Evaluation of the Expression of the Human Epithelial Receptor 2 (HER2) in Gastric Carcinoma.

. To evaluate the HER2 expression on gastric adenocarcinoma from a Brazilian population and also to analyze the relations between the receptor and clinical characteristics, as well as the survival status. .

Design and implementation of the Americas Hernia Society Quality Collaborative (AHSQC): improving value in hernia care.

Purpose: Wide variation in care and costs exists regarding the management of abdominal wall hernias, with unproven benefit for many therapies. This work establishes a specialty society-based solution to improve the quality and value of care delivered to hernia patients during routine clinical management on a national scale.

Methods: The Americas Hernia Society Quality Task Force was charged by the Americas Hernia Society leadership to develop an initiative that utilizes the concepts of continuous quality improvement (CQI).

Effects of low dose of tibolone on steroid receptors and Bcl-2 on the postmenopausal endometrium.

Objective: A prospective randomized controlled trial was conducted to evaluate the effect of low dose of tibolone on the histology, expression of estrogen (ER) and progesterone receptors (PR) and Bcl-2 protein, in endometrium of postmenopausal women.

Method: Forty postmenopausal women consented to treatment and were allocated into two groups of 20 women: Group 1 (Control) without hormone replacement therapy (HRT); Group 2 (Tibolone) treatment at the dose of 1.25 mg/day of oral tibolone administered for a 24-week period.

Comparison of methods for the measurement of body composition in overweight and obese Brazilian children and adolescents before and after a lifestyle modification program.

Aim: To compare the body composition of overweight children and adolescents by bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) and dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) before and after physical activity program.

Methods: One hundred and eleven patients with mean age (SD) of 12 (1.9) participated in the study.

Assessment of the body composition and the loss of fat-free mass through bioelectric impedance analysis in patients who underwent open gastric bypass.

Background: Bariatric surgery is considered an effective option for the management of morbid obesity. The incidence of obesity has been gradually increasing all over the world reaching epidemic proportions in some regions of the world. Obesity can cause a reduction of up to 22% in the life expectancy of morbidly obese patients.

Effective treatment of vaginal atrophy with isoflavone vaginal gel.

Objective: To assess efficacy and tolerability of a isoflavone (Glycine max L. Merr.) vaginal gel to the treatment of vaginal atrophy in postmenopausal women.

Effects of drospirenone/estradiol on steroid receptors and Bcl-2 in the postmenopausal endometrium.

Objective: To evaluate the effect of drospirenone with 17β-estradiol on the histology and expression of estrogen and progesterone receptors and of Bcl-2 protein, in endometrium of postmenopausal women.

Method: Forty postmenopausal women, including controls, participated in this study evaluating oral hormone replacement treatment combining 2 mg/day of drospirenone with 1 mg/day of 17β-estradiol administered for a 24-week period. The effect on the endometrium was assessed by histology and the apoptosis marker Bcl-2.

Bladder outlet obstruction after pubovaginal fascial sling.

The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to evaluate patients' satisfaction and urodynamic findings in women undergoing pubovaginal fascial sling procedure. We have evaluated, clinically and urodynamically, 45 women who underwent the rectus fascia pubovaginal sling for urodynamically proven stress urinary incontinence with at least 12 months of postoperative follow-up. After a mean follow-up of 25 months, 93.

Effectiveness of imiquimod 5% cream for treatment of extensive anogenital warts in a seven-year-old child.

Conventional treatment options for anogenital warts in prepubertal children rely on chemical and physical destruction methods that can be difficult and painful and frequently require the use of general anesthesia. Other approaches include the use of immunotherapies, as topical imiquimod and intralesional or systemic interferon. We report a 7-year-old girl with extensive anogenital warts who was successfully treated with topical 5% imiquimod cream.