MANUELA BONACINA

Dr. MANUELA BONACINA

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Academic Career Length

6Years (2021-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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11 March 2025 in European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
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PGPriscilla Guglielmo
Priscilla Guglielmo
RMRosario Mazzola
Rosario Mazzola
SDShadya Sara Darwish
Shadya Sara Darwish
FVFrancesco Valenti
Francesco Valenti
Tommaso De PasTommaso De Pas
Tommaso De Pas
Laura EvangelistaLaura Evangelista
Laura Evangelista

6 December 2024 in Diagnostics
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Laura EvangelistaLaura Evangelista
Laura Evangelista
PGPriscilla Guglielmo
Priscilla Guglielmo
GGGiulia Giacoppo
Giulia Giacoppo
LSLucia Setti
Lucia Setti
DADemetrio Aricò
Demetrio Aricò
GLGiovanni Lughezzani
Giovanni Lughezzani
Objectives. The aim of the present study was to assess the performance of radiolabeled-PSMA PET/CT in a cohort of intermediate-risk prostate cancer (PCa) patients for initial staging. Methods. This is a retrospective, multicenter analysis of patients diagnosed with intermediate-risk PCa who were staged using radiolabeled PSMA PET/CT to evaluate the extent of the disease before initiating appropriate treatment. The study included patients from the Nuclear Medicine Units of the Humanitas group between 2021 and 2024. The change in management due to the PSMA PET/CT examination was assessed. Results. A total of 181 patients were enrolled across all three centers. Histopathological assessment from biopsy revealed that 51.4% of patients had favorable PCa, while 48.6% had unfavorable disease. PET/CT was positive for the primary lesions in all patients, but it revealed a positivity rate in 23 (12.7%) patients for nodes and distant organs, with a positivity rate of 0.21 in the unfavorable group and 0.05 in the favorable group (p < 0.005). Based on follow-up data, diagnostic accuracy was higher than 90% in both the favorable and unfavorable groups for lymph node and distant metastases. The inclusion of PSMA PET/CT in the diagnostic algorithm for patients with intermediate-risk PCa impacted patient management in 24 (13.3%) cases, based on the multidisciplinary team decision. Conclusions. PSMA PET/CT can affect the management of patients with intermediate-risk PCa in up to 13% of cases, mainly for unfavorable diseases. New imaging techniques as a first-line imaging procedure can help to plan the correct therapeutic approach in the intermediate-risk PCa group.

28 August 2021 in European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
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MBMANUELA BONACINA
MANUELA BONACINA
PGPaolo Ghirardelli
Paolo Ghirardelli
LSLucia Setti
Lucia Setti
VVVittorio Vavassori
Vittorio Vavassori
EBEmilio Bombardieri
Emilio Bombardieri

3 August 2022
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Laura EvangelistaLaura Evangelista
Laura Evangelista
Giovanni Luca CeresoliGiovanni Luca Ceresoli
Giovanni Luca Ceresoli
LSLucia Setti
Lucia Setti
VGViviana Garbaccio
Viviana Garbaccio
LOLaura Olivari
Laura Olivari
EBEmilio Bombardieri
Emilio Bombardieri

29 April 2022
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Laura EvangelistaLaura Evangelista
Laura Evangelista
Giovanni Luca CeresoliGiovanni Luca Ceresoli
Giovanni Luca Ceresoli
LSLucia Setti
Lucia Setti
VGViviana Garbaccio
Viviana Garbaccio
LOLaura Olivari
Laura Olivari
EBEmilio Bombardieri
Emilio Bombardieri