Objetivos: O presente estudo tem como principal objetivo revisar os importantes aspectos acerca das neoplasias de orofaringe, com o intuito de atentarmos aos pontos relevantes quanto à epidemiologia, clínica e tratamento existentes atualmente, alertando ao público médico.
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Abstract Introduction: Head and neck cancer represents 3% of all the types of malignant neoplasms and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is responsible for 90% of these cases. There have been some studies evaluating the quality of life of these patients, but little is known about the physical and emotional e...
El objetivo del trabajo fue evaluar el estado nutricional mediante diferentes parámetros bioquímicos en 17 pacientes adultos de ambos sexos, con cáncer de cabeza y cuello, seleccionados y asistidos en el Instituto Oncológico A. Roffo al inicio del tratamiento. Las muestras de sangre fueron recolectad...
ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: Treatments used in head and neck cancer greatly impact the physical, psychological and functional state of patients. Evaluation of quality of life has become an integral part of the treatment. OBJECTIVE: This retrospective study evaluates features involved in changes in quality o...
Introducción: Las adenopatías son una causa muy frecuente de consulta en la población infantil, estando presente hasta en el 44% de los niños menores de 5 años. En algunos casos se requiere la toma de biopsias ganglionares para esclarecer el diagnóstico. Objetivo: Describir las características cl...
Abstract OBJECTIVE To understand and describe the experience of the development of coping strategies during the professional life of nurses providing care to patients with facial image alteration. METHOD Descriptive qualitative study with a hermeneutic-dialectic framework conducted in the head and neck...
Abstract: Skin metastases are relatively rare and occur most often when the cancer is already advanced, invading other organs. As to location, they often seem to elect areas located close to the primary tumor, although distant sites, such as the scalp, may be affected with some frequency. We present a ca...
Abstract: Melanomas can arise either de novo (70%) or from pre-existing melanocytic lesions (30%). Of the latter, most cases arise at the dermoepidermal junction from small congenital or acquired non-blue nevi while only a few arise from blue nevi, notably the cellular subtype and less commonly the commo...
Objetivo: Caracterizar o perfil clínico e epidemiológico dos pacientes com câncer de cabeça e pescoço atendidos em um hospital universitário. Métodos: Estudo epidemiológico descritivo e retrospectivo de todos os casos de câncer de cabeça e pescoço diagnosticados no período de agosto de 2009 a...
Background: The pull-through method to install endoscopic gastrostomies is not devoid of complications. Aim: To describe and show the results of a trans-abdominal method to perform endoscopic gastrostomies using the accessories available in any endoscopic facility. material and methods: The technique con...
