Francesca Giunchi
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About
Francesca Giunchi is a pioneering researcher at the intersection of urologic oncology and surgical technology, whose work is fundamentally reshaping how prostate cancer surgery is planned and performed. Her primary research areas include augmented reality (AR) in robotic surgery, prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) imaging, and precision surgical guidance for prostate cancer. Giunchi’s major contributions center on the development and clinical validation of AR-guided techniques for robot-assisted radical prostatectomy. Her landmark 2020 paper, cited 74 times, introduced real-time AR three-dimensional guidance for robotic prostatectomy, demonstrating its impact on surgical planning. She further advanced the field with a 2021 study (61 citations) on using AR to guide intraoperative frozen section analysis, and her most recent 2025 work describes a novel AR PSMA-3D technique for guiding pelvic lymph node dissection. Her 2024 investigation into PSMA expression immunohistochemistry has implications for patient selection in PSMA-PET imaging. Through her innovative integration of augmented reality with molecular imaging, Giunchi is establishing new standards for precision in oncologic surgery, directly improving surgeons’ ability to visualize and resect cancerous tissue while preserving healthy structures.
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