ABSTRACT Stewart-Treves syndrome is a very rare lymphangiosarcoma with a poor prognosis. It usually develops in female patients after mastectomy with axillary lymph node dissection and is associated with chronic lymphedema. Stewart-Treves angiosarcoma is described in less than 1% of all soft tissue sarcomas, of which 0.5% occur in radically...
ABSTRACT ATLL is a malignant and aggressive leukemia whose survival time is limited. It is known that 5% of individuals infected with HTLV-1, after many years of latency, may develop this disease. The mechanisms by which the evolution of clinical conditions occurs are unknown, and in Brazil there are few...
ABSTRACT Introduction: Well-differentiated neuroendocrine pulmonary tumours (NETp) are morphologically classified as typical carcinoid (TC) and atypical carcinoid (AC). There are limited data on systemic treatment for metastatic disease. Objective: Our study evaluated the median progression-free survival of patients with metastatic tumours, comparing TC and AC status for different treatments. Methods: Retrospective series...
ABSTRACT Objective:This study analyzed the association between xenobiotic metabolism and DNA repair gene polymorphisms and overall survival (OS) and disease-free survival (DFS) in patients diagnosed with HNSCC in a Brazilian population. Methods: Retrospective study included 91 patients with a confirmed diagnosis of HNSCC. A total of 7 genes were analyzed: XRCC1,...
