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Bringing hope to improve treatment in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma - a new ...
Bravo, Ana Catarina; Morão, Bárbara; Luz, André; Dourado, Rúben; Oliveira, Beatriz; Guedes, Ana; Moreira-Barbosa, Catarina; Fidalgo, CatarinaBackground/Objectives: Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) incidence is rising, and prognosis remains poor due to late diagnosis and limited effective therapies. Currently, patients are treated based on TNM staging, without molecular tumor characterization. This study aimed to validate a technique that combines the amplification refractory mutation system (ARMS) with high-resolution melting analysis (HRMA) ...
Inflammatory Bowel Disease patients’ perspectives during COVID-19 pandemic: res...
Revés, Joana Branco; Frias-Gomes, Catarina; Morão, Bárbara; Nascimento, Catarina; Palmela, Carolina; Fidalgo, Catarina; Roque Ramos, Lídia; Sampaio, AnaIntroduction: Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) do not seem to be at increased risk of infection by SARS-CoV-2, but there is a concern whether immunosuppressive therapy may be associated with more severe disease. Several clinical practice recommendations have been published to help guide IBD care during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nonetheless, few studies have addressed patients' perspectives and fears....
Estratégias de intervenção em ambiente escolar dirigida às crianças com alergia...
Pinheiro, Ana Catarina; Fidalgo, Catarina; Mendes, Carla Maria Ferreira Guerreiro da SilvaAs alergias alimentares em idade pediátrica são uma realidade cada vez mais prevalente na sociedade. A implementação de estratégias de prevenção e tratamento dirigidas a esta problemática, são cruciais para melhorar a qualidade de vida destas crianças e suas famílias, onde os profissionais que trabalham nas escolas em articulação com os profissionais de saúde, assumem um papel determinante. O objetivo desta rev...
Hyperplastic Polyp? Look Again... The Impact of the New Classification for Serr...
Fidalgo, Catarina; Santos, Liliana; Rosa, Isadora; Fonseca, Ricardo; Lage, Pedro; Claro, Isabel; Chaves, Paula; Dias Pereira, AntónioIntroduction: The World Health Organization reviewed the classification for serrated colonic polyps in 2010. A new entity, sessile serrated adenoma, was included with two variants: with and without cytological dysplasia. This lesion’s malignant potential has been recognized and according to the new classification, many polyps may be reclassified. The impact of this change is yet to be assessed.Objective: Analyz...
Risk factors for metabolic bone disease in Crohn's disease patients
Cravo, Marília; Guerreiro, Catarina Sousa; Santos, Paula Moura dos; Brito, Miguel; Ferreira, Paula; Fidalgo, Catarina; Tavares, LourdesBackground: The aim was to evaluate the presence of metabolic bone disease (MBD) in patients with Crohn’s disease (CD) and to identify potential etiologic factors. Methods: The case–control study included 99 patients with CD and 56 controls with a similar age and gender distribution. Both groups had dual-energy x-ray absorptionmetry and a nutritional evaluation. Single nucleotide polymorphisms at the IL1, TNF-a...