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Beyond the Recommendations of the Clinical Guidelines for Medullary Thyroid Cancer - A Case Report

Rev. méd. Chile; 151 (7), 2023
Medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) is a rare disease from parafollicular C cells. Calcitonin has been suggested as a screening; its levels are proportional to the tumor size and predictive of metastatic disease. We present a case where an early action was taken with lower cut-off points. Male patient, 49 yea...

Watch and wait, worth It?

Background: The surgery with total mesorectal excision recommended by R. J. Heald in 1982 is the gold standard. Rectal cancer (RC) surgery has a morbidity rate ranging from 6 to 35%, and it can cause functional issues such as sexual, urinary, and bowel dysfunction in the long term. Neoadjuvant chemoradio...

Postoperative transient elevation of serum cancer antigen 125 in non-small cell lung cancer patients

SUMMARY OBJECTIVE: The aim of this retrospective study was to investigate the correlation of transiently elevated postoperative serum cancer antigen 125 levels and prognosis in patients with non-small cell lung cancer. METHODS: A total of 181 non-small cell lung cancer patients with normal levels of pr...

Rendimiento del antígeno carcinoembrionario como prueba diagnóstica del cancer colorrectal

Rev. méd. Urug; 37 (2), 2021
Resumen: Introducción: el antígeno carcinoembrionario (CEA) es un marcador tumoral de seguimiento y no una prueba de tamizaje y diagnóstico en cáncer colorrectal (CCR). Sin embargo, en la práctica clínica habitual se continúa solicitando con fines de diagnóstico inicial. Objetivo: evaluar el ...

Preoperative differentiation of benign and malignant non-epithelial ovarian tumors: clinical features and tumor markers

Abstract Objective To evaluate the role of clinical features and preoperativemeasurement of cancer antigen 125 (CA125), human epididymis protein(HE4), and carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) serum levels in women with benign and malignant non-epithelial ovarian tumors. Methods One hundred and nineteen con...

Comparison of serum NEDD-9, CA 15-3, and CEA levels and PET metabolic parameters in breast cancer patients with 18 F-FDG PET / CT

SUMMARY OBJECTIVE Analyze the over expression of neural precursor cell expressed developmentally down-regulated protein 9 (NEDD-9) deregulated associated with a poor prognosis in various carcinomas. Our objective was to investigate the relationship between the levels of NEDD-9, CA 15-3, and CEA and PET...

Biomarcadores mamarios en procesos metastásicos en mujeres ecuatorianas
Breast biomarkers in metastatic processes in Ecuadorian women

Resumen Introducción: Los biomarcadores tumorales CA 15-3 y CEA son predictores de metástasis en el cáncer de mama; no obstante, existe división de criterios de las ventajas de determinarlos de forma individual o conjunta. Objetivo: Evaluar la asociación de los biomarcadores tumorales CA 15-3 y CEA,...

Visceral obesity is not correlated with lymph node metastases nor Colorectal cancer survival

ABSTRACT Introduction: The presence of lymph node metastasis in colorectal cancer is determinant for prognosis and for treatment planning. The relationship between visceral fat and the prognosis is not fully documented in the literature, so this study intended to evaluate whether there is a relationship...

Rendimiento diagnóstico de marcadores tumorales séricos convencionales en pacientes con sospecha clínica de cáncer primario metastásico a hígado

Rev. méd. Chile; 146 (12), 2018
Background: Conventional serum tumor markers (CSTM) are widely used for monitoring patients with cancer. However, their usefulness as a diagnostic tool is controversial in primary or metastatic liver cancer (PMLC). Aim: To evaluate the diagnostic performance of the most commonly requested CSTM in the di...

The diagnostic value of FNDC5/irisin in renal cell cancer

Int. braz. j. urol; 44 (4), 2018
ABSTRACT Purposes: The aim of this study was to determine the diagnostic significance of fibronectin type III domain containing protein 5 (FNDC5)/Irisin levels in the sera of patients with renal cell cancer. Materials and Methods: In the study, 48 individuals were evaluated. The patient group included ...