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Quality of Life Research in Endometrial Cancer What Is Needed to Advance Progress in This Disease Site? Methodological Considerations From the Gynecologic Cancer InterGroup Symptom Benefit Working Group Brainstorming Session, Leiden 2012
Biological, physical and clinical aspects of cancer treatment with ionising radiatio
Epidemiology of neurocysticercosis in Brazil Epidemiologia da neurocisticercose no Brasil
A revision of literature was done with the objective of tracing an epidemiologic profile of neurocysticercosis (NCC) in Brazil. The prevalence was 0.12-9% in autopsies. The frequency was 0.03-7.5% in clinical series and 0.68-5.2% in seroepidemiological studies. The disease corresponds to 0.08-2.5% of admissions to general hospitals. Patient origin was rural in 30-63% of cases. The most involved age range (64-100%) was 11 to 60 years, with a predominance (22-67%) between 21 and 40 years. The male sex was the most affected (51-80%). In the severe forms there was a predominance of urban origin (53-62%) and of the female sex (53-75%). The period of hospitalization ranges from 1 to 254 days and 33 to 50% of patients suffer 1.7 ± 1.4 admissions. The clinical picture was variable, with a predominance of epileptic syndrome (22-92%) and intracranial hypertension (19-89%). Psychiatric manifestations were associated in 9-23% of patients. Lethality was 0.29% in terms of all diseases in general and 4.8-25.9% in terms of neurologic diseases. The asymptomatic form was detected in 6% of patients in clinical serie and in 48.5% of case from autopsies. The racemose form and ventricular localization also was observed as asymptomatic form. Among the patients with cutaneous cysticercosis 65% of them showed neurologic manifestations.<br>Realizou-se revisĂŁo da literatura com o objetivo de tentar delinear um perfil epidemiolĂłgico da neurocisticercose no Brasil. A prevalĂȘncia em necrĂłpsias variou de 0,12-9%. A freqĂŒĂȘncia, nas casuĂsticas clĂnicas foi de 0,03-7,5% e, nos estudos soroepidemiolĂłgicos, de 0,68-5,2%. Compreendeu 0,08-2,5% das internaçÔes em hospitais gerais. A procedĂȘncia foi rural em 30-63% dos doentes. Comprometeu mais (64-100%) na faixa etĂĄria dos 11 aos 60 anos, predominantemente (22-67%) entre 21 e 40 anos. O sexo masculino foi mais atingido (51-80%). Nas formas graves, houve predomĂnio da origem urbana (53-62%) e do sexo feminino (53-75%). O perĂodo de internação variou de 1 -254 dias, com 33 a 50% dos doentes necessitando 1.7 ± 1,4 admissĂ”es. Houve variabilidade no quadro clĂnico, predominando sĂndrome epilĂ©ptica (22-92%) e hipertensĂŁo intracraniana (19-89%). A presença de manifestaçÔes psiquiĂĄtricas foi observada em 9-23% dos doentes. A letalidade, frente as doenças em geral, foi de 0,29% e, entre as doenças neurolĂłgicas, de 4,8-25,9%. A forma assintomĂĄtica foi detectada em 6% dos doentes de casuĂstica clĂnica e em 48,5% dos casos de necrĂłpsia. A forma racemosa e a localização ventricular tambĂ©m se apresentaram de maneira assintomĂĄtica. Entre os doentes com cisticercose cutĂąnea, 65% apresentavam manifestaçÔes neurolĂłgicas