Browsing by Subject "Skin neoplasms"
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Auto-estima em pacientes com carcinomas de pele
(Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgiões, 2007-12-01)BACKGROUND: To evaluate self-esteem among patients with skin cancer of the face and the neck area. METHODS: One hundred patients were studied, with ages ranging between 30 and 90 years old (median = 55 years old). There ...
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A case of pigmented Bowen's disease
(Soc Brasileira Dermatologia, 2017)Pigmented Bowen's disease is a rare subtype of Bowen's disease. Clinically it presents as a slow-growing, well-defined, hyperpigmented plaque, and should be included as a differential diagnosis of other pigmented lesions. ...
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Caso para diagnóstico
(Soc Brasileira Dermatologia, 2009-03-01)Piloleiomyoma is a benign neoplasm arising from the erector pilorum muscle in the skin. It occurs in young adults of both genders. Lesions can be single or multiple and more frequently involve extremities. Pain may occur ...
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Epidemiological and histopathological profile of cutaneous melanoma at a center in northeastern Brazil from 2000 to 2010
(Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia, 2013-08-01)BACKGROUND:While representing only 3-4% of malignant skin tumors, cutaneous melanoma is the most aggressive and lethal. Statistical knowledge about the biological behavior of this tumor is essential for guiding daily ...
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Expression of heparanase in basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma
(Soc Brasileira Dermatologia, 2016)Background: Heparanase is an enzyme that cleaves heparan sulfate chains. Oligosaccharides generated by heparanase induce tumor progression. Basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma comprise types of nonmelanoma ...
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Fatores de risco para câncer da pele não melanoma em Taubaté, SP: um estudo caso-controle
(Associação Médica Brasileira, 2011-08-01)OBJECTIVE: To identify factors associated with non-melanoma skin cancer in the city of Taubaté, São Paulo, Brazil. METHODS: Hospital-based case-control study with individuals residing in Taubaté, treated between January ...
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Medidas de prevenção contra câncer de pele em trabalhadores da construção civil: contribuição da enfermagem
(Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. Escola de Enfermagem, 2011-03-01)The civil construction's workers are one of the most risk groups to the occupational cancer. The purpose was to identify these workers knowledge about skin cancer and describe protection/prevention measures adopted for ...
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Polypoid melanoma and superficial spreading melanoma different subtypes in the same lesion
(Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia, 2014-07-01)Melanoma is a malignant melanocytic neoplasm with high mortality rate, and steadily and universally increasing incidence rates. Polypoid melanoma is considered an exophytic variant of the nodular subtype. The incidence of ...
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Quality of life and self-esteem in patients submitted to surgical treatment of skin carcinomas: long-term results
(Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia, 2014-07-01)BACKGROUND:Cancer is a multifactorial disease and skin carcinomas are the most common type of cancer. Assessing quality of life and self-esteem outcomes in skin cancer patients is important because these are indicators of ...
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Siringomas periorbitários - excisão com tesoura de castroviejo: experiência em 38 pacientes e revisão da literatura
(Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia, 2006-08-01)BACKGROUND: Syringomas are benign adnexal tumors from intraepidermal eccrine ducts, treated by diverse surgical modalities with variable results. OBJECTIVES: 1. To report our experience in surgical treatment of multiple ...