Riccardo Autorino

May 30, 2024 | nature.com | Andrea Mari |Anna Cadenar |Simone Albisinni |Riccardo Autorino |Fabrizio Di Maida |M. Carmen Mir | +6 more

AbstractPositron Emission Tomography-Computed Tomography using Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen (PSMA PET/CT) is notable for its superior sensitivity and specificity in detecting recurrent PCa and is under investigation for its potential in pre-treatment staging. Despite its established efficacy in nodal and metastasis staging in trial setting, its role in primary staging awaits fuller validation due to limited evidence on oncologic outcomes.

Aug 12, 2023 | nature.com | Riccardo Autorino

“Do as much as possible for the patient, and as little as possible to the patient”. Nobel Peace Prize pioneering cardiologist Dr. Bernard Lown’ statement cannot be more appropriate to the never-ending issue about medicine’s overtreatment. In fact, overdiagnosis and unnecessary treatments can profoundly impact a patient’s quality of life and impose an unwarranted economic burden on both individuals and the healthcare system.