[Recommendations about the Programming of Medical Activities in Medical Oncology of the Chilean Society of Medical Oncology].

Unlabelled: The incidence of cancer is increasing, which translates into a higher demand for medical oncology services every day. Work overload and, consequently, the development of burnout is present in up to 50% of medical oncology staff.

Aim: The objective of this publication is to expose the current situation and to establish recommendations for the scheduling of the medical activities in medical oncology considering the different types of care delivery and the necessary time for these to improve patient care while protecting the physician wellbeing.

Total neoadjuvant chemotherapy with FLOT scheme in resectable adenocarcinoma of the gastro-oesophageal junction or gastric adenocarcinoma: impact on pathological complete response and safety.

Background: Gastric cancer is the fifth cause of cancer incidence worldwide. Multidisciplinary approaches that improve the survival are needed. Perioperative chemotherapies show improvement in pathological complete remission (pCR) and overall survival (OS), but less than 50% of the patients completed the chemotherapeutic regimen.

Chemoradiotherapy in gallbladder cancer.

Gallbladder cancer (GC) is considered a rare disease associated with a poor prognosis. Unfortunately, the low number of cases makes the performance of trials addressing the role of adjuvant, neoadjuvant, and/or palliative therapy difficult. For a long time, the majority of trials were 5-fluorouracil (5 FU)-based, and results were uniformly poor.

[Acute Liver Failure in patient with liver amyloidosis associated to multiple myeloma].

We report a 67 years old woman admitted to the hospital for the study of a cholestatic jaundice and massive hepatomegaly. On admission, the patient did not have liver failure. During hospital stay, the patient experienced a progressive deterioration of liver function and a monoclonal gammopathy was detected.