Introduction: The carcinoembryonic antigen, CEA, is the tumor marker most used in colorectal patients, principally during follow up after radical surgery. High serum CEA level before surgery is often associated with worse prognosis, in some studies. Objetive: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the...
Neoplasias Colorrectales/sangre,
Antígeno Carcinoembrionario/sangre,
Neoplasias Colorrectales/cirugía,
Estudios Retrospectivos,
Estudios de Seguimiento,
Recurrencia,
Anciano de 80 o más Años,
Ensayo de Inmunoadsorción Enzimática,
Sensibilidad y Especificidad,
Valor Predictivo de las Pruebas,
Pronóstico,
Cuidados Preoperatorios
To evaluate the score systems of Cassano and Sanz and suggest a new one. Design: Case series. Location: Teaching hospitals: EPM UNIFESP and Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu. Participants: 59 patients diagnosed from 1979 to 1992. Intervention: Evaluation of clinical-laboratorial data. Measurement: Statis...
This study was conducted on patients with ovarian cancer in order to evaluate survival. Design: A retrospective study of 119 cases of avarian cancer from January 1977 to December 1992 with observation until 1993. Location: Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Ribeirao Preto School of Medicine, Sao Pa...
Alternatives to the traditional hormone receptor dosages for prognostic evaluation and clinical approach to breast cancer have been proposed for immunohistochemical determinations. For correlation purposes, such procedures were compared in 37 patients presenting 5 to 15 years of survival. Considering 30 ...
We present the case of a patient with MDS RARS subtype with loss of part of the long arm of chromosome 11 del 11(q23). This a cytogenetic abnormality that occurs in 7 percent to 20 percent of RARS cases not related to poor prognosis. It seems that this deletion is a marker of iron overload in MDS....
Objetive - To study the diagnosis, prognosis and management of spontaneous rupture of the esophagus. Design: This is a retrospective study through the analysis of two cases with delayed diagnosis and subsequent treatment at the Track Surgery Service. Locale: The study was performed at the Thoracic Surger...
Os valores das dosagens de T3 e de T4 diferenciaram os pacientes com boa e ma evoluçao durante a internaçao em unidade de terapia intensiva. Objetivo. Procurar indicadores para o prognóstico de doentes graves por meio do estudo seqüencial dos níveis séricos dos hormonios tiroidianos. Métodos. Os a...
Tiroxina/sangre,
Triyodotironina/sangre,
Enfermedad Crítica,
Valor Predictivo de las Pruebas,
Unidades de Cuidados Intensivos,
Pronóstico,
Radioinmunoensayo,
Hormonas Tiroideas/análisis,
Enfermedad Crítica/mortalidad,
Distribución de Chi-Cuadrado,
Estadísticas no Paramétricas
The theory of field cancerization in tumors of the head and neck reflects the complex oncogenesis that occurs in this region. The mechanisms that control cell proliferation at the molecular level in epidermoid carcinomas (ECs) of the upper aerodigestive tract are still unclear. Mutations in p53 are the g...
O estudo das alteraçoes cromossômica nas leucemias mielóides agudas (LMA) vem-se tornando importante no diagnóstico e na caracterizaçao de subtipos, pois associam-se a características clínicas, morfológicas e imunológicas definidas à resposta a tratamento e à sobrevida. OBJETIVO. O presente tr...
