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Effects of exercise prehabilitation on functional capacity and health-related q...
Garcia, Catarina; Leão, Inês; Pinto, Diogo; Dias Rato, Nuno; Campolargo, Ana; Dias, Isabel; Monteiro, Ana Raquel; Monteiro Soares, AdrianaHead and neck cancer (HNC) patients submitted to radical chemoradiotherapy (CRT) have to deal with various physical and psychosocial problems related to cancer and its treatment, which negatively affect functional capacity and health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Thus, the aim of this work was to analyse the impact of an exercise prehabilitation (EP) program on the functional capacity and HRQoL in HNC patien...
HER2 Status in RAS and BRAF Wild-Type Metastatic Colorectal Cancer: A Portugues...
Fraga, Teresa; Sousa, Maria João; Magalhães, Joana; Basto, Raquel; Paulo, Judy; Bonito, Nuno; Magalhães, José Paulo; Figueiredo, PauloIntroduction: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second-most deadly cancer worldwide. However, there remains a scarcity of precision treatments available for this type of cancer. Amplification or overexpression of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2+) is a well-established therapeutic target in gastric and breast cancer. HER2 is positive in approximately 5% of CRC cases and has been implicated in resista...
Adjuvant Hyperthermic Intravesical Chemotherapy in Intermediate- and High-Risk ...
Magalhães, Joana C; Sousa, Maria João; Basto, Raquel; Fraga, Teresa; Gomes, Inês; Fernandes, Catarina; Mariano, Mónica; Paulo, Judy; Madeira, PedroIntroduction: Non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) is a frequently diagnosed neoplasm, which is typically managed with transurethral resection of bladder tumor (TURBT) eventually followed by intravesical therapies. Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) is used as first-line adjuvant treatment in high- (HR) and intermediate-risk (IR) NMIBC, although, in the latter, mitomycin C (MMC) may also be used. Multiple lim...