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Diagnosis of cancer of the cervix by targeting VPAC receptors on exfoliated cervical cells

ABSTRACT Introduction: Cervical cancer is a major cause of cancer morbidity and mortality in women. Screening for cervical cancer reduces mortality through early detection and treatment. The success of the screening for cervical cancer has been largely attributed to the use of Pap smear (Papanicolaou). The objective of this study...
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Cancer patients diagnosed with COVID-19 infection: a multicenter retrospective cohort of nine Brazilian cancer centers

ABSTRACT Objectives: The COVID-19 infection was declared pandemic in March 2020. Since then, multiple studies have attempted to correlate clinical factors with the risk of complications from COVID-19. However, cancer patients are underrepresented in clinical trials and the results vary between different cohorts. Our goal is to describe a cohort of...
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COVID-19 incidence and outcomes among patients with respiratory symptoms in a cancer center emergency department

ABSTRACT Objective: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-COV-2) is a novel coronavirus identified in December 2019 in Wuhan, China. There is limited data on coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) in patients with solid and hematologic malignancies, and the incidence of SARS-COV-2 in cancer patients with respiratory symptoms is not characterized. We report on...