The objective was to evaluate the association between octogenarian age and the rate of postoperative morbidity and mortality and 5-year survival in older adults at the National Institute of Neoplastic Diseases (INEN) during the period 2000-2013. We developed an observational, retrospective, analytical, paired cohort study. It includes patients with gastric adenocarcinoma as diagnosis, treated by R0 D2 gastrectomy at INEN during the period 2000 to 2013. One group included all octogenarian patients who met the inclusion criteria (92) and the other group made up of non-octogenarian patients, aged between 50 to 70 years because it is the age peak for this pathology (276). In a 1:3 ratio, paired according to sex, tumor stage, and type of gastrectomy, which are the main factors that could influence survival in this population. Octogenarians had lower albumin level (p<0.002), lower preoperat...

Web 2.0 es un término que se refiere a aplicaciones de la Internet que facilitan compartir, participar y colaborar con información. El objetivo del presente estudio es revisar diferentes aplicaciones que utilizan la tecnología Web 2.0 y que pueden ser utilizadas para mejorar la práctica del gastroenterólogo. Se revisan aplicaciones que incluyen blogs, microblogging, RSS, podcasts, wikis, y redes sociales. “Gastroenterología 2.0” representa las aplicaciones, servicios y herramientas basadas en la Web 2.0 - de fácil uso y generalmente de acceso gratuito - para consumidores, pacientes, gastroenterólogos, profesionales de salud en general e investigadores. A pesar que diversos estudios han demostrado beneficios de la implementación de estos sistemas en la práctica médica, es necesario realizar más investigaciones que demuestren la utilidad de la aplicación de estas tecnolog�...

Abdominal pain is severe in the vast majority of patients with pancreatic cancer. In some cases, chronic use of analgesics markedly reduces quality of life due to side effects. Endoscopic ultrasound-guided celiac plexus neurolysis is a procedure that controls cancerassociated pain in this population and consists of injecting a neurolytic agent around or within the celiac plexus. In this report, we present three cases with different technical approaches for celiac plexus neurolysis

Objective: To determine clinicopathological features and prognostic factors among young colorectal cancer (CRC) patients in a Peruvian Cancer Institute. Methods: Data of patients 40 years or younger, admitted between January 2005 and December 2010, were analyzed. Results: During the study period, 196 young patients with CRC were admitted. The tumor was located in the rectum, left colon and right colon in 45.9%, 28.6% and 25.5% of cases. Family history of CRC was found in 13.2% and an autosomal pattern of inheritance, in 8.6% of the cases. The most common symptoms were pain (67.9%) and bleeding (67.3%). The majority (63.1%) of colon cancer cases and more than a third (34.4%) of rectal cancer cases were diagnosed in stage III or IV. The histologic type was tubular, mucinous and signet ring cell adenocarcinoma in 73.5%, 14.8% and 8.6%, respectively. The depth of invasion was T3 in 21.4% and...

Objetivo: Determinar la trayectoria, características clínicas y calidad de vida en pacientes con fibromialgia (FM) que se atienden en un hospital de tercer nivel, en Lima-Perú. Materiales y métodos: Se seleccionó a pacientes con diagnóstico validado por un médico reumatólogo; en quienes se recolecto información sociodemográfica, clínica, y se aplicaron las escalas de depresión y ansiedad hospitalaria (HADS, así como el cuestionario de Impacto de Fibromialgia en español (S-FIQ). Resultados: Se entrevistó a 75 pacientes mujeres, con una edad promedio de 54,9 años. Alrededor de 5,2 años tuvieron que pasar desde el inicio de los síntomas hasta que se hizo el diagnóstico. Setenta y uno pacientes (94,7%) reportaron que el dolor musculoesquelético era el síntoma principal y 60 pacientes (80%) presentaron un impacto moderado o grave en la calidad de vida. Seis pacie...

Background: Liver cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer-related death in Peru, and some reports have indicated an increase in mortality rates among the largest cities. To our knowledge, no study has been carried out at a national level or by geographic area in recent years. Thus, our objective was to examine overall, regional and sexspecific liver cancer mortality rates in Peru between 2003-2017. Methods: We retrieved data on liver cancer deaths between 2003 and 2017 from the mortality database of the Peruvian Ministry of Health. Age-standardized mortality rates (ASMR) were estimated per 100,000 person-years using the world standard SEGI population. We analyzed mortality trends using Joinpoint regression Program Version 4.7.0. To examine the spatial distribution of the mortality rates, we used GeoDa software. Results: Between 2003 and 2017, 31,473 deaths from liver cancer were re...