Health-Related Quality of Life and Satisfaction With Health Care: Relation to Clinical Stage in Mexican Patients With Multiple Myeloma.

Multiple myeloma (MM) is characterized by bone pain, pathologic fractures, bone destruction, and secondary hypercalcemia, all these conditions impact on health-related quality of life of patients. The objective was to evaluate the global health state and health-related quality of life in a group of patients with MM who attended a tertiary health-care center of the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social in Mexico, through the questionnaires designed by European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) quality of life group. Exploratory cross-sectional study in patients with MM treated in a Department of Hematology in a High-Specialty Medical Unit was conducted. Patients older than 18 years of age, men and women, were selected, and their informed written consent was obtained. We included all consecutive cases treated from January 2012 to December 2014. Questionnaires EORTC QLQ-C30, EORTC QLQ-MY20, and EORTC IN-PATSAT-32 were used. We studied 37 patients, 19 (51%) men and 18 women. The mean age was 61.9 years. Twenty-two (59.46%) patients presented with clinical stage III. The mean time for diagnosis was 33.11 months. The most used first-line treatment schedule was melphalan/prednisone/thalidomide (15; 40%). The global health median was 66.67, and symptoms showed a median score of 22.22. Treatment side effects score was 16.67; for general satisfaction, the median score was 75. In conclusion, the patients showed an advanced clinical stage and poor prognosis but had scores higher than 50 in functional scales and lower than 50 for symptom scales. The scores for symptom scales were related to age, renal failure, and disease-free survival. Identification of quality of life and satisfaction of care markers allow for early therapeutic intervention and efficiency and enable a change in quality of life and perception of care in Health Services.

Role of Incretins in Muscle Functionality, Metabolism, and Body Composition in Breast Cancer: A Metabolic Approach to Understanding This Pathology.

A poorly studied issue in women with breast cancer is the role of incretins (GIP (glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide) and GLP-1 (glucagon-like peptide-1)) in the quantity and quality of muscle mass in lean and obese individuals. The current report aims to analyze the patterns of association and the role of incretin in muscle functionality and body composition in women with cancer compared with healthy women (mammography BI-RADS I or II) to elucidate whether GIP and GLP-1 can be used to estimate the risk, in conjunction with overweight or obesity, for breast cancer. We designed a case-control study in women with a breast cancer diagnosis confirmed by biopsy in different clinical stages (CS; n = 87) and healthy women with a mastography BI-RADS I or II within the last year (n = 69). The women were grouped according to body mass index (BMI): lean (<25 kg/m2BS), overweight (≥25-<30 kg/m2BS), and obese (≥30 kg/m2BS). We found that GLP-1 and GIP levels over 18 pg/mL were associated with a risk of breast cancer (GIP OR = 36.5 and GLP-1 OR = 4.16, for the entire sample), particularly in obese women (GIP OR = 8.8 and GLP-1 OR = 6.5), and coincidentally with low muscle quality indexes, showed an association between obesity, cancer, incretin defects, and loss of muscle functionality.

Phase Angle in Head and Neck Cancer: A Sex-Differential Analysis from Biological and Clinical Behavior to Health-Related Quality of Life.

Head and neck cancer (H&NC) is a diverse category of tumors related to malignancies in the common aerodigestive pathway, with high metabolic rate, poor nutritional and treatment outcomes, and elevated mortality despite the best standard treatment. Herein, we focus on determining how the phase angle (PA) differs across sex as a predictor of poor prognosis, low quality-of-life (QoL) scores, and mortality in patients with head and neck cancer. This follow-up study presents a sex-differential analysis in a prospective cohort of 139 head and neck cancer patients categorized by sex as male (n = 107) and female (n = 32). Patients were compared in terms of nutritional, biochemical, and quality-of-life indicators between low and normal PA in women (<3.9° (n = 14, 43.75%) and ≥3.9°) and men (<4.5° (n = 62, 57.9%) and ≥4.5°). Our results show that most patients were in locally advanced clinical stages (women: n = 21 (65.7%); men: n = 67 (62.6%)) and that patients with low PA had a lower punctuation in parameters such as handgrip strength, four-meter walking speed, albumin, C-reactive protein (CRP), and CRP/albumin ratio (CAR), as well as the worst QoL scores in functional and symptomatic scales in both the male and female groups. A comparison between sexes revealed significant disparities; malnourishment and tumor cachexia related to an inflammatory state was more evident in the women's group.

