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Frequência de câncer gástrico no serviço de endoscopia de um hospital-escola de Goiânia

Introdução: as neoplasias gástricas estão entre as principais causas de mortalidade por câncer no Brasil e no mundo. São a quarta causa mais comum de câncer e a segunda causa de morte por doença maligna no mundo. Elas se desenvolvem por meio de um longo período de lesões pré-cancerígenas, o q...

Ménétrier’s disease associated with gastric adenocarcinoma in a child – imaging aspect

Infecciones y alteraciones epigenéticas en cáncer

Rev. chil. pediatr; 87 (4), 2016
La participación de mecanismos epigenéticos, junto con infecciones en etapas tempranas de la vida, moldean lesiones premalignas del cáncer, en particular el cáncer gástrico, uno de los tumores más frecuentes en Chile, Latinoamérica y el mundo. El principal objetivo de este artículo, como parte de...

Her2 expression as a prognostic factor in metastatic gastric cancer

Arq. gastroenterol; 53 (2), 2016
ABSTRACT Background - Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (EGFR2/HER2/ErbB2) is a transmembrane receptor that stimulates cell proliferation when activated. The correlation of HER2 expression with prognosis has been studied in many cancer types. However, its relationship with survival of patients ...

Epstein-Barr virus-positive gastric cancer: a distinct molecular subtype of the disease?

Abstract: Approximately 90% of the world population is infected by Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). Usually, it infects B lymphocytes, predisposing them to malignant transformation. Infection of epithelial cells occurs rarely, and it is estimated that about to 10% of gastric cancer patients harbor EBV in their ...

Caracterización de 130 pacientes sometidos a gastrectomía por cáncer gástrico en el Instituto de Cancerología-Clínica Las Américas de Medellín

Rev. colomb. cancerol; 20 (2), 2016
Objetivo: Describir las características sociodemográficas, clínicas e histopatológicas de pacientes con cáncer gástrico y su supervivencia a 1, 3 y 5 años luego de ser sometidos a gastrectomía en el Instituto de Cancerología (IDC)---Las Américas de Medellín entre el 2006 y 2011. Métodos: Se h...

Tumor volume of resectable gastric adenocarcinoma on multidetector computed tomography: association with N categories

Clinics; 71 (4), 2016
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether the gross tumor volume of resectable gastric adenocarcinoma on multidetector computed tomography could predict the presence of regional lymph node metastasis and could determine N categories. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 202 consecutive patients with gastric adenocar...

Preliminary analysis of hybrid laparoscopic procedure for resection of gastric submucosal tumors

Rev. Col. Bras. Cir; 43 (2), 2016
ABSTRACT Objective: to evaluate the feasibility, safety and benefits of minimally invasive surgery for resection of gastric submucosal tumor (GSMT). Methods: we conducted a retrospective study of medical records of patients undergoing endoscopy-assisted laparoscopic resection of gastric submucosal tum...

Gastric stump cancer after gastrectomy by gastroduodenal peptic ulcer

ABCD (São Paulo, Impr.); 29 (1), 2016