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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1684-1824</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Médica Electrónica]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev.Med.Electrón.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1684-1824</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Matanzas]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S1684-18242019000100130</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Comportamiento de las metástasis cerebrales en el cáncer de pulmón en Matanzas]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Behavior of brain metastases in lung cancer in Matanzas]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Camacho Sosa]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Kirenia]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[García Hernández]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Mildrey]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Martí Martínez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Angel Ernesto]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Herrera Suárez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Anairis]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Martí Corúa]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[María Cristina]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Universitario Clínico Quirúrgico Comandante Faustino Pérez Hernández  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ Matanzas]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>02</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>02</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>41</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>130</fpage>
<lpage>141</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1684-18242019000100130&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1684-18242019000100130&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1684-18242019000100130&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN  Introducción:  en las últimas tres décadas, las enfermedades cardiovasculares y las neoplasias malignas han pasado a ser los principales problemas de salud en Cuba como consecuencia de la constante mejoría de los niveles de salud, la prevención de las enfermedades transmisibles, y el incremento de la esperanza de vida al nacer; entre ellas se destaca el cáncer de pulmón como el tumor primario que con mayor incidencia causa compromiso cerebral metastásico.  Objetivo:  analizar el comportamiento de las metástasis cerebrales en pacientes con cáncer de pulmón.  Materiales y métodos:  se realizó un estudio descriptivo y retrospectivo en 96 pacientes con diagnóstico cito-histológico de cáncer de pulmón y metástasis cerebral, atendidos en la consulta externa del Centro Oncológico Provincial de Matanzas, entre enero del 2013 y diciembre del 2016. Se obtuvieron los datos clínicos-demográficos a partir de las historias clínicas individuales de los enfermos y el documento de Reporte de Cáncer.  Resultados:  la mayor incidencia de cáncer de pulmón corresponde a las personas entre 45 y 64 años de edad; comportándose de forma similar para el género masculino como para el femenino, aunque el primero con un mayor número de casos y el color de la piel predominante para ambos sexos fue la blanca. En tanto las metástasis cerebrales son más comunes de la quinta a la séptima década de la vida.  Conclusiones:  la metástasis cerebral aparece desde edades tempranas hasta la tercera edad y el mayor porcentaje fue diagnosticado a inicio de la enfermedad constituyendo esto un factor de riesgo importante.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT  Introduction:  in the last three decades, cardiovascular diseases and malignant neoplasms have become the main health problem in Cuba as a consequence of the steady improvement of the health levels, the prevention of the communicable diseases, and the increase of the life expectancy at birth; among them lung cancer stands out as the primary tumor that more frequently causes metastatic brain compromise.  Objective:  to analyze the behavior of brain metastases in patients with lung cancer.  Materials and methods:  a retrospective and descriptive study was carried out in 96 patients with cyto-histological diagnosis of lung cancer and brain metastases, who attended the external consultation of the Provincial Oncologic Center of Matanzas, from January 2013 to December 2016. Clinic-demographic data were obtained from the patients´ individual clinical reports and the Cancer Report document.  Results:  the highest incidence of lung cancer corresponds to people aged 45-64 years; it behaves very similar both in male and in female genders, thought the first one shows more quantity of cases; white color skin predominated in both sexes. As for the brain metastases, they are more common from the fifth to the seventh decade of life.  Conclusions:  brain metastasis appears from early ages and up to the elder age; the highest percent was diagnosed at the beginning of the disease, being this an important risk factor.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[comportamiento.]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[lung cancer]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[brain metastasis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[behavior.]]></kwd>
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