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Strain Analysis of Left Ventricular Function in the Association of Hypertrophic...
Gil,Thereza Cristina Pereira; Castier,Marcia Bueno; Gondar,Alyne Freitas Pereira; Sales,Ana Ferreira; Santos,Marceli de OliveiraAbstract Background: Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most common heart disease of genetic origin in the world population, with a prevalence of at least 1/500. The association with systemic arterial hypertension (SAH) is not uncommon, as it affects approximately 25% of the world population. Most studies aim at the differential diagnosis between these diseases, but little is known about the magnitude of ...
Mother and child characteristics at birth and early age leukemia: a case-cohort...
Reis,Rejane de Souza; Silva,Neimar de Paula; Santos,Marceli de Oliveira; Oliveira,Julio Fernando Pinto; Thuler,Luiz Claudio Santos; Camargo,Beatriz deAbstract Objective: The population-based cancer registries (PBCR) and the Information System on Live Births in Brazil (Sistema de Informações sobre Nascidos Vivos [SINASC]) have information that enables the test for risk factors associated with leukemia at an early age. The aim of this study was to identify maternal and birth characteristics associated with early-age acute leukemia (EAL) in Brazil. Methods: A c...
Estimates of thyroid cancer incidence in Brazil: an approach using polynomial m...
Brito,Alexandre dos Santos; Coeli,Cláudia Medina; Barbosa,Flávia dos Santos; Caetano,Rosangela; Santos,Marceli de Oliveira; Vaisman,MarioThis study aimed to estimate thyroid cancer incidence in Brazil in 2006 using polynomial models that take age and birth cohort effects into account in the estimation process. Estimates were based on new cases of thyroid cancer in nine Brazilian cities (Manaus, Palmas, Natal, Recife, Cuiabá, Belo Horizonte, São Paulo, Porto Alegre, and Curitiba) and the Federal District from 1997 to 2001. We estimated 6,066 new ...
Colorectal cancer in Porto Alegre and Fortaleza, Brazil: incidence trends and d...
Reis,Rejane de Souza; Santos,Marceli de Oliveira; Bloch,Katia VergettiThe aim of this study was to describe the incidence distribution of colorectal cancer in Fortaleza, Ceará State, and Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil, and the time trend in the disease from 1990 to 1999. Mean annual age-adjusted incidence rates and estimated annual percent change were calculated by gender, using population-based cancer registries. EAPC showed an increase in the rates in Porto Alegr...
Diferenças de gênero na tendência de mortalidade por câncer de pulmão nas macro...
Silva,Gulnar Azevedo e; Noronha,Cláudio Pompeiano; Santos,Marceli de Oliveira; Oliveira,Julio Fernando PintoO câncer de pulmão é a primeira causa de óbito por câncer entre homens e a segunda entre mulheres no Brasil. Em países desenvolvidos, a mortalidade por este tipo de câncer vem declinando entre homens, mas não entre as mulheres. Este estudo analisou as tendências de mortalidade por câncer de pulmão no Brasil para homens e mulheres durante o período de 1979 a 2003 em todo o país e nas cinco macrorregiões. Foram c...