Bronchogenic carcinoma
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Aims and objectives: The aim of this paper was to study the impact of neoadjuvant chemoradiation on downstaging of locally advanced rectal carcinoma, sphincter saving procedures and toxicity profile of chemoradiation. Method: 31 patients... more
Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) produces physical and neurocognitive disability that significantly affects health-related quality of life (HRQL). Multidisciplinary treatment combining graded exercise therapy (GET) cognitive behavioural... more
Endobronchial stents are used to treat symptomatic patients with benign or malignant airway obstructions. To evaluate the safety and outcome of airway stent insertion for the treatment of malignant tracheobronchial narrowing. The files of... more
OBJETIVO: Analisar o impacto das co-morbidades no desempenho pós-operatório de lobectomia por carcinoma brônquico. MÉTODOS: Estudaram-se retrospectivamente 493 pacientes submetidos a lobectomia por carcinoma brônquico e 305 preencheram os... more
Thirty-eight patients with four major types of bronchial carcinoma were studied to evaluate technetium-99m sestamibi imaging in the assessment of tumour necrosis and the detection of hilar and mediastinal lymph node metastasis.... more
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the yield and cost effectiveness of transbronchial needle aspiration (TBNA) in the assessment of mediastinal and/or hilar lymphadenopathy. DESIGN: Retrospective study. SETTING: A university hospital. POPULATION... more
Zusammenfassung Die klinische Abklärung eines CUP-Syndroms mit bildgebenden Verfahren und diversen Endoskopien verursacht in der Regel einen erheblichen diagnostischen Aufwand. Sofern die Kosten 800 EUR übersteigen, entstehen finanzielle... more
Anorexia and cachexia are the most common symptoms in cancer patients. They increase morbidity and mortality among cancer patients as well as complications of surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy. The most common drugs for treatment of... more
A 53-year-old female patient presented with cough and hoarseness for 3 years. Based on a biopsy of a bronchial tumor, a small cell neuroendocrine tumor of the lung was diagnosed and chemotherapy with etoposide and cisplatin was initiated.... more