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Higher cut-offs for the number of lymph nodes harvested do not predict better prognosis in patients with colon cancer

ABSTRACT Background Current threshold for minimum lymph node harvest may not be adequate for appropriate staging in colon cancer and newer surgical techniques may allow more lymph nodes to be harvested. The aim of this study was to examine the prognostic role of harvesting and examining lymph nodes high...

Perianastomotic cyst following rectosigmoidectomy due to adenocarcinoma of the proximal rectum: a case report

ABSTRACT The implantation cyst occurs from the imprisonment and subsequent proliferation of the colonic mucosa below the submucosa during mechanical stapling. The understanding and definition of the evaluation protocol of these lesions is important, since they can generate the need for a new complex surg...

Patterns of radioiodine use for differentiated thyroid carcinoma in Brazil: insights and a call for action from a 20-year database

ABSTRACT Objective: This study aimed to explore the patterns of radioactive iodine (RAI) use for differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) in Brazil over the past 20 years. Materials and methods: A retrospective analysis of the DTC-related RAI prescriptions, from 2000 to 2018, retrieved from the Department o...

Resección laparoscópica de adenocarcinoma de uraco

Gac. méd. boliv; 43 (2), 2020
El adenocarcinoma de uraco es una enfermedad neoplásica rara, con una incidencia de 1 por 5 millones de habitantes. Clínicamente se manifiesta con hematuria (73%), dolor abdominal (14%), disuria (13%), mucosuria (10%), síntomas irritativos (40%), masa palpable en la parte baja del abdomen (17%), bacte...

Assessment of preoperative endometrial histopathological sampling as a predictor of final surgical pathology in endometrial cancer

Abstract Objective To evaluate the agreement between the histopathological diagnoses of preoperative endometrial samples and surgical specimens and correlate the agreement between the diagnoses with the impact on surgical management and the survival of patients with endometrial adenocarcinomas. Methods...

Esôfago de Barrett: o estado da arte

Objetivo: Demonstrar fatores envolvidos nos distúrbios do sono em profissionais que fazem plantões. Métodos: Trata-se de estudo transversal, cuja amostra foi composta de 244 voluntários, plantonistas da área da saúde, sendo 191 do sexo feminino, que responderam a um questionário socioeconômico,...

Epidemiological and prognostic single center study of anal carcinoma

Abstract Background: Anorectal carcinoma includes the anal margin, the anal canal, and the lower rectum. The incidences of anal tumors represent 1.4 % of all gastrointestinal tumors. Patients and methods: Our study is retrospective and was conducted at Baghdad Medical City. Patient's data were collecte...

Incidencia de adenocarcinoma en zona transicional de próstata en institución pública. Cochabamba, Bolivia

Gac. méd. boliv; 43 (1), 2020
El cáncer en la zona de transición representa el 20-25% de los casos (en piezas de prostatectomías radicales), su diagnóstico con frecuencia es de manera incidental, siendo identificados clínicamente como supuestos adenomas. OBJETIVO: determinar la incidencia de Adenocarcinoma en la Zona transiciona...

Signet ring cells in carcinomatous lymphangitis due to gastric adenocarcinoma

An. bras. dermatol; 95 (4), 2020
Abstract Cutaneous metastases are rare. They usually present as nodules or tumors. Diagnosis is based on histopathological examination and prognosis is unfavorable. This report describes the case of a female patient, 72 years old, with surgically treated gastric antrum adenocarcinoma. Pathology showed po...

Experiencia Quirúrgica en el Manejo del Cáncer de Recto. Hospital de SOLCA, Guayaquil – Ecuador

INTRODUCCIÓN: El cáncer colorrectal ocupa el tercer lugar a nivel mundial entre las neoplasias malignas. El tratamiento utilizado depende entre otros factores de la localización, y va desde la escisión local hasta una resección abdominoperineal y se puede acompañar de tratamiento neoadyuvante y ady...