ABSTRACT To evaluate the association between the practice of physical exercises, quality of life and clinical outcomes in women diagnosed with and undergoing treatment for breast cancer. Cohort study, following-up women during 6 months after treatment beginning for breast cancer. A total of 149 participants were recruited for convenience in...
ABSTRACT Stewart-Treves syndrome is a very rare lymphangiosarcoma with a poor prognosis. It usually develops in female patients after mastectomy with axillary lymph node dissection and is associated with chronic lymphedema. Stewart-Treves angiosarcoma is described in less than 1% of all soft tissue sarcomas, of which 0.5% occur in radically...
ABSTRACT Introduction: Breast cancer diagnosed within 10 years of parturition is named postpartum breast cancer which is a highly metastatic tumor with poor prognosis. Case Report: A 31-year-old female presented with fever and painful mass in the left breast. She had undergone C-section 6 months ago of her second child....
Lanolin-based dexpanthenol cream, topical hydrocortisone or observation in the prevention of capecitabine-induced hand-foot syndrome: a phase III trial
ABSTRACT Introduction: The use of capecitabine is associated with hand-foot syndrome (HFS). Since there is anecdotal evidence that lanolin-based creams and topical steroids are useful for the treatment of HFS, we conducted a three- arm phase III trial to compare observation, lanolin-based cream with dexpanthenol (L-D), and topical hydrocortisone in the...
ABSTRACT Objectives: To evaluate how hormonal therapy can impact breast cancer patients sexual quality of life and compare two widely used therapeutic agents: anastrozole and tamoxifen. Studies so far have evaluated the side effects of such therapy on patients general quality of life, but literature remains scarce regarding the impact it...
ABSTRACT Objective: The purpose of this study was to analyze the relationship between obesity and clinical outcomes in breast cancer patients by evaluating the mean body mass index (BMI) and overall survival. Material and Methods: The research's method consisted of a retrospective observational and descriptive study without intervention, carried out in a...
ABSTRACT Introduction: There are few studies that investigated the eating habits of patients with breast cancer undergoing chemotherapy. Objectives: To study the changes in dietary intake during chemotherapy, relating to sociodemographic variables, gastrointestinal side effects, and changes consumption in food groups. Material and Methods: This study was made at Clinical Oncology Department of...
Analysis of trastuzumab therapy's efficacy with or without pertuzumab combination in the metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer an oncology hospital of Pernambuco
ABSTRACT Objectives: To evaluate the efficacy between trastuzumab-only or pertuzumab plus trastuzumab therapies in metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer patients. Material and Methods: At Hospital de Cancer de Pernambuco (HCP), Recife, Brazil, a cross-sectional study was carried out. One hundred seventy-two patients with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer (BC) were divided into two groups....
ABSTRACT Paraneoplastic vesiculobullous dermatomyositis is a rare disease characterized by proximal myopathy and typical cutaneus lesions which appear in a patient diagnosed with a malign neoplasia. In the present case, dermatomyositis developed four months after the detection of a breast carcinoma (T3N0M0) followed by radical mastectomy and lymph node dissection....
ABSTRACT Introduction: Robotic nipple sparing mastectomy (RNSM) may be a breakthrough for breast cancer risk reduction surgeries, providing better aesthetic results. This study aims to spread the knowledge of the robotic surgical technique, still little performed in the world, and to demonstrate the applicability and surgical results. Methods: RNSM was offered to...
