• Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on a daily-based outpatient treatment routine: experience of a radio-therapy department of a tertiary public/university hospital in Brazil 

  CARVALHO, Heloisa de Andrade; VASCONCELOS, Karina Gondim Moutinho C.; GOMES, Herbeni Cardoso; SALVAJOLI, Joao Victor (HOSPITAL CLINICAS, UNIV SAO PAULO, SAO PAULO, BRAZIL, 2020)

  OBJECTIVES: To report the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on patient attendance at a radiotherapy department two months after the implementation of specific policies regarding the pandemic. METHODS: The proposed treatment ...
• Transdermal buprenorphine for acute postoperative pain: a systematic review 

  MACHADO, Felipe Chiodini; NETO, Gilson Carone; PAIVA, Luisa Oliveira de; SOARES, Tamiris Cristina; NAKAMURA, Ricardo Kenithi; NASCIMENTO, Leonardo de Freitas; CAMPANA, Camila Sato; LUSTOSA, Lia Alves Martins Mota; CORTEZ, Rachel Andrade; ASHMAWI, Hazem Adel (ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, NEW YORK, USA, 2020)

  Background and objectives: Postoperative pain is still a major concern in several surgical procedures. Multimodal analgesia is best for postoperative pain management; however, opioid therapy is still the main treatment for ...
• COVID-19 pandemic: the long and difficult way back to work 

  SALOMAO, Bruno Chaves; MALUF-FILHO, Fauze (MOSBY-ELSEVIER, NEW YORK, USA, 2020)
• Bariatric surgery in the elderly: a randomized prospective study comparing safety of sleeve gastrectomy and Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (BASE Trial) 

  PAJECKI, Denis; DANTAS, Anna Carolina Batista; KANAJI, Ana Lumi; OLIVEIRA, Daniel Riccioppo Cerqueira Ferreira de; CLEVA, Roberto de; SANTO, Marco Aurelio (ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, NEW YORK, USA, 2020)

  Background: The aging population along with the obesity epidemic has increased the number of older patients undergoing bariatric surgery. Nevertheless, there is still conflicting data regarding surgical safety in this ...
• Efficacy and Safety of Pembrolizumab or Pembrolizumab Plus Chemotherapy vs Chemotherapy Alone for Patients With First-line, Advanced Gastric Cancer: The KEYNOTE-062 Phase 3 Randomized Clinical Trial 

  SHITARA, Kohei; CUTSEM, Eric Van; BANG, Yung-Jue; FUCHS, Charles; WYRWICZ, Lucjan; LEE, Keun-Wook; KUDABA, Iveta; GARRIDO, Marcelo; CHUNG, Hyun Cheol; LEE, Jeeyun; CASTRO, Hugo Raul; MANSOOR, Wasat; BRAGHIROLI, Maria Ignez; KARASEVA, Nina; CAGLEVIC, Christian; VILLANUEVA, Luis; GOEKKURT, Eray; SATAKE, Hironaga; ENZINGER, Peter; ALSINA, Maria; BENSON, Al; CHAO, Joseph; KO, Andrew H.; WAINBERG, Zev A.; KHER, Uma; SHAH, Sukrut; KANG, S. Peter; TABERNERO, Josep (AMER MEDICAL ASSOC, CHICAGO, USA, 2020)

  IMPORTANCE Safe and effective therapies for untreated, advanced gastric/gastroesophageal junction (G/GEJ) cancer remain an unmet need. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the antitumor activity of pembrolizumab, pembrolizumab plus ...
• Letter to the Editor Regarding ""Association Between Facility Volume and Overall Survival for Patients with Grade II Meningioma after Gross Total Resection"" 

  LORDELO, Gustavo Correa; NESPOLI, Victor Salviato; NEVILLE, Iuri Santana; PAIVA, Wellingson Silva (ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, NEW YORK, USA, 2020)
• Clinicopathological analysis of acral melanoma in a single center: a study of 45 cases 

  SOUZA, Bruno de Castro e; SILVA, Diego Henrique Morais; MIYASHIRO, Denis; KAKIZAKI, Priscila; VALENTE, Neusa Yuriko Sakai (ASSOC MEDICA BRASILEIRA, SAO PAULO, BRAZIL, 2020)