Phase Angle and Nutritional Status: The Impact on Survival and Health-Related Quality of Life in Locally Advanced Uterine Cervical Cancer.

The phase angle, an indicator of muscle mass status and membrane cell integrity, has been associated with low survival, poorer clinical outcomes, and worse quality of life among cancer patients, but information on women with uterine cervical cancer (UCCa) is scarce. In this prospective study, we used a bioelectrical impedance analyzer to obtain the PA of 65 women with UCCa. We compared the health-related quality of life and inflammatory and nutritional indicators between low PA and normal PA. The mean age was 52 ± 13. The low PA and normal PA groups differed in terms of the C-reactive protein (15.8 ± 19.6 versus 6.82 ± 5.02, p = 0.022), glucose (125.39 ± 88.19 versus 88.78 ± 23.08, p = 0.021), albumin (3.9 ± 0.39 versus 4.37 ± 0.30, p = 0.000), EORTC QLQ-C30 loss of appetite symptom scale score (33.33 (0.0-100.00) versus 0.0 (0.0-0.0), p = 0.005), and EORTC QLQ-CX24 menopausal symptoms scale score (0.0 (0.0-33.33) versus 0.0 (0.0-100.0), p = 0.03). The main finding of the present study is the interaction between PA and obesity as critical cofactors in the UCCa adeno and adenosquamous histologic variants, to a greater extent than cervical squamous cell carcinoma.

Local Tramadol Improves the Anesthetic Success in Patients with Symptomatic Irreversible Pulpitis: A Meta-Analysis.

Symptomatic irreversible pulpitis is a painful clinical condition with a broad inflammatory component. Dental anesthesia in these patients is affected by the inflammatory process, reporting a high incidence of anesthesia failure. The aim of this systematic review and meta-analytical evaluation was to determine the effect of pre-treatment with tramadol in patients with symptomatic irreversible pulpitis, as well as for pain control and adverse effects. This study was registered in PROSPERO (ID: CRD42021279262). PubMed was consulted to identify clinical investigations comparing tramadol and placebo/local anesthetics in patients with symptomatic irreversible pulpitis. Data about the anesthesia, pain control, and adverse effects were extracted. Both the anesthetic success index and the adverse effects of local tramadol and placebo were compared with the Mantel−Haenszel test and odds ratio. Data analysis showed that the local administration of tramadol increased the anesthetic success rate when compared to placebo in patients with symptomatic irreversible pulpitis (n = 228; I2 = 0; OR = 2.2; 95% CIs: 1.30 to 3.79; p < 0.004). However, local administration of tramadol increased the risk of adverse effects when compared to placebo/local anesthetics (n = 288; I2 = 0; OR = 7.72; 95% CIs: 1.37 to 43.46; p < 0.02). In conclusion, this study shows that the local administration of tramadol increases the anesthetic success index when compared to placebo in patients with symptomatic irreversible pulpitis.

Adipocytokines and Insulin Resistance: Their Role as Benign Breast Disease and Breast Cancer Risk Factors in a High-Prevalence Overweight-Obesity Group of Women over 40 Years Old.

Insulin levels, adipocytokines, and inflammatory mediators trigger benign breast disease (BBD) and breast cancer (BC). The relationship between serum adipocytokines levels, overweight-obesity, metabolic disturbs, and BC is unclear. Methods: To analyze the serum levels of the adipocytokines, insulin, and the HOMA IR in women without breast disease, with BBD or BC, and the role of these as risk factors for benign breast disease or breast cancer. Results: Adipsin values > 0.91 and visfatin levels > 1.18 ng/mL represent a risk factor to develop BBD in NBD lean women (OR = 18; and OR = 12). Data in overweight-obese women groups confirm the observation due to insulin levels > 2.6 mU/mL and HOMA IR > 0.78, with OR = 60.2 and 18, respectively; adipsin OR = 26.4, visfatin OR = 12. Breast cancer risk showed a similar behavior: Adipsin risk, adjusted by insulin and visfatin OR = 56 or HOMA IR and visfatin OR = 22.7. Conclusion: Adipose tissue is crucial for premalignant and malignant tissue transformation in women with overweight-obesity. The adipocyte−breast epithelium interaction could trigger a malignant transformation in a continuum, starting with BBD as premalignant disease, especially in overweight-obese women.

