Publications by authors named "Rafaela Russi Ervilha"

Objective: Patients with cancer often undergo multiple extended treatments that decrease their quality of life. However, the quality of life of women with breast cancer after they undergo treatment remains underexplored in Brazil. Therefore, this study determined sociodemographic, behavioral, and clinical factors related to the post-treatment quality of life of women with breast cancer.

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Article Synopsis
  • The study aims to investigate how long it takes to get diagnosed and treated for breast cancer and the factors influencing this based on whether the care was public or private.
  • It analyzed 477 women diagnosed between 2014 and 2016, using data collected from an oncology service in Minas Gerais, during 2018-2019.
  • Results showed that women diagnosed early and through screening had shorter diagnosis times, while those in private care, with higher education levels, and early-stage diagnoses experienced quicker treatment.
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Objective:  The study aimed to characterize the clinical, histological, and immunohistochemical profile of women with invasive breast cancer, according to the risk for Hereditary Predisposition Breast and Ovarian Cancer Syndrome in a Brazilian population.

Methods:  This is a retrospective study performed from a hospital-based cohort of 522 women, diagnosed with breast cancer treated at an oncology referral center in the Southeast region of Brazil, between 2014 and 2016.

Results:  Among the 430 women diagnosed with invasive breast cancer who composed the study population, 127 (29.

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Smartphone apps are being developed as a complement to smoking cessation treatment. The current study aimed to analyze the content of available apps in Portuguese in two operational systems, Android and iOS. Fifty-one apps were found in iTunes and 600 in Google Play.

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