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EBUS-TBNA versus surgical mediastinoscopy for mediastinal lymph node staging in potentially operable non-small cell lung cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis

J. bras. pneumol; 46 (6), 2020
ABSTRACT Objective: Lung cancer (LC) is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Accurate mediastinal staging is mandatory in order to assess prognosis and to select patients for surgical treatment. EBUS-TBNA is a minimally invasive procedure that allows sampling of mediastinal lymph nodes (LNs). S...

Brazilian consensus on incidental gallbladder carcinoma

ABCD (São Paulo, Impr.); 33 (1), 2020
ABSTRACT Background: Incidental gallbladder cancer is defined as a cancer discovered by histological examination after cholecystectomy. It is a potentially curable disease. However, some questions related to their management remain controversial and a defined strategy is associated with better prognos...

The role of conventional echoendoscopy (eus) in therapeutic decisions in patients with neuroendocrine gastrointestinal tumors

ABCD (São Paulo, Impr.); 33 (2), 2020
ABSTRACT Background: Gastrointestinal neuroendocrine tumors are rare, usually presented as subepithelial or polypoid tumors. Accurate diagnosis and indication of the type of resection are still challenging. Aim: To determine the effectiveness of echoendoscopy in determining the depth of the lesions (...

Surgical management of large hepatocellular carcinoma: the first single-center study from western india

ABCD (São Paulo, Impr.); 33 (2), 2020
ABSTRACT Background: Majority of patients with large size HCC (>10 cm) are not offered surgery as per Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC) criteria and hence, their outcomes are not well studied, especially from India, owing to a lower incidence. Aim: To analyze outcomes of surgery for large HCCs....

Brazilian gastric cancer association guidelines (part 1): an update on diagnosis, staging, endoscopic treatment and follow-up

ABCD (São Paulo, Impr.); 33 (3), 2020
The II Brazilian Consensus on Gastric Cancer by the Brazilian Gastric Cancer Association (ABCG) was recently published. On this occasion, several experts in gastric cancer expressed their opinion before the statements presented. Aim: To present the ABCG Guidelines (part 1) regarding the diagnosis, stag...

Lymphoparietal index in esophageal cancer is stronger than tnm staging in long-term survival prognosis in a latin-american country

ABCD (São Paulo, Impr.); 33 (3), 2020
ABSTRACT Background: The identification of prognostic factors of esophageal cancer has allowed to predict the evolution of patients. Aim: Assess different prognostic factors of long-term survival of esophageal cancer and evaluate a new prognostic factor of long-term survival called lymphoparietal index...

Ciliary body malignant melanoma: A dilemma on staging

Rev. bras. oftalmol; 78 (6), 2019
Abstract Choroidal melanomas are the most common primary intraocular malignant tumor in adults. They tend to be more malignant; because of their location hidden behind the iris they can not be detected until they become larger. Therapeutic strategy is related by size, extension, number and location of tu...

Mesotelioma pleural maligno: a propósito de un caso
Malignant pleural mesothelioma: a case report

Rev. Asoc. Méd. Argent; 132 (4), 2019
El mesotelioma difuso es una neoplasia maligna poco frecuente que proviene de las células mesoteliales; la pleura es su localización más habitual y se estima que un 10% de los casos se localizan a nivel peritoneal. El mesotelioma es habitualmente diagnosticado en la quinta década de la vida, con un c...

The relationship between tumor budding and survival in colorectal carcinomas

SUMMARY OBJECTIVE Tumor budding is a parameter that is increasingly understood in colorectal carcinomas. We aimed to investigate the relationship between tumor budding, prognostic factors, and survival METHODS A total of 185 patients who had undergone colorectal surgery were observed. Tumor budding, ...

Effects of perioperative pelvic floor muscle training on early recovery of urinary continence and erectile function in men undergoing radical prostatectomy: a randomized clinical trial

Int. braz. j. urol; 45 (6), 2019
ABSTRACT Aims: Radical prostatectomy (RP) can result in urinary incontinence (UI) and erectile dysfunction (ED), which negatively impact quality of life (QoL). This study aimed to evaluate the effects of a perioperative pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) program versus usual care on early recovery of u...