Essential core competencies for scope of practice of paediatric oncology nurses in Latin America: a scoping review protocol.

Introduction: Nurses comprise the largest group of health workers globally and are essential to the provision of care necessary for delivering curative therapy to children with cancer. In high-income countries, previous studies of the nurse workforce have shown an association between patient morbidity and mortality and nursing-related factors such as staffing, education and the nursing practice environment. There is currently limited evidence available to define the scope of essential core competencies for paediatric oncology nursing (PON) practice internationally and specifically in Latin America.

Prognostic factors for incomplete response in thyroid microcarcinoma: an analysis of initial response to therapy in 517 patients.

Objective: Although thyroid microcarcinoma (TMC) usually has a favorable prognosis, some patients present a higher risk of disease recurrence or persistence. Thus, we aimed at identifying possible risk factors associated with an incomplete response to therapy in TMC.

Methods: This was a retrospective study of 517 patients with TMC treated with total thyroidectomy, with or without radioactive iodine (RAI) therapy, reclassified after 1.

Immunohistochemistry of apoptosis-related proteins in retinoblastoma.

Retinoblastoma is the most common intraocular malignant neoplasia during childhood and results from the partial or total inactivity of the retinoblastoma protein (pRb). In the absence of pRb, the E2F transcription factors increase the levels of cell cycle proteins as well as some pro-apoptotic proteins. We intended to study the immunohistochemistry profile of apoptotic-related proteins in retinoblastoma.

Retrospective study of pterygoid implants in the atrophic posterior maxilla: implant and prosthesis survival rates up to 3 years.

Purpose: Few reports have evaluated cumulative survival rates of implants placed in the pterygoid region in the medium term. The objective of this study was to evaluate success rates of pterygoid implants and prostheses in patients treated in the atrophic posterior maxilla.

Materials And Methods: A retrospective study was performed of patients with an atrophic posterior maxilla rehabilitated with pterygoid implants between 1999 and 2010 and followed for at least 36 months after implant loading.

A school-based human papillomavirus vaccination program in barretos, Brazil: final results of a demonstrative study.

Introduction: The implementation of a public HPV vaccination program in several developing countries, especially in Latin America, is a great challenge for health care specialists.

Aim: To evaluate the uptake and the three-dose completion rates of a school-based HPV vaccination program in Barretos (Brazil).

Methods: THE STUDY INCLUDED GIRLS WHO WERE ENROLLED IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS AND WHO REGULARLY ATTENDED THE SIXTH AND SEVENTH GRADES OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (MEAN AGE: 11.

Extraoral implants in the rehabilitation of craniofacial defects: implant and prosthesis survival rates and peri-implant soft tissue evaluation.

Purpose: Few reports have evaluated cumulative survival rates of extraoral rehabilitation and peri-implant soft tissue reaction at long-term follow-up. The objective of this study was to evaluate implant and prosthesis survival rates and the soft tissue reactions around the extraoral implants used to support craniofacial prostheses.

Materials And Methods: A retrospective study was performed of patients who received implants for craniofacial rehabilitation from 2003 to 2010.

Proteins involved in pRb and p53 pathways are differentially expressed in thin and thick superficial spreading melanomas.

Cutaneous melanoma is one of the leading causes of cancer-related death. Malignant transformation of epidermal melanocytes is a multifactorial process involving cell cycle and death control pathways. The purpose of this study was to analyze the immunohistochemical expression of cell-cycle-related and apoptosis-related proteins in cutaneous superficial spreading melanomas using the tissue microarray technique to further understand tumor development.

Risk factors for nosocomial infection in a Brazilian neonatal intensive care unit.

This study was designed to describe the epidemiology and risk factors for nosocomial infection (NI) in a Brazilian neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). This study was a retrospective cohort from January to December, 2003. All neonates admitted to the NICU.

Risk factors for surgical-site infections in head and neck cancer surgery.

Objective: The aim of this study was to identify risk factors for surgical-site infections (SSIs) in patients with head and neck cancer submitted to major clean-contaminated surgery.

Study Design: This is a prospective study conducted in a tertiary cancer center hospital.

Subjects And Methods: This study includes 258 patients submitted to a major clean-contaminated head and neck oncologic surgery.

A proposed score for predicting severe infection complications in children with chemotherapy-induced febrile neutropenia.

Background: Febrile neutropenia (FN) is one of most common complications in patients with cancer during chemotherapy. Identifying factors associated with severe infectious complications (SICs) at time of admission for fever and neutropenia is necessary for better treatment.

Procedure: We revised all medical charts of patients under 18 years old who developed a first episode of FN present from January 2000 to December 2003.

