Alessia Pica

3.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
100 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Alessia Pica is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Genetics and Ophthalmology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alessia Pica has authored 100 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 31 papers in Genetics and 31 papers in Ophthalmology. Recurrent topics in Alessia Pica's work include Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment (31 papers), Ocular Oncology and Treatments (29 papers) and Meningioma and schwannoma management (15 papers). Alessia Pica is often cited by papers focused on Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment (31 papers), Ocular Oncology and Treatments (29 papers) and Meningioma and schwannoma management (15 papers). Alessia Pica collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Italy and United States. Alessia Pica's co-authors include Damien C. Weber, Roger Stupp, Pierre-Yves Dietrich, Robert C. Janzer, Serge Leyvraz, Luca Regli, Raymond Miralbell, François Porchet, R.O. Mirimanoff and Nicolas de Tribolet and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Oncology, PLoS ONE and Cancer.

In The Last Decade

Alessia Pica

93 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Promising Survival for Patients With Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma Multiforme Treated With Concomitant Radiation Plus Temozolomide Followed by Adjuvant Temozolomide

2002 630 citations Roger Stupp, Pierre-Yves Dietrich et al. Journal of Clinical Oncology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alessia Pica Switzerland	22	1.2k	869	615	489	433	100	2.6k
Alexander Muacevic Germany	35	1.0k 0.9×	2.2k 2.5×	880 1.4×	837 1.7×	597 1.4×	140	3.8k
David Macdonald Canada	33	2.9k 2.4×	1.5k 1.8×	1.1k 1.8×	617 1.3×	759 1.8×	75	3.8k
P N Plowman United Kingdom	28	396 0.3×	773 0.9×	493 0.8×	400 0.8×	482 1.1×	94	2.8k
Deborah T. Blumenthal Israel	33	2.3k 1.9×	976 1.1×	560 0.9×	781 1.6×	585 1.4×	120	3.5k
Isabelle Aerts France	28	695 0.6×	646 0.7×	247 0.4×	166 0.3×	564 1.3×	125	2.6k
Florence Laigle–Donadey France	30	2.1k 1.7×	964 1.1×	646 1.1×	478 1.0×	408 0.9×	74	3.1k
F. Fauchon France	18	2.3k 1.9×	2.2k 2.6×	888 1.4×	301 0.6×	348 0.8×	40	3.2k
Gregory Cairncross Canada	19	3.0k 2.5×	1.4k 1.6×	783 1.3×	678 1.4×	602 1.4×	41	3.7k
F. Dhermain France	28	1.3k 1.1×	904 1.0×	506 0.8×	929 1.9×	408 0.9×	115	2.7k
Hendrikus J. Dubbink Netherlands	36	1.8k 1.5×	1.1k 1.3×	369 0.6×	680 1.4×	328 0.8×	111	4.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alessia Pica

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20 of 20 papers shown

Pica, Alessia, et al.. (2025). Long‐Term Outcomes and Quality of Life of Children With Intracranial Ependymoma Treated With Pencil Beam Scanning Proton Therapy. Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 72(7). e31728–e31728. 1 indexed citations

Bolsi, Alessandra, Claudio De Angelis, Dorota Siewert, et al.. (2024). Craniospinal irradiation using pencil beam Scanning: The PSI experience. Physica Medica. 127. 104817–104817.

Pica, Alessia, et al.. (2023). Clinical Outcomes in AYAs (Adolescents and Young Adults) Treated with Proton Therapy for Uveal Melanoma: A Comparative Matching Study with Elder Adults. Cancers. 15(18). 4652–4652. 1 indexed citations

Kroeze, Stephanie, Claudio De Angelis, Alessia Pica, et al.. (2021). A Prospective Study on Health-Related Quality of Life and Patient-Reported Outcomes in Adult Brain Tumor Patients Treated with Pencil Beam Scanning Proton Therapy. Cancers. 13(19). 4892–4892. 7 indexed citations

