Immunohistochemical assessment of HER2 expression in gastric cancer in a cohort of 118 Brazilian patients Avaliação da expressão imuno-histoquímica do HER2 em câncer gástrico em uma coorte de 118 pacientes brasileiros

Early Postoperative Complications in Roux-en-y Gastric Bypass

Background: Roux-en-Y gastric bypass is one of the most common bariatric surgery and leads to considerable weight loss in the first months. Aim: To quantify the main early postoperative complications in patients submitted to the gastric bypass. Method: Observational retrospective cohort. Data of 1051 patients with class II obesity associated with comorbidities or class III obesity submit...

Evaluation of Telomerase (hTert), Ki67 and p16ink4a expressions in low and high-grade cervical intraepithelial lesions.

Objective : to study the association between the histological grading of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN I, CIN II and CIN III) and the immunohistochemical expression for p16ink4a, hTert and Ki67, as well as to evaluate the relationship of these markers with the risk of recurrence after surgical treatment. Methods : we studied a historical cohort of 94 women with intraepithelial l...

Assessment of antibiotic prophylaxis in surgical patients at the Gaffrée e Guinle University Hospital.

OBJECTIVE : to evaluate the antibiotic prophylaxis in surgical patients at the Gaffrée e Guinle University Hospital - HUGG. METHODS : we conducted a rospective study of a cohort of 256 patients undergoing elective operations between January and September 2014. We collected data on demographics, use or not of prophylactic antibiotic and the antibiotic prophylaxis following characteristics: typ...

A Review of Pesticide Exposure and Cancer Incidence in the Agricultural Health Study Cohort Revisão sobre a exposição aos pesticidas e a incidência de câncer em estudo de coorte da saúde dos agricultores

Influência da terapêutica hormonal prévia sobre os indicadores de prognóstico do câncer de mama em mulheres na pós-menopausa Influence of previous hormonal therapy on breast cancer prognostic markers in postmenopausal women

Objetivo: avaliar a influência da terapêutica hormonal (TH) prévia sobre alguns indicadores de prognóstico do câncer de mama, em pacientes na pós-menopausa. Métodos: estudo transversal por meio da aplicação de questionários e levantamento de prontuários. Foram entrevistadas 157 pacientes com diagnóstico de câncer de mama na pós-menopausa, registrando-se dados clínicos, antecedentes pessoais e f...