Factors that Influence Treatment Delay for Patients with Breast Cancer.

Introduction: The diagnosis or treatment of breast cancer is sometimes delayed. A lengthy delay may have a negative psychological impact on patients. The aim of our study was to evaluate the sociodemographic, clinical and pathological factors associated with delay in the provision of surgical treatment for localised breast cancer, in a prospective cohort of patients.

Complications and hospital admission in the following 90 days after lung cryobiopsy performed in interstitial lung disease.

Unlabelled: Transbronchial lung cryobiopsy (TBLC) is an emerging technique for the diagnosis of interstitial lung disease (ILD), but its risk benefit ratio has been questioned. The objectives of this research were to describe any adverse events that occur within 90 days following TBLC and to identify clinical predictors that could help to detect the population at risk.

Methods: We conducted an ambispective study including all patients with suspected ILD who underwent TBLC.

Sox2 promotes tamoxifen resistance in breast cancer cells.

Development of resistance to therapy continues to be a serious clinical problem in breast cancer management. Cancer stem/progenitor cells have been shown to play roles in resistance to chemo‐ and radiotherapy. Here, we examined their role in the development of resistance to the oestrogen receptor antagonist tamoxifen.

[Utility of various non-invasive methods for fibrosis prediction among Basque Country patients with phenotypic hemochromatosis].

Objective: To determine whether the product of multiplying age by liver iron concentration (LIC) (fibrosis index; cut-off, 480,000), platelets, transaminases, and ferritin values are related to the risk of high grade fibrosis.

Methods: A retrospective study of 32 patients with hereditary hemochromatosis (HH) with phenotypic expression. All patients had a liver biopsy with LIC.