Daniela Polastri
University of Milan
32 Papers
318 Citations
Daniela Polastri is an academic researcher from University of Milan. The author has contributed to research in topics: Chemotherapy & Etoposide. The author has an hindex of 17, co-authored 32 publications.
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Papers
Diffuse pontine gliomas in children: changing strategies, changing results? A mono-institutional 20-year experience
Maura Massimino,Filippo Spreafico,Veronica Biassoni,Fabio Simonetti,Daria Riva,Giovanna Trecate,Sergio Giombini,Geraldina Poggi,Emilia Pecori,Emanuele Pignoli,Michela Casanova,Andrea Ferrari,Cristina Meazza,Roberto Luksch,Monica Terenziani,Graziella Cefalo,Marta Podda,Daniela Polastri,Carlo Alfredo Clerici,Franca Fossati-Bellani,Lorenza Gandola +20 more
TL;DR: Patients with diffuse pontine gliomas have a median survival of less than one year and represent a challenge for pediatric oncologists, prompting them to attempt experimental therapies.
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Vinorelbine in previously treated advanced childhood sarcomas: evidence of activity in rhabdomyosarcoma.
Michela Casanova,Andrea C. Ferrari,Filippo Spreafico,Monica Terenziani,Maura Massimino,Roberto Luksch,Graziella Cefalo,Daniela Polastri,Ilaria Marcon,Franca Fossati Bellani +9 more
TL;DR: The aim of this study was to assess the feasibility and effectiveness of using vinorelbine in previously treated pediatric patients with advanced sarcomas.
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Sequential chemotherapy, high-dose thiotepa, circulating progenitor cell rescue, and radiotherapy for childhood high-grade glioma
Maura Massimino,Lorenza Gandola,Roberto Luksch,Filippo Spreafico,Daria Riva,Carlo L. Solero,Felice Giangaspero,Franco Locatelli,Marta Podda,Fabio Bozzi,Emanuele Pignoli,Paola Collini,Graziella Cefalo,Marco Zecca,Michela Casanova,Andrea Ferrari,Monica Terenziani,Cristina Meazza,Daniela Polastri,Davide Scaramuzza,Fernando Ravagnani,Franca Fossati-Bellani +21 more
TL;DR: Sequential and high-dose chemotherapy can be afforded in front-line therapy of childhood malignant glioma without excessive morbidity and rather encouraging results.
Intensive, Very Short-Term Chemotherapy for Advanced Burkitt’s Lymphoma in Children
Filippo Spreafico,Maura Massimino,Roberto Luksch,Michela Casanova,Graziella Cefalo,Paola Collini,Andrea Ferrari,Daniela Polastri,Monica Terenziani,M. Gasparini,Franca Fossati-Bellani +10 more
TL;DR: This 45-day intensive chemotherapy program is the shortest schedule for disseminated BL and overcomes previously recognized risk factors such as BM and CNS infiltration.
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Soft Tissue Sarcomas of Childhood and Adolescence: The Prognostic Role of Tumor Size in Relation to Patient Body Size
Andrea Ferrari,Rosalba Miceli,Cristina Meazza,Elena Zaffignani,Alessandro Gronchi,Luigi Piva,Paola Collini,Marta Podda,Maura Massimino,Roberto Luksch,Graziella Cefalo,Monica Terenziani,Filippo Spreafico,Daniela Polastri,Franca Fossati-Bellani,Michela Casanova,Luigi Mariani +16 more
TL;DR: The risk associated with a given tumor size is not the same in patients of different body size, so it may be wrong to use the same 5-cm cutoff for tumor size in risk stratification.
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