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Vulnerabilidade social e câncer de mama: diferenciais no intervalo entre o diagnóstico e o tratamento em mulheres de diferentes perfis sociodemográficos

Resumo O objetivo do estudo foi identificar perfis sociodemográficos de mulheres com câncer de mama em Belo Horizonte e verificar a associação com o intervalo entre o diagnóstico e o tratamento. Estudo transversal realizado com dados dos registros hospitalares de câncer de 715 mulheres em tratament...

Respuesta del tumor primario a la quimioterapia en cáncer colorrectal etapa IV con metástasis hepáticas sincrónicas: serie de casos

Rev. chil. cir; 71 (1), 2019
Resumen Introducción: El cáncer colorrectal se ha convertido en el tercer cáncer a nivel mundial en cuanto a incidencia y cuarto en mortalidad. Al diagnóstico, aproximadamente el 25% de los pacientes tendrán metástasis hepáticas. Con tratamiento adecuado el pronóstico de los pacientes etapa IV a...

Effect of FOLFOX6 chemotherapy on serum VEGF expression in advanced colorectal cancer patients

SUMMARY OBJECTIVE: To explore the effect of FOLFOX6 chemotherapy on serum vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) expression in advanced colorectal cancer patients. METHODS: A retrospective analysis of 81 patients with advanced colorectal cancer who visited our hospital from March 2014 to February 20...

Does the Bethesda category predict aggressive features in differentiated thyroid cancer?

ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the importance of preoperative cytology of thyroid nodules and its relationship with mortality risk, recurrence risk, dynamic stratification, and aggressive characteristics (vascular invasion, aggressive histology, incomplete tumor resection, extrathyroidal extension of th...

Impact of the updated TNM staging criteria on prediction of persistent disease in a differentiated thyroid carcinoma cohort

ABSTRACT Objective: The 8th TNM system edition (TNM-8) released in 2018 presents significant changes when compared to the 7th edition (TNM-7). The aim of this study was to assess the impact of changing the TNM staging criteria on the outcomes in a Brazilian cohort of differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DT...

Prognosis of patients with prostate cancer and middle range prostate - specific antigen levels of 20 - 100 ng / mL

Int. braz. j. urol; 45 (1), 2019
ABSTRACT Introduction: Prostate - specific antigen (PSA) is a useful biomarker for detection of prostate cancer (PCa) and for risk classification in addition to TNM classification and Gleason score (GS). We reported the role of PSA in patients with low (< 20 ng / mL) and extremely high (≥ 100 n...

Immunohistochemical expressionof sodium-dependent glucose transporter - 2 (SGLT-2) in clear cell renal carcinoma: possible prognostic implications

Int. braz. j. urol; 45 (1), 2019
ABSTRACT Purpose: Glucose is a major energy resource for tumor cell survival and growth, and its influx into cells is mainly carried out by facilitative glucose transporters (GLUTs). Sodium - dependent glucose transporters (SGLTs) have been highlighted as playing important roles in diabetic treatment. H...

Does the experience of the bedside assistant effect the results of robotic surgeons in the learning curve of robot assisted radical prostatectomy?

Int. braz. j. urol; 45 (1), 2019
ABSTRACT Introduction: The success of the robot assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) procedures depend on a successful team, however the literature focuses on the performance of a console surgeon. The aim of this study was to evaluate surgical outcomes of the surgeons during the learning curve in relat...

Characterization of women with cervical cancer assisted at Inca by histological type

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To determine the distribution of sociodemographic, reproductive, clinical and lifestyle habits in the cohort of women diagnosed with cervical cancer, assisted at Inca between 2012 and 2014, according to the histological type. METHODS Retrospective observational study of a hospital ...