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Gonad dose assessment of patients undergoing pelvic radiotherapy

Introduction: Radiotherapy can impact patients’ reproductive organs and fertility. This study aims (i) to assess whether the doses to the gonads of 70 patients met the tolerance doses used in radiotherapy planning; (ii) to compare Three-Dimensional Conformal Radiotherapy (3DCRT) with Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT) techniques; and (iii) to verify if ovarian transposition reduces the dose to the ovaries....

Treatment of patients at high risk of osteoporotic fracture in a USF: the impor...

Introduction: Osteoporosis is a bone disease whose prevalence has been increasing, particularly in elderly females. The main clinical consequence is the fragility fracture, leading to increased morbidity and mortality, and a decreased quality of life for the patient, representing a significant socioeconomic burden. The current challenge is the early identification of individuals at higher risk of fracture who r...

The Covid-19 pandemic and the continuity assumption, estimates and events after...

Purpose (mandatory): Carry out an analysis of the financial statements and legal certification of accounts, of a group of companies that make up the Portuguese stock market index (PSI20) and Spanish stock market index (IBEX35), during the period in which pandemic control restrictions, to understand the auditor's assessment in relation to the going concern assumption, estimates and events after the balance sheet...

Transposição ovárica na redução da dose nos ovários em radioterapia pélvica

Enquadramento: A transposição ovárica é um procedimento cirúrgico, que pode ser realizado por laparoscopia, com o objetivo de afastar os ovários do campo de tratamento de radioterapia, diminuir a dose recebida e preservar a sua função [1,2]. Objetivos: Os objetivos deste trabalho são: avaliar as doses máximas e médias nos ovários; comparar as técnicas Three-Dimensional Conformal Radiotherapy (3DCRT) e Volumetri...

Noite Europeia dos Investigadores em Armamar: uma história contada a várias vozes

A primeira edição da Noite Europeia dos Investigadores em Ambientes Rurais – Armamar (NEI-Armamar 2023) marcou um passo importante na promoção da cultura científica neste território rural. Este evento integrou o consórcio internacional SCIEVER – “Ciência para todos: sustentabilidade e inclusão” e demonstrou como a ciência pode ser uma ferramenta poderosa para democratizar o conhecimento, fortalecer o desenvolvi...

Gonad dose assessment of patients undergoing pelvic radiotherapy

Radiotherapy can impact on patients’ reproductive organs and fertility. This study aims (i) to assess whether the doses to the gonads of 70 patients met the tolerance doses used in radiotherapy planning; (ii) to compare Three-Dimensional Conformal Radiotherapy (3DCRT) with Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT) techniques; and (iii) to verify if ovarian transposition reduces the dose to the ovaries. A retrospe...

Dermatology clinical case

A previously healthy nine-month-old boy presented to the Emergency Department with a two-week history of rash that started in the diaper area and later extended to the trunk, limbs and face. The mother reported a family history of psoriasis. The child had multiple erythematous papules and plaques on the face, trunk, diaper area, and limbs. He was diagnosed with guttate and napkin psoriasis and started on topica...

Submission to Healthcare Ethics Committees in Portugal: Our Experience

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Tecnologia e gamificação aplicada à saúde: III Simpósio Internacional de inovaç...

Noite europeia dos investigadores em Armamar: palco da ciência em ambientes rurais