LILACS – Literatura Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Ciencias de la Salud

Spinal Cord Stimulation as a Treatment Option for Refractory Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy: Case Report

Lopes, Arthur; Duarte, Kleber; Lins, Catarina; Kubota, Gabriel; Silva, Valquíria; Galhardoni, Ricardo; Mendes Bahia Menezes, Luciana; Raicher, Irina; Teixeira, Manoel J; Andrade, Daniel C.

Arq. bras. neurocir; 39 (3), 2020

Colorectal cancer is one of the most common oncological diseases. Chemotherapy is usually recommended as an adjuvant treatment for stage-II, -III, and -IV tumors. Approximately 10% of the patients develop neuropathic pain after chemotherapy, and they may remain refractory despite the administration of dr...

Polineuropatías/inducido químicamente, Polineuropatías/diagnóstico, Polineuropatías/cirugía, Enfermedades del Sistema Nervioso Periférico/terapia, Estimulación de la Médula Espinal/métodos, Quimioterapia Adyuvante, Neoplasias Colorrectales Hereditarias sin Poliposis/epidemiología, Dolor en Cáncer

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Narrative review comparing the epidemiology, characteristics, and survival in sporadic colorectal carcinoma/Lynch syndrome

Abstract Introduction: Colorectal carcinoma is the third most prevalent neoplasm in the world, and the second cause of death by cancer. The most part of these neoplasms are sporadic by somatic mutations, but around 15% are hereditary, such as Lynch syndrome or hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (...