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Tumor gigante de vaina neural

Acta ortop. mex; 30 (6), 2016
Resumen: El schwannoma es un tumor benigno derivado de la vaina neural de las células de Schwann. Habitualmente suele ser pequeño y solitario, siendo más frecuente en los pares craneales y en la médula espinal, aunque menos frecuente en las extremidades. Se han descrito casos de aparición en las ext...

Evaluation of lymphatic spread, visceral metastasis and tumoral local invasion in esophageal carcinomas

ABSTRACT Background: Knowing esophageal tumors behavior in relationship to lymph node involvement, distant metastases and local tumor invasion is of paramount importance for the best esophageal tumors management. Aim: To describe lymph node involvement, distant metastases, and local tumor invasion in e...

Complex pancreatic ressections with vascular involvement in jehovah's witnesses: how to approach?

External validation of EORTC risk scores to predict recurrence after transurethral resection of brazilian patients with non-muscle invasive bladder cancer stages Ta and T1

Int. braz. j. urol; 42 (5), 2016
ABSTRACT Validate the EORTC risk tables in Brazilian patients with NMIBC. Methods: 205 patients were analyzed. The 6 parameters analyzed were: histologic grading, pathologic stage, size and number of tumors, previous recurrence rate and concomitant CIS. The time for first recurrence (TFR), risk score an...

Neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio, a biomarker in non-muscle invasive bladder cancer: a single-institutional longitudinal study

Int. braz. j. urol; 42 (4), 2016
ABSTRACT Background: Bladder cancer represents one of the most important clinical challenges in urologic practice. In this context, inflammation has an important role in the development and progression of many malignancies. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the prognostic value of pre-t...

Is [F-18]-fluorodeoxyglucose FDG-PET/CT better than ct alone for the preoperative lymph node staging of muscle invasive bladder cancer?

Int. braz. j. urol; 42 (2), 2016
ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate whether the use of [F-18]-FDG-PET/CT can accurately predict pelvic lymph node metastasis in patients with muscle invasive TCC of the bladder undergoing radical cystectomy. Materials and Methods: Fifteen patients with muscle invasive bladder cancer had undergone FDG-PET/C...

Chromophobe renal cell carcinoma mimicking cortical invasion by synchronous invasive urothelial carcinoma of the intra-renal collecting system on CT urography

Int. braz. j. urol; 42 (2), 2016

Carcinoma epidermoide de cuello uterino con extensión superficial a endometrio
Squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix with superficial extension to the endometrium

El cáncer de cuello uterino es la neoplasia más frecuente del tracto genital femenino, que en su forma avanzada puede invadir localmente a tejido paracervical, vagina, vejiga y recto. Se presenta un caso, muy poco frecuente, de carcinoma cervical con extensión endometrial como neoplasia in situ, en un...

Surgery versus endoscopic therapies for early cancer and high-grade dysplasia in the esophagus: a systematic review

Arq. gastroenterol; 53 (1), 2016
ABSTRACT Background Esophageal cancer occurs as a local disease in 22% of cases, and a minority of this disease is limited to the mucosa or submucosa (early lesions). Endoscopic mucosal resection, endoscopic submucosal dissection, photodynamic therapy, laser therapy, and argon plasma coagulation have em...

Marcadores e mecanismos de resistência à terapia neoadjuvante e o papel das vesículas extracelulares secretadas pelas células tumorais no câncer de reto

O câncer de reto é o segundo tumor mais comum no intestino grosso correspondendo a um terço do total de casos de câncer colorretal (CCR). Pacientes com câncer de reto em estádios II e III são tratados com radioquimioterapia neoadjuvante seguida de ressecção cirúrgica do tumor. Análises das peÃ...