Cynthia Aristei (Treasurer)

University General Hospital
Sant'andrea Delle Fratte
06100 Perugia, ITALY

Biography

Cynthia Aristei, a member of EUSOMA for many years and of its Executive Committee since 2020, is Full Professor of Radiation Oncology in the Department of Medicine and Surgery in the University of Perugia, Italy and Head of the Radiation Oncology Unit at Perugia General Hospital.
She graduated in Medicine in 1982, later specializing in Oncology (1985), Radiotherapy (1989) and Hematology (1994). She achieved the “Certificat d’Université de Pathologie du Sein” (1985) at the Louis Pasteur University of Strasbourg, France.
Breast cancer is her main field of interest. She headed the Breast Cancer Study Group in the Italian Association of Radiation and Clinical Oncologists (AIRO), contributing to the publication of guidelines and stimulating participation in cooperative studies on breast cancer. In the Perugia Radiation Oncology Unit she has set up a highly specialized breast cancer team comprising medical, technical and nursing personnel, psycho-oncologists, music therapists and so forth. The medical staff is dedicated not only to all clinical aspects of the disease but also to advancing radiotherapy techniques.
Cynthia Aristei has published 232 papers in international peer reviewed journals on radiation oncology, ranging recently from topics such as total marrow/total nodal irradiation for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation to gynecological tumors. She has written chapters in books on cancer therapy and is a reviewer of several scientific journals. She has been presenting her research findings at Italian and International Conferences for almost 30 years and has engaged in organizing meetings like the European Consensus Conference on Rectal Cancer and Italo-French joint encounters on Breast Cancer. Together with Philip Poortmans and Vincenzo Valentini, she is Scientific Organizer of the successful “Assisi Think Tank Meetings” (ATTM) a brainstorming project which involves European radiation and clinical oncologists as well as others who are active in the field of breast cancer. The ATTMs provide a thorough insight into selected topics via presentations, in-depth discussions and white papers. Endorsed by ESTRO (European Society for RadioTherapy & Oncology) and AIRO (Italian Association of Radiotherapy and Clinical Oncology) and organized under the Patronage of EUSOMA, the ATTMs have grown in popularity and prestige since the first edition in 2016. The fifth edition will be held in February 2024. 
She is a member of international societies such as ASTRO, ASCO, ESTRO.

Most relevant papers

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Coles CE, Aristei C, Bliss J, Boersma L, Brunt AM, Chatterjee S, Hanna G, Jagsi R, Kaidar Person O, Kirby A, Mjaaland I, Meattini I, Luis AM, Marta GN, Offersen B, Poortmans P, Rivera S. Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol).
International Guidelines on Radiation Therapy for Breast Cancer During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
2020 May; 32(5):279-281. doi: 10.1016/j.clon.2020.03.006.

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Arenas M, Selek U, Kaidar-Person O, Perrucci E, Montero Luis A, Boersma L, Coles C, Offersen B, Meattini I, Bölükbasi Y, Leonardi MC, Pfeffer R, Cutuli B, Vidali C, Franco P, Kouloulias V, Masiello V, Rivera S, Bourgier C, Ciabattoni A, Lancellotta V, Trigo L, Valentini V, Poortmans P, Aristei C.
The 2018 Assisi Think Tank Meeting On Breast Cancer: International Expert Panel White Paper.
Crit Rev Oncol Hematol. 2020 Jul;151:102967. doi: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2020.102967. Epub 2020 Apr 22.

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Kaidar-Person O, Vrou Offersen B, Hol S, Arenas M, Aristei C, Bourgier C, Cardoso MJ, Chua B, Coles CE, Engberg Damsgaard T, Gabrys D, Jagsi R, Jimenez R, Kirby AM, Kirkove C, Kirova Y, Kouloulias V, Marinko T, Meattini I, Mjaaland I, Nader Marta G, Witt Nystrom P, Senkus E, Skyttä T, Tvedskov TF, Verhoeven K, Poortmans P.
ESTRO ACROP consensus guideline for target volume delineation in the setting of postmastectomy radiation therapy after implant-based immediate reconstruction for early stage breast cancer.
Radiother Oncol. 2019 Aug;137:159-166. doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2019.04.010. Epub 2019 May 17.PMID: 31108277

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Montero-Luis A, Aristei C, Meattini I, Arenas M, Boersma L, Bourgier C, Coles C, Cutuli B, Falcinelli L, Kaidar-Person O, Leonardi MC, Offersen B, Marazzi F, Rivera S, Tagliaferri L, Tombolini V, Vidali C, Valentini V, Poortmans P.
The Assisi Think Tank Meeting Survey of post-mastectomy radiation therapy in ductal carcinoma in situ: Suggestions for routine practice.
Crit Rev Oncol Hematol. 2019 Jun;138:207-213. doi: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2019.04.016. Epub 2019 Apr 20.PMID: 31092377

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Fellin F, Iacco M, D'Avino V, Tommasino F, Farace P, Palma G, Conson M, Giacomelli I, Zucchetti C, Falcinelli L, Amichetti M, Aristei C, Cella L
Potential skin morbidity reduction with intensity-modulated proton therapy for breast cancer with nodal involvement. .
Acta Oncol. 2019 Jun;58(6):934-942. doi: 10.1080/0284186X.2019.1591638. Epub 2019 Apr 2.

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Stracci F, Bianconi F, Lupi C, Margaritelli M, Gili A, Aristei C.
Spatial barriers impact upon appropriate delivery of radiotherapy in breast cancer patients.
Cancer Med. 2018 Feb;7(2):370-379. doi: 10.1002/cam4.1304. Epub 2018 Jan 22.

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Aristei C, Kaidar-Person O, Tagliaferri L, Arenas M, Coles CE, Offersen BV, Frezza G, Leonardi MC, Valentini V, Bourgier C, Poortmans PMP.
The Assisi Think Tank Meeting and Survey of post MAstectomy Radiation Therapy after breast reconstruction: The ATTM-SMART report.
Eur J Surg Oncol. 2018 Apr;44(4):436-443. doi: 10.1016/j.ejso.2018.01.010. Epub 2018 Jan 12. 3.379

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Aristei C, Maranzano E, Lancellotta V, Chirico L, Zucchetti C, Italiani M, Anselmo P, Mariucci C, Perrucci E, Arcidiacono F, Trippa F, Kovacs G, Bini V, Palumbo I.
Partial breast irradiation with interstitial multi-catheter high-dose-rate brachytherapy. Long-term results of a phase II prospective study.
Radiother Oncol. 2017 Aug;124(2):208-213. doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2017.07.015. Epub 2017 Jul 29.

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Palumbo I, Palumbo B, Fravolini ML, Marcantonini M, Perrucci E, Latini ME, Falcinelli L, Sabalich I, Tranfaglia C, Schillaci G, Mannarino E, Aristei C.
Brain natriuretic peptide as a cardiac marker of transient radiotherapy-related damage in left-sided breast cancer patients: A prospective study.
Breast. 2016 Feb;25:45-50. doi: 10.1016/j.breast.2015.10.004. Epub 2015 Nov 5.

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Aristei C, Kaidar-Person O, Arenas M, Coles C, Offersen BV, Bourgier C, Frezza G, Leonardi MC, Valentini V, Poortmans PM.
The 2016 Assisi Think Tank Meeting on breast cancer: white paper.
Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2016 Nov;160(2):211-221. Epub 2016 Sep 29.