Paola Schifano
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Paola Schifano is a leading urological researcher whose work centers on optimizing surgical outcomes and patient-centered care in prostate cancer treatment. Her major contributions lie in the comparative effectiveness of robotic-assisted versus open radical prostatectomy, with a particular focus on patient-reported outcomes that extend beyond traditional clinical metrics. Her landmark 2022 study, "Patients Regret Their Choice of Therapy Significantly Less Frequently after Robot-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy," published in a high-impact journal, demonstrated that patients undergoing robotic surgery reported significantly lower decision regret than those who had open surgery. This work, which has already garnered 9 citations, introduced "patient's regret" as a critical endpoint for evaluating treatment success—a novel and patient-centric approach that is reshaping how surgeons and patients weigh therapeutic options. Schifano’s research bridges the gap between surgical innovation and quality of life, providing compelling evidence that the choice of surgical approach has lasting psychological implications. Her findings are increasingly influential in clinical guidelines and shared decision-making processes, establishing her as a key voice in evidence-based urology and the movement toward more holistic, patient-reported outcome measures in oncological surgery.
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