Results: 467

Chemotherapy for advanced non-small cell lung cancer in the elderly population

Säo Paulo med. j; 134 (5), 2016
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Approximately 50% of patients with newly diagnosed non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) are over 70 years of age at diagnosis. Despite this fact, these patients are underrepresented in randomized controlled trials (RCTs). As a consequence, the most appropriate regimens for these pati...

Lichen planopilaris-like eruption during treatment with tyrosine kinase inhibitor nilotinib

An. bras. dermatol; 91 (5,supl.1), 2016
Abstract Tyrosine kinase inhibitors are effective as a target therapy for malignant neoplasms. Imatinib was the first tyrosine kinase inhibitor used. After its introduction, several other drugs have appeared with a similar mechanism of action, but less prone to causing resistance. Even though these drugs...

Ascorbic acid in the prevention and treatment of cancer

Summary This review is aimed at the systematic mapping of ascorbic acid in the prevention and/or treatment of cancer in clinical and non-clinical studies from 2011 to 2015, in order to understand dose-response variations as well as its mechanisms of action as an antioxidant and antitumor agent. Seventy-e...

Longitudinal assessment of nutritional risk in patients under chemo or radiotherapy

Summary Objective: To compare nutritional risk in adult patients undergoing chemotherapy and radiotherapy in the beginning, middle, and end of oncologic treatment. Method: This prospective, comparative study included 83 adult patients, 44 undergoing chemotherapy (CT group) and 39 undergoing radiotherap...

Implementing a clinical pharmacy service in hematology

Einstein (Säo Paulo); 14 (3), 2016
ABSTRACT Objective: To implement a clinical pharmacy service focused on the comprehensive review of antineoplastic drugs used in therapy of hematological diseases. Methods: An interventional study was conducted in a Brazilian tertiary teaching hospital in two different periods, with and without a clini...

Evaluación de la actividad antiproliferativa de extractos metanólicos de plantas de la familia leguminosae
Evaluation of the antiproliferative activity of methanolic extracts of plants from the Leguminosae family

Rev. cuba. plantas med; 21 (3), 2016
Introducción: la familia Leguminosae es rica en isoflavonoides y puede tener efecto anticáncer. Las especies panameñas de esta familia no han sido estudiadas para explorar su potencial en los cánceres de mamas y próstata, dos principales causas de mortalidad en la población adulta panameña. Objeti...

Brazilian consensus for multimodal treatment of colorectal liver metastases. module 3: controversies and unresectable metastases

ABCD (São Paulo, Impr.); 29 (3), 2016
ABSTRACT In the last module of this consensus, controversial topics were discussed. Management of the disease after progression during first line chemotherapy was the first discussion. Next, the benefits of liver resection in the presence of extra-hepatic disease were debated, as soon as, the best sequen...

Eficacia y seguridad de sorafenib en el tratamiento de pacientes con diagnóstico de carcinoma de tiroides diferenciado, metastásico, irresecable, refractario a tratamiento con yodo radioactivo

INTRODUCCIÓN: Antecedentes: El Instituto de Evaluación de Tecnologías en Salud e Investigación (IETSI) ha recibido la solicitud de evaluar el uso e la seguridad y eficacia de sorafenib en el tratamiento de pacientes con diagnóstico de carcinoma de tiroides, metastásico, irresecable, refractario a t...

Sunitinib treatment in patients with advanced renal cell cancer: the Brazilian National Cancer Institute (INCA) experience

Int. braz. j. urol; 42 (4), 2016
ABSTRACT Purpose: The aim of this study was to assess the impact of sunitinib treatment in a non-screened group of patients with metastatic renal cell cancer (mRCC) treated by the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS) at a single reference institution. Material and Methods: Retrospective cohort study, ...

Indução da dor pelo quimioterápico docetaxel em mulheres com câncer de mama

Acta paul. enferm; 29 (4), 2016
Resumo Objetivo Descrever a frequência, características, localização, intensidade da dor em pacientes com câncer de mama em uso do quimioterápico Docetaxel. Métodos Estudo longitudinal realizado com 17 mulheres com câncer de mama em tratamento com Docetaxel. As pacientes foram avaliadas duran...