RESUMEN Las metástasis cutáneas (MC) constituyen una manifestación infrecuente de neoplasias internas. Su diagnóstico requiere un alto Ãndice de sospecha clÃnica, pues los hallazgos pueden ser sutiles. Estas ponen de manifiesto la presencia de un tumor maligno diseminado y pueden permitir el diagnÃ...
Tailgut cysts (TGCs) are rare congenital entities arising from remnants of the embryological postanal primitive gut. Malignancy in TGCs is rare, with the majority being adenocarcinomas and carcinoid tumors. A search of the published literature yielded only 27 cases of adenocarcinoma developing in TGCs. W...
Abstract Purpose: To analyze gene and protein expression of metalloproteinases 1, 2, 9, 11 and 16 and their correlation with clinicopathological variables in colorectal adenocarcinoma. Methods: A retrospective study of 114 patients with colorectal adenocarcinoma treated surgically in the period 2006 to...
Abstract Purpose: To investigate the role of omeprazole and nitrites on the gastric mucosa of rats submitted to specific techniques to induce duodenogastric reflux. Methods: One hundred and twenty Wistar rats were divided into three groups: Group I (n=40) -gastrotomy; Group II (n=40) - duodenogastric r...
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...
BackgroundBreast cancer has been considered a public health problem and homeopathic treatments are becoming increasingly recommended due to its ways of action and absence of adverse effects. MCF-7 is an adenocarcinoma of human breast cell line useful as preclinicalmodel to screen ther...
Introducción. El cáncer gástrico es una enfermedad con gran carga de salud a nivel mundial, con altas cifras de incidencia y prevalencia, por lo cual requiere de tratamiento seguros que permitan una baja morbilidad, una mejor sobrevida y calidad de vida. Dentro de los tratamientos disponibles actualme...