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Transumbilical laparoendoscopic single-site adrenalectomy: A feasible and safe ...
Carvalho, João André; Nunes, Pedro Tiago; Antunes, Hugo; Parada, Belmiro; Retroz, Edson; Silva, Edgar Tavares da; Paiva, IsabelObjectives: Standard multi-port laparoscopic adrenalectomy (LA) is considered the gold standard for benign adrenal tumors. Single-site LA has been proposed as a feasible and safe alternative because of lower invasiveness, improved cosmetics, less pain and shorter hospital stay. The objective was to evaluate and compare results of single-site transumbilical laparoendoscopic adrenalectomy with standard LA for adr...
Diabetes mellitus and prostate cancer metabolism: Is there a relationship?
Antunes, Hugo Pontes; Teixo, Ricardo; Carvalho, João André; Eliseu, Miguel; Marques, Inês; Mamede, Ana; Neves, Rita; Oliveira, RuiObjective: Our aim was to evaluate the effects of glucose levels and diabetes mellitus in prostate cancer (PCa) biology. Materials and methods: Two PCa cell lines (LNCap and PC3) were cultured in RPMI medium with different glucose concentrations [5mM (LG) and 25mM (HG)]. Expressions of androgen receptor, Her2/neu and glucose transporters (GLUT1, 3, 5 and 12) were evaluated by flow cytometry. Proliferation rate ...