Introducción: Los tumores cerebrales no son frecuentes, pero tienen efectos devastadores. Objetivo: Caracterizar según criterios clínicos y anatomopatológicos a los pacientes con tumor cerebral supratentorial. Métodos: Se realizó un estudio observacional y descriptivo de casos clínicos en el p...
Objective Tumors of the central nervous system (CNS) are considered rare, with an
incidence of 3.4 cases per 100,000 individuals worldwide. Although uncommon, CNS
tumors have been gaining epidemiological importance due to their increased incidence
and mortality. In Brazil, there is a lack of population r...
Objectives To analyze the epidemiological aspects of primary and metastatic tumors of the central nervous system (CNS) among patients operated on by a single surgeon dedicated to neuro-oncology at Hospital Regional do Oeste, in Chapecó (Santa Catarina, Brazil), between 2013 and 2016.
Methods Cross-secti...
Brain metastases represent a critical stage of oncological disease and its frequency is
increasing over the recent years. The treatment of brain metastases has moved from a
conservative approach to an active management that should be individualized for each patient:
in case of single brain metastasis, su...
OBJECTIVES: There have been several modifications to the classification of childhood cancers since the first report (1968-1981) specific to the Jamaican paediatric population was published in 1988. This paper reports on paediatric cancer incidence in Kingston and St Andrew, Jamaica, for the 20-year perio...
Objetivo: O presente estudo tem como principal objetivo realizar uma análise epidemiológica inicial acerca dos tumores intracranianos primários no estado do Pará, com foco em gliomas, baseada nos registros hospitalares de um hospital estadual de referência em câncer (Hospital Ophir Loyola ? HOL), d...
Se realizó un estudio retrospectivo de 67 pacientes con neoplasias astrogliales malignas operados en el Instituto de Neurología y Neurocirugía (INN) entre los años 1983 y 1992. Se analizaron los factores epidemiológicos, clínicos, imagenológicos y del tratamiento que influyeron en la evolución de...
Os tumores do cérebro vêm ganhando importância devido ao aparente aumento da sua incidência e por sua alta letalidade. Nao está, ainda, esclarecido se a elevaçao das taxas de tumores cerebrais é reflexo da modificaçao do risco de desenvolver a doença, ou se é conseqüência da melhoria dos mét...