Phase Angle, a Cornerstone of Outcome in Head and Neck Cancer.

In patients with head and neck cancer, malnutrition is common. Most cases are treated by chemo-radiotherapy and surgery, with adverse effects on the aerodigestive area. Clinical and biochemical characteristics, health-related quality of life, survival, and risk of death were studied. The selected subjects were divided into normal- and low-phase-angle (PA) groups and followed up for at least two years. Mean ages were 67.2 and 59.3 years for low and normal PA, respectively. Patients with PA < 4.42° had significant differences in age, anthropometric and biochemical indicators of malnutrition, and inflammatory status compared to patients with PA > 4.42°. Statistical differences were found in the functional and symptom scales, with lower functional scores and higher symptom scores in patients with low PA. Median survival was 19.8 months for those with PA < 4.42° versus 34.4 months for those with PA > 4.42° (p < 0.001).The relative risk of death was related to low PA (2.6; p < 0.001). The percentage of living patients (41.7%) is almost the same as the percentage of deceased subjects (43.1%; p = 0.002), with high death rates in patients with PA < 4.42°. Phase angle was the most crucial predictor of survival and a risk factor for death in the studied cases.

Quality of Life and Functionality of Head and Neck Cancer Patients Are Diminished As a Function of Sarcopenia and Obesity.

BACKGROUND: Health-related quality of life (QoL) is a measure that allows us to know the patient's perception of well-being and how it is affected by their disease and treatments. In cancer patients, sarcopenia has been associated with low scores on various instruments used to assess the QoL; however, little information is available on the effects of sarcopenia and sarcopenic obesity on the QoL of patients with head and neck cancer (H&NC). METHODS: In this cross-sectional study with 71 H&NC patients aged between 40 and 80 years, we describe the scores on the instruments EORTC QLQ C-30 and EORTC QLQ-H&N35 according to the sarcopenia phenotype (NSG, nonsarcopenic group; SG, sarcopenic group; and SOG, sarcopenic obesity group), hand-grip strength, gait speed, total lymphocyte count, albumin, cholesterol and C-reactive protein, and the relationships between these variables. RESULTS: The prevalence of sarcopenia and sarcopenic obesity was 48% and 28%, respectively. The QoL analysis showed that NSG had higher scores on the physical functioning scale [NSG 93 (83-100); SG 73 (52-88); SOG 83 (53-93), P = .009] and lower scores on the fatigue scale [NSG 11 (0-22); S 39 (30-67); SOG 44 (14-56); P = .004]. The NSG had a higher hand-grip strength (31.1 kg) than SG (24.1 kg, P = .007) and SOG (26.3 kg, P = .001), and a lower C-reactive protein. The SG and SOG showed no differences between them. CONCLUSIONS: Patients with sarcopenia or sarcopenic obesity have lower physical performance and a higher level of fatigue than nonsarcopenic patients. This loss of function can maintain or worsen sarcopenia due to the patient's self-restraint in physical exertion that encourages an increase in muscle tissue.

[Quality of life in Mexican women with breast cancer at different stages and its association with sociodemographic characteristics, comorbidities and procedural factors at the Mexican Institute of Social Security]. / Calidad de vida en mujeres Mexicanas con cáncer de mama en diferentes etapas clínicas y su asociación con características socio-demográficas, estados co-mórbidos y características del proceso de atención en el Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social.

INTRODUCTION: Quality of life is the most studied PRO (patient reported outcome) in cancer patients. With early diagnosis and better treatments in breast cancer, this entity has been transformed in a chronic disease with longer survival. The joint effects of diseases and treatment on quality of life are each day more important to consider in survival patients. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate quality of life, socioeconomic factors, co-morbidities, and the attendance process impact on quality of life in breast cancer women with different clinical stages attending at the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social using the EORCT QLQ-C30 RESULTS: The scores of EORTC QLQ-C30 (v3) were: Global health status / QoL: 73.47 (± 20.81), physical functioning 76.98 (± 20.85), role functioning 76.60 (± 27.57), emotional functioning 64.53 (± 26.81), cognitive functioning 74.47 (± 26.02), social functioning 84.96 (± 23.20), fatigue 31.94 (± 25.45), nausea and vomiting 19.49 (± 26.93), pain 28.95 (± 27.27), dyspnea 15.29 (± 24.62), insomnia 35.13 (± 32.10), appetite lost 18.04 (± 28.75), 18.04 (± 28.75), constipation 19.20 (± 32.11), diarrhea 12.9 (± 24.25), financial difficulties 40.57 (± 37.26). The scores with EORTC QLQ-BR23 were: body image 74.84 (± 31.69), sexual functioning 13.73 (± 22.55), sexual enjoyment 32.86 (± 36.17), future perspectives 51.69 (± 38.00), systemic therapy side effects 30.82 (± 20.71), breast symptoms 22.85 (± 23.49), arm symptoms 27.53 (± 24.75), upset by hair loss 43.80 (± 44.01). CONCLUSIONS: Clinical stage in breast cancer is associated with differences in the scores from fatigue, nausea and vomiting and financial difficulties according to the evolution of the disease and the physical detriment associated. Socio-demographic features were related role functioning, fatigue and pain in single women with higher scores.

