Day: 14 November 2025

Impact of early rehabilitation on post-stroke quality of life

Introduction Stroke, also known as cerebrovascular accident, is a medical emergency characterized by interruption of cerebral blood flow, resulting in permanent or transient involvement of one or more brain regions and affecting one or more blood vessels1,2. Globally, stroke is the second leading cause of mortality and the first cause of disability; however, in high-income […]

Radio-pathological agreement of conventional imaging studies to evaluate therapeutic response with neoadjuvant chemotherapy in breast cancer

Introduction Breast cancer mortality has dropped since 1990, and this may be attributed to early detection through screening mammography and improved local regional therapies including surgery and radiotherapy. In turn, adjuvant systemic therapies, such as chemotherapy and/or endocrine therapy, are administered after surgery to eradicate potential micrometastatic disease1; these reduce recurrence and disease-related mortality rates […]

Histological re-evaluation of renal cell tumors applying the 2022 World Health Organization classification of genitourinary tumors in patients from Centro Médico ABC over a 9-year period

Introduction Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) represents a heterogeneous group of renal cancers that originate from the epithelial cells of the renal tubules1. These cancers exhibit a wide spectrum of genetic and epigenetic abnormalities and rank among the 10 most prevalent cancer types worldwide. In 2020, RCC accounted for more than 400,000 new cases globally, with […]