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Cirugía ambulatoria y de corta hospitalización en el cáncer de mama
Ambulatory breast cancer surgery with short hospitalization period

Rev. cuba. cir; 46 (2), 2007
La cirugía mayor ambulatoria y de corta estadía constituye un método eficaz y seguro si se hace una selección adecuada de los enfermos y se utilizan técnicas quirúrgicas depuradas con la creación consecuente de la infraestructura para tales fines. Tradicionalmente, el cáncer de mama ha requerido ...

Relevance of micrometastases detected by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction for melanoma recurrence: systematic review and meta-analysis

Säo Paulo med. j; 121 (1), 2003
CONTEXT: Cutaneous melanoma presents significant morbidity and mortality. Nowadays, about 90 percent of them are diagnosed by clinical examination and most are localized melanomas. Sentinel node biopsy has brought about a new and interesting approach towards localized cutaneous melanoma. The meaning of m...

Is intra-operative gamma probe detection really necessary for inguinal sentinel lymph node biopsy?

Säo Paulo med. j; 118 (6), 2000
CONTEXT: Sentinel node (SN) biopsy has changed the surgical treatment of malignant melanoma. The literature has emphasized the importance of gamma probe detection (GPD) of the SN. OBJECTIVE: Our objective was to evaluate the efficacy of patent blue dye (PBD) and GPD for SN biopsy in different lymphatic b...