introduction: accurate diagnosis and proper treatment of oncology patients presented to emergency department (ed) can dramatically enhance their quality of life and decrease their mortality rate. therefore, the present study aimed to evaluate these patients from an epidemiologic point of view as well as identifying death-related factors. methods: in this retrospective cross-sectional study, all...

(1) Stomatology Professor, Valencia School of Medicine, and Head of the Stomatology Service in the Valencia General Hospital (2) Senior Consultant in Hematology, Barcelona Clinical Hospital (3) Urology Registrar, Urology Service, Granada “Virgen de las Nieves” Hospital (4) Head of the Medical Oncology Service in the Pontevedra “Montecelo” Hospital (5) Hematology Registrar, Hematology Service, S...

Juliana Macedo1,∗, Eduarda Carneiro4, Diana Ferreira4, António Verdelho5, Luís Pedro Afonso6, Joaquina Maurício7, Susana Maria Silva2,3, Mavilde Arantes2,3,4 1 Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto, 4200-319 Porto, Portugal 2 Unit of Anatomy, Department of Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto, 4200-319 Porto, Portugal 3 Center for Health Technology and Services R...

Affiliations: Sektion Pneumologie Innenstadt und Thorakale Onkologie, Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik 5, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, and Dept of Medicine, Division of Respiratory Medicine and Thoracic Oncology, University of Munich and Thoracic Oncology Centre Munich, Munich, Germany. The Tisch Cancer Institute and Institute for Translational Epidemiology, Mount Sinai School of Me...

OBJECTIVES To review the responses of advance directives signed by Jehovah's Witness patients prior to undergoing surgery at a gynecologic oncology service. STUDY DESIGN A retrospective chart review of gynecologic oncology patients undergoing surgery at a bloodless surgery center from 1998-2007 was conducted. Demographic, pathologic, and clinical data were recorded. The proportion of patients...

Rectal cancer: ESMO Clinical Recommendations for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up B. Glimelius & J. Oliveira On behalf of the ESMO Guidelines Working Group* Department of Oncology, Radiology and Clinical Immunology, University Hospital, Uppsala and Department of Oncology and Pathology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden; Service of Medical Oncology, Portuguese Institute of Oncology, Lisb...

Radiation Oncology Practice Standards have been developed over the last 10 years and were published for use in Australia in 2011. Although the majority of the radiation oncology community supports the implementation of the standards, there has been no mechanism for uniform assessment or governance. North Coast Cancer Institute's public radiation oncology service is provided across three main se...

a Breast Cancer Service for Young Women, Fellow of the Dr Pinchas Borenstein Talpiot Medical Leadership Program, Oncology Institute, Tel Hashomer, Israel; b GBG Forschungs GmbH, Neu-Isenburg, Germany; c Fertility & Procreation Unit, Division of Gynecologic Oncology, European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy; d Klinika Onkologii i Radioterapii, Uniwersyteckie Centrum Kliniczne, Gda ’ nsk, Poland