The congress entitled the congress entitled “Non -cell lung neoplasms: Dulbecco Lung Unit”promoted by the Oou Renato Dulbecco and ECM accredited by Xenia Events. The meeting had as its main objective to describe the multidisciplinary organization put in place by the University Hospital for the diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer, illustrating in detail the clinical activities and the therapeutic options already available already available in the Catanzaro hospital reality.
THE scientific managers of the event were Vito Barbieri, PICROSANDRO TAGLIFERRI And Pierfrancesco Tassonewho opened the work at 8:45 am, after the registration of the participants. The congress started with an overview of the screening projects (intervention of Pier Paolo Arcuri) and on the diagnostic tools available today, from bronchoscopy (Giuseppina Marrazzo) to conventional radiology (Barbara Vavalà), from the guided TC biopsy (Bernardo Bertucci) up to the PET for the staging (Vincenzo Militano).
Then space to the pathological and molecular diagnostics with the intervention of Lorenza Maltesefollowed by an in -depth analysis of the activity of multidisciplinary group (Vito Barbieri), on the surgical procedures, with the possibility of having minimally invasive treatments with cutting-edge techniques (Marco Chiappetta), on support therapies (Francesco Givigliano) and on radiotherapy treatment, both curative and palliative (Molé Rosa). To complete the panel of the morning, the presentation of the locoregional treatments (Armando Pintore) and the masterful reading of the oncologist Domenico Galetta on the early stages of the disease.
Dr. Marco Chiappetta’s exhibition on minimally invasive techniques
In the afternoon the congress focused attention on systemic therapies in the advanced phases of the tumor, with the interventions of Maria Cucè on the target Therapy e Teresa del Giudice on immunotherapy. In the final part of the day, fundamental themes such as the Management of symptoms in the complicated patient (Maria Anna Siciliano) and the psychological support as an integral part of the treatment path (Maria Donata Solimeo).
The event highlighted the strength of an approach highly specialized and integratedcapable of guaranteeing a level of cure of excellence, up to national standards. The joint participation of oncologists, thoracic surgeons, radiotherapists, pneumologists, radiologists and nuclear medicine specialists confirmed the vocation of the “Dulbecco Lung Unit” to be a reference model for the patient’s global taking charge, in an environment where hospital and university collaborate in synergy for the clinical and scientific growth of the territory.