Radiation Oncology

Research group

Group Leader

Manuel Ignacio Algara López

The Radiation Oncology Research Group (GREOR) is a clinical and basic research group working on the use of radiation as a base of cancer treatment, especially in the lines of altered fractionation, radiotoxicity and quality of life, technological quality control and innovation; in addition to clinical projects linked to the clinical activity in the Radiation Oncology Service.

It is a multidisciplinary group comprising medical staff, physicists, technicians and nursing staff. The group has a significant scientific output in relation to radiation oncology groups in the area, besides activity to give research visibility.

Its main objective is to maintain the active lines of research, establish synergies with other groups, both national and international, to continue with the group’s training activities and the level of scientific output, and fundraising for both competitive and non-competitive funds, besides increasing its impact in society (popular science, clinical practice guidelines, patient groups and dissemination).

 

Members

M. Josefa Dengra Domingo (Technician)

Palmira Foro Arnalot (Researcher)

Rafael Jiménez Lahuerta (Technician)

Jaume Quera Jordana (Researcher)

Anna Reig Castillejo (Researcher)

Núria Rodríguez de Dios (Researcher)

 

Main Publications

• Abt Sacks A, Perestelo-Pérez L, Rodríguez-Martín B, Cuellar-Pompa L, Algara M, González-Hernández N, Serrano P. Breast cancer patients' narrative experiences about communication during the oncology care process: a qualitative study. Eur J Cancer 2016; 25(5): 719-733. IF 6.163. Q1.

• Henríquez-Hernández LA, Valenciano A, Foro P, Álvarez-Cubero MJ, Cozar JM, Suárez JF, Castells-Esteve M, de Paula B, Ferrer M, Guedea F, Craven-Bartle J, Ortiz MJ, Cabrera-Roldán P, Rodríguez-Melcón JI, Herrera-Ramos E, Rodríguez-Gallego C, Lara PC. Association between single-nucleotide polymorphisms in DNA double-strand break repair genes and prostate cancer aggressiveness in the Spanish population. Prostate Cancer P D 2016; 19(1): 28-34. IF 3.803. Q1.

• Warner A, Dahele M, Hu B, Palma DA, Senan S, Oberije C, Tsujino K, Moreno-Jiménez M, Kim TH, Marks LB, Rengan R, De Petris, Ramella S, De Ruyck, Rodríguez de Dios N, Bradley JD, Rodrigues G. Factors Associated With Early Mortality in Patients Treated With Concurrent Chemoradiation Therapy for Locally Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol 2016; 94(3): 612-20. IF 4.495. Q1.

Ongoing Research Projects

• Ensayo fase I/II de escalada de dosis de radioterapia sobre regiones hipóxicas determinadas con f18-Fluoromisonidazol (FMISO)-PET-TC en cáncer de pulmón

− Fondo de Investigación Sanitaria. ISCIII PI10/80376

− From 2009 to 2016

− Principal investigator: Algara López, Manuel Ignacio

 

• Estudi ReDyOR “Valoración de los beneficios de la rehabilitación profiláctica de la musculatura deglutoria en la calidad de vida y la deglución, a corto y medio plazo, de los pacientes sometidos a radioterapia por cáncer de cabeza y cuello: ensayo clínico aleatorizado”. AECC grant 2014

− Proyectos singulares PS14152556

− Principal investigator: Foro Arnalot, Palmira

Participation in Research Networks

• Development a Bone metastases module to Accompany European Organization for Research and treatment of Quality of Life Group Core Questionnaire (the EORTC QlQ-C30) for future clinical trial in patients with bone metastases.

 

• International cross-cultural fiel validation of an EORTC questionnaire are module for patients with bone metastases (EORTC QLQ-BM22).

 

• International Patterns of Practice in the prophylaxis of radiation-induced nausea and vomiting (RINV) (EORTC). International Survey

 

• Systematic analysis of toxicity after radical irradiation: pneumonitis and esophagitis (STRIPE meta-analysis)

– Principal investigator: Nuria Rodríguez

 

Clinical Trials Signed in 2016

• Estudio de calidad de vida en pacientes con dolor irruptivo oncológico atendidos en los servicios de Oncología Radioterápica con intención paliativa

− Register: CAVIDIOR ANG-MOR-2016-01

− Principal investigator: Reig Castillejo, Anna

Other

• First Award to better oral communication/poster 2015: “Radical Accelerated Hypofractionated Three-Dimensional Conformal Radiation Therapy (AHRT) for NSCLC”, presented in ASTRO - San Antonio (USA). Granted by Societat Catalano-Balear d’Oncologia (June 2016).

• Third Award to better publication 2015: “The position and current status of radiation therapy after primary systemic therapy in breast cancer: a national survey-based expert consensus statement”, publicat a Clin Transl Oncol. 2015 Sep 14. PubMed PMID:26370420. Granted by Societat Catalano-Balear d’Oncologia (June 2016).

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