Cutaneous myiasis in skin cancer and malignant wounds: a systematic review.

Background: Cutaneous myiasis in patients with malignant wounds or skin cancer is a rare and undesirable event with limited epidemiological data. A subregister of reports, lack of education in the population, inadequate empirical treatments, and medical underestimation are components of a public health problem that threatens patients' lives.

Methods: We conducted a systematic review of the literature of cutaneous myiasis associated with malignant wounds and skin cancer, characterizing sociodemographic variables, risk factors, clinical and histological features, and treatment.

Frailty, Polypharmacy, and Health Outcomes in Older Adults: The Frailty and Dependence in Albacete Study.

Background/objectives: To investigate if polypharmacy modifies the association between frailty and health outcomes in older adults.

Design: Ongoing cohort study.

Setting: Albacete City, Spain.