Talaromyces australis and Penicillium murcianum pigment production in optimized liquid cultures and evaluation of their cytotoxicity in textile applications.

In this work Talaromyces australis and Penicillium murcianum pigment production in liquid cultures and the cytotoxic effect of such pigments on skin model cells were studied. Response surface methodology (RSM) was used to optimize culture conditions aiming to increase pigment production in malt extract and peptone-glucose-yeast extract medium. Cytotoxicity of fungal pigments and also from lixiviates of wool fabrics dyed with T.

Complementary and Integrative Medicine Use in Individuals Seeking Conventional Medical Oncology Care in Chile: Prevalence and Patient Characteristics.

Purpose: Complementary and integrative medicine (CIM) use during cancer care has increased in Western medical settings. Little is known about interest in and use of CIM approaches by oncology patients in Chile and South America.

Patients And Methods: Patients presenting for conventional outpatient or inpatient medical oncology care at the Clinica Alemana in Santiago, Chile, from March to June 2017 were asked to complete a survey about their interest in and use of CIM approaches.

Removal of area CA3 from hippocampal slices induces postsynaptic plasticity at Schaffer collateral synapses that normalizes CA1 pyramidal cell discharge.

Neural networks that undergo acute insults display remarkable reorganization. This injury related plasticity is thought to permit recovery of function in the face of damage that cannot be reversed. Previously, an increase in the transmission strength at Schaffer collateral to CA1 pyramidal cell synapses was observed after long-term activity reduction in organotypic hippocampal slices.

[Quality of life in Chilean breast cancer survivors].

Background: Quality of Life (QOL) assessment may evaluate the impact of diseases and their treatment on the overall well-being of patients.

Aim: To assess QOL in Chilean breast cancer survivors.

Patients And Methods: Ninety one female breast cancer patients aged 60 ± 10 years, who finished their oncologic treatment at least a year prior to the assessment, who were disease free and in medical follow-up were included in the study.

[Validation of BR23 questionnaire for the assessment of quality of life of breast cancer patients in Chile].

Background: Quality of Life assessment in oncologic patients evaluates the impact and sequels of the disease ana the adverse effects of available treatments.

Aim: To validate in Chile the breast cancer specific-questionnaire (BR23) developed by the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC).

Patients And Methods: After performing a linguistic validation of the BR23 according to EORTC instructions, its psychometric properties were tested in 103 patients with breast cancer whose ages ranged from 34 to 83 years.

[Cost-benefit in the study of the dissemination of stage I and II in breast cancer].

Background: Chest X ray, abdominal ultrasound and bone scintigraphy are usually requested to study a possible dissemination of breast carcinoma.

Aim: To study the yield and costs of these exams in the study of dissemination of stage I and II breast carcinoma.

Material And Methods: A retrospective analysis of patients operated for a breast carcinoma in a public surgical service.