Breast cancer care in developing countries.

Background: Breast cancer is the commonest cancer of women the world over, and its incidence is rising, especially in developing countries, where the disease poses a major health care challenge. This growing incidence in developing countries reflects the advanced stage at diagnosis, low levels of public awareness of the risk for the disease, and poor medical infrastructure and expertise, with the resultant poor treatment outcomes.

Methods: This article provides a collective edited summary of the presentations at the symposium titled "Breast Cancer Care in Developing Countries," held as part of the Breast Surgery International program at the International Surgical week 2007, Montreal, Canada, August 2007.

[Infection of the surgical site. Experience of two years in the gynecology and obstetric service of Mexican General Hospital].

Objective: To know the incidence and causal agents of the surgical site infection at the Gynecology and Obstetrics Service of the Hospital General de Mexico.

Material And Method: A retrospective, descriptive and analytical study was performed on patients with surgical site infection at the Gynecology and Obstetrics Service of the Hospital General de Mexico during January 1st, 2000 to December 31st, 2001.

Results: A global low rate of surgical site infection was observed, with predominance on the third life decade patients and on obstetrics events (69.