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Expression of e-cadherin and wnt pathway proteins betacatenin, apc, tcf-4 and survivin in gastric adenocarcinoma: clinical and pathological implication

ABCD (São Paulo, Impr.); 29 (4), 2016
ABSTRACT Background: Gastric cancer is the fifth most frequent cancer and the third most common cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide.It has been reported that Wnt/ betacatenin pathway is activated in 30-50% of these tumors. However,the deregulation of this pathway has not been fully elucidated. Ai...

Do proximal and distal gastric tumours behave differently?

ABCD (São Paulo, Impr.); 29 (4), 2016
ABSTRACT Background: Although the incidence of gastric (adenocarcinoma) cancer has been decreasing over time, it is still one of the most common malignancies worldwide, and proximal tumours tend to have a worse prognosis. Aim: To compare surgical outcomes and prognosis between proximal - excluding tu...

Evaluation of lymphatic spread, visceral metastasis and tumoral local invasion in esophageal carcinomas

ABCD (São Paulo, Impr.); 29 (4), 2016
ABSTRACT Background: Knowing esophageal tumors behavior in relationship to lymph node involvement, distant metastases and local tumor invasion is of paramount importance for the best esophageal tumors management. Aim: To describe lymph node involvement, distant metastases, and local tumor invasion in e...

Synchronous anal melanoma and colon adenocarcinoma: case report and review of diagnosis and management

ABCD (São Paulo, Impr.); 29 (4), 2016

Predictores clínicos y funcionales del riesgo de cáncer pulmonar en el seguimiento de una cohorte de adultos fumadores

Rev. méd. Chile; 144 (11), 2016
Background: Identifying risk factors for lung cancer in the population could improve the cost-effectiveness of early detection programs using thoracic computed tomography (CT). Aim: To examine the risk factors of lung cancer in a cohort of adult smokers. Patients and Methods: An annual clinical and respi...

Infección por Helicobacter pylori en el municipio de Palma Soriano durante el período 2008-2014
Helicobacter pylori infection in Palma Soriano during 2008-2014

Medisan; 20 (11), 2016
Se realizó un estudio descriptivo y retrospectivo de 989 pacientes con diagnóstico endoscópico de gastritis crónica, cuyas biopsias habían sido procesadas en el Departamento de Anatomía Patológica del municipio de Palma Soriano, en Santiago de Cuba, durante el período 2008-2014, con el objetivo d...

Recomendaciones sobre el manejo del cáncer de páncreas tipo adenocarcinoma en Latinoamérica: Reunión del Consenso del Simposio Latinoamericano de Gastroenterología Oncológica (SLAGO) y de la Asociación Ibero Latinoamericana de Terapia Radiante (ALATRO), Viña del Mar, Chile 2015

Rev. méd. Chile; 144 (10), 2016
Pancreatic cancer is a malignancy of great impact in developed countries and is having an increasing impact in Latin America. Incidence and mortality rates are similar for this cancer. This is an important reason to offer to the patients the best treatments available. During the Latin American Symposium ...

Neumonía intersticial inducida por bloqueo androgénico máximo como tratamiento de cáncer de próstata avanzado: Report of one case

Rev. méd. Chile; 144 (10), 2016
Maximum androgen blockade is the standard endocrine treatment for advanced prostate cancer. Interstitial lung disease in different degrees of severity, with low mortality and excellent response to treatment may appear with its use. We report a 77 years old patient with advanced prostate cancer who develo...

Hepatectomía derecha asociada a resección de la confluencia de la vía biliar por cáncer de vesícula biliar: presentación de un caso clínico

El cáncer de vesícula biliar es la neoplasia maligna más común del tracto biliar. Suele presentarse en estadios clínicos avanzados. El tratamiento quirúrgico ha ido evolucionando y en la actualidad equipos dedicados pueden realizar resecciones multiorgánicas extensas y complejas en el afán de log...

Differential Diagnosis of Solitary Pulmonary Inflammatory Lesions and Peripheral Lung Cancers with Contrast-enhanced Computed Tomography

Clinics; 71 (10), 2016
OBJECTIVES: To clarify differences between solitary pulmonary inflammatory lesions and peripheral lung cancers with contrast-enhanced computed tomography. METHODS: In total, 64 and 132 patients with solitary pulmonary inflammatory masses/nodules and peripheral lung cancers, respectively, were enrolled i...