[Adiposity percentage relationship with hormone receptors immunoreactive score in breast cancer mexican women].

Introduction: Adipose tissue is an important estrogen resource and they are involved in breast cancer development.

Objective: To establish the relationship between adiposity percentage and the estrogen and progesterone receptors immunoreactive score in Mexican women with breast cancer.

Methods: This is a transversal and analytical study.

[Evaluation of patient satisfaction with the quality of health care received within the EORTC IN-PATSAT32 trial by patients with breast and colorectal cancer, and non-Hodgkin lymphoma at different stages. Correlation with sociodemographic characteristics, comorbidities and other procedural variables at the Mexican Institute of Social Security].

Introduction: In Mexico cancer is a public health burden. Nowadays the health care systems pay special attention to patient's perception and satisfaction of the health care received. Satisfaction with quality of health care has an impact in the adherence to the treatment.

[Neoadjuvant treatment for locally advanced breast cancer. Comparison of two schemes based on docetaxel-epirubicin vs. 5-fluorouracil-epirubicin-cyclophosphamide].

Background: Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer in women worldwide. In Mexico, >34% of patients are in locally advanced stages at the time of diagnosis. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy is administered to control local disease, make surgical resection possible and increase the possibility of breast tissue conservation.

[Reduction of lymphatic drainage posterior to modified radical mastectomy with the application of fibrin glue].

Objective: Our objective was to investigate the effectiveness of fibrin glue to reduce hemato-lymphatic fluid production after modified radical mastectomy (MRM) in women with breast cancer.

Material And Methods: A total of 43 women treated surgically were randomly assigned to receive 10 ml of fibrin glue at the end of the breast resection plus closed suction drains (n = 22), or drain system only as a control group (n = 23). Outcome variables were fluid collected in the drainage system measured each 24 h.