ABSTRACT Despite the absence of data regarding direct costs for healthcare, oncological patients from the Brazilian Unified Public Healthcare System often face significant financial burden due to out-of-pocket costs associated with their treatment. These costs include expenses for transportation, meals, non-covered medications, and the time spent on medical visits, tests,...
ABSTRACT Emerging data postulates that cancer is an important risk factor for disease severity and higher in-hospital mortality amongst patients with COVID-19. From a pathophysiological perspective, COVID-19 induces an overproduction of inflammatory cytokines, causing systemic inflammation, hypercoagulability, and multiple organ dysfunction syndrome. The exact pathophysiological mechanisms associated with severe COVID-19...
ABSTRACT Objective: To document the role of physiotherapy in the context of palliative care in cancer through an integrative literature review, as the prevalence and survival of cancer are increasing and physiotherapy can significantly contribute to the treatment of these patients. Methods: A search was made in the literature for scientific articles...
ABSTRACT A 67-year-old male patient with a massive left axillary metastasis from an occult primary tumor (OPT) treated by stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR) is presented. The patient had no clinical response to the initial chemotherapy treatment. Then, a SABR with a single fraction of 16Gy was performed. After SABR, a...
