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Evaluación del Riesgo, Tamizaje, Diagnóstico Clínico – Patológico y Estadificación del Cáncer de Mama: 1er Consenso Nacional del Cáncer de Mama de la Sociedad Panameña de Oncología (SPO)

Rev. méd. Panamá; 39 (2), 2019
El cáncer de Mama es el tumor más frecuente de la mujer y su incidencia va en aumento. En la atención primaria del paciente, se debe establecer el riesgo de padecer cáncer de mama durante la vida, a través de una historia clínica orientada a los factores de riesgo familiares e individuales, de tal ...

Experiencia En El Manejo De Los Pacientes Con Melanoma En El Instituto Oncológico Nacional De Panamá En Los Años 2012 Al 2017

Rev. méd. Panamá; 39 (2), 2019
Introducción: A nivel mundial hay un incremento de la incidencia de melanoma, Panamá no escapa a esta realidad. Para todas las etapas hay riesgo de recurrencia inclusive luego de una cirugía adecuada y elevadas probabilidades de fallecer a causa de metástasis. Este trabajo busca conocer la experien...

Fatores prognósticos de resposta à quimioterapia em tumores avançados do colo uterino: o papel da neoangiogênese

Rev. Col. Bras. Cir; 46 (1), 2019
RESUMO Objetivo: analisar a expressão do Fator de Crescimento do Endotélio Vascular (VEGF), seu receptor (VEGFR-2), idade e tipo histológico de carcinomas avançados de colo uterino com relação à resposta clínica à quimioterapia neoadjuvante. Métodos: foram incluídas 40 pacientes com diagnós...

Predictive factors for prolonged hospital stay after retropubic radical prostatectomy in a high-volume teaching center

Int. braz. j. urol; 44 (6), 2018
ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the length hospital stay and predictors of prolonged hospitalization after RRP performed in a high-surgical volume teaching institution, and analyze the rate of unplanned visits to the office, emergency care, hospital readmissions and perioperative complications rates. M...

Lowering positive margin rates at radical prostatectomy by color coding of biopsy specimens to permit individualized preservation of the neurovascular bundles: is it feasible? a pilot investigation

Int. braz. j. urol; 44 (6), 2018
ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate whether color-coding of prostate core biopsy specimens aids in preservation of the neurovascular bundles from an oncological perspective. Materials and Methods: MRI guided transrectal ultrasound and biopsy of the prostate were performed in 51 consecutive patients suspect...

Prognostic significance of Body Mass index in patients with localized renal cell carcinoma

Int. braz. j. urol; 44 (6), 2018
ABSTRACT Objective: To investigate the relationship between the pretreatment body mass index (BMI) and the clinical outcomes in patients with localized stage I - III renal cell carcinoma (RCC) surgically treated. Materials and Methods: From January 2000 to December 2012, 798 patients with stage I - III...

Proportional weight loss in six months as a risk factor for mortality in stage IV non-small cell lung cancer

J. bras. pneumol; 44 (6), 2018
ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate different weight loss (WL) cut-off points as prognostic markers of 3-month survival after diagnosis of stage IV non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Methods: This was a prospective study involving 104 patients with metastatic (stage IV) NSCLC who were admitted to a cancer...

Multiple spider telangiectasias in a breast cancer patient on T-DM1 treatment

An. bras. dermatol; 93 (6), 2018

Level V Clearance in Neck Dissection for Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma: A Need for Homogeneous Studies

Abstract Introduction Papillary thyroid carcinoma has a very high rate of lateral neck node metastases, and there is almost unanimity concerning the fact that some sort of formal neck dissection must be performed to address the clinical neck disease in these cases. Although there is an agreement that le...