[Evaluation of patient satisfaction with the quality of health care received within the EORTC IN-PATSAT32 trial by patients with breast and colorectal cancer, and non-Hodgkin lymphoma at different stages. Correlation with sociodemographic characteristics, comorbidities and other procedural variables at the Mexican Institute of Social Security]. / Análisis de la satisfacción con los cuidados en salud a través del cuestionario EORTC IN-PATSAT32 en pacientes con cáncer de mama, linfoma no Hodgkin y cáncer colo-rectal en diferentes etapas clínicas. Relación con las características socio-demográficas, estados co-mórbidos y variables del proceso de atención en el Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social.

INTRODUCTION: In Mexico cancer is a public health burden. Nowadays the health care systems pay special attention to patient's perception and satisfaction of the health care received. Satisfaction with quality of health care has an impact in the adherence to the treatment. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the satisfaction with the quality of health care received at the IMSS in a group of cancer patients [non Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), breast and colorectal cancer]. Socio-demographic features, co-morbid diseases, and attendance processes impact on satisfaction are also evaluated. RESULTS: 476 cancer patients were studied: 314 with breast cancer, 92 with NHL and 70 with colorectal cancer. In women with breast cancer the mean score to nurses' interpersonal skills in non-classified disease group and clinical stage III group were: 73.64 ± 32.53, 90.00 ± 18.25 respectively (p=0.005), nurses' availability in non-classified and clinical stage III group were: 69.71 ± 30.25, 89.21 ± 19.00 respectively (p=0.003). In subjects with NHL the mean scores for doctors' technical skills in clinical stage I and III groups, were: 63.69 ± 37.78, 80.30 ± 18.46 respectively (p=0.017), doctors' information provision scores in subject in clinical stage I and IV were: 49.40 ± 40.75, 79.49 ± 24.63 respectively (p=0.043). In the group of colorectal cancer patients the mean of the score to exchange of information between clinical stage II and clinical stage III group were 50.00 ± 41.83, 84.21 ± 22.37 respectively (p=0.036). Were not observed association between attendance processes features and general satisfaction. CONCLUSIONS: In Mexico 50% of cancer patients are attended at the IMSS. The continued evaluation of the satisfaction with health care received by the health care service users is important to enhance attention's quality.

[Evaluation of health-related quality of life in patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma and colorectal cancer at different stages, attending the Mexican Institute of Social Security]. / Evaluación de la calidad de vida en pacientes con linfoma no Hodgkin y cáncer colo-rectal en diferentes etapas clínicas atendidos en el Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social.

INTRODUCTION: In Mexico during 2008, were reported 127,604 new cancer cases, 6,347 of them were colorectal cancer cases and 4,276 non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) cases. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate health related quality of life in non-Hodgkin lymphoma and colorectal cancer cases in different clinical stages, attended in a High Specialty Medical facility at the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, during a 13 month period. RESULTS: 162 patients were included, 56.8% (n=92) with NHL and 43.2% (n=70) with colorectal cancer. The scores obtained in the NHL group were: Global health status/QoL: 67.75 (± 27.55), physical functioning 69.64 (± 29.98), role functioning 71.38 (± 33.73), emotional functioning 69.7 (± 26.57), cognitive functioning 75.36 (± 28.01), social functioning 79.35 (± 29.38), fatigue 35.27 (± 28.27), nausea and vomiting 13.41 (± 21.85), pain 28.08 (± 30.25), dyspnea 19.20 (± 32.11), insomnia 30.80 (± 38.03), appetite lost 26.45 (± 36.16), constipation 19.20 (± 32.11), diarrhea 12.32 (± 26.48), financial difficulties 26.09 (± 35.57). In colorectal cancer patients the scores were: Global health status/QoL: 68.21 (± 24.46), physical functioning 67.38 (± 30.45), role functioning 65.48 (± 35.70), emotional functioning 66.43 (± 26.84), cognitive functioning 78.57 (± 26.49), social functioning 75.24 (± 31.05), fatigue 37.78 (± 31.62), nausea and vomiting 20.00 (± 28.32), pain 37.38 (± 34.45), dyspnea 11.90 (± 26.64), insomnia 28.09 (± 35.73), appetite lost 23.81 (± 36.40), constipation 19.05 (± 32.88), diarrhea 20.95 (± 31.17), financial difficulties 34.76 (± 38.67). CONCLUSIONS: With these basal results is important a follow-up with special attention to the treatment and attendance processes, in patients with this neoplasms and their impact on the quality of life.

