[Survival of patients diagnosed with prostate cancer and monitored in primary care].

Objective: To study survival of patients with prostate cancer and its relationship with diagnostic delay.

Design: Retrospective cohort study.

Setting: Six rural primary care practices.

[Compliance with the metabolic goals in diabetes mellitus treatment in the rural area of Ourense, Spain].

Background: To evaluate the degree to which the metabolic check-up objectives among Type II diabetes patients were met in rural primary care by comparing them to the values recommended by the American Diabetes Association (ADA) and the Diabetes in Primary Care Study Group (GEDAPS).

Methods: Descriptive cross-sectional study. A sample size was calculated based on the glycosolated hemoglobin (HbA1c) test in 119 individuals.