiousness, emotional stability,...
This study aimed to identify the main factors that asymptomatic individuals considered when deciding undergo self-referred Whole-body MRI (WB-MRI) for early cancer diagnosis and subjective values attributed each mentioned factor in a Decision tree analysis. Personal characteristics such as risk perception personality were investigated possible affecting value attribution. Seventy-four volunteers (mean age 56.4; male = 47) filled simplified decision by expressing expected related associated...