  OBJECTIVE: The relationship between the clinicopathological and sociodemographics characteristics of acral melanomas diagnosed at the Hospital do Servidor Publico Estadual de Sao Paulo was analyzed and traced between 1997 ...
• Primary results from CECILIA, a global single-arm phase II study evaluating bevacizumab, carboplatin and paclitaxel for advanced cervical cancer 

  REDONDO, Andres; COLOMBO, Nicoletta; MCCORMACK, Mary; DREOSTI, Lydia; NOGUEIRA-RODRIGUES, Angelica; SCAMBIA, Giovanni; LORUSSO, Domenica; JOLY, Florence; SCHENKER, Michael; RUFF, Paul; ESTEVEZ-DIZ, Maria; IRAHARA, Natsumi; DONICA, Margarita; GONZALEZ-MARTIN, Antonio (ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE, SAN DIEGO, USA, 2020)

  Objective. Adding bevacizumab to cisplatin-paclitaxel for advanced cervical cancer significantly improves overall and progression-free survival. We evaluated bevacizumab with a widely used carboplatin-paclitaxel backbone. ...
• Statement - Protocol for the Reconnection of Cardiology Services with Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic-2020 

  BITTENCOURT, Marcio Sommer; GENEROSO, Giuliano; MELO, Pedro Henrique M. Craveiro de; PEIXOTO, Driele; MIRANDA, Erique Jose Farias Peixoto de; MESQUITA, Evandro Tinoco; BRANDAO, Andrea Araujo; SARAIVA, Jose Francisco Kerr; BARBERATO, Silvio Henrique; BACAL, Fernando; LOPES, Marcelo Antonio Cartaxo Queiroga (ARQUIVOS BRASILEIROS CARDIOLOGIA, RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL, 2020)
• COVID-19 and urology: a comprehensive review of the literature 

  PULIATTI, Stefano; EISSA, Ahmed; EISSA, Radwa; AMATO, Marco; MAZZONE, Elio; DELL'OGLIO, Paolo; SIGHINOLFI, Maria Chiara; ZOEIR, Ahmed; MICALI, Salvatore; BIANCHI, Giampaolo; PATEL, Vipul; WIKLUND, Peter; COELHO, Rafael F.; BERNHARD, Jean-Christophe; DASGUPTA, Prokar; MOTTRIE, Alexandre; ROCCO, Bernardo (WILEY, HOBOKEN, USA, 2020)

  Objective To discuss the impact of COVID-19 on global health, particularly on urological practice and to review some of the available recommendations reported in the literature. Material and Methods In the current narrative ...
• Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors and Hepatocellular Carcinoma 

  FONSECA, Leonardo G. da; REIG, Maria; BRUIX, Jordi (W B SAUNDERS CO-ELSEVIER INC, PHILADELPHIA, USA, 2020)
• Laparoscopic glissonean approach: Making complex something easy or making suitable the unsuitable? 

  MACHADO, Marcel A.; MAKDISSI, Fabio; SURJAN, Rodrigo (ELSEVIER SCI LTD, OXFORD, ENGLAND, 2020)

  Background: The use of laparoscopic glissonean approach has many potential benefits such as shorter operative times, lower blood loss with low morbidity. Methods: The aim with this study was to perform an evaluation of 12 ...
• Combined p14ARF and Interferon-beta Gene Transfer to the Human Melanoma Cell Line SK-MEL-147 Promotes Oncolysis and Immune Activation 

  CERQUEIRA, Otto Luiz Dutra; CLAVIJO-SALOMON, Maria Alejandra; CARDOSO, Elaine Cristina; TORTELLI JUNIOR, Tharcisio Citrangulo; MENDONCA, Samir Andrade; BARBUTO, Jose Alexandre M.; STRAUSS, Bryan E. (FRONTIERS MEDIA SA, LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND, 2020)

  Immune evasion is an important cancer hallmark and the understanding of its mechanisms has generated successful therapeutic approaches. Induction of immunogenic cell death (ICD) is expected to attract immune cell populations ...
• Response of human melanoma cell lines to interferon-beta gene transfer mediated by a modified adenoviral vector 

  DAVID, Taynah I. P.; CERQUEIRA, Otto L. D.; LANA, Marlous G.; V, Ruan F. Medrano; HUNGER, Aline; STRAUSS, Bryan E. (NATURE RESEARCH, BERLIN, GERMANY, 2020)

