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Prostate Cancer Screening in Brazil: a single center experience in the public health system

Int. braz. j. urol; 47 (3), 2021
ABSTRACT Purpose: Incidence and mortality of prostate cancer (PCa) are still increasing in developing countries. Limited access to the health system or more aggressive disease are potential reasons for this. Ethnic and social differences in developed countries seem to make inappropriate to extrapolate d...

Herramientas de ayuda para la toma de decisiones compartidas en tamizaje de cáncer de próstata
Decision aids for shared decision making in prostate cancer screening choice

High cancer detection rate using cognitive fusion - targeted transperineal prostate biopsies

Int. braz. j. urol; 43 (4), 2017
ABSTRACT Objective MRI of the prostate improves diagnostic accuracy of prostate cancer. Different fusion approaches with transrectal ultrasound images are employed. Objective To determine detection rate of prostate cancer in men undergoing transperineal MRI-based cognitive fusion biopsy. Materials a...

Metastatic prostate cancer in the modern era of PSA screening

Int. braz. j. urol; 43 (3), 2017
ABSTRACT Introduction To characterize initial presentation and PSA screening status in a contemporary cohort of men treated for metastatic prostate cancer at our institution. Materials and methods We reviewed records of 160 men treated for metastatic prostate cancer between 2008-2014 and assessed ini...

Desenvolvimento e fabricação de filmes ultra-­finos, obtidos pela técnica layer-by-layer, para aplicações na entrega direcionada de fármacos e na captura seletiva de bio-­marcadores

O objetivo geral deste trabalho foi explorar a versatilidade de filmes multicamadas de polieletrólitos (PEM) e suas aplicações em sistemas de entrega de drogas e como filmes funcionais para aplicações biomédicas. Filmes PEM montados pela técnica de camada por camada (layer­-by­-layer, LbL), fora...