Results: 27

Carcinoma escamoso de nasofaringe localmente avanzado: actualización en el manejo y rol de la quimioterapia de inducción

Rev. méd. Chile; 151 (9), 2023
El carcinoma escamoso de nasofaringe es responsable del 0,7% del total de tumores malignos a nivel mundial, siendo la mayor incidencia vista en la población del sur de china y sudeste asiático. El tratamiento estándar para la enfermedad localmente avanzada consiste en la combinación de radioterapia y...

Treatment of Metastasis in the Appendicular Skeleton

Abstract Bone metastases may evolve with events (pain, fractures and compression) that the orthopedic surgeon will encounter regardless of his subspecialty. Accumulated surgical knowledge is predictive for the prevention of impending fractures, as well as of pathological fractures. We will present a guid...

Tumor-node-metastasis staging and treatment patterns of 73, 167 patients with lung cancer in Brazil

J. bras. pneumol; 46 (1), 2020
ABSTRACT Objective: To characterize the clinical and histological profile, as well as treatment patterns, of patients with early-stage, locally advanced (LA), or advanced/metastatic (AM) lung cancer, diagnosed between 2000 and 2014, in Brazil. Methods: This was an analytical cross-sectional epidemiolog...

Carcinoma adrenal em crianças: estudo longitudinal em minas gerais, brasil

RESUMO Objetivo: Analisar as características clínicas, laboratoriais e histopatológicas e o percurso até o estabelecimento do diagnóstico e do tratamento de pacientes com carcinoma de suprarrenal (CSR). Métodos: Estudo retrospectivo com 13 pacientes tratados no serviço de oncologia pediátrica...

Conversion therapy for gastric cancer: expanding the treatment possibilities

ABCD (São Paulo, Impr.); 32 (2), 2019
ABSTRACT Background: Conversion therapy in gastric cancer (GC) is defined as the use of chemotherapy/radiotherapy followed by surgical resection with curative intent of a tumor that was prior considered unresectable or oncologically incurable. Aim: To evaluate the results of conversion therapy in the...

Impact of historic histopathologic sample review on the risk of recurrence in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer

ABSTRACT Objective To compare the historic risk of recurrence (RR) and response to therapy to risk stratification estimated with historical pathology reports (HPRs) and contemporary re-review of the pathological slides in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC). Subjects and methods Out of 21...

Cáncer de metaplásico de mama: revisión de dos casos clínicos
Metaplastic breast cancer: review of two clinical cases

RESUMEN El carcinoma metaplásico de mama es un tipo de cáncer infiltrante que asemeja un carcinoma de alto grado histológico, pero cuya incidencia es muy baja (< 1%). Desde el punto de vista anatomopatológico presenta un componente mixto epitelial y mesenquimal; siendo lo más característico su c...

Immunotherapy-induced pneumonitis: cases report

Einstein (Säo Paulo); 16 (2), 2018
ABSTRACT Immunotherapy-induced pneumonitis is a rare complication with incidence estimated around 3%. This disease is difficult to diagnose and has great morbidity. For this reason, it became a challenge for oncologists and emergencists. We reviewed the case of five patients who used anti-PD1 (program ce...

Resultados del tratamiento del cáncer de mama, Programa Nacional de Cáncer del Adulto

Rev. méd. Chile; 145 (12), 2017
Background Breast cancer is the most common malignant tumor in women in the world. In 2005, it was incorporated to the Explicit Guaranties Health System (GES) in Chile. Aim To describe the demographic and clinical characteristics of breast cancer patients and to determine the effect of incorporating the...

Recombinant human TSH versus thyroid hormone withdrawal in adjuvant therapy with radioactive iodine of patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma and clinically apparent lymph node metastases not limited to the central compartment (cN1b)

ABSTRACT Objective To compare the short- and long-term outcomes of adjuvant therapy with radioactive iodine (RAI) preceded by the administration of recombinant human TSH (rhTSH) versus thyroid hormone withdrawal (THW) in patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma and clinically apparent lymph node metas...