Sternectomy for Treating Advanced Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer

INTRODUCTION: Skin cancer is a rare indication of sternectomy. Our goal is to report the clinical course of seven patients who underwent sternectomy for skin cancer. METHODS: The survey data were collected from medical records of patients treated between 2008 and 2018 at Ceará Cancer Institute. RESU...

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Autores principales: Pinheiro, Victor Emmanuel Gadelha, Bezerra, Bianca Rohsner, Farias, Luís Arthur Brasil Gadelha, de Araujo Filho, Irapuan Teles, da Fonseca, Marcio Ribeiro Studart
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2019
Materias:
Clinical Study
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6582790/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31275656
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/3948782
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Sumario:INTRODUCTION: Skin cancer is a rare indication of sternectomy. Our goal is to report the clinical course of seven patients who underwent sternectomy for skin cancer. METHODS: The survey data were collected from medical records of patients treated between 2008 and 2018 at Ceará Cancer Institute. RESULTS: All patients had prolonged sunlight exposure and average disease time of two years and age of 60 years. Most patients recovered favorably after treatment with prolonged survival. CONCLUSION: Sternectomy remains an option with curative purposes for locally advanced skin cancer.

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