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Patterns of immune-related adverse events in patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors: a Brazilian real-world analysis

ABSTRACT Objectives: To report real-world data of a cohort of patients treated with immune-checkpoint inhibitors in Brazil, with focus in immune-related adverse events. Material and Methods: In this retrospective study, we analyzed a cohort of patients with metastatic solid tumors treated at an oncology reference center with at least one dose of...
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Morbimortality related to the treatment of the soft tissue sarcomas

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...
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Evolving radiation oncology techniques in the 21st century: the FLASH technique

ABSTRACT Radiation therapy (RT) uses high doses of high energy X-rays to kill cancer cells. Fractionation and volume optimization were the main methods used to increase the dose given to the tumor and reduce the dose and side effects to the normal tissues (NT). Conventional RT works with dose rates...