Background: Sentinel lymph node biopsy is undertaken as a standard procedure for patients with localized cutaneous melanoma. The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) melanoma panel has reinforced the status of Sentinel lymph node biopsy as the most important prognostic factor for disease survival.Objectives: We sought to identify predictive factors associated with positive SLN biopsy and correlation wit...
The diachronic variation of etiological factors, like longevity or diet, affected the prevalence of osteoporosis and the so-called osteoporotic fractures in the past. As such, it is important to understand the epidemiology of this disease in historical populations; with behaviors and customs that were unalike the modern westernized lifestyle. Objectives: The main objective of this study is to characterize the e...
Neste trabalho pretende-se testar a hipótese de que o período gestacional se encontra relacionado com o decréscimo da massa óssea em mulheres que faleceram durante a sua idade reprodutiva. Desse modo, avaliaram-se alguns parâmetros da massa óssea, através da radiogrametria do segundo metacárpico e da densitometria no fémur proximal, numa amostra feminina da Colecção de Esqueletos Identificados da Universidade d...
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