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Diagnosis and management of cervical cancer

Great strides have been made to reduce the increasing incidence of cervical cancer. In more than 80 countries, HPV vaccination is now included in national immunization programs. Screening has also seen major advances with the implementation of testing for HPV infection on a larger scale. However, these interventions will take a few years to...

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Management of endometrial cancer

Endometrial adenocarcinoma is a malignant epithelial tumor of the uterus; it is a common malignancy of the female genital tract and occurs most often in postmenopausal women. The most common symptom seen is an abnormal uterus. Diagnosis is based on history, physical examination, transvaginal ultrasound, and taking of an endometrial sample. The management of...

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News in cavum cancer

Cavum or nasopharygeal cancer or also called Rhinopharygeal cancer represents the first ORL cancer in Algeria, its incidence in men according to the National Network of Cancer Registries (RNRC) in 2017 is 3.4 / 100,000 in habitants or 756 new cases / year, which places it in 7th place. It is a chemosensitive and radiation-curable...

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Upper aerodigestive tract cancers linked to HPV, a new epidemiology

Head and neck cancers affect an anatomical area essential to communication with the external environment. We note the appearance over the last thirty years of the human papillomavirus (HPV) as an essential and independent etiopathogenic factor in the genesis of certain head and neck cancers. The objective of this work is to search for...

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Sentinel lymph node: The strong points

Y. Alioua*, H. Bendib, A. Boudiaf, M.R. Slimani, N. Benzidane, Service de Chirurgie Générale, EPH Bachir Mentouri, Kouba, Alger, Faculté de médecine, Université Alger 1 Résumé : L’évaluation chirurgicale du statut ganglionnaire axillaire dans la prise en charge du cancer du sein est un facteur pronostic majeur. La méthode du ganglion sentinelle est reconnue aujourd’hui...

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Surgery for Non-Small Cell Bronchial Cancer

The best chance of cure for localized NSCLC remains surgery. We have regulated resections (lobectomy, bi-lobectomy and pneumonectomy), but sometimes we may have to perform enlargements to certain neighboring organs to be oncological. Currently with technological progress, we are witnessing the appearance of new minimally invasive procedures and the development of outpatient surgery with...

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Analysis of the care pathway of a 76-year-old woman: from the skeletal event revealing NSCLC to the excellent response to Erlotinib in 2nd line: about an observation

Introduction: Lung cancer in woman is relatively uncommon in Algeria, however its occurrence is in a steady increase and the sex-ratio is decreasing (1, 2, 3, 4), therefore the bone metastasis of lung cancers is an interesting subject due to its frequency of occurrence and its seriousness in particular for elderly persons (6, 7)...

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Announcement of cancer diagnosis in oncology

Cancer is a serious and difficult disease to announce and advances in psycho-oncology have raised awareness among patients about their right to know the diagnosis in conditions of humanity and empathy. The announcement of the diagnosis is a crucial step that will mark the doctor-patient relationship and the acceptance of cancer; with therapeutic progress...

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Ductal and lobular intraepithelial neoplastic lesions in breast pathology: definitions and management

The organization of breast cancer screening campaigns has been responsible for the increased incidence of intra-galactophoric and lobular proliferative epithelial lesions. In the pre-mammographic era, these lesions were identified as incidental microscopic findings in breast tissue, removed due to other abnormalities, and generally received little attention. Recently, these lesions have experienced renewed interest since...

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Renal metastasis of papillary thyroid cancer: about a very rare case

The occurrence of renal metastasis secondary to differentiated thyroid carcinoma is extremely rare, accounting for approximately 2.5 - 2.7 % of cases. We report the case of a 71-year-old female patient with a history of papillary thyroid cancer, presenting with a unilateral renal metastasis of papillary thyroid cancer, revealed by a post-therapeutic MIBI-Tc 99m...

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Dental crowding: installation and consequences

Dental crowding, whatever its importance and the time of its creation, can accompany all dysmorphoses and leads to two therapeutic choices: expansion or extraction. But before embarking on a therapeutic strategy, it is important to recognize the abnormalities. Material and method: A bibliographic search was conducted on databases (Medline, Scopus, DOAJ). Results: Several modes...

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