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Tumor-node-metastasis staging and treatment patterns of 73,167 patients with lu...
Costa,Guilherme Jorge; Mello,Maria Júlia Gonçalves de; Bergmann,Anke; Ferreira,Carlos Gil; Thuler,Luiz Claudio SantosABSTRACT Objective: To characterize the clinical and histological profile, as well as treatment patterns, of patients with early-stage, locally advanced (LA), or advanced/metastatic (AM) lung cancer, diagnosed between 2000 and 2014, in Brazil. Methods: This was an analytical cross-sectional epidemiological study employing data obtained for the 2000-2014 period from the hospital cancer registries of two institut...
Learning Hepatobiliary Anatomy through the Virtual 3d Anatomy Table
Rosa,Bruno Rodrigues; Correia,Mauro Monteiro; Zidde,Daniel Hetti; Thuler,Luiz Claudio Santos; Brito,Ana Paula Coutinho Barros deABSTRACT Objective to evaluate the effectiveness of the 3D virtual anatomical table as a complementary resource to the learning of the hepatobiliary anatomy by undergraduate medical students. Method A randomized controlled study comparing the anatomical learning of hepatobiliary structures, supported by a real model versus a virtual model, both three-dimensional (3D), by undergraduate medical students. The stud...
Health-related Quality of Life in Women with Cervical Cancer
Santos,Larissa Nascimento dos; Castaneda,Luciana; Aguiar,Suzana Sales de; Thuler,Luiz Claudio Santos; Koifman,Rosalina Jorge; Bergmann,AnkeAbstract Objective To analyze the factors associated with health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in women with cervical cancer (CC) in a single center in Rio de Janeiro, state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Methods A cross-sectional study in women with a diagnosis of CC followed-up in the gynecology outpatient clinic of the Hospital do Câncer II (HCII, in the Portuguese acronym) of the Instituto Nacional de Câncer ...
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...
Disability and progression in Afro-descendant patients with multiple sclerosis
Aurenção,Juliana Calvet Kallenbach; Vasconcelos,Claudia Cristina Ferreira; Thuler,Luiz Claudio Santos; Alvarenga,Regina Maria PapaisABSTRACT Multiple sclerosis (MS) prevalence is higher in Caucasian (CA) populations, narrowing the analysis of the impact of Afro-descendant (AD) populations in disease outcomes. Even so, recent studies observed that AD patients have a more severe course. The main objective of this study is to confirm and discuss, through a systematic review, that being AD is a risk factor for disability accumulation and/or sev...
Translation and Cross-Cultural Adaptation of the Lymphoedema Functioning, Disab...
Ferreira,Kamila Rodrigues; Carvalho,Raquel Boechat de Moura; Andrade,Mauro Figueiredo Carvalho de; Thuler,Luiz Claudio Santos; Bergmann,AnkeObjective The objective of the study is to describe the process of translation and cross-cultural adaptation of the Lymphoedema Functioning, Disability, and Health Questionnaire for Lower Limb Lymphoedema (Lymph-ICF-LL) into (Brazilian) Portuguese. Methods The process was comprised of five steps - translation, back translation, revision by an expert panel, pretest, and final translation. The first translation w...
Predictive Capability of HPV and Pap Tests in Screening for Cervical Cancer ove...
Girianelli,Vania Reis; Thuler,Luiz Claudio Santos; Silva,Gulnar Azevedo ePurpose To compare the predictive capability of HPV and Pap smear tests for screening pre-cancerous lesions of the cervix over a three-year follow-up, in a population of users of the Brazilian National Health System (SUS). Methods This is a retrospective cohort study of 2,032 women with satisfactory results for Pap smear and HPV tests using second-generation hybrid capture,made in a previous study. We followed ...
Análise dos determinantes que influenciam o tempo para o início do tratamento d...
Medeiros,Giselle Coutinho; Bergmann,Anke; Aguiar,Suzana Sales de; Thuler,Luiz Claudio SantosEste estudo teve como objetivo analisar o intervalo de tempo entre o diagnóstico e o início do tratamento do câncer de mama em mulheres e seus determinantes. Foi realizado um estudo de coorte retrospectiva com 137.593 mulheres diagnosticadas em 239 unidades hospitalares do Brasil entre 2000 a 2011. Em 63,1% dos casos, o intervalo entre o diagnóstico e o tratamento foi de até 60 dias. No país, as mulheres mais s...
Frequência e fatores associados à síndrome da mama fantasma em mulheres submeti...
Medina,Julia de Mello Ramirez; Fabro,Erica Alves Nogueira; Silva,Blenda do Amaral e; Thuler,Luiz Claudio Santos; Bergmann,AnkeOBJETIVO: Avaliar a frequência e os fatores de risco para o desenvolvimento da síndrome da mama fantasma em pacientes submetidas à mastectomia para o tratamento do câncer de mama.MÉTODOS: Estudo de coorte com mulheres atendidas em um hospital especializado da região sudeste do Brasil no período de setembro de 2008 a junho de 2009. Foram consideradas como tendo síndrome da mama fantasma pacientes com relato da p...
Adesão ao rastreamento para câncer do colo do útero entre mulheres de comunidad...
Girianelli,Vania Reis; Thuler,Luiz Claudio Santos; Azevedo e Silva,GulnarOBJETIVOS: Avaliar a adesão ao rastreamento para câncer do colo do útero em população assistida pela Estratégia Saúde da Família (ESF) e identificar as causas referidas da não adesão.MÉTODOS: Estudo de prevalência seletiva sobre rastreamento para câncer do colo do útero entre mulheres assistidas pela ESF dos municípios de Duque de Caxias e Nova Iguaçu, nove anos após a participação em estudo conduzido pelo Inst...