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Surgical treatment of malignant colon polyps

ABSTRACT Background: In the therapeutic decision about the malignant colon polyp, several factors predicting residual disease after the endoscopic resection guide the decision of surveillance or surgical intervention. This is a challenging decision, because even in the presence of high-risk predictors c...

Determination of residual mass in left ventricle by intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography after a giant and floating left atrial myxoma resection

Rev. bras. anestesiol; 68 (5), 2018
Abstract Atrial myxoma is a benign tumor of the heart that occurs primarily in the left atrium. Floating or large left atrial myxomas frequently cause functional mitral stenosis, may also affect mitral valve structure and flow, and lead to mitral regurgitation. Systemic embolization occurs in around 30% ...

Prognostic significance of receptor for hyaluronan acid-mediated motility (CD168) in acute pediatric leukemias - assessment of clinical outcome, post induction, end of treatment and minimal residual disease

ABSTRACT Introduction: The extracellular matrix protein hyaluronan acid plays an active in role in tumor cell proliferation and invasion. Hyaluronan acid receptors, namely CD168 or the receptor for hyaluronan acid-mediated motility (RHAMM) and CD44 have been implicated in promoting malignancy. There is ...

Enfermedad Mínima Residual en leucemia: rompiendo el paradigma de remisión completa
Residual minimal disease: breaking the paradigm of complete remission

Las malignidades hematológicas constituyen un grupo heterogéneo de condiciones. La enfermedad mínima residual (EMR) hace referencia a la presencia de enfermedad maligna hematológica, en pacientes que se encuentran en remisión según análisis convencionales. La EMR ha mostrado tener importancia pron...

¿Son el examen clínico, la mamografía y la ecografía métodos confiables para la valoración del tumor residual posterior a neoadyuvancia?

Rev. argent. mastología; 36 (131), 2017
Introducción La quimioterapia neoadyuvante es un tratamiento válido en Estadios II y III de cáncer de mama, con la ventaja de que permite evaluar in vivo la respuesta y realizar mayor número de cirugías conservadoras. Para la decisión terapéutica es muy importante la valoración del tumor residual...

Fatores associados à ressecção incompleta do câncer não melanoma

Rev. AMRIGS; 61 (1), 2017
Introdução: Analisar fatores associados e taxa de positividade de margem cirúrgica após ressecção primária de Câncer de Pele Não Melanoma (CNM). Métodos: Estudo transversal, quantitativo, realizado mediante a revisão de prontuários de pacientes submetidos à ressecção cirúrgica de carcinom...

Leucemia linfoblástica aguda infantil: una aproximación genómica

Resumen: En paralelo al proyecto de la secuenciación del genoma humano, se han desarrollado varias plataformas tecnológicas que están permitiendo ganar conocimiento sobre la estructura del genoma de las entidades humanas, así como evaluar su utilidad en el abordaje clínico del paciente. En la leucem...

Minimal residual disease detection in Tunisian B-acute lymphoblastic leukemia based on immunoglobulin gene rearrangements

Braz. j. med. biol. res; 50 (1), 2017
IGH gene rearrangement and IGK-Kde gene deletion can be used as molecular markers for the assessment of B lineage acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL). Minimal residual disease detected based on those markers is currently the most reliable prognosis factor in B-ALL. The aim of this study was to use clona...

Performance of adjuvant treatment correlates with survival in reoperated glioblastomas

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 74 (11), 2016
ABSTRACT Objective To analyze cases of recurrent glioblastoma subjected to reoperation at a Brazilian public healthcare service. Methods A total of 39 patients subjected to reoperation for recurrent glioblastoma at the Department of Neurosurgery, São Paulo Hospital, Federal University of São Paulo,...

Acute Myeloid Leukemia: analysis of epidemiological profile and survival rate

J. pediatr. (Rio J.); 92 (3), 2016
Abstract Objective: To describe the epidemiological profile and the survival rate of patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in a state reference pediatric hospital. Method: Clinical-epidemiological, observational, retrospective, descriptive study. The study included new cases of patients with AML, ...