Publications by authors named "Maria Reynel"

Case Presentation: A 68-year-old male patient underwent a resection of a DDL (T2 N0 M0, FNCLCC grade 2, stage IIIA) in the retroperitoneum. Three months after this first surgery, a recurrence occurred, and was treated with neoadjuvant and adjuvant doxorubicin plus ifosfamide and surgery (resection). A second recurrence-11 months after the second surgery-was treated with surgery and radiotherapy.

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Rationale: Thymic neuroendocrine tumor (TNET) is very rare and characterized by a tendency to invade adjacent structures, frequent metastasis, resistance to therapy, and a poor prognosis. Viscum album extracts (VAE) have shown immunological, apoptogenic, and cytotoxic properties.

Patient Concerns: A 54-year-old Peruvian man was suffering from constant fatigue, cough, dyspnea, and fever for a couple of months.

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Background: Bilateral asynchronous renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is infrequent. Immunotherapy is the first-line treatment for advanced RCC not controlled by locoregional therapy. Viscum album extracts (VAE) have been shown to improve quality of life as well as immunological and antineoplastic properties in different types of cancers.

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Rationale: Carcinoma in situ (CIS) of the uterine cervix is a premalignant condition of squamous epithelium. The standard treatments are excision and ablation procedures; for women with positive margins, hysterectomy is recommended.

Patient Concerns: A 47-year-old Peruvian woman with recurrent candidal vaginitis had been diagnosed with colpocervicitis and squamous metaplasia 8 years ago, which were not treated.

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