Dr. Gianluca Franceschini

Associate Professor

General Surgery, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Catholic University, Rome, Italy.

Head of Oncoplastic Surgery Unit for breast cancer at Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome - Italy.

Email: gianluca.franceschini@policlinicogemelli.it, gianlucafrancechini70@gmail.com

Qualifications

2001 Ph.D., Graduate School in Thoracic Surgery, Catholic University of Rome, Italy

1996 B.Sc., Medicine, Catholic University of Rome, Italy.

Publications (Selected)

1. Franceschini, G., Martin Sanchez, A., Di Leone, A., Magno, S., Moschella, F., Accetta, C., & Masetti, R. (2015). New trends in breast cancer surgery: a therapeutic approach increasingly efficacy and respectful of the patient. Il Giornale di chirurgia, 36(4), 145–152. https://doi.org/10.11138/gchir/2015.36.4.145.
2. Costantini, M., Belli, P., Lombardi, R., Franceschini, G., Mulè, A. and Bonomo, L. (2006), Characterization of Solid Breast Masses. Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine, 25: 649-659. https://doi.org/10.7863/jum.2006.25.5.649.
3. M. Costantini, P. Belli, P. Rinaldi, E. Bufi, G. Giardina, G. Franceschini, G. Petrone, L. Bonomo (2010) Diffusion-weighted imaging in breast cancer: relationship between apparent diffusion coefficient and tumour aggressiveness,Clinical Radiology,65(12),1005-1012. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crad.2010.07.008.
4. Costantini, M., Belli, P., Ierardi, C. et al. Solid breast mass characterisation: use of the sonographic BI-RADS classification. Radiol med 112, 877–894 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11547-007-0189-6.
5. Belli, P., Costantini, M., Ierardi, C., Bufi, E., Amato, D., Mule’, A., Nardone, L., Terribile, D. and Bonomo, L. (2011), Diffusion-weighted Imaging in Evaluating the Response to Neoadjuvant Breast Cancer Treatment. The Breast Journal, 17: 610-619. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1524-4741.2011.01160.x.
6. Belli, P., Costantini, M., Bufi, E. et al. Diffusion magnetic resonance imaging in breast cancer characterisation: correlations between the apparent diffusion coefficient and major prognostic factors. Radiol med 120, 268–276 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11547-014-0442-8.
7. Masetti, R., Di Leone, A., Franceschini, G., Magno, S., Terribile, D., Fabbri, M.C. and Chiesa, F. (2006), Oncoplastic Techniques in the Conservative Surgical Treatment of Breast Cancer: An Overview. The Breast Journal, 12: S174-S180. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1075-122X.2006.00331.x.
8. Franceschini G, Terribile D, Fabbri C, et al. Management of locally advanced breast cancer. Mini-review. Minerva Chirurgica. 2007 Aug;62(4):249-255. PMID: 17641585.
9. Salgarello, Marzia., Visconti, G., Barone-Adesi, L., Franceschini, G., Magno, S.,Terribile, D., Masetti, R.(2012)Inverted-T Skin-Reducing Mastectomy with Immediate Implant Reconstruction Using the Submuscular-Subfascial Pocket. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 130(1); 31-41.https://doi.org/10.1097/PRS.0b013e3182547d42
10. Enida Bufi, Paolo Belli, Marialuisa Di Matteo, Daniela Terribile, Gianluca Franceschini, Luigia Nardone, Gianluigi Petrone, Lorenzo Bonomo (2014) Effect of breast cancer phenotype on diagnostic performance of MRI in the prediction to response to neoadjuvant treatment. European Journal of Radiology, 83(9): 1631-1638.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrad.2014.05.002.
11. Enida Bufi, Paolo Belli, Melania Costantini, Antonio Cipriani, Marialuisa Di Matteo, Angelo Bonatesta, Gianluca Franceschini, Daniela Terribile, Antonino Mulé, Luigia Nardone (2015) Role of the Apparent Diffusion Coefficient in the Prediction of Response to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Patients With Locally Advanced Breast Cancer. Clinical Breast Cancer, 15(5): 370-380. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clbc.2015.02.002.
12. Franceschini, G. Breast conserving surgery using oxidized regenerated cellulose as filling biomaterial: recommendations to improve clinical outcomes. BMC Women's Health 21, 281 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12905-021-01436-9.
13. Franceschini G, Mason EJ, Franco A, Masetti R. Surgical treatment of breast cancer. Minerva Surg 2021;76:495-7. DOI: 10.23736/S2724-5691.21.09155-3.
14. Franceschini G, Di Leone A, Natale M, Sanchez MA, Masett R. Conservative surgery after neoadjuvant chemotherapy in patients with operable breast cancer. Annali Italiani di Chirurgia. 2018 ;89:290. PMID: 30352955.