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Enablers, Barriers and Strategies to Build Resilience Among Cancer Survivors: a...
Fernandes, JB; Domingos, J; Almeida, AS; Castro, C; Simões, A; Fernandes, S; Vareta, D; Bernardes, C; Fonseca, J; Vaz, C; Dias, AR; Fernandes, TCancer is a life-threatening illness affecting all dimensions of a person's health. Cancer survivors must build resilience to face this adversity and continue their life projects. The present study explores the enablers, barriers, and strategies to build resilience among cancer survivors. This qualitative, descriptive exploratory study will use purposive sampling to recruit cancer survivors and healthcare profe...
Height Benefit of GnRH Agonists After Age 8 in a Portuguese Cohort of Central P...
Castro, C; Espada, F; Leite, AL; Antunes, A; Robalo, B; Amaral, D; Galo, E; Castro, S; Ferreira, S; Limbert, CObjective: Idiopathic central precocious puberty (iCPP) is common in paediatric endocrinology. Gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonists (GnRHa) are safe, but the effect on final height and the ideal timing for treatment remains controversial. This study aims to assess the effectiveness of GnRHa on growth outcomes in girls with iCPP treated before and after the age of 8 years old. Design and patients: This retros...
Regional differences in tobacco smoking and lung cancer in Portugal in 2018: a ...
Forjaz, G; Bastos, J; Castro, C; Mayer, A; Noone, AM; Chen, HS; Mariotto, ABObjectives. 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, timing of treatments, and chemotherapy use influence outcomes in...
Minicozzi, P; Vicentini, M; Innos, K; Castro, C; Guevara, M; Stracci, F; Carmona-Garcia, M; Rodriguez-Barranco, M; Vanschoenbeek, K; Rapiti, EIntroduction For stage III colon cancer (CC), surgery followed by chemotherapy is the main curative approach, although optimum times between diagnosis and surgery, and surgery and chemotherapy, have not been established. Materials and methods We analysed a population-based sample of 1912 stage III CC cases diagnosed in eight European countries in 2009–2013 aiming to estimate: (i) odds of receiving postoperative...
Root causes and outcomes of postoperative pulmonary complications after abdomin...
Fernandes, A; Rodrigues, J; Lages, P; Lanca, S; Mendes, P; Antunes, L; Santos, CS; Castro, C; Costa, RS; Lopes, CS; da Costa, PM; Santos, LLBackground: Postoperative pulmonary complications (PPCs) contribute significantly to overall postoperative morbidity and mortality. In abdominal surgery, PPCs remain frequent. The study aimed to analyze the profile and outcomes of PPCs in patients submitted to abdominal surgery and admitted in a Portuguese polyvalent intensive care unit. Methods: From January to December 2017 in the polyvalent intensive care un...
Disseminated Well-Differentiated Gastro-Entero-Pancreatic Tumors Are Associated...
Santos, AP; Castro, C; Antunes, L; Henrique, R; Cardoso, MH; Monteiro, MPThe association of well-differentiated gastro-entero-pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (WD GEP-NETs) with metabolic syndrome (MetS), abdominal obesity, and fasting glucose abnormalities was recently described. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether the presence of MetS or any MetS individual component was also influenced by GEP-NET characteristics at diagnosis. A cohort of patients with WD GEP-NETs (n = 1...
The global burden of childhood and adolescent cancer in 2017: an analysis of th...
Force, LM; Abdollahpour, I; Advani, SM; Agius, D; Ahmadian, E; Alahdab, F; Alam, T; Alebel, A; Alipour, V; Allen, CA; Almasi-Hashiani, A; Alvarez, EMBackground Accurate childhood cancer burden data are crucial for resource planning and health policy prioritisation. Model-based estimates are necessary because cancer surveillance data are scarce or non-existent in many countries. Although global incidence and mortality estimates are available, there are no previous analyses of the global burden of childhood cancer represented in disability-adjusted life-years...
Second primary cancers and survival in patients with gastric cancer: associatio...
Morais, S; Castro, C; Antunes, L; Peleteiro, B; Bento, MJ; Lunet, NTo quantify the association between prediagnosis lifestyles with the risk of second primary cancers (SPCs) and survival of patients with gastric first primary cancer (FPC). We recruited 574 gastric patients from two major public hospitals in North Portugal (2001–2006). Smoking, alcohol and dietary habits in the year before FPC diagnosis were evaluated. Patients were followed up to 31 December 2011 for an SPC an...
Comorbidities, age and period of diagnosis influence treatment and outcomes in ...
Minicozzi, P; Van Eycken, L; Molinie, F; Innos, K; Guevara, M; Marcos-Gragera, R; Castro, C; Rapiti, E; Katalinic, A; Torrella, A; Žagar, TSurvival 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...
Visceral Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome Are Associated with Well-Differentiated...
Santos, AP; Santos, AC; Castro, C; Raposo, L; Pereira, SS; Torres, I; Henrique, R; Cardoso, H; Monteiro, MPThe determinants for gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (GEP-NET) recent burden are matters of debate. Obesity and metabolic syndrome (MetS) are well established risks for several cancers even though no link with GEP-NETs was yet established. Our aim in this study was to investigate whether well-differentiated GEP-NETs were associated with obesity and MetS. Patients with well-differentiated GEP-NETs (...