Publications by authors named "P Costa Antunes"
Prostate cancer (PCa) is one of the most prevalent cancers worldwide. Even following appropriate initial treatments, a subset of the patients develops tumor recurrence. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is pivotal in investigating local recurrence, but its performance is limited in detecting recurrence at other sites (especially in subcentimeter lymph nodes).
View Article and Find Full Text PDF. To estimate dose rates delivered by using radioactiveAu nanoparticles for prostate cancer nanobrachytherapy, identifying contribution by photons and electrons emmited from the source..
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- Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) is a rare neurological condition characterized by symptoms like headache, visual loss, impaired mental status, and seizures, often reversible with timely management.* -
- It commonly occurs during hypertensive crises, renal issues, or immunosuppressive therapy, yet reports in anesthesiology are scarce.* -
- A case of a 46-year-old male undergoing elective eye surgery developed PRES, leading to delayed emergence from anesthesia and blindness, underscoring the need for anesthesiologists to recognize and diagnose PRES promptly using MRI to prevent long-term neurological damage.*
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- This study investigates the effect of a supervised exercise training program (SETP) on the pathological complete response (pCR) and tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) in women with early breast cancer undergoing neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC).
- Sixty-four participants were analyzed, primarily with stage II and III disease, and results showed no significant difference in pCR rates (56.7% for SETP vs. 55.9% for control) or TIL levels between the two groups.
- The findings suggest that SETP may not influence pCR or TILs during NAC, highlighting the need for further research with larger sample sizes to explore these outcomes more conclusively.
Background: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained arrythmia, but still underdiagnosed especially among asymptomatic patients.
Objectives: To evaluate a simple strategy to optimize the identification of AF.
Methods: Asymptomatic patients aged 65 years or older, with hypertension or heart failure (HF), were included.