Y a-t-il un risque d'infection avec les métastases ?
Oui, les métastases peuvent augmenter le risque d'infections en compromettant le système lymphatique.
InfectionSystème lymphatiqueMétastase
Facteurs de risque
5
#1
Quels cancers sont plus susceptibles de métastaser par voie lymphatique ?
Les cancers du sein, du poumon et de la peau sont souvent associés à des métastases lymphatiques.
Cancer du seinCancer du poumonMétastase
#2
Le tabagisme est-il un facteur de risque ?
Oui, le tabagisme augmente le risque de plusieurs cancers, favorisant les métastases.
TabagismeFacteurs de risqueCancer
#3
L'âge influence-t-il le risque de métastases ?
Oui, le risque de métastases augmente avec l'âge en raison de la diminution de l'immunité.
ÂgeRisque de métastasesImmunité
#4
Les antécédents familiaux jouent-ils un rôle ?
Oui, des antécédents familiaux de cancer augmentent le risque de développer des métastases.
Antécédents familiauxRisque de cancerMétastase
#5
L'obésité est-elle un facteur de risque pour les métastases ?
Oui, l'obésité est associée à un risque accru de plusieurs cancers et de métastases.
ObésitéFacteurs de risqueMétastase
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Department of Urology, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510120, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Malignant Tumor Epigenetics and Gene Regulation, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510120, China. Electronic address: lintx@mail.sysu.edu.cn.
Department of Urology, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Malignant Tumor Epigenetics and Gene Regulation, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
California Pacific Medical Center and Research Institute, University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco, USA. Stanley.Leong@sutterhealth.org.
Department of Urology, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Malignant Tumor Epigenetics and Gene Regulation, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Malignant Tumor Epigenetics and Gene Regulation, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Department of Pancreatobiliary Surgery, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Department of Urology, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Malignant Tumor Epigenetics and Gene Regulation, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Edwin L. Steele Laboratories, Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Cancer Center, MGH and Harvard Medical School (HMS), Boston, MA 02114, USA.
Edwin L. Steele Laboratories, Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Cancer Center, MGH and Harvard Medical School (HMS), Boston, MA 02114, USA.
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Copenhagen Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma database....
Appropriate thresholds for LNY, LND, and pN were determined by areas under the curve and subsequently subjected to multivariate analysis. Five-year overall survival and 3-year recurrence-free survival...
In total, 413 patients diagnosed with oral squamous cell carcinoma were included. In the pN0 cohort, no superior/prognostic LNY cutoff values were detected. In the pN+ cohort, areas under the curve de...
Increased nodal yield, decreased LND, and decreasing number of pN were associated with significantly improved survival outcomes. LNY might serve as a prognosticator of survival as well as a surgical q...
The imaging diagnosis of fracture-related infection is often challenging. The aim of this study was to evaluate the value of...
A total of 254 consecutive patients who underwent...
Patients were divided into two groups according to final diagnosis: the infected (N=197) and the non-infected group (N=57). The differences in the inguinal DLN-related parameters, including the long d...
Semiquantitative analysis (especially SUVmax) of the inguinal DLN in...
The survival benefit of inguinal lymph node dissection (ILND) vs no ILND in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the penis (SCCP) and the absence of lymph node invasion is unclear. We addressed th...
We identified lymph node negative SCCP patients who either underwent ILND (pN0) or clinical examination only (cN0). We tested for the effect of ILND vs no ILND on cancer-specific mortality (CSM) in Ka...
Of 2520 SCCP patients, 369 (15%) underwent ILND (pN0) vs 2151 (85%) did not (cN0). The pN0 vs cN0 distribution according to pT stages was as follows: 80 (7%) vs 1092 (93%) in pT1b, and 289 (21%) vs 10...
In pT2-3 stage SCCP, a significantly lower CSM was recorded in lymph node negative patients treated with ILND than in their clinical lymph node negative counterparts who did not undergo ILND....