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Strategies for management of oral cancer in primary and secondary healthcare services [PDF]

, 2012
O avanço verificado no enfrentamento de neoplasias malignas por meio dos sistemas de saúde envolve melhorias nas áreas de vigilância, organização de redes de assistência, programas específicos voltados às prevenções primária e secundária e ...
Dias, Aldo Angelim, Lemos Júnior, Celso Augusto, Melo, Nilce Santos de, Oliveira, Eder Magno Ferreira de, Torres-Pereira, Cassius Carvalho   +4 more
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Retained Surgical Sponge Presenting Four Decades Later as a Rapidly Growing Soft Tissue Mass

Case Reports in Surgery, Volume 2020, Issue 1, 2020., 2020
Retained surgical items continue to occur despite widespread implementation of prevention systems such as the surgical count, which has limited utility owing to its reliance on human performance. The most important risk factors for these events are poor communication in the operating room and inconsistent adherence to protocol.
Adriana Y. Koek, Robert Stein
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Deaths due to oral cancer in Chile in the period 2002-2012 [PDF]

, 2018
Indexación: Scopus; Scielo.Background: Oral cancer is the 15th most common cause of cancer death in the world. In Chile, 1% of all cancer deaths are related to oral and pharyngeal cancer. Aim: To determine mortality rates for oral cancer in Chile and its
Candia, J., Fernández, A., Horna-Campos, O., Somarriva, C.   +3 more
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Identification of Two Novel Small Compounds that Inhibit Liver Cancer Formation in Zebrafish and Analysis of Their Conjugation to Nanodiamonds to Further Reduce Toxicity

Advanced Therapeutics, Volume 2, Issue 12, December 2019., 2019
A zebrafish high‐throughput drug screening platform is developed for screening small molecule libraries for identifying candidate compounds that prevent hepatocellular carcinoma. High toxicity of these compounds is further reduced by conjugation with nanodiamonds (ND), highly biocompatible function‐based carriers.
Po‐Han Tseng, Zong‐Lin Sie, Meng‐Chieh Liu, Han‐Syuan Lin, Wan‐Yu Yang, Ting‐Yu Lin, Hsing‐Pang Hsieh, Shih‐Che Hung, Chia‐Liang Cheng, Horng‐Dar Wang, Hsin‐Hou Chang, Chiou‐Hwa Yuh   +11 more
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A Review of Self‐Expanding Esophageal Stents for the Palliation Therapy of Inoperable Esophageal Malignancies

BioMed Research International, Volume 2019, Issue 1, 2019., 2019
Esophageal cancer is a very deadly disease, killing more than 15,000 people in the United States annually. Almost 400,000 new cases happen in the worldwide every year. More than 50% esophageal cancer patients are diagnosed at an advanced stage when they need an esophageal stent to open the blocked esophagus for feeding and drinking.
Yunqing Kang, Michel Kahaleh
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Guidance for the identification of endocrine disruptors in the context of Regulations (EU) No 528/2012 and (EC) No 1107/2009

EFSA Journal, Volume 16, Issue 6, June 2018., 2018
Abstract This Guidance describes how to perform hazard identification for endocrine‐disrupting properties by following the scientific criteria which are outlined in Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/2100 and Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/605 for biocidal products and plant protection products, respectively.
European Chemical Agency (ECHA) and European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) with the technical support of the Joint Research Centre (JRC), Niklas Andersson, Maria Arena, Domenica Auteri, Stefania Barmaz, Elise Grignard, Aude Kienzler, Peter Lepper, Alfonso Maria Lostia, Sharon Munn, Juan Manuel Parra Morte, Francesca Pellizzato, Jose Tarazona, Andrea Terron, Sander Van der Linden   +14 more
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Mammographic Breast Density Patterns in Asymptomatic Mexican Women

Radiology Research and Practice, Volume 2012, Issue 1, 2012., 2012
Breast density (BD) is a risk factor for breast cancer. Aims. To describe BD patterns in asymptomatic Mexican women and the pathological mammographic findings. Methods and Material. Prospective, descriptive, and comparative study. Women answered a questionnaire and their mammograms were analyzed according to BI‐RADS.
Ana Laura Calderón-Garcidueñas, Mónica Sanabria-Mondragón, Lourdes Hernández-Beltrán, Noé López-Amador, Ricardo M. Cerda-Flores, Philippe Soyer   +5 more
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Intracultural Variation in the Knowledge of Medicinal Plants in an Urban‐Rural Community in the Atlantic Forest from Northeastern Brazil

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2012, Issue 1, 2012., 2012
This study assessed the intracultural knowledge of the use of medicinal plants in an urban‐rural community in an Atlantic forest fragment in northeastern Brazil. We examined the importance of native and exotic species and the effects of gender and age on that knowledge.
Cecília de Fátima Castelo Branco Rangel de Almeida, Marcelo Alves Ramos, Rafael Ricardo Vasconcelos Silva, Joabe Gomes de Melo, Maria Franco Trindade Medeiros, Thiago Antonio de Sousa Araújo, Alyson Luiz Santos de Almeida, Elba Lúcia Cavalcanti de Amorim, Rômulo Romeu da Nóbrega Alves, Ulysses Paulino de Albuquerque, Ana H. Ladio   +10 more
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Exogenous Antioxidants—Double‐Edged Swords in Cellular Redox State: Health Beneficial Effects at Physiologic Doses versus Deleterious Effects at High Doses

Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity, Volume 3, Issue 4, Page 228-237, 2010., 2010
The balance between oxidation and antioxidation is believed to be critical in maintaining healthy biological systems. Under physiological conditions, the human antioxidative defense system including e.g., superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), glutathione peroxidase (GPx), glutathione (GSH) and others, allows the elimination of excess reactive ...
Jaouad Bouayed, Torsten Bohn
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Animal Studies of Colon Carcinogenesis and Altered Epithelial Cell Differentiation

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Volume 4, Issue 7, Page 372-377, 1990., 1990
Chronic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) appears to predispose to subsequent colon cancer. Factors that influence the degree of this risk require definition since the reported incidence of malignant change varies widely. Differing environmental factors such as diet may be critical, and several approaches have been used to explore the role of specific ...
Hugh J Freeman
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