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Guided intraoperative scintigraphic tumor targeting of metastatic cervical lymph nodes in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer: a single-center report

ABSTRACT Objective: Our aim was to present our experiences related to performing neck surgery using the guided intraoperative scintigraphic tumor targeting (GOSTT) procedure for patients who had locally recurrent or persistent differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) and who had undergone previous thyroid su...

Metástase hepática colorretal metacrônica tem melhor prognóstico - é verdade?

Arq. gastroenterol; 55 (3), 2018
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Liver metastases from colorectal cancer are an important public health problem due to the increasing incidence of colorectal cancer worldwide. Synchronous colorectal liver metastasis has been associated with worse survival, but this prognosis is controversial. OBJECTIVE: The obje...

Manejo no operatorio del cáncer de recto con respuesta clínica completa luego de quimiorradioterapia neoadyuvante: experiencia en 8 casos
Non-operative management of rectal cancer with complete clinical response after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy: experience in 8 cases

Introducción: Se diagnostican hasta 13000 nuevos casos de cáncer colorrectal por año, y esto va en aumento. El cáncer de recto debe ser tratado mediante un abordaje multimodal. Luego de la implementación del tratamiento neoadyuvante y de la aparición de la respuesta patológica completa se implemen...

Carcinoma de células escamosas de piel: serie de casos

Rev. chil. cir; 70 (4), 2018
Resumen Introducción: El cáncer de células escamosas (CCE) es el segundo cáncer de piel más frecuente. Sin embargo, no hay publicaciones en Chile sobre el tema. Objetivo: Investigar características sociodemográficas y clínicas del CCE en la Región de Coquimbo, Chile. Material y Métodos: Seri...

Influence of chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis on the risk of persistent and recurrent disease in patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma and elevated antithyroglobulin antibodies after initial therapy

Abstract Introduction In patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma who have negative serum thyroglobulin after initial therapy, the risk of structural disease is higher among those with elevated antithyroglobulin antibodies compared to patients without antithyroglobulin antibodies. Other studies suggest...

Paraneoplastic Sweet's syndrome

An. bras. dermatol; 93 (4), 2018
Abstract: Sweet's syndrome is a rare dermatosis with little-known pathogenesis, associated with some clinical conditions such as infections, autoimmune diseases, inflammatory bowel diseases, vaccination, medications and neoplasms. Hematologic malignancies are the diseases most related to paraneoplastic S...

Factores inmunohistoquímicos pronósticos para las recidivas locales en la cirugías conservadoras del cáncer de mama

Rev. argent. mastología; 37 (135), 2018
Introducción En la evolución post-tratamiento conservador del cáncer de mama está la posibilidad de la recidiva local, por lo que el uso de factores predictivos permitiría delimitar el grupo de pacientes con mayor riesgo de presentarlas. Objetivo Determinar la importancia de los factores inmunohisto...

Locoregional recurrence of Frantz' tumor: a case report and review of the literature

SUMMARY Frantz' tumours or solid pseudopapillary tumours of the pancreas are rare neoplasms with low malignant potential. Young women in the second to third decades of life are more frequently affected. The treatment of choice is resection of the lesion, which is often curative. The recurrence is uncommo...

The analysis of expression of p16 protein in group of 53 patients treated for sinonasal inverted papilloma

Abstract Introduction: Sinonasal inverted papilloma constitute relevant therapeutic problem due to destructive character of growth, tendency to recur and the possibility of malignant transformation. Therefore, many attempts to identify risk factors for inverted papilloma occurrence have been undertaken,...

Positive surgical margins are predictors of local recurrence in conservative kidney surgery for pT1 tumors

Int. braz. j. urol; 44 (3), 2018
ABSTRACT Objectives: The clinical significance of positive surgical margin (PSM) after a Nephron Sparing Surgery (NSS) is controversial. The aim of this study is to evaluate the association between PSM and the risk of disease recurrence in patients with pT1 kidney tumors who underwent NSS. Materials an...