[Profile of women with breast disease wich does self-exploration. Which are the factors associated with this practice?]. / Mujer con patología mamaria.

BACKGROUND/AIMS: In recent decades the fight against breast cancer has focused primarily on the treatment and secondary prevention (early detection mainly). In the case of breast self-examination, althought it has not been prove to reduce mortality, it is important in cases detected by women themselves (it is estimated 90% of total), mainly in the interval cancers. OBJECTIVES: To identify within women with breast cancer, how many do self-examination and identify associated factors. Describe the clinical and pathological features of cancers in women who do perform self-examination. METHODOLOGY: In women diagnosed with breast cancer during 2007 in a hospital in the province of Cadiz, Spain, is reconstructed in retrospect the story related the cancer process: symptoms, psychosocial factors that determine the contact with the health system, preventive practices (self-examination, mammography screening). A description of the pathological tumor: presenting symptom, tumor size, node negative, grade of differentiation. RESULTS: We studied 149 women with breast cancer, from whom 52% did self-exploration. Women who performed self-examination were younger (54.78 years) against the women who did not (65.63 years), married (66.2%), active workers and have a higher educational level. The assessment of the first symptoms in these women as "important" is positively correlated with those women who practice self-examination. For other preventive practices, women who does self-examination are also the most actives in early detection programs (74.4% against 29.5% which didn't do self-examination). For the pathologic characteristics of tumor in women who did self-examination: the tumor size was 2.5 cm, 50.7/are well differentiated, and 59.1% of cases the nodes are negative. CONCLUSIONS: Women who does self-examination are younger, have higher educational level, are married, are active workers and are often involved in other preventive practices. On them, the tumors diagnosed have a smaller size, are diagnosed at earlier stages and usually present better degree of differentiation.

[The impact of COVID-19 on urology restructuring and organization.] / Impacto de la COVID-19 sobre la reestructuración y organización en urología.

Desde que el 31 de diciembre de 2019, se informó el primer caso de neumonía de etiología desconocida en la ciudad de Wuhan (China), la humanidad desconocía cómo iba a cambiar la vida tal cual la conocíamos y los profundos cambios que se iban a suscitar. La Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) el 12 de enero de 2020 reporta una nueva cepa de coronavirus que causaba el Síndrome Respiratorio Agudo Severo CoronaVirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) (1) caracterizado por un cuadro clínico que variaba desde el portador asintomático hasta casos mortales de neumonía, insuficiencia respiratoria y fallo multiorgánico...

Desde que el 31 de diciembre de 2019, se informó el primer caso de neumonía de etiología desconocida en la ciudad de Wuhan (China), la humanidad desconocía cómo iba a cambiar la vida tal cual la conocíamos y los profundos cambios que se iban a suscitar. La Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) el 12 de enero de 2020 reporta una nueva cepa de coronavirus que causaba el Síndrome Respiratorio Agudo Severo CoronaVirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) (1)caracterizado por un cuadro clínico que variaba desde el portador asintomático hasta casos mortales de neumonía, insuficiencia respiratoria y fallo multiorgánico...