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Minimally invasive treatment of vesicourethral leak after laparoscopic radical prostatectomy

Rev. Col. Bras. Cir; 43 (3), 2016
ABSTRACT Objective: to describe our experience with a minimally invasive approach for persistent vesicourethral anastomotic leak (PVAL) after Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy (LRP). Methods: from 2004 to 2011, two surgeons performed LRP in 620 patients. Ten patients had PVAL, with initially indicate...

Diretrizes Diagnósticas e Terapêuticas do adenocarcinoma de próstata

A Diretriz Diagnóstica e Terapêutica do Adenocarcinoma de Próstata foi desenvolvida com o objetivo de contribuir para a qualificação do cuidado dos pacientes por esta condição. Na elaboração desta Diretriz adotam-se os mesmos critérios e passos que garantam eficácia, segurança, efetividade e ...

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 ...

Acetato de ulipristal en el diagnóstico diferencial de carcinoma de endometrio
Ulipristal acetate in the differential diagnosis of endometrial carcinoma

Los miomas uterinos son las tumoraciones genitales más frecuentes cuyo tratamiento más habitual es el quirúrgico. Actualmente existe un tratamiento médico eficaz para reducir su volumen y la clínica asociada que es el acetato de ulipristal (AU), que es un modulador selectivo de los receptores de la ...

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...

Impact of neoadjuvant therapy in downstaging of lower rectal adenocarcinoma and the role of pelvic magnetic resonance in staging

Rev. Col. Bras. Cir; 43 (2), 2016
ABSTRACT Objective: to evaluate the effect of neoadjuvant therapy on the stage (TNM) of patients with rectal adenocarcinoma and validate the use of MRI as a method of determining locoregional stage. Methods: we conducted a retrospective study of 157 patients with lower rectum adenocarcinoma, whom we d...

Effect of letrozole in carcinogen-plus-estrogen-induced endometrial hyperplasia in mice

Acta cir. bras; 31 (4), 2016
PURPOSE: To evaluate the effects of letrozole (Ltz) in carcinogen+estrogen-induced endometrial hyperplasia. METHODS: BALB/c female mice were divided into four groups of 12 animals each receiving an intrauterine dose of N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea (ENU) and weekly subcutaneous injections of estradiol hexaid...

Synchronous gynecologic cancer and the use of imaging for diagnosis

Summary Endometrial and cervical cancers are the most prevalent gynecologic neoplasms. While endometrial cancer occurs in older women, cervical cancer is more prevalente in young subjects. The most common clinical manifestation in these two gynecological cancers is vaginal bleeding. In the first case, di...

Metástase hipofisária de adenocarcinoma mamário: relato de caso

Arq. bras. neurocir; 35 (1), 2016
Somente 1% de todas as cirurgias hipofisárias são realizadas para tratar tumores metastáticos desta região. Os focos primários mais comuns são respectivamente mama e pulmão. Neste artigo, descrevemos uma paciente com antecedente de adenocarcinoma mamário, que se apresenta com paralisia oculomotor...