Michele Rigo

For people with #pancreaticcancer, pain can come from the disease itself or from its treatment. The good news: pain can often be managed, and support is available. Addressing pain early can improve both quality of life and the ability to continue treatment. 💜 So, what can patients do to manage pain? 💬 Talk with your doctor early — don’t wait until pain becomes severe, early intervention makes it easier to control 📓 Keep a pain journal — track where the pain is, how it feels, how strong it is, how long it lasts and what makes it better or worse 👩‍⚕️ Explore supportive care — pain and symptom management specialists can work alongside your care team to ease discomfort and improve outcomes 💊 Consider treatment options — pain medicines (such as non-opioids, opioids, or nerve pain medicines), medical procedures like celiac plexus block or treatment of the tumor itself through surgery, radiation or chemotherapy 💆‍♀️ Try non-drug approaches — some patients find relief with acupuncture, relaxation, massage, hot or cold compresses, meditation or physical and occupational therapy Pain is personal, but you don’t have to face it alone. PanCAN Patient Services can help you understand your options and connect you with resources for personalized support ➡️ pancan.org/facing-pancrea…

Did Michelangelo paint a woman with breast cancer in the Sistine Chapel in Rome?🇮🇹 Nice article in @TheBreastOnline👇🏻 The breast has consistently held a significant role in artistic representations and, in this case, also in its pathologies @OncoAlert sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

This is our first clinical experience with the new pelvic motion monitoring protocols for prostate SBRT by means 1.5T MR-LINAC. The new T2 TSE scans provider better resolution in pelvic anatomy visualisation and lower artifacts compared to the previous bTFE sequence. #precisionRT

Dr Alison Tree, Radiation Oncologist with Royal Marsden Hospital - London, talks about the value of the MR-Linac Consortium in bringing a new technology into clinical practice. mrlconsortium.org #MRgRT

Proud that our center experience on MR-guided prostate SBRT was shared from my colleague/friend during Advanced Uro-Oncology Days conference!

@DrAndreiFodor @alongi_filippo @Robertosax123 @MOMENTUM_study @mr_linac During delivery we can see only 1 lesion previously selected. The decision of which lesion to track was made during simulation procedure when we performed targeted CINE sequences for each lesion to estimate its movement and we chose the lesion with greatest range of movement.

@Mik_Rigo @alongi_filippo @Robertosax123 @MOMENTUM_study @mr_linac Did image all lesions concomitantly or base the treatment on the movements of a single lesion? With Cyber we saw that the movements are different depending on the location. More linear at S6, more complex at S8, near diaphragm where the met undergoes variable deformations also.

Our patient comes for SBRT on 3 liver metastases. All 3 lesions were treated simultaneously using Elekta Unity MR-Linac (total dose of 60Gy in 3fx). You can see in real time the movement of 1 lesion by means Comprehensive Motion Management (free breathing with automatic gating)

@IowaRadOnc Nice work Team Iowa! We in IRCSS Sacro Cuore Don Calabria of Negrar too find caring for pancreas cancer on Unity deeply satisfying @Robertosax123 @alongi_filippo @Elekta #Certain #FreeBreathing

When treating pancreas with ablative doses, precision matters. On the MR-Linac @IowaRadOnc we ensure the beam is only on when the tumor is in position. Using a breath hold technique, the patient can be a part of their treatment. More than confident #Certain

At Ospedale Sacrocuore Don Calabria in Negrar today we implemented Monte Carlo on-line dose recalculation with SciMoCa keeping into account 1.5T magnetic field for Elekta Unity. Thanks to Markus Alber’s collaboration. @Robertosax123 @FilippoAlongi #MRgRT #Elekta #CMM #Unity

In #radiotherapy, a multileaf collimator (or MLC) is used to shape the beam generated by a linac. This may seem complex, but this interactive model designed by the Elekta UK Engineering team recently made it easy for students to understand how radiation therapy can treat #cancer.

Automatic gating without the need for difficult-to-tolerate breath holds. At @UMCUtrecht upper-abdominal #cancer patients can now keep their normal breathing pattern during gated treatments on Elekta Unity. Hear benefits straight from the UMCU team ➡️ bit.ly/3IxU4d1

Chemoradiation for muscle-invasive bladder cancer using 5-fluorouracil versus capecitabine: a nationwide cohort study - Radiotherapy and Oncology thegreenjournal.com/article/S0167-…

Prediction of distant metastases after SBRT for early stage NSCLC - Age and ECOG PS are driving the risk, together with prior lung cancer (independent of current disease) 👉 limited predictive power of tumor specific parameters ❓ therapeutic implications jto.org/article/S1556-…

🔎 Not to be missed: a comprehensive overview of SBRT for Early-Stage NSCLC by @DBuchbergerMD 👇 ascopubs.org/doi/pdf/10.120… #lungcancer #NSCLC @OncoAlert @ARRO_org @AiroLung @airo_young

Congratulations to the @mr_linac Consortium, which just celebrated 10 years, on generating more than 500 peer- reviewed articles! At Elekta, we believe that ‘see what you treat’ is vitally important, and Unity is doing just that! 🎉

🇮🇹 #Giro Don't you ever change @mathieuvdpoel 💗

Christmas time

@Luk_aka_Kino Venerdì dicevi così.. 🤔

Let's get vaccinated! #vacciniamoci Do you see these fools? Everyone has fire torches. We don't have them and we can see very well!! (no vax philosophy)

@Luk_aka_Kino Sono al mare 😅