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Guia de cáncer de pene de la Sociedad Colombiana de Urología

El cáncer de pene tiene una incidencia de 1.11 por 100.000 habitantes en Colombia, representado en el 95% por carcinoma de células escamosas el cual representa una alta morbilidad y mortalidad, La Sociedad Colombiana de Urología realizo la adaptación de la guía de cáncer de pene para el año 2021 c...

Bilateral En-Block Horseshoe Kidney Laparoscopic Nephrectomy

Horseshoe kidney (HSK) has a prevalence of 1 in every 500 individuals. The management of patients with HSK is usually conservative, except in the presence of symptoms such as obstruction, stones, glomerulopathies, and tumors. In the following case report, we describe how a bilateral en-block transmesente...

Tamización del cáncer de próstata en Colombia: ¿Es posible superar la controversia?

La detección temprana sigue siendo pilar fundamental en el control del cáncer ya que no mas de 30% de las neoplasias malignas se pueden prevenir mediante la intervención de sus factores de riesgo,[1] y adicionalmente, la enfermedad localizada sigue teniendo mayor supervivencia que los estados metastá...

Medicina personalizada en urología: Perspectiva desde un sistema de salud con escasez

La medicina personalizada (MP) trae la promesa del cuidado individual a través de la identificación de variaciones genéticas que permitan determinar la predisposición ante una enfermedad, ofreciendo una prevención oportuna y específica, o adaptando las estrategias terapéuticas de manera particular...

Content validity of the NECPAL CCOMS-ICO© in Spanish to identify palliative needs in children and adolescents with Cancer

Invest. educ. enferm; 40 (1), 2022
Objective. To perform content validation of the NECPAL CCOMS-ICO© instrument to identify palliative needs in Colombian children and adolescents from 8 to 17 years of age with cancer. Methods. Psychometric study, which used the Lawshe model, modified by Tristan, to perform content validity of the NECPAL...

Coping and adaptation of adults with cancer: the art of nursing care

Aquichan; 22 (1), 2022
Objective: To determine the coping and adaptive capabilities in patients with cancer undergoing treatment. Methodology: This was a quantitative and descriptive cross-sectional study; the sample consisted of 100 patients with a cancer diagnosis who received chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy treatment betwe...

Cytotoxic effect of hydroalcoholic extract of Annona Muricata against a human cell line of gastric adenocarcinoma

Vitae (Medellín); 29 (1), 2022
Background: Therapeutic advances against cancer have not been as successful as expected and have adverse effects that patients rarely tolerate. A study in Peru identified favorable anticancer effects of Annona muricata (AM), a medicinal plant known as soursop, in C-678 mouse gastric adenocarcinoma. Howev...

Adopción del rol y calidad de vida de cuidadores de pacientes oncológicos en Medellín, Colombia
Adoption of the role and quality of life in caregivers of cancer patients in Medellín, Colombia

Av Enferm; 40 (1), 2022
Objetivo: determinar el nivel de adopción del rol y la calidad de vida de los cuidadores familiares de personas con cáncer. Materiales y métodos: estudio descriptivo transversal que incluyó la participación de 50 cuidadores familiares de pacientes con cáncer en tratamiento activo. Se aplicaron lo...

Narrativas de personas al final de la vida sobre el autocuidado
Narratives about self-care by people at the end of their lives

Av Enferm; 40 (1), 2022
Introduction: Cancer mobilizes people and families who search for healing practices that provide relief from physical, emotional, social, and spiritual distress. Objective: To analyze the self-care of cancer ill people at the end of their lives; patients staying under Palliative Care in a home care serv...