GUROPA survey: genito-urinary radiation oncology prescription attitudes

Aims To investigate the role of Radiation Oncology in the management of genito-urinary (GU) cancer excluding prostate and penile cancer. Methods The questionnaire was focused on the evaluation of the degree of involvement of radiation oncologists in the work-up of bladder, renal cell carcinoma and t...

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Published in:Radiologia medica 2018-11, Vol.123 (11), p.879-884
Main Authors: Fersino, Sergio, Arcangeli, Stefano, Jereczek-Fossa, Barbara Alicja, D’Angelillo, Rolando, Bertoni, Filippi, D’Agostino, Giuseppe Roberto, Triggiani, Luca, Corvò, Renzo, Magrini, Stefano Maria, Alongi, Filippo
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Language:English
Subjects:
Bladder
Cancer
Decision making
Diagnostic Radiology
Imaging
Interventional Radiology
Medical research
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Neuroradiology
Patients
Prostate
Radiation therapy
Radiology
Radiotherapy
Tumors
Ultrasound
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Summary:Aims To investigate the role of Radiation Oncology in the management of genito-urinary (GU) cancer excluding prostate and penile cancer. Methods The questionnaire was focused on the evaluation of the degree of involvement of radiation oncologists in the work-up of bladder, renal cell carcinoma and testicular cancer (TC). Results Eighty-eight radiation oncologists completed the survey. The majority (85.4%) of participating radiation oncologists were senior consultants (> 5 years of experience). Sixty-four (73.6%) carried out a multidisciplinary tumor board discussion of GU cases, while 23 (26.4%) did not. Seventy-five percent of responders reported that, every year, visited  100 pts. Bladder cancer, curative radiotherapy (RT) as part of trimodality approach was claimed to be adopted in less than 10 cases per year. Regarding renal cell carcinoma (RCC) patients, primary tumor directed RT was adopted only in 8 cases (9.4%) in at least 10 pts per year. Palliative RT was more frequent in RCC (48.2%) in over than 10 pts per year. In case of TC, the prescription of RT was limited (
ISSN:0033-8362
1826-6983
DOI:10.1007/s11547-018-0918-z