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Effect of the sense of coherence and associated factors in the quality of life of head and neck cancer patients

Abstract The sense of coherence (SOC) is a measure of global orientation regarding the ability of individuals to cope with stressful situations. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the association between SOC and quality of life (QoL) and clinical and sociodemographic characteristics among survi...

Decision making process in simultaneous laparoscopic resection of colorectal cancer and liver metastases. Review of literature

Acta cir. bras; 35 (3), 2020
Abstract Purpose: The benefits of laparoscopic approaches to treat colorectal cancer (CRC) and colorectal liver metastases (CRLM) separately are well established. However, there is no consensus about the optimal timing to approach the primary tumor and CRLM, whether simultaneously or staged. The objecti...

PPARG expression in colorectal cancer and its association with staging and clinical evolution

Acta cir. bras; 35 (7), 2020
Abstract Purpose To evaluate the gene expression of peroxisome proliferator activated receptors gamma (PPARG) in colorectal tumors and to correlate this data with clinical variables of the patients. Methods We analyzed the gene expression of PPARG in 50 samples of colorectal tumors using real-time reve...

Tumor-node-metastasis staging and treatment patterns of 73, 167 patients with lung cancer in Brazil

J. bras. pneumol; 46 (1), 2020
ABSTRACT Objective: To characterize the clinical and histological profile, as well as treatment patterns, of patients with early-stage, locally advanced (LA), or advanced/metastatic (AM) lung cancer, diagnosed between 2000 and 2014, in Brazil. Methods: This was an analytical cross-sectional epidemiolog...

Analysis of the role of the interleukins in colon cancer

Biol. Res; 53 (), 2020
BACKGROUND: The role of interleukin family in colon cancer remained controversial. The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between interleukin family and colon cancer progression through bioinformatics methods and to validate such association in clinical patients. METHODS: A total of...

Análisis de las modificaciones en la estadificación del T según el manual del American Joint Committee on Cancer. ¿Cómo cambia nuestro manejo de los pacientes? Estudio de corte transversal

Dermatol. argent; 26 (1), 2020
Antecedentes: En la octava edición del manual de estadificación del cáncer del American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC), se introdujeron cambios importantes en las categorías T, N y M. Al entrar en vigencia la octava guía de la AJCC, se modificó no solo el T, sino también la indicación de biopsi...

Survival analysis of children and adolescents with melanoma

Rev. Col. Bras. Cir; 47 (), 2020
ABSTRACT Objectives: to analyze the survival in juvenile melanoma. Methods: retrospective study conducted by hospital record review and cancer records of patients aged 0 to 19 years, with histologically proven melanoma and treated between 1997 and 2017 at the Erasto Gaertner Hospital in Curitiba-PR. ...

Características do melanoma em idosos

Rev. Col. Bras. Cir; 47 (), 2020
RESUMO Objetivo: Avaliar características do melanoma em idosos. Método: Pesquisa retrospectiva mediante revisão de prontuários de idosos diagnosticados com melanoma cutâneo primário, no período de 2013 a 2017, atendidos no Hospital Erasto Gaertner, em Curitiba-Paraná. Resultados: Amostra com 1...

Análise do manejo cirúrgico de pacientes com câncer cervical recidivado após radioterapia e quimioterapia

Rev. Col. Bras. Cir; 47 (), 2020
RESUMO Objetivos: Analisar os resultados de morbidade e sobrevida após cirurgias curativas e paliativas em pacientes com câncer cervical recidivado após tratamento primário com radioterapia e quimioterapia. Outro objetivo foi avaliar os fatores associados aos procedimentos curativos e não curativos...

Colorectal cancer in patients under age 50: a five-year experience

Rev. Col. Bras. Cir; 47 (), 2020
ABSTRACT Objective : to evaluate the clinical characteristics of patients with colorectal cancer under the age of 50 treated at a public hospital in Brasilia over 5 years. Methods: we conducted a longitudinal, retrospective study, with 184 patients undergoing surgical procedures at the Asa Norte Regio...