Mishra, Kavita, Armin R. Afshar, Juliette Thariat, et al.. (2020). Practice Considerations for Proton Beam Radiation Therapy of Uveal Melanoma During the Coronavirus Disease Pandemic: Particle Therapy Co-Operative Group Ocular Experience. Advances in Radiation Oncology. 5(4). 682–686. 8 indexed citations

Pica, Alessia, Damien C. Weber, Ciara Bergin, et al.. (2020). Good long-term visual outcomes of parapapillary choroidal melanoma patients treated with proton therapy: a comparative study. International Ophthalmology. 41(2). 441–452. 8 indexed citations

Siewert, Dorota, Francesca Belosi, Alessia Pica, et al.. (2019). EP-1610 Cranio Spinal Axis irradiations using Pencil Beam Scanning: the PSI experience. Radiotherapy and Oncology. 133. S868–S869.

Pica, Alessia, Jan Hrbáček, Damien C. Weber, et al.. (2019). A novel segmentation framework for uveal melanoma in magnetic resonance imaging based on class activation maps. SERVAL (Université de Lausanne). 102. 370–379. 3 indexed citations

Lomax, Antony, et al.. (2018). Automated Treatment Planning System for Uveal Melanomas Treated With Proton Therapy: A Proof-of-Concept Analysis. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 101(3). 724–731. 13 indexed citations

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Weber, Damien C., Yucai Wang, Robert C. Miller, et al.. (2014). Long-term outcome of patients with spinal myxopapillary ependymoma: treatment results from the MD Anderson Cancer Center and institutions from the Rare Cancer Network. Neuro-Oncology. 17(4). 588–595. 71 indexed citations

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Born, E, et al.. (2014). Assessment of patient setup errors in IGRT in combination with a six degrees of freedom couch. Zeitschrift für Medizinische Physik. 24(2). 112–122. 31 indexed citations

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Porz, Nicole, Stefan Bauer, Alessia Pica, et al.. (2014). Multi-Modal Glioblastoma Segmentation: Man versus Machine. PLoS ONE. 9(5). e96873–e96873. 98 indexed citations

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Mataftsi, Asimina, Léonidas Zografos, Aubin Balmer, et al.. (2011). Chiasmatic Infiltration Secondary to Late Malignant Transformation of Retinoma. Ophthalmic Genetics. 33(3). 155–158. 3 indexed citations

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Weber, Damien C., Shahan Momjian, François Pralong, et al.. (2011). Adjuvant or radical fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy for patients with pituitary functional and nonfunctional macroadenoma. Radiation Oncology. 6(1). 169–169. 24 indexed citations

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Stupp, Roger, Monika E. Hegi, Bart Neyns, et al.. (2010). Phase I/IIa Study of Cilengitide and Temozolomide With Concomitant Radiotherapy Followed by Cilengitide and Temozolomide Maintenance Therapy in Patients With Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 28(16). 2712–2718. 341 indexed citations

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Stupp, Roger, Alessia Pica, R.O. Mirimanoff, & Olivier Michielin. (2007). [A practical guide for the management of gliomas].. PubMed. 94(9). 817–22. 9 indexed citations

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Munier, Francis L., Jorn Verwey, Alessia Pica, et al.. (2007). New developments in external beam radiotherapy for retinoblastoma: from lens to normal tissue‐sparing techniques. Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology. 36(1). 78–89. 38 indexed citations

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Pusztaszeri, Marc, Alessia Pica, & Robert C. Janzer. (2006). Pineal parenchymal tumors of intermediate differentiation in adults: Case report and literature review. Neuropathology. 26(2). 153–157. 25 indexed citations

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Stupp, Roger, Pierre-Yves Dietrich, Alessia Pica, et al.. (2002). Promising Survival for Patients With Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma Multiforme Treated With Concomitant Radiation Plus Temozolomide Followed by Adjuvant Temozolomide. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 20(5). 1375–1382. 630 indexed citations breakdown →

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Latchem, Donald, Philip Urban, Jean‐Jacques Goy, et al.. (2000). Beta-radiation for coronary in-stent restenosis. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 51(4). 422–429. 10 indexed citations

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