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Immunostimulatory monoclonal antibodies for hepatocellular carcinoma therapy: Trends and perspectives

Medicina (B.Aires); 78 (1), 2018
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the second cause of cancer-related death in the world and is the main cause of death in cirrhotic patients. Unfortunately, the incidence of HCC has grown significantly in the last decade. Curative treatments such as surgery, liver transplantation or percutaneous ablation...

Efectividad del Oleozón® en el tratamiento de pacientes con discromía dental
Effectiveness of Oleozon® in the treatment of patients with dental dischromya

Medisan; 22 (1), 2018
Se realizó un estudio cuasiexperimental, de intervención terapéutica, para evaluar la efectividad del Oleozón® tópico y la luz halógena como fuente de luz azul y calor en el tratamiento de 52 pacientes con discromías dentales, atendidos en el Policlínico Docente Ramón López Peña del municipio...

Current approaches to immunotherapy in noncolorectal gastrointestinal malignancies

Clinics; 73 (supl.1), 2018
Noncolorectal gastrointestinal (GI) malignancies are among the most frequently diagnosed cancers. Despite the undeniable progress in systemic treatments in recent decades, further improvements using cytotoxic chemotherapy seem unlikely. In this setting, recent discoveries regarding the mechanism underlyi...

Dietary intake and eating behavior in depot medroxyprogesterone acetate users: a systematic review

Braz. j. med. biol. res; 51 (6), 2018
Because of weight gain, women often discontinue hormonal contraception, especially depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA). Our objective was to conduct a systematic review of studies describing dietary intake or eating behavior in DMPA users to understand whether the use of DMPA is associated with chan...

Diretrizes para detecção precoce do câncer de mama no Brasil. I - Métodos de elaboração

Tradicionalmente, diretrizes clínicas são elaboradas a partir do consenso de opiniões de especialistas. Nos últimos anos, a magnitude dos benefícios do rastreamento mamográfico vem sendo questionada em função dos vieses detectados nos ensaios clínicos que popularizaram a disseminação dessa pr...

Vitamin B12, bone mineral density and fracture risk in adults: A systematic review

Summary Objective: To consolidate information available on the effect of vitamin B12 on bone mineral density and fracture risk, with emphasis on clinical trials, observational and longitudinal data conducted in humans. Method: A systematic review of the literature of the past decade on the role of vita...

Lack of protocols for handling missing sessions of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) in depression trials: what are the risks of neglecting missing sessions?

Rev. bras. psiquiatr; 39 (4), 2017