Purpose: At an International Society of Urological Pathology consensus conference in 2005
the Gleason grading system for prostatic carcinoma underwent its first major revision. We …

Context The advantages of minimally invasive surgery for radical prostatectomy (RP) have
been demonstrated in a number of systematic reviews (SRs). However, the rigorous study …

BACKGROUND Silicone gel dressings decrease scar volume and soften hypertrophic
tissue, allowing it to be more easily controlled by other methods. Although silicone does not …

Context: Systematic reviews (SR) have always been used as the best evidence to compare
three radical prostatectomy (RP) techniques: retropubic radical prostatectomy (RRP) …

BACKGROUND: Breast cancer is the most common malignancy in Brazilian women. In
recent years, there has been great progress in and an increasing number of breast …

Background: A longitudinal, clinical intervention study with bariatric surgery was done to
investigate the relationship between leptin levels, BMI, and insulin during weight loss across …

Systematic reviews (SR) produce the best evidence comparing open (RRP), laparoscopic
(LRP), and robotic (RARP) radical prostatectomy (RP). However, the hyperfiltration of …

Background: Graft‐vs.‐host disease (GVHD) is the major cause of morbidity and mortality in
patients undergoing allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplantation (BMT). The aim of our study …

We present the validation of a recent fractional mathematical model for erythrocyte
sedimentation proposed by Sousa et al.(AIMS Math 2 (4): 692–705, 2017). The model uses …

We consider a partial differential equation associated with a mathematical model describing
the concentration of nutrients in blood which interferes directly on the erythrocyte …