Posterior extrapelvic tributaries to the internal iliac veins: Morphometrics, types, and variants.

BACKGROUND: In the distribution of the veins, it corresponds in the path and by its affluent to their arterial counterpart. For the pelvic surgeon faced with pelvic surgical pathology, the knowledge of the distribution of the venous vessels is especially important in view of novel surgical techniques and current approaches. The majority of the reports are on common iliac vein (CIV) or the inferior vena cava. To the best of our knowledge, there are no papers describing posterior extrapelvic affluents that drain into the internal iliac vein (IIV). OBJECTIVE: The aim of this work was to describe the pattern of the constitution of the IIV in 17 dissection specimens taken at our institution. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We dissected and registered the anatomic variations of the posterior extrapelvic tributaries to the IIVs. RESULTS: Moreover, we describe the presence of a vein here that is, as far as we know, the first report of a vein that is formed from the posterior extrapelvic veins that drain exactly onto the anterior surface of the CIV. We also describe herein the variants that we have found. CONCLUSIONS: The ignorance of the anatomic variations in the posterior extra-pelvic tributaries to the IIVs (internal iliac veins) can lead to fatal consequences in the patients undergoing pelvic surgery.

ANTECEDENTES: En la descripción de los trayectos venosos, estos corresponden casi exactamente a la distribución de su contraparte arterial, como es el caso de la vena iliaca interna. Para el cirujano que se enfrenta a la patología pélvica, el conocimiento de la distribución de los vasos venosos es de particular importancia. Los reportes que describen los grandes vasos venosos pélvicos se enfocan en las venas iliacas comunes o la vena cava inferior. En nuestro conocimiento, no existen ­reportes que describan los afluentes venosos posteriores que drenan a la vena iliaca interna ni las distancias que separan los vasos entre sí. OBJETIVO: Describir el patrón de constitución de la vena iliaca interna en 17 especímenes cadavéricos disecados en nuestra institución. MATERIAL Y MÉTODOS: Se identificaron los trayectos vasculares de los afluentes venosos posteriores extrapélvicos de las venas iliacas primitivas. RESULTADOS: En específico, describimos la presencia de una variante venosa que, hasta donde hemos revisado, es el primer reporte, pues esta vena posterior extrapélvica drena exactamente en la superficie anterior de la vena iliaca común. También describimos otras variantes encontradas. CONCLUSIONES: Conocer las variantes de los afluentes venosos posteriores extrapélvicos es de vital importancia para el cirujano que realiza cirugía pélvica.

Body Composition and Biochemical Parameters of Nutritional Status: Correlation with Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients with Colorectal Cancer.

