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Baseline anaemia increases locally advanced rectal cancer mortality in older pa...
Rodrigues, D; Simões, J; Teixeira, L; Aires, F; Fernandes, C; Rey, C; Sarmento, C; Marques, MPurpose: The median diagnosis age of rectal cancer (RC) is 70 years old. The standard of care for locally advanced RC (LARC) is preoperative chemoradiation (CRT) followed by surgery. Anaemia is a frequent condition in older patients but is not a pure consequence of ageing. Methods: The patients aged 65 years or over, with clinical stage II/III LARC, and treated with preoperative concurrent CRT were retrospectiv...
Ectopic Cushing's Syndrome Unveiling a Metastatic Parotid Carcinoma
Oliveira, SC; Neves, JS; Souteiro, P; Belo, S; Oliveira, AI; Moreira, H; Gomes, PM; Coelho, L; Sarmento, C; Fonseca, E; Neves, C; Freitas, PIntroduction. Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) ectopic production is a rare cause of Cushing syndrome (CS). The most commonly associated tumours are small-cell lung carcinoma along with bronchial and thymic carcinoids. To date, only 5 cases have been published in the literature featuring ectopic ACTH secretion from metastatic acinic cell carcinoma (ACC) of the parotid gland. We hereby describe a very uncommon...
Synthesis and characterizatin of 3,6-0,0-dimyristoyl chitosan micelles for oral...
Sarmento, C
Unusual procedures used in reconstructive surgery and/or revascularization of t...
da Gama, A D; Almeida, C H; Macedo, M; Rosa, A; Sarmento, C; Cássio, ISince the advent of arterial surgery, four decades of development have evolved, characterized not only by a remarkable evolution of concepts, but also by the improvement of technics, means and methods utilized for arterial reconstructive surgery. This progress led to the promotion and improvement of the conventional surgical methods dedicated to the treatment of the most common aortic disorders, obstructive or ...