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Tumor-infiltrating T cells in skin basal cell carcinomas and squamous cell carc...
Cunha, Daniela; Neves, Marco; Silva, Daniela; Silvestre, Ana Rita; Borralho, Paula; Arrobas, Fernando; Ribot, Julie; Ferreira, Fernando; Moita, Luís F.Basal cell carcinomas (BCCs) and squamous cell carcinomas (SCCs) are high-incidence, non-melanoma skin cancers (NMSCs). The success of immune-targeted therapies in advanced NMSCs led us to anticipate that NMSCs harbored significant populations of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes with potential anti-tumor activity. The main aim of this study was to characterize T cells infiltrating NMSCs. Flow cytometry and immuno...
Dental tourism : How to promote Lisbon as a destination for the English populat...
Arrobas, FernandoTravelling for dental treatments is considered the most frequent form of medical tourism with more than five million dental tourists worldwide. These patients travel at any time of the year, have long lengths of stay and high personal expenditures. The first objective was to develop a willingness-to-pay study regarding the English population to acknowledge if Lisbon is on their “fly time radius” and if the pric...
Measuring tourism and environmental sciences students’ attitudes towards sustai...
Arrobas, Fernando; Ferreira, Jéssica; Brito-Henriques, Eduardo; Fernandes, AntónioTourism is recognized for its positive effects on the economy (Balaguer & Cantavella-Jord´a, 2002; Min, Roh, & Bak, 2016). It contributes to the trade balance and tax revenues, drives employment and boosts entrepreneurship (Williams & Lew, 2015). Notwithstanding, the continued acceleration of tourism in recent years led more scholars to underline the drawbacks of tourism growth (Gibson, 2019; G¨ossling, 2002; G...
COVID-19 e turismo: danos reputacionais e efeitos da pandemia nos planos de fér...
Brito-Henriques, Eduardo; Boavida-Portugal, Inês; Arrobas, FernandoA COVID-19 é uma crise sanitária de proporções inauditas e será previsivelmente responsável pela mais grave crise económica mundial dos últimos 100 anos (IMF, 2020). As projeções antecipam que as economias mais dependentes do turismo irão conhecer recessões mais graves (IMF, 2020) e estarão mais suscetíveis a uma escalada do desemprego (OECD, 2020). O turismo tem que ver com mobilidade e interação social e, na ...
Budget impact analysis of cervical cancer screening in Portugal: comparison of ...
Pista, Angela; Costa, Carlos; Saldanha, Conceição; Moutinho, José Alberto Fonseca; Moutinho, José Maria; Arrobas, Fernando; Catalão, CarlosBackground: Primary Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) testing is the currently recommended cervical cancer (CxCa) screening strategy by the Portuguese Society of Gynecology (SPG) clinical consensus. However, primary HPV testing has not yet been adopted by the Portuguese organized screening programs. This modelling study compares clinical benefits and costs of replacing the current practice, namely cytology with ASCUS...