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Cardiovascular adverse events associated with oral antineoplastic therapy

Rev. bras. enferm; 71 (5), 2018
ABSTRACT Objective: To identify in the literature the cardiovascular adverse events resulting from oral antineoplastic therapy. Method: Integrative review of the literature through the SCOPUS, Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO), Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAH...

Dental management of a child undergoing treatment for Wilms’ tumor: a case report

J. oral res. (Impresa); 7 (7), 2018
Introduction: Wilms’ tumor is a malignant renal neoplasm that frequently occurs in children during the first decade of life. clinically, it is a rapidly growing abdominal mass that causes low back pain and hematuria. computerized axial tomography or nuclear magnetic resonance are fundamental for its di...

Experiencia con OK-432 en malformaciones vasculares linfáticas en un hospital del norte de México

Resumen Introducción: Las malformaciones vasculares linfáticas (MVL), anteriormente llamadas linfangiomas, son malformaciones congénitas que se presentan en uno de cada 6,000 a 16,000 nacimientos. El sistema de clasificación más útil para el manejo del linfangioma se basa en el tamaño de los qui...

Global Longitudinal Strain Accuracy for Cardiotoxicity Prediction in a Cohort of Breast Cancer Patients During Anthracycline and/or Trastuzumab Treatment

Arq. bras. cardiol; 110 (2), 2018
Abstract Background: The high cardiotoxicity morbidity and mortality rates associated with the antineoplastic therapy for breast cancer could be reduced with the early use of cardioprotective drugs. However, the low sensitivity of left ventricular ejection fraction limits its use in that preventive stra...

Cardiotoxicidad inducida por tratamientos oncológicos: fundamentos para la implementación de equipos de Cardio-Oncología

Rev. méd. Chile; 146 (1), 2018
Recently, we have witnessed major improvements in cancer treatment. Early diagnosis and development of new therapies have reduced cancer-related mortality. However, these new therapies, along with greater patient survival, are associated with an increase in untoward effects, particularly in the cardiovas...

Relationship between food perceptions and health-related quality of life in a prospective study with breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy

Clinics; 73 (), 2018
OBJECTIVE: To correlate the perceptions related to dietary intake with the domains and subscales of health-related quality of life (HRQL) in women with breast neoplasms receiving chemotherapy. METHODS: In this prospective study, 55 women with breast cancer were followed up during chemotherapy at three d...

Chemotherapy protocols and incidence of oral mucositis. An integrative review

Einstein (Säo Paulo); 16 (1), 2018
ABSTRACT This review aimed to analyze the scientific production on severity of oral mucositis as an adverse effect of chemotherapy. To this end, we performed a search at PubMed databases combining the keywords "oral mucositis" and "chemotherapy protocol". To describe the investigation, the following vari...

Caracterização do efeito anti-neoplásico do butirato em duas linhagens celulares de rato derivadas de tumores hepáticos com diferente ní­vel de diferenciação

O carcinoma hepatocelular (HCC) é uma neoplasia primária com mau prognóstico e alta taxa de recorrência. Estudos recentes demostram que o HCC pode ser classificado em três subtipos segundo o perfil molecular. Destes subtipos, o HCC pouco diferenciado apresenta pior prognostico. Neste sentido, torna-...

Standardization of the infusion sequence of antineoplastic drugs used in the treatment of breast and colorectal cancers

Einstein (Säo Paulo); 16 (2), 2018
ABSTRACT The definition of antineoplastic administration sequences can help planning of therapeutic regimens in a more rational way, and thus optimize chemotherapy effects on patients, increasing efficacy and reducing toxic effects. In this way, this study aimed to evaluate the infusion order of antineop...