Antonio Toesca
Papers
15
Total Citations
812
H-Index
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About
Antonio Toesca is a pioneering surgical oncologist whose career has been defined by a singular, transformative mission: bringing robotic technology to breast cancer surgery. Based at one of Italy's most prestigious cancer institutions and collaborating with luminaries including Umberto Veronesi, Toesca is widely credited as a founding architect of robotic nipple-sparing mastectomy (NSM), a minimally invasive approach that preserves the breast's natural appearance while achieving oncological safety. His landmark 2015 and 2016 feasibility studies — now collectively amassing over 340 citations — established the technical blueprint for robotic NSM and immediate implant-based reconstruction, demonstrating that the procedure was both reproducible and safe. His 2021 randomized controlled trial (100 citations) provided the rigorous comparative evidence the field needed, showing robotic mastectomy could match conventional open surgery in surgical and oncologic outcomes. Toesca has also shaped global practice through international consensus building, co-authoring the influential 2020 IERBS Consensus Statement (78 citations) and multicenter pooled analyses that extended findings across diverse patient populations. With over 770 cumulative citations and continued publications through 2023, Toesca remains at the forefront of defining the future of minimally invasive breast oncology.
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- 4Update on the Feasibility and Progress on Robotic Breast Surgery88 citations · 2019
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- 7Development of Robotic Mastectomy Using a Single-Port Surgical Robot System46 citations · 2019
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- 9Robot-assisted mastectomy: next major advance in breast cancer surgery16 citations · 2023
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