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Regional differences in tobacco smoking and lung cancer in Portugal in 2018: a ...

Objectives. This study aims to estimate the proportion of lung cancer cases and deaths attributable to tobacco smoking in Portugal in 2018, complemented by trends in incidence and mortality, by sex and region. Design. Cancer cases for 1998–2011 and cancer deaths for 1991–2018 were obtained from population-based registries and Statistics Portugal, respectively. We projected cases for 2018 and used reported death...

Comorbidities, age and period of diagnosis influence treatment and outcomes in ...

Survival for breast cancer (BC) is lower in eastern than northern/central Europe, and in older than younger women. We analysed how comorbidities at diagnosis affected whether selected standard treatments (STs) were given, across Europe and over time, also assessing consequences for survival/relapse. We analysed 7581 stage I/IIA cases diagnosed in 9 European countries in 2009–2013, and 4 STs: surgery; breast-con...

Child day-care attendance and Helicobacter pylori infection in the Portuguese b...

Helicobacter pylori infection is the most important risk factor for gastric cancer. It is acquired predominantly during childhood, and understanding the determinants of infection in early life may translate into identifying preventive measures. However, the independent role of child day-care attendance remains to be understood. The aim of the study was to evaluate the association between child day-care attendan...

Childcare attendance and Helicobacter pylori infection: systematic review and m...

Helicobacter pylori infection is acquired predominantly during childhood. Childcare promotes interpersonal contact and may be an important determinant of infection. The aim was to quantify the association between childcare attendance and H. pylori infection in childhood or adolescence. PubMed was searched up to July 2012 to identify eligible studies. The DerSimonian and Laird method was used to compute summary ...

Sociodemographic determinants of prevalence and incidence of Helicobacter pylor...

Background: Understanding the determinants of Helicobacter pylori infection in adults is essential to predict the burden of H. pylori‐related diseases. We aimed to estimate the prevalence and incidence of H. pylori infection and to identify its major sociodemographic correlates in an urban population from the North of Portugal. Material and Methods: A representative sample of noninstitutionalized adult inhabita...

Prevalence, incidence and risk factors for Helicobacter pylori infection in a c...

Background: Helicobacter pylori infection is acquired mainly during childhood, but it may occur throughout life. Understanding the determinants of infection at different ages is essential to clarify dynamics of H. pylori related diseases and to design preventive strategies. Aim: To estimate the prevalence of H. pylori infection at the age of 13 and the incidence after a 3-year follow-up and to identify risk fac...

Evaluation protocol for amusia: portuguese sample

Amusia is a disorder that affects the processing of music. Part of this processing happens in the primary auditory cortex. The study of this condition allows us to evaluate the central auditory pathways. OBJECTIVE: To explore the diagnostic evaluation tests of amusia. METHOD: The authors propose an evaluation protocol for patients with suspected amusia (after brain injury or complaints of poor musical perceptio...

Trends in prostate cancer mortality in Portugal (1980-2006)

In the last decade prostate cancer mortality declined in several countries. We aimed to quantify the variation in prostate cancer mortality rates, in Portugal (1980-2006) and in different regions of the country (1992-2005).Prostate cancer mortality rates and number of deaths were obtained from the World Health Organization (1980-2003), and from the publication Risco de Morrer em Portugal (2004-2006). The latter...

Dietary patterns and colorectal cancer: A case-control study from Portugal

Dietary pattern analysis is a powerful technique to study the relationships between diet and cancer, accounting for the specificities of overall dietary intake in each setting. The objective of this study was to quantify the association between dietay patterns and colon and rectum cancers. We evaluated 151 rectum and 102 colon cancer cases selected among surgical patients at the Portuguese Oncology Institute, a...

Alopecia in women submitted to childhood X-ray epilation for tinea capitis trea...