Up to 60% of colorectal cancer (CRC) patients develop malnutrition, affecting treatment effectiveness, increasing toxicity, postoperative complications, hospital stay, and worsening health-related quality of life (HRQOL). This cross-sectional study analyzed data from 48 women and 65 men with CRC. We correlated scores of the scales from the questionnaires EORTC (European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer) Quality of Life Questionnaire Core 30 (QLQ)-C30 and Colorectal Cancer module Colorectal 29 (QLQ-CR29) with patients' body composition and clinical and biochemical indicators of nutritional status. Results: Scores on quality of life were negatively associated with the lymphocyte count (rP = -0.386) and the fat trunk percentage (rP = -0.349) in the women's group. Scores on the physical and role functioning were inversely associated with the adiposity percentage (rP = -0.486 and rP = -0.411, respectively). In men, total skeletal muscle mass (SMM) was positively associated with emotional functioning (rP = 0.450); the trunk SMM was negatively related to fatigue (rP = -0.586), nausea and vomiting (rP = -0.469), pain (rP = -0.506), and financial difficulties (rP = -0.475); additionally, serum albumin was positively related to physical, emotional, and social functioning scales (rPs = 0.395, 0.453, and 0.363, respectively) and negatively to fatigue (rP = -0.362), nausea and vomiting (rP = -0.387), and appetite loss (rP = -0.347). Among the men, the reduced SMM and biochemical, nutritional parameters were related to low scores on the EORTC QLQ-C30 and QLQ-CR29 functioning scales. In conclusion, in patients with CRC, malnourishment could have a profound effect on the patients' functionality and QoL (quality of life).

Breast benign disease and breast cancer risk. Overweight-obesity, biochemical, anthropometry. / Enfermedad mamaria benigna y riesgo de cáncer de mama: sobrepeso-obesidad, bioquímica, antropometría.

BACKGROUND: The immunologic, metabolic and anthropometric disturbances of overweight-obesity phenomena are risk factors to breast cancer (BC), particularly in proliferative benign breast disease women (PBBD). OBJECTIVE: To describe the adipocytokine levels, metabolic alteration and anthropometric characteristics in PBBD and its role as risk estimator to BC in a population with high overweight-obesity prevalence. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A cross-sectional study. We realized nutritional diagnosis, anthropometry, and we calculated the waist-height rate (WHR); serum measurement of adipocytokines, insulin and glucose and, HOMA IR determination in 27 PBBD and 27 BC women. We calculated mean, standard deviation, Pearson and Spearman correlation coefficients, Odds Ratio (OR) and confidence intervals through logistic regression as risk estimators of BC; p < 0.05 values were considered significant. RESULTS: Mean age in the PBBD group was minor than BC group, the humeral diameter was greater in BC group women. We did not find differences in anthropometry or adipocytokine levels; in both groups, the predominant somatotype was the endo-mesomorphic. We found higher insulin levels in BC group and a higher percentage of women with WHR > 0.5 too. The WHR > 0.5 + age over 50 were considered risk estimators to develop breast cancer in PBBD women group. CONCLUSION: The WHR >0.5 in women with PBBD over 50 years old could be considered an anthropometric risk estimator to develop BC.

INTRODUCCIÓN: La inflamación, las alteraciones metabólicas y antropométricas del fenómeno sobrepeso-obesidad son factores de riesgo para cáncer de mama (CaM) particularmente en mujeres con enfermedad mamaria benigna proliferativa (EMBP). OBJETIVO: Describir los niveles de adipocitocinas, alteraciones metabólicas y antropométricas en la EMBP y su papel como estimadores de riesgo para CaM en una población con prevalencia de sobrepeso-obesidad de más del 70%. MATERIAL Y MÉTODOS: Estudio transversal analítico en 27 mujeres con CaM y 27 con EMBP. Se realizó diagnóstico nutricional, antropometría y cálculo del índice cintura-talla (ICT); determinación sérica de adipocitocinas, insulina, glucosa y estimación de HOMA IR. Se calcularon promedio y desviaciones estándar, correlaciones de Pearson y Spearman; Odds Ratio (OR) e intervalos de confianza mediante regresión logística como estimadores de riesgo de CaM. Se consideró significativo un valor de p < 0.05. RESULTADOS: La edad del grupo EMBP fue menor. No se observaron diferencias en adipocitocinas ni antropometría (excepto el diámetro humeral fue mayor en CaM). Se observaron mayores niveles de insulina en CaM, y mayor porcentaje de mujeres con ICT > 0.5. El ICT > 0.5 + edad > 50 fueron estimadores de riesgo para CaM. CONCLUSIÓN: Un ICT > 0.5 en mujeres mayores de 50 años podría ser un estimador antropométrico de riesgo de CaM en mujeres con EMBP.

