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Epidemiological profile and prognostic factors in patients with lung cancer

SUMMARY Objective: To describe the epidemiological profile of patients with lung cancer treated at a public tertiary referral hospital specializing in oncology, and to explore variables that may be related to the overall survival (OS) of these patients. Method: Data from the medical records of all pati...

Leishmaniose gástrica mimetizando adenocarcinoma: achados endoscópicos

Em áreas endêmicas de leishmaniose, as formas atípicas da doença podem ser identificadas. Apresentamos caso de leishmaniose sistêmica, cujo diagnóstico foi realizado pela biópsia endoscópica. Paciente masculino, 45 anos de idade, HIV positivo fora de tratamento devido aos efeitos gástricos da me...

Microbiological analysis of bile in patients with benign and malignant biliopancreatic diseases and its consequences

Arq. gastroenterol; 53 (3), 2016
ABSTRACT Background Bactibilia has several consequences to human health. Objetive Assessing the bile microbiology of patients with biliopancreatic diseases in order to identify bacteria and their possible infectious complications. Methods Retrospective study of 30 bile culture samples from patients wi...

Neoadjuvant therapy and surgery for rectal cancer. Comparative study between partial and complete pathological response

Arq. gastroenterol; 53 (3), 2016
ABSTRACT Background The approach of locally advanced extra-peritoneal rectal adenocarcinoma implies a treatment with neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy associated with total mesorectal excision surgery. However, the tumors respond variably to this neoadjuvant therapy, and the mechanisms for response are not ...

Prognostic factors and survival analysis in esophageal carcinoma

ABCD (São Paulo, Impr.); 29 (3), 2016
ABSTRACT Background: Despite recent advances in diagnosis and treatment, esophageal cancer still has high mortality. Prognostic factors associated with patient and with disease itself are multiple and poorly explored. Aim: Assess prognostic variables in esophageal cancer patients. Methods: Retrospe...

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

Single cutaneous metastasis of colon adenocarcinoma - Case report

An. bras. dermatol; 91 (4), 2016
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...

Radical cystectomy with pelvic lymphadenectomy: pathologic, operative and morbidity outcomes in a Brazilian cohort

Int. braz. j. urol; 42 (3), 2016
ABSTRACT Introduction and Objective Radical cystectomy (RC) with pelvic lymph node dissection is the standard treatment for muscle invasive bladder cancer and the oncologic outcomes following it are directly related to disease pathology and surgical technique. Therefore, we sought to analyze these feat...