ABSTRACT The focus of this review is to present the consensus of head and neck surgery experts on tracheostomy during COVID-19 outbreak. Considerations about the ideal time to perform, surgical team, appropriate location, technique, and the necessary surgical equipment of the procedure were described to minimize risks of contamination of...
ABSTRACT Objective: To characterize patients with soft tissue sarcoma in their demographic, clinical, histopathological and treatment aspects, treatment toxicity, and postoperative complications occurring within 30 days of the first surgery. Methods: A retrospective cohort study with clinical data collection and referring to the treatment of patients with soft tissue sarcomas, obtained through...
ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the percentage of I and II axillary levels receiving 45 Gy during adjuvant radiotherapy for breast cancer and correlate it with anatomical and planning variables. Methods: A retrospective study of 51 patients with breast cancer who received adjuvant external radiotherapy in breast or breast bed with tridimensional conformal...
ABSTRACT Objectives: Primitive neuroectodermal tumors (PNETs) are aggressive neuroectodermal neoplasms and are originated from neuroectodermal tissues. They belong to a larger group of tumors known as Ewing tumors and are unusual in adult population. This case reports PNET in the oldest patient quoted in literature and established it as a differential...
ABSTRACT Peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumors (pPNETs) are part of the Ewing sarcoma family. A few more than 30 cases of pPNETs originating on the pancreas have been reported in the consulted literature. We report a locally advanced pancreatic pPNET, with the longest follow-up and survival in the consulted literature, considering...
ABSTRACT Sarcoidosis is often an asymptomatic condition. Most patient are unaware of their diagnostic. It has specific pathological characteristics at microscopic evaluation; however, in imaging tests it can mimic other conditions. Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women. Staging breast cancer patients with sarcoidosis can be challenging as...
ABSTRACT Objectives: Advance directives (AD) are one of the main pillars of patients' autonomy and can impact directly the quality of life, dignity and rights of the dying patient. Despitethis, advance directives face many barriers to be created, implemented and followed. The moment of discontinuation of active anticancer therapy is an...
ABSTRACT Urothelial carcinoma is a frequent worldwide malignancy. Poor survival rates in muscle-invasive and metastatic urothelial carcinoma impose major challenges for management. We conducted a consensus meeting to discuss the optimal treatment for urothelial carcinoma in Brazil, which was developed by a panel of multidisciplinary experts consisting of oncologists, urologists...
ABSTRACT The present proposal aims to support and help clinicians how to manage peritoneal surface malignancies during COVID-19 pandemic. It is based on the opinions of surgical oncologists of Brazilian Society of Surgical Oncology (BSSO) and not necessarily evidencebased instructions.
ABSTRACT Introduction: Pancreatic neoplasia is considered a serious disease, associated with high mortality rates and late diagnosis. This pathology corresponds in the Brazilian scenario, about 2% of the diagnosed cancers. The main risk factors are: advanced age, male sex, black race, smoking, obesity, diabetes, pancreatitis, excessive alcohol use, as well as...
