ABSTRACT Background and Objective: Cancer is expected to be the leading cause of death in Brazil by 2030. This scenario demands that health professionals, especially physicians, should be able to implement primary prevention, early detection and cancer patient support. Despite this unquestionable need, there is a clear gap in Oncology training...
ABSTRACT The present proposal aims to support and help clinicians how to manage gynecologic cancer patients during the COVID-19 pandemic. It is based on the opinions of surgical oncologists of the Brazilian Society of Surgical Oncology (BSSO) and not necessarily evidence-based instructions.
ABSTRACT Objective: Systemic treatment of advanced pancreatic adenocarcinoma has resulted in increased survival of patients, but real-life data are scarce, particularly in developing countries. This study aims to analyze the survival of patients with locally advanced, unresectable, or metastatic pancreatic cancer and factors related to better survival. Methods: an analytical study with...
ABSTRACT This proposal aims to serve as a tool and assist surgeons in the treatment of thoracic neoplasms during COVID-19 pandemic. It is based on the literature review published so far, in the opinion of individuals specialized in the field of thoracic oncology and not necessarily on evidence-based instructions. We...
ABSTRACT Nutritional guidance to help oncologic and general surgeons to improve perioperative outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic is provided. Each institution should adapt its current routine and approach based on this article. The information provided can also be helpful in the non-pandemic period.
ABSTRACT The number of people infected with the coronavirus (COVID-19) is increasing rapidly in Brazil. It has been proven that COVID-19 can be transmitted from human to human and can lead to hospital-acquired infections, which seriously threaten surgical teams and inpatients. We emphasize that the following suggestions are based on...
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: 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 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.
