Publications by authors named "M Alcalde-Sanchez"

Background: Intramuscular myxoma is a rare benign soft tissue tumour of mesenchymal origin, which appears as a painless mass of slow growth. Early diagnosis is important in order to differentiate it from other entities, especially soft tissue sarcoma.

Clinical Cases: Two cases, both women with a mean age of 52.

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Background: Triple negative breast cancers (negative estrogen receptor, progestagen receptor and no overexpression of HER2) seems to be more aggressive than other breast carcinoma subtypes. Therefore, it is necessary to analyze if a more aggressive surgical treatment should be offered to this subgroup of patients.

Patients And Methods: The Castellon Cancer Registry Database (C.

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Background: Breast screening programs in Spain cover almost 100% of population. The objective of the present study was to analyze if there have been any changes during the last decade in our breast screening unit (Unidad de Prevención del Cáncer de Mama de Castellón) that can also be extrapolated to other breast screening units.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective and descriptive analysis reviewing patients seen in our breast screening unit between January 1, 2000 and December 31, 2009.

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