Trends in childhood renal cancer mortality in Brazil, 1980-2000.

Mortality from childhood cancers has shown substantial declines in developed countries since 1960, with smaller favourable trends in South America. This study describes mortality trends in renal childhood cancer mortality in São Paulo state, Brazil, from 1980 to 2000. The age-standardised mortality rates among the boys decreased from 0.

Prognostic score in gastric cancer: the importance of a conjoint analysis of clinical, pathologic, and therapeutic factors.

Background: This study was designed to establish a prognostic score for gastric cancer that takes into account factors related to the tumor, the patient, and the treatment.

Methods: Two hundred thirty patients with gastric adenocarcinoma admitted t o the Department of Abdominal Surgery at Hospital do Câncer A. C.

Trends in eye cancer mortality among children in Brazil, 1980-2002.

Background: In the last few decades mortality from childhood cancers has shown substantial declines in industrialized countries, with smaller favorable trends in South America.

Objective: This study describes mortality trends in childhood eye cancer in Brazil from 1980 to 2002.

Procedure: Age-specific eye cancer death rates (0-4, 5-9, and 10-14 years) were calculated according to gender.

The importance of long-term follow-up of head and neck cancer patients for reliable survival analysis.

Objective: Analyze the influence of patients lost to follow-up in estimated survival rates calculated by the Kaplan-Meier method.

Study Design: Only patients with previously untreated squamous cell carcinoma of the upper aerodigestive tract were selected. For the patients lost to follow-up anytime, the last medical evaluation date was collected to calculate the "estimate A" survival time.

Histological classification of 1,025 cases of Hodgkin's lymphoma from the State of São Paulo, Brazil.

Context And Objective: It is currently asserted that, in industrialized countries, nodular sclerosis is the most frequent type of Hodgkin's lymphoma, in contrast to developing countries, where mixed cellularity and lymphocyte depletion are more frequently seen. The objective was to review histological data from cases of Hodgkin's lymphoma from São Paulo and Campinas cities.

Design And Setting: Cross-sectional histopathological analysis, in four university hospitals and one cancer care center.

[The Pediatrician's ability to recognize the presenting signs and symptoms of retinoblastoma].

Background: Retinoblastoma is the most frequent primary intraocular tumor in children. The most common presenting sign is leukocoria and the second one is strabism. In the developing countries extra ocular disease is seen more frequently because of delayed referral.

Comparative study of smokers, ex-smokers, and nonsmokers who have experienced myocardial infarction.

Objective: To assess the impact of smoking on in-hospital morbidity and mortality in patients who have experienced acute myocardial infarction and to assess the association between smoking and other cardiovascular risk factors and clinical data.

Methods: A prospective cohort study analyzed 121 patients, including 54 smokers, 35 ex-smokers, and 32 nonsmokers.

Results: Using the chi-square test (P<0.

Extraocular retinoblastoma: a 13-year experience.

Background: The current study was performed to evaluate two regimens of treatment and to describe clinical and epidemiologic characteristics in patients with extraocular retinoblastoma.

Methods: Eighty-three patients with extraocular retinoblastoma according to Childrens Cancer Group (CCG) classification were admitted to the Pediatric Department of the A. C.

APACHE II, POSSUM, and ASA scores and the risk of perioperative complications in patients with oral or oropharyngeal cancer.

Background: The indications for surgical treatment of patients with head and neck cancer can be limited by the risk of perioperative complications. Prediction of outcome is important in disease stratification and the subsequent decision-making process.

Objective: To assess the value of the APACHE II (Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II) score, POSSUM (Physiological and Operative Severity Score for the Enumeration of Mortality and Morbidity), and ASA (American Society of Anesthesiologists) classification in the prediction of complications in patients with oral or oropharyngeal cancer.

Perioperative complications, comorbidities, and survival in oral or oropharyngeal cancer.

Objectives: To establish the value of clinical factors in the prediction of perioperative complications and death in patients with oral and oropharyngeal carcinomas and to develop a new extended clinical severity staging system that combines patient and tumor factors.

Patients And Methods: A total of 530 patients with oral or oropharyngeal carcinomas submitted to surgical treatment were studied. Logistic regression was used to identify risk factors for perioperative complications, and the Cox proportional hazards regression model was used to establish independent prognostic factors.

Epithelial salivary glands neoplasms in children and adolescents: a forty-four-year experience.

Background: Epithelial neoplasms of salivary gland origin are relatively uncommon in children and adolescents. Over a 44-year period, there were 38 cases affecting children under 19 years of age in our Pediatric Hospital-Based Tumor Registry.

Procedure: Medical charts of 38 patients with epithelial neoplasms of salivary glands were reviewed.