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Hereditary breast cancer and ancestry in the Madeira archipelago: An explorator...
Miguel, I; Rodrigues, F; Fragoso, S; Freixo, J; Clara, A; Luís, A; Bento, S; Fernandes, M; Bacelar, F; Câmara, S; Parreira, J; Duarte, T; Rodrigues, PAccess to genetic testing and counselling in remote areas such as the Madeira archipelago, in the Northern Atlantic Ocean, may be complex. Different counselling methods, including telegenetics, should be explored. In this study, we characterise the Hereditary Breast/Ovarian Cancer (HBOC) families with Madeira ancestry enrolled in our programme. Of a total of 3, 566 index patients tested between January 2000 and...
A Potential Link Between Prolonged Cork Exposure and Intestinal-Type Sinonasal ...
Alpuim Costa, D; Monteiro, A; André, T; Esteves, S; Sargento, I; Ferreira, M; Alexandre, T; Clara, A; Freire, J; Moreira, AIntroduction: intestinal-type sinonasal adenocarcinoma (ITAC) is a rare epithelium tumor of the nasal cavities and paranasal sinuses. Exposure to wood and leather dusts is a strong etiological factor related to its development. Prolonged cork exposure has rarely been associated. Materials and methods: thirty-seven-year (1981-2018) retrospective cohort analysis of all consecutive patients with sinonasal cancer (...