Petra Rosado

• FEA at Hospital Universitario Puerto Real

Objectives To verify whether a citizens' jury study is feasible to the Andalusian population and to know if women, when better informed, are able to answer the research question of whether the Andalusian Public Health System must continue offering screening mammography to women aged 50–69. The reasons for the pertinent decision and recommendations...

Purpose: To analyse any delays in breast cancer diagnosis and surgical treatment, influence of clinical and biological factors and influence of delays on survival. Methods/patients: A descriptive, observational, and retrospective study was conducted between 2006 and 2016 on stages I-III breast cancer patients. This is a retrospective review of h...

According to the "World Cancer Research Fund" and the "American Institute of Cancer Research" (WCRF/AICR) one in four cancer cases could be prevented through a healthy diet, weight control and physical activity. To explore the association between the WCRF/AICR recommendations and risk of breast cancer. During the period 2006 to 2011 we recruited 97...

Aim: In Spain women do not make an informed choice on participation in breast cancer screening. The aim of the study was to evaluate the influence of receiving adequate information on the real benefits and risks of mammography on the level of knowledge of participants in the screening program, and how such information might influence the participan...

Aim: Participants in breast cancer screening programmes may benefit from early detection but may also be exposed to the risks of overdiagnosis and false positives. Women usually accept the invitation to participate in screening programmes, yet receive little information, with most women deciding to participate on the basis of convenience, gratitude...

Background: Although there are solid findings regarding the detrimental effect of alcohol consumption, the existing evidence on the effect of other dietary factors on breast cancer (BC) risk is inconclusive. This study aimed to evaluate the association between dietary patterns and risk of BC in Spanish women, stratifying by menopausal status and tu...

Hospitals have traditionally been the place where the follow-up of breast cancer patients occurs in Spain. To describe the evolution of long-term survivors of breast cancer according to type of follow-up received (in primary or specialist/hospital care), measuring impact of care type on health, cost, health-related quality of life (HRQL) and satisf...

Aim of the study: The authors analyse the effect of chemotherapy on the use of additional health-care resources and report the clinical and demographic factors associated with such use. Patients and methods: In women with breast cancer, eligible to receive first-line (neo)-adjuvant or palliative chemotherapy, consultations with health-care pract...

Background and objective: Previous studies have related the delay in starting chemotherapy (>3 months from date of surgery) with worse survival. The study objective is to analyse the delay in the start of chemotherapy and associated biomedical, sociodemographic and cultural factors. Patients and methods: A cohort of women operated on for breast...

Adjuvant chemotherapy affects the life of women with breast cancer in different ways. The aim of this work is to study the effect of adjuvant chemotherapy on the quality of their lives and the impact of their clinical and biographical characteristics. Women with breast cancer, candidates for adjuvant chemotherapy, participating in a randomised tria...

Objective: Adjuvant chemotherapy affects the life of women with breast cancer in different ways. The aim of this work is to study the effect of adjuvant chemotherapy on the quality of their lives and the impact of their clinical and biographical characteristics. Patients and method: Women with breast cancer, candidates for adjuvant chemotherapy,...