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PIPAC (Pressurized Intraperitoneal Aerosol Chemotherapy) en el tratamiento de la carcinomatosis peritoneal: primeros casos en Chile

Rev. cir. (Impr.); 73 (6), 2021
Resumen Introducción: PIPAC (Pressurized Intraperitoneal Aerosol Chemotherapy) Es una técnica que, vía laparoscopía, permite administrar quimioterapia en aerosol intraperitoneal, para el tratamiento de la carcinomatosis, ya sea para disminuir masa tumoral y aumentar la resecabilidad, o como paliació...

Optimizing the effective doses of mitomycin C, 5-fluorouracil, and their combination on cultivated basal cell carcinoma

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 84 (5), 2021
ABSTRACT Purpose: This study aimed to optimize the effective doses of mitomycin C, 5-fluorouracil, and their combination on cultivated basal cell carcinoma. Methods: Cultivated basal cell carcinoma and fibroblastic cells were treated with different concentrations of mitomycin C, 5-fluorouracil, and the...

Supervivencia relacionada con la respuesta patológica, luego de quimioterapia neoadyuvante en cáncer de mama

Quimioterapia neoadyuvante (NAC) en cáncer de mama permite conocer la sensibilidad del tumor al tratamiento, alcanzar respuesta patológica completa (pRC), está asociada a mejor supervivencia en cáncer de mama localmente avanzado. El objetivo de este estudio fue conocer el impacto de la pRC en la supe...

Central nervous system international prognostic index impacts overall survival in diffuse large b-cell lymphoma treated with r-chop in a third level cancer center from Mexico: a survey of 642 patients

Rev. invest. clín; 73 (4), 2021
Background: Central nervous system international prognosis index (CNS-IPI) is validated in European and the USA cancer databases. However, no validation has been done in Mexican population. Objective: The objective of the study was to assess the impact of the CNS-IPI on central nervous system (CNS) rela...

Factors affecting pathological complete response after neoadjuvant chemotherapy in breast cancer: a single-center experience

SUMMARY OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to examine the characteristics of patients admitted to our hospital with a diagnosis of breast cancer who reached pathological complete response after being operated following eight cycles of neoadjuvant chemotherapy. METHODS: Between 2015-2020, patients w...

Uterine rescue in high-risk gestational trophoblastic neoplasia treated with ema-co by uterine arteries embolization due to arteriovenous malformations

Abstract Complete hydatidiform mole (CHM) is a rare type of pregnancy, in which 15 to 20% of the cases may develop into gestational trophoblastic neoplasia (GTN). The diagnostic of GTN must be done as early as possible through weekly surveillance of serum hCG after uterine evacuation.We report the case o...

Dramatic clinical response to dabrafenib plus trametinib in anaplastic thyroid carcinoma and the challenges faced during the COVID-19 pandemic

SUMMARY Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma is the rarest tumor of the thyroid gland, representing less than 2% of clinically recognized thyroid cancers. Typically, it has an extremely rapid onset, fatal outcomes in most cases, and a median overall survival of 3 to 10 months despite aggressive multidisciplinary...

Phase II trial of humanized anti-Lewis Y monoclonal antibody for advanced hormone receptor-positive breast cancer that progressed following endocrine therapy

Clinics; 76 (), 2021
OBJECTIVES: The Lewis-Y antigen is expressed in 44%-90% of breast cancers (BCs). The expression of the antigen in carcinoma tissue differs from that in normal tissues. This study aimed to evaluate the clinical benefit of the humanized anti-Lewis Y monoclonal antibody, hu3S193, in advanced hormone recepto...

Effectiveness and toxicity of adjuvant chemotherapy in patients with non-small cell lung cancer

J. bras. pneumol; 47 (3), 2021
ABSTRACT Objective: Adjuvant chemotherapy (AC) improves survival of patients with resected non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). However, the cisplatin-vinorelbine regimen has been associated with a significant risk of clinically relevant toxicity. We sought to evaluate the effectiveness, safety, and feas...

Hemophagocytosis by blasts in a child with acute monocytic leukemia after chemotherapy

ABSTRACT Objective: To describe the case of a child who presented hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) associated with acute monocytic leukemia after chemotherapy, with hemophagocytosis caused by leukemic cells. Case description: In a university hospital in Southern Brazil, a 3-year-old female wa...