Obesity and adipocytokines in breast cancer and benign breast disease / Obesidad y adipocitocinas en cáncer de mama y enfermedad mamaria benigna

Background: There is a relationship between obesity and the development of breast cancer; adipocytokines are among the mechanisms related. Objective: To describe the impact of obesity in leptin, adiponectin, resistin and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) serum levels in women with breast cancer (BC) and benign breast disease (BBD). Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out with a sample of 54 individuals divided into two groups: BC (n = 27) and BBD (n = 27). Serum levels of leptin, adiponectin, resistin and TNF-alpha were determined. Body mass index (BMI) was calculated. Statistical analysis included mean, standard deviation, median and interquartile range; the differences between groups were determined by Student´s t test, Mann-Whitney U and Kruskall Wallis test to identify differences between the groups. Results: We didn't find any significant differences related to anthropometric characteristics between BC and BBD groups, or to leptin, adiponectin, resistin and TNF-alpha serum levels (p = NS). We found higher leptin serum levels in obese women with BBD compared with non-obese women with BC (med 22.26 versus 4.34 ng/mL; p = 0.028). Adiponectin serum levels in non-obese women from the BC group were higher than serum levels found in non-obese women with BBD (med 7.10 versus 2.22 ng/mL; p = 0.038) Conclusion: We found higher leptin serum levels and lower adiponectin serum levels in BBD women than BC women in this population with high frequency of obesity.

Introducción: existe relación entre la obesidad y el desarrollo de cáncer de mama (CaM); entre los mecanismos implicados están las adipocitocinas. Objetivo: establecer el efecto de la obesidad sobre los valores séricos de leptina, adiponectina, resistina y el factor de necrosis tumoral-alfa (TNF-alfa) en mujeres con CaM y enfermedad mamaria benigna (EMB). Métodos: estudio transversal analítico. Se determinaron los niveles séricos de leptina, adiponectina, resistina y TNF-alfa, así como el índice de masa corporal (IMC) de 27 mujeres con CaM incidente y 27 con EMB. Se utilizaron promedios, desviaciones estándar, medianas (Me) y rangos intercuartílicos, así como las pruebas t de Student, U de Mann-Whitney y Kruskall-Wallis para identificar diferencias entre los grupos. Resultados: no se encontraron diferencias antropométricas, ni en niveles séricos de TNF-alfa, leptina y resistina entre los grupos (p = NS). Los niveles de leptina de las mujeres con EMB y obesidad fueron significativamente superiores que en las mujeres con CaM no obesas (Me 22.26 frente a 4.34 ng/mL; p = 0.028). Los niveles de adiponectina en mujeres con CaM con IMC sin obesidad fueron mayores que los encontrados en pacientes con EMB con IMC y sin obesidad (Me 7.10 frente a 2.22 ng/mL; p = 0.038). Conclusión: en esta población con elevada frecuencia de obesidad, se encontraron niveles mayores de leptina en mujeres con EMB con respecto a las mujeres con CaM; asimismo, se encontró un patrón inverso en adiponectina.

Descriptive, Longitudinal Study Results Applied to Statistical Models to Assess the Impact of Early Microbiological Cultures on the Economic Burden of Treatment for Infected Diabetic Foot Ulcers at a Mexican Public Health Facility.

Infection plays a critical role in health care and impacts the cost of the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers (DFU). To examine the cost reduction associated with the multidisciplinary treatment of infected DFU (IDFU) by obtaining early (ie, within 48 hours of admission) microbiological culture results, a descriptive, longitudinal study was conducted. Data were collected prospectively from patient medical charts of a cohort of 67 patients (mean age, 56.14 ± 12.3 years; mean duration of diabetes, 14.95 ± 8 years) with IDFU treated at a Mexican public health facility from January 1 to April 30, 2010. Information included demographic data (age, gender, marital status, time elapsed since first diagnosis of diabetes mellitus type 2 [DM2]), and the following clinical records: Wagner classification, bacterium type, antimicrobial resistance, length of hospital stay, and the antibiotic schedule utilized, as well as number and type of laboratory tests, medications, intravenous therapy, surgical and supportive treatment, type and number of specialists, and clinical outcome. Microcosting was used to calculate the unit cost of each medical treatment element. Using the Monte Carlo and Markov predictive simulation economical models, cost reduction associated with early identification of the specific microorganism through bacterial culture in IDFU was estimated. Based on the statistical results, differences between real and estimated costs when including early microbiological culture were identified and the number and type of most common species of infectious bacteria were detected. The total cost observed in the patient cohort was $502 438.04 USD, mean cost per patient was $7177.69 ± $5043.51 USD, and 72.75% of the total cost was associated with the hospital stay length. The cost of the entire treatment including antibiotics was $359 196