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Fundação Antonio Prudente (FAP). A C Camargo Cancer Center (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
graduate at Medicina from Fundação Educacional do Estado do Pará (1995), master's at Medicine from Universidade de São Paulo (2004) and ph.d. at Medicine from Universidade de São Paulo (2007). Has experience in Medicine, focusing on Cancerology, acting on the following subjects: cirurgia, neoplasias colorretais, cancerologia, câncer de cólon and tratamento. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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Cancer of the colon and rectum is considered the third most common cancer worldwide in both sexes. The etiology of colorectal cancer is multifactorial with emphasis on the genetics, lifestyle, environmental and dietary factors. Folic acid is a vitamin involved in many biochemical reactions, especially in its role for DNA methylation and the synthesis of purines and pyrimidines, thus actin…
Neoadjuvant treatment with radiotherapy (RDT) and chemotherapy (CT) are the treatment of choice for rectal adenocarcinomas in stages II and III. This results currently in pathologic complete response in 10% to 30% of cases. The immune and inflammatory response is altered in these individuals and is directly related to response to therapy. Both the disease and the treatment of colorectal c…
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