About the Authors

Michela Buglione

Roles Conceptualization, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Radiation Oncology Department, University and Spedali Civili Hospital, Brescia, Italy

Marianna Noale

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Research Council, Neuroscience Institute, Aging Branch, Padua, Italy

Alessio Bruni

Roles Writing – review & editing

brunialessio@virgilio.it

Affiliation Radiotherapy Unit, Department of Oncology and Hematology, University Hospital of Modena, Modena, Italy

Alessandro Antonelli

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Urology, University and Spedali Civili Hospital, Brescia, Italy

Filippo Bertoni

Roles Conceptualization, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Radiotherapy Unit, Department of Oncology and Hematology, University Hospital of Modena, Modena, Italy

Renzo Corvo’

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital “Policlinico San Martino”, Genoa, Italy

Umberto Ricardi

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Validation

Affiliation Radiation Oncology Unit, Department of Oncology, School of Medicine—University of Turin, Turin, Italy

Paolo Borghetti

Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Radiation Oncology Department, University and Spedali Civili Hospital, Brescia, Italy

Marta Maddalo

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Radiation Oncology Department, University and Spedali Civili Hospital, Brescia, Italy

Claudio Simeone

Roles Data curation, Visualization

Affiliation Department of Urology, University and Spedali Civili Hospital, Brescia, Italy

Ercole Mazzeo

Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Radiotherapy Unit, Department of Oncology and Hematology, University Hospital of Modena, Modena, Italy

Angelo Porreca

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Robotic Urological Surgery, Abano Terme Hospital, Abano Terme, Padua, Italy

Sergio Serni

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Urologic Robotic Surgery and Renal Transplantation, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy

Pierfrancesco Bassi

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Urology, Catholic University of Rome, Policlinico Gemelli, Rome, Italy

Mauro Gacci

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Urologic Robotic Surgery and Renal Transplantation, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy

Vincenzo Mirone

Roles Data curation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Urology Unit, University Federico II, Naples, Italy

Rodolfo Montironi

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Section of Pathological Anatomy, Polytechnic University of the Marche Region, School of Medicine–Ospedali Riuniti, Ancona, Italy

Andrea Tubaro

Roles Validation

Affiliation Urology Unit, Sant'Andrea Hospital, "La Sapienza" University, Rome, Italy

Alfredo Berruti

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Medical Oncology Unit, ASST-Spedali Civili, Department of Medical and Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences, and Public Health, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy

Giario Natale Conti

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Urology Unit, ASST Lariana, Sant'Anna Hospital, Como, Italy

Stefania Maggi

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Research Council, Neuroscience Institute, Aging Branch, Padua, Italy

Stefano Maria Magrini

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Radiation Oncology Department, University and Spedali Civili Hospital, Brescia, Italy

Luca Triggiani

Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Radiation Oncology Department, University and Spedali Civili Hospital, Brescia, Italy

the Pros-IT CNR study group

The Pros-IT CNR study group members are listed in the Acknowledgments

Competing Interests

Takeda Italia S.p.A. provided an unconditional grant to the CNR, to cover the costs of the preparatory meetings, the meetings of the advisory committees and of the PIs, and the cost of developing a web platform for data entry. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.