Intestinal perforation due to typhoid fever in Karamoja (Uganda).

Introduction: This is a retrospective analysis of patients operated for typhoid perforation, aiming to analyze epidemiology, clinical-diagnostic and therapeutic aspects, mortality and prognosis.

Methods: 47 patients were operated at Matany Hospital from 2010 to 2016. We examined clinical files to collect data.

An early structured psychoeducational intervention in patients with breast cancer: results from a feasibility study.

Background: Although the incidence of breast cancer in Italy is high, like in most Western countries, the role of psychosocial support in disease management and outcome is incompletely understood. A structured psychoeducational group intervention has been shown by Fawzy (J Psychosom Res. 1999, 45:191-200) to increase psychological well-being and natural killer immunological reactivity in patients with melanoma, with decreased relapse rate and prolonged survival time.