Lung Cancer and Tuberculosis: A Case Report on a Patient with Concurrent Comorbidities in a Hospital of High Complexity in Fortaleza - CE-BR
Jose Aurillo Rocha,
Filadelfia Passos Rodrigues Martins,
Rosineli Leopoldino De Oliveira,
Paulo Brito De Castro Figueira,
Jose Dumas Ferreira Gomes,
David Luniere Goncalves
Issue:
Volume 2, Issue 6, November 2014
Pages:
102-103
Received:
18 September 2014
Accepted:
13 October 2014
Published:
20 October 2014
Abstract: Case report: Lung Cancer (LC) is associated with smoking. Wonders attention in people with lung cancer who also have increased risk of having pulmonary tuberculosis (PT). The chances of getting lung cancer among pulmonary tuberculosis increases compared to LC alone. Simultaneously or not can change the prognosis and survival of these patients. The objective of this case report is to highlight the characteristics and possibilities of patients with PT and LC, with simultaneous or sequential presentation outpatient tertiary Hospital / high complexity. Tuberculosis screening should be recommended prior to initiating immunosuppressive treatment of LC.
Abstract: Case report: Lung Cancer (LC) is associated with smoking. Wonders attention in people with lung cancer who also have increased risk of having pulmonary tuberculosis (PT). The chances of getting lung cancer among pulmonary tuberculosis increases compared to LC alone. Simultaneously or not can change the prognosis and survival of these patients. The ...
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Sensorineural Hearing Loss as an Exceptional Mode of Revelation of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: A Case Report
Hind Temsamani,
Ahmed Belkouch,
Abdelilah Mouhsine,
Ali Jahidi,
Abdelghani El Fikri,
Lahcen Belyamani,
Fouad Benariba
Issue:
Volume 2, Issue 6, November 2014
Pages:
104-107
Received:
2 November 2014
Accepted:
12 November 2014
Published:
18 November 2014
Abstract: Nasopharyngeal carcinomas are responsible of a high mortality rate in many parts of the world. The clinical aspects of these cancers are various; they find their explanations in the ways of tumor extension. The knowledge of these expansion ways has been significantly modified by the addition of CT and MRI. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of nasopharyngeal carcinomas that manifested with sensorineural hearing loss as the first and unique symptom. We report the case of a 48 years old male Arab patient with an unusual mode of revelation of this cancer, he presented with sensorineural hearing loss. He had no other clinical manifestations. The patient was assessed for Cerebellopontine Angle Tumors, MRI rectified the diagnosis. The intracranial extension of nasopharyngeal carcinomas may be manifested by sensorineural hearing loss due to the auditory nerve damage and can be the first and the unique symptom of the disease. Imaging section (CT scan and MRI) is the cornerstone that can rectify the diagnosis.
Abstract: Nasopharyngeal carcinomas are responsible of a high mortality rate in many parts of the world. The clinical aspects of these cancers are various; they find their explanations in the ways of tumor extension. The knowledge of these expansion ways has been significantly modified by the addition of CT and MRI. To the best of our knowledge, this is the ...
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Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Breast Cancer Screening among Female General Practitioners in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Mohammed Yehia Saeedi,
Fahad Al Amri,
Ahmed Khair Ibrahim,
Kassim Kassim
Issue:
Volume 2, Issue 6, November 2014
Pages:
108-113
Received:
19 October 2014
Accepted:
4 November 2014
Published:
27 November 2014
Abstract: Background: Breast cancer has been ranked as the 1st cancer in women in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Screening, early detection and proper treatment of Breast Cancer was associated with more chances of better prognosis and long-term survival. The role general practitioner’s role is to provide professional knowledge, skills and support for patients as well as their caregiver about screening and prevention. This study aimed to investigate the level of knowledge of Breast Cancer risk factors, beliefs, diagnosis and practice of Breast Self Examination, Clinical Breast Examination and mammography among female General Practitioners who are currently working in primary health care center in Riyadh city, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted using a self-administered questionnaire among female physicians, currently working as General Practitioners in Primary Health Care centers were invited. Descriptive statistics: mean, standard deviation, frequencies, percentage were calculated. Results: The majority (90%) of the respondents believed that Breast Cancer is a major health problem and 96% were aware of the importance of mammography as a screening method. But only 19% of the studied physicians requested mammogram as screening tool for women aged 40 years or more. Conclusion: The current study demonstrated that knowledge about breast cancer screening was satisfactory and highlighted the need for the provision of continuing medical education programs to improve the general practitioners' practice on cancer screening tools.
Abstract: Background: Breast cancer has been ranked as the 1st cancer in women in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Screening, early detection and proper treatment of Breast Cancer was associated with more chances of better prognosis and long-term survival. The role general practitioner’s role is to provide professional knowledge, skills and support for patients as w...
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The Impact of Middle Age on the Viability of Patients with Nonmalignant and Malignant Diseases
Alexei N. Shoutko,
Lyudmila P. Ekimova
Issue:
Volume 2, Issue 6, November 2014
Pages:
114-120
Received:
8 November 2014
Accepted:
28 November 2014
Published:
2 December 2014
Abstract: Deep myelosuppression, an officially sanctioned effect of non-selective cytotoxic cancer therapy, would be expected to be incompatible with mounting of a powerful host defense against spontaneous malignancy. To explore this theoretical difficulty, we used middle age as a natural model of a temporary decline in lymphocytopoiesis, caused by physiological thymus involution. The impact of middle age on the levels of death from nonmalignant and malignant diseases was analyzed retrospectively, using population health data from Europe (the European Network of Economic Policy Research Institutes, 1995); the UK (Statistics Team at the Cancer Research UK, and the Office for National Statistics cancer survival rates for 2007-2010), and the USA (National Center for Health Statistics, 1987-2007; National Vital Statistics System, 1999-2010; National Cancer Institute's Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results [SEER], 1992-2010). The rate of death and survival used to check whether the vectors of middle age-specific changes of these parameters are opposite or coincident in cancer patients and those with certain non-malignant somatic diseases. According the temporary trend on a middle- age portion of plot, the curves were graded negative or positive (+ = viability is not change or goes up; - = viability goes down).Comparisons of aggregate data showed that middle age exerted opposite effects on the health of those with cancer and non-malignant diseases. In middle age, serious health conditions, such as some cancers, are easier to treat, but the overall quality of life is reduced by various morbidities, especially infections. The comparing of the impact of middle age on the viability of patients with nonmalignant and malignant diseases in alternative terms of immunity or morphogenesis leads to recognition of trophic contribution of thymus into tumor development. By analogy, we assume that use of cytotoxic therapy can exert indirect benefit, thus compromising hemato- lymphocytopoiesis.
Abstract: Deep myelosuppression, an officially sanctioned effect of non-selective cytotoxic cancer therapy, would be expected to be incompatible with mounting of a powerful host defense against spontaneous malignancy. To explore this theoretical difficulty, we used middle age as a natural model of a temporary decline in lymphocytopoiesis, caused by physiolog...
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