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Vacunación en etapa de vigilancia en niños con cáncer

Salud pública Méx; 59 (5), 2017

Successful treatment of post-transplant relapsed acute myeloid leukemia with FLT3 internal tandem duplication using the combination of induction chemotherapy, donor lymphocyte infusion, sorafenib and azacitidine. Report of three cases

Einstein (Säo Paulo); 15 (3), 2017
ABSTRACT Acute myeloid leukemia is a hematopoietic stem cell neoplastic disease associated with high morbidity and mortality. The presence of FLT3 internal tandem duplication mutations leads to high rates of relapse and decreased overall survival. Patients with FLT3 internal tandem duplication are normal...

Terpene Esters from Natural Products: Synthesis and Evaluation of Cytotoxic Activity

An. acad. bras. ciênc; 89 (3), 2017
ABSTRACT Natural steroids and triterpenes such as b-sitosterol, stigmasterol, lupeol, ursolic and betulinic acids were transformed into its hexanoic and oleic esters, to evaluate the influence of chemical modification towards the cytotoxic activities against tumor cells. The derivatives were evaluated ag...

Use of cinacalcet and sunitinib to treat hypercalcaemia due to a pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor

SUMMARY Neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) can secrete hormones, including ectopic secretions, but they have been rarely associated with malignant hypercalcemia. A 52-year-old man with a history of diabetes mellitus was diagnosed with a pancreatic tumor. A pancreatic biopsy confirmed a well-differentiated panc...

Demandas judiciais por medicamentos antineoplásicos: a ponta de um iceberg?

Resumo Ações judiciais com medicamentos antineoplásicos geram custos elevados aos governos e demandam análises criteriosas para garantir resultados eficientes e adequados em saúde. Este trabalho analisou processos enviados por entes federados a um instituto referência no tratamento de câncer para ...

Sindrome de Atra
Atra syndrome

Rev. pediatr. electrón; 14 (2), 2017
La leucemia promielocítica aguda (APL) es el subtipo de leucemia mieloide aguda de mejor pronóstico en niños. Su incidencia es menor a 10%. Desde el punto de vista citogenético se observa una translocación t (15;17). En la terapéutica la incorporación del ácido transretinoico ha logrado altas ta...

Hyperin protects against cisplatin-induced liver injury in mice

Acta cir. bras; 32 (8), 2017
Abstract Purpose: To evaluate the effect of hyperin in cisplatin-induced liver injury in mice. Methods: Mice were pretreated with hyperin at doses of 25 mg/kg and 50 mg/kg, respectively, for six days, and intraperitoneal injection of cisplatin (40 mg/kg) was administrated one hour after the final intr...

Tumor del estroma gastrointestinal y trasplante renal
Gastrointestinal stromal tumor and renal transplant

Medicina (B.Aires); 77 (4), 2017
El tumor estromal gastrointestinal (GIST) representa alrededor del 1% de todos los tumores digestivos y su aparición en pacientes trasplantados renales es infrecuente. Aproximadamente el 95% muestra tinción positiva para c-kit/CD117. DOG1 es un anticuerpo recientemente descrito que se sobre-expresa en ...

Grade III hand-foot skin reaction induced by sorafenib

An. bras. dermatol; 92 (4), 2017