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Factors Associated with Karnofsky Performance Status and its Trajectory in the Last Month of Life in Patients with Terminal Cancer

Introduction: Karnofsky Performance Status (KPS) can characterize the impact of the disease on cancer patients. Objective: To evaluate the factors associated with KPS and its trajectory in the last month of life in patients with terminal cancer. Method: Retrospective cohort study, with terminal cancer pa...

Phototherapy Induces an Improvement in Clinical and Biochemical Scores in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis

West Indian med. j; 69 (1), 2021
ABSTRACT Objective: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a common autoimmune disease for which there is no known cure. Ultraviolet light can induce immunosuppressive effects. Our main objective was to ascertain whether a complementary treatment with phototherapy would improve changes in functional scales in pat...

Representações sociais de pessoas com câncer em cuidados paliativos sobre a morfina

INTRODUÇÃO: A dor se apresenta como sintoma frequente nas pessoas com câncer, e os opioides são os fármacos de escolha para o seu alívio. Dentre eles tem-se a morfina, que é um dos mais utilizados. OBJETIVOS: Descrever as representações sociais de pessoas com câncer em cuidados paliativos sobre...

Role that anorexia and weight loss play in patients with stage IV lung cancer

J. bras. pneumol; 46 (4), 2020
ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the prevalence of anorexia and weight loss at diagnosis (pre-treatment), to identify the factors associated with pre-treatment weight loss, and to determine the prognostic role of anorexia and weight loss in the overall survival of patients with stage IV lung cancer. Met...

Radiocirugía cerebral estereotáctica en el tratamiento de tumores de base de cráneo
Stereotactic brain radiosurgery in the treatment of skull base tumors

Medicina (B.Aires); 79 (6), 2019
La radiocirugía estereotáctica ha demostrado efectividad en el tratamiento multimodal de los tumores de base de cráneo, de todas maneras se sugiere que en áreas radiobioló;gicamente sensibles (ej. nervios ó;pticos y tronco cerebral) la dosis radiante debería reducirse por los efectos radiotó;xico...

Complicaciones de las derivaciones urinarias heterópicas no continentes: Ureterostomías cutáneas vs conducto ileal

Introducción Y Objetivos Las derivaciones del tracto urinario abarcan una amplia gama de técnicas quirúrgicas, siendo la causa más frecuente para su uso la patología urotelial maligna. De las derivaciones urinarias no continentes heterótopicas las más utilizadas son el conducto ileal y las urete...

Efectividad del bloqueo neurolítico simpático abdominal en una serie de casos descriptiva en pacientes con dolor oncológico

MedUNAB; 22 (3), 2019
Introducción. El dolor es el principal síntoma que se presenta en el 40% de los pacientes oncológicos en tratamiento y en entre el 80% y el 85% de pacientes con la enfermedad avanzada. Dentro de las herramientas farmacológicas, los opioides son una opción con los consecuentes efectos secundarios, mo...

Survival Analysis in Elderly Patients with Glioblastomas: The Influence of Clinical Status, Tumor and Surgical Features

Arq. bras. neurocir; 37 (4), 2018
Introduction Glioblastomas are malignant neoplasms, notorious for their poor prognosis. We have conducted a survival analysis in a sample of elderly patients with glioblastomas. Methods The sample of the present study consisted of elderly patients consecutively admitted from January 2014 to January 2016 ...

Importancia del diagnóstico histopatológico en el tratamiento de las lesiones del tronco cerebral en adultos
Relevance of histopathological diagnosis in the treatment of brainstem lesions in adults

Medicina (B.Aires); 78 (5), 2018
Los tumores del tronco cerebral son infrecuentes en la población adulta. Las controversias surgen cuando se considera la necesidad de confirmar el diagnóstico histopatológico en esta área elocuente del cerebro, balanceando los beneficios de obtener un diagnóstico certero y las desventajas de los pro...

Analysis of survival in patients with brain metastases treated surgically: Impact of age, gender, oncologic status, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, number and localization of lesions, and primary cancer site

SUMMARY OBJECTIVE To evaluate the survival of patients with brain metastases treated surgically according to the potentially involved factors. METHODS 71 patients treated surgically were analyzed with the diagnosis of brain metastases during the period from January 2011 to November 2014, totaling 47 ...