Using an informed consent in mammography screening: a randomized trial.

Spanish women do not make an informed choice regarding breast cancer screening (BCS). Our aim was to evaluate the impact of receiving information regarding real BCS benefits and risks on knowledge, attitude, decision, feelings, and worries about cancer. Randomized controlled clinical trial of 355 women aged between 45 and 67 years, 177 and 178 assigned to the intervention group (IG) and control group (CG), respectively.

Women's perceptions of breast cancer screening. Spanish screening programme survey.

Objectives: Participants in breast cancer screening programmes may benefit from early detection but may also be exposed to the risks of overdiagnosis and false positives. We surveyed a sample of Spanish women to assess knowledge, information sources, attitudes and psychosocial impact.

Materials And Methods: A total of 434 breast cancer screening programme participants aged 45-69 years were administered questionnaires regarding knowledge, information sources, attitudes and psychosocial impact.

Follow-up of long-term survivors of breast cancer in primary care versus specialist attention.

Background: Hospitals have traditionally been the place where the follow-up of breast cancer patients occurs in Spain.

Objective: To describe the evolution of long-term survivors of breast cancer according to type of follow-up received (in primary or specialist/hospital care), measuring impact of care type on health, cost, health-related quality of life (HRQL) and satisfaction results.

Method: Retrospective study of cohorts with disease-free patients followed up for at least 5 years in Oncology.

[Tonsillopharyngitis outbreak caused by foodborne group A beta-hemolytic Streptococcus].

Background: Although infrequent, some authors have reported outbreaks of foodborne tonsillopharyngitis. On May 11, 2010 a series of cases of tonsillopharyngitis among those attending a fellowship meeting on 8 March was notified to the Epidemiological Surveillance Network in Andalusia (SVEA). The aim of this study is to epidemiologically characterise the outbreak.

[Measles outbreak in Campo de Gibraltar, Cádiz, Spain, during the Period February-July 2008].

Background: On the 4th of February 2008, 2 cases of measles, epidemiologically linked (2 members of the crew of the Fast-Ferry Jaime I from the company Balearia, which performs the route Algeciras-Tangier), were notified to the Epidemiological Surveillance Network in Andalusia (SVEA). The aim of this paper is to epidemiologically characterize this population level outbreak detected in the area of Campo de Gibraltar, the vaccine effectiveness and the control measures implemented.

Methods: Descriptive observational study of reported cases.