Current status of pancreatic cancer with oligometastasis.

Background: Pancreatic cancer is the seventh leading cause of death worldwide, with ductal adenocarcinoma as the most frequent neoplasm. Half of the patients who are diagnosed have metastases at the time of diagnosis.

Objective: A review of the treatment of resectable pancreatic adenocarcinoma with oligometastatic disease was carried out in order to present an overview of the existing evidence.

[Actualidades en la sobrevida del carcinoma hepatocelular].

Objetivo: Realizar una revisión de la literatura actualizada, abordando los aspectos clínicos y epidemiológicos más relevantes asociados con la sobrevida del carcinoma hepatocelular y su relación con las estrategias terapéuticas que han demostrado un mejor resultado. Método: Se realizó una búsqueda bibliográfica empleando las bases de datos electrónicas Medline, Embase, Springerlink y PubMed para identificar documentos publicados desde el 1 de enero de 1985 hasta agosto de 2020. Resultados: Se analizaron el abordaje y el manejo quirúrgico del carcinoma hepatocelular en todo el mundo, comparando las dos principales estrategias terapéuticas que reportan mayor porcentaje de sobrevida global.

Complex localization of single-rod contraceptive implant. Report of two clinical cases.

Background: The subdermal single-rod contraceptive implant is used by more than one million women worldwide. In México there are ~ 600,000 colocated implants. Cases of complex implant localization caused by a deep insertion procedure have been reported.

[Familial adenomatous polyposis: case report of male twins].

Background: One hundred percent of the cases of familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) will develop carcinoma; therefore, the necessity of diagnosis at an early age with immediate therapy is essential. In the presence of identical twins, it is mandatory for both to undergo comprehensive colonic examination as early as possible. The study took place at a third-level general hospital with the objective of explaining in detail the importance of early diagnosis of FAP.