Introduction: In 2020, the World Health Organization reported breast cancer as one of the five types of cancer with the highest human mortality worldwide. In Colombia, the Ministry of Health and Social Protection announced, in the “Plan Decenal para el Control del Cáncer en Colombia, 2012-2021” (Ten-Year Plan for Cancer Control in Colombia, 2012-20...
Resumen Introducción: La prueba genómica de recurrencia de 21 genes (PGR21) permite determinar la utilidad de la quimioterapia adyuvante en pacientes con cáncer de mama temprano luminal (CMTL). Se han desarrollado modelos predictivos adicionales, como las ecuaciones de Magee (EM), el modelo Predict (MP) y la puntuación del nomograma de la Universid...
Introduction:When facing breast cancer, patients and their loving ones experiment many changes in their lives filled with feelings such as fear, anguish, and sadness. In the light of this, the identification of the coping methods used to face breast cancer is crucial to provide a better experience for all those involved. Objective: To understand th...
Resumen OBJETIVO: Determinar los retrasos en el diagnóstico y tratamiento de pacientes con cáncer de mama atendidas en Medellín, Colombia, y describir sus características sociodemográficas y clínicas. MATERIALES Y MÉTODOS: Estudio retrospectivo, observacional y analítico de corte transversal efectuado en mujeres con cáncer de mama del registro pers...
Objective: To carry out a bibliographic review where information on individualized physical activity recommendations for people with breast cancer with their identified categories was collected, analyzed and synthesized. Method: Documentary review. Analysis of results: It was identified that a risk prevention factor associated with breast cancer is...
Resumen ANTECEDENTES: El cáncer de mama es la principal neoplasia en incidencia y mortalidad en mujeres. Los subtipos moleculares: luminal A, luminal B, HER2 y triple negativo tienen un pronóstico y tasas de supervivencia diferentes. En la bibliografía está demostrada la estrecha asociación entre los factores estímulo estrogénicos y el cáncer de ma...
Objective: To reveal the meaning of breast cancer. Materials and method: A narrative research study that selected, using the snowball technique, 11 women (data saturation) diagnosed with breast cancer, on disease remission, and living in the region of Florianópolis (Brazil). Semi-structured interviews were conducted between August and December 2018...
Objective:To carry out an in-depth bibliographic study on the contribution that micropigmentation makes to the image and quality of life of mastectomized women. Methodology:Narrative bibliographic review on the subject in the databases PubMed and Cuiden, as well as in the virtual library Scielo. Websites of scientific socie-ties were consulted and ...
Published in Enfermeria clinica (English Edition)
To explore the experiences of a group of young women in relation to the reconstruction of their breasts after mastectomy. Focused ethnography, performed in the League against Cancer- Huila Section (Colombia). Through casual sampling oriented by criteria, semi-structured interviews were conducted with eight young women (diagnosed at 45 years or earl...
Breast cancer is the most frequent malignant pathology in the female population. Its treatment has progressively evolved in the direction of breast conservation through the development of oncoplastic breast surgery, which consists of conservative management with partial mastectomy and immediate reconstruction. Patients who present breast cancer con...
