• Alexithymia and professional quality of life in radiation oncology: The moderator effect of the professional profile 

      Franco, Pierfrancesco; Di Tella, Marialaura; Tesio, Valentina; Gasnier, Anne; Petit, Steven; Spalek, Mateusz; Bibault, Jean-Emmanuel; Dubois, Ludwig; Mullaney, Laura; Redalen, Kathrine Røe; Chargari, Cyrus; Perryck, Sophie; Bittner, Martin-Immanuel; Bertholet, Jenny; Castelli, Lorys (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Background and purpose Cancer care can be taxing. Alexithymia, a personality construct characterized by difficulties in identifying and describing feeling and emotions, an externally-oriented thinking style and scarcity ...
    • MRI-guided adaptive brachytherapy in locally advanced cervical cancer (EMBRACE-I): a multicentre prospective cohort study 

      Pötter, Richard; Tanderup, Kari; Schmid, Maximilian P.; Jürgenliemk-Schulz, Ina; Haie-Meder, Christine; Fokdal, Lars Ulrik; Sturdza, Alina; Hoskin, Peter; Mahantshetty, Umesh; Segedin, Barbara; Bruheim, Kjersti; Huang, Fleur; Rai, Bhavana; Cooper, Rachel; van der Steen-Banasik, Elzbieta; Van Limbergen, Erik; Pieters, Bradley Rumwell; Tan, Li Tee; Nout, Remi A.; de Leeuw, Astrid; Ristl, Robin; Petric, Primoz; Nesvacil, Nicole; Kirchheiner, Kathrin; Kirisits, Christian; Lindegaard, Jacob C.; Chargari, Cyrus; Dumas, Isabelle; Lowe, Gerry; Swamidas, Jamema; Hudej, Robert; Hellebust, Taran Annette Paulsen; Menon, Geetha; Oinam, Arun; Bownes, Peter; Christiaens, Melissa; De Brabandere, Marisol; Janssen, Hilde; Oosterveld, Bernard; Koedooder, Kees; Marthinsen, Anne Beate Langeland; Sundset, Marit; Whitney, Diane; Ketelaars, Martijn; Lutgens, Ludy C. H. W.; Reinniers, Brigitte; Mora, Itxa; Villafranca, Elena; Antal, Gergely; Hadjiev, Janaki (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Background - The concept of the use of MRI for image-guided adaptive brachytherapy (IGABT) in locally advanced cervical cancer was introduced 20 years ago. Here, we report on EMBRACE-I, which aimed to evaluate local tumour ...
    • Professional quality of life and burnout among medical physicists working in radiation oncology: The role of alexithymia and empathy 

      Di Tella, Marialaura; Tesio, Valentina; Bertholet, Jenny; Gasnier, Anne; Gonzalez del Portillo, Elisabet; Spalek, Mateusz; Bibault, Jean-Emmanuel; Borst, Gerben; Van Elmpt, Wouter; Thorwarth, Daniela; Mullaney, Laura; Redalen, Kathrine; Dubois, Ludwig; Chargari, Cyrus; Perryck, Sophie; Petit, Steven; Lybeer, Myriam; Castelli, Lorys; Franco, Pierfrancesco (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Background and purpose The professional quality of life of radiation oncology professionals can be influenced by different contributing factors, including personality traits. Alexithymia involves deficits in emotion ...