  Since melanomas often retain wild type p53, we developed an adenoviral vector, AdRGD-PG, which provides robust transduction and transgene expression in response to p53. Previously, this vector was used for interferon-beta ...
• Cross-Cultural Validity Study of a Medical Education Leadership Competencies Instrument in Latin American Physicians: A Multinational Study 

  MANO, Max S.; GOMES, Rafaela; WERUTSKY, Gustavo; BARRIOS, Carlos H.; MARTA, Gustavo Nader; VILLARREAL-GARZA, Cynthia; FRASSON, Antonio Luiz; STERNBERG, Cinthya; CLARA, Renan; SIMON, Sergio D.; CITAKU, Fadil; WALDROP, Marianne; VIOLATO, Claudio; ZILLIOUX, Don; KHAN, Yawar Hayat (AMER SOC CLINICAL ONCOLOGY, ALEXANDRIA, USA, 2019)

  PURPOSE Physicians rarely receive formal training in leadership skills. Citaku and colleagues have identified a set of leadership competencies (LCs) providing validity evidence in North American (NA) and European Union ...
• Validation of MicroRNA-188-5p Inhibition Power on Tumor Cell Proliferation in Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma 

  ZHOU, Ping; IRVING, Andrew; WU, Huifang; LUO, Juan; AGUIRRE, Johana; COSTA, Mariana; KHAMSUREE, Monny; GERADS, Natascha; LIU, Weibang (SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC, THOUSAND OAKS, USA, 2020)

  Given the crucial role of microRNAs in the cellular proliferation of various types of cancers, we aimed to analyze the expression and function of a cellular proliferation-associated miR-188-5p in papillary thyroid carcinoma ...
• The global impact of COVID-19 on gastrointestinal endoscopy units: An international survey of endoscopists 

  ALBORAIE, Mohamed; PISCOYA, Alejandro; Quang Trung Tran; MENDELSOHN, Robin B.; BUTT, Amna Subhan; LENZ, Luciano; ALAVINEJAD, Pezhman; EMARA, Mohamed H.; SAMLANI, Zouhour; ALTONBARY, Ahmed; MONGED, Ashraf; LEMMERS, Arnaud; SUDOVYKH, Irina; Dang Quy Dung Ho; GHAZANFAR, Shahriyar; KAMAU, Edna; IQBAL, Shahzad; TAN, Damien Meng Yew; LIAO, Wei-Chih; VIGNESH, Shivakumar (ELSEVIER, AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS, 2020)

  Background & study aims: Corona virus disease-19 (COVID-19) pandemic has markedly impacted routine medical services including gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy. We aim to report the real-life performance in high volume GI ...
• Methylene blue mediated antimicrobial photodynamic therapy in clinical human studies: The state of the art 

  CECATTO, Rebeca Boltes; MAGALHAES, Lais Siqueira de; RODRIGUES, Maria Fernanda Setubal Destro; PAVANI, Christiane; LINO-DOS-SANTOS-FRANCO, Adriana; GOMES, Mariana Teixeira; SILVA, Daniela Fatima Teixeira (ELSEVIER, AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS, 2020)

  Background: The goal of this study was to update the information about aPDT when using methylene blue (MB) for the treatment of human clinical infections of different etiologies, except for dentistry applications, and to ...
• Hypofractionated and hyper-hypofractionated radiation therapy in postoperative breast cancer treatment 

  FANG, Marcel; MARTA, Gustavo Nader (ASSOC MEDICA BRASILEIRA, SAO PAULO, BRAZIL, 2020)

  INTRODUCTION: Radiation therapy is widely used as adjuvant treatment in breast cancer patients. In the last decades, several studies have been designed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of hypofractionated breast radiation ...
• Patient Perception of Swallowing after Thyroidectomy in the Absence of Laryngeal Nerve Injury 

  MARTINS, Nivia Maria da Silva; NOVALO-GOTO, Elaine Shizue; DIZ-LEME, Isabel Cristina Maldonado; GOULART, Tais; RANZATTI, Rodrigo Perez; LEITE, Ana Kober Nogueira; DEDIVITIS, Rogerio Aparecido; MATOS, Leandro Luongo (KARGER, BASEL, SWITZERLAND, 2020)

  Introduction:Swallowing and voice alterations may manifest in patients with thyroid disease, especially after thyroidectomy.Objective:To identify the prevalence of patients with complaints of swallowing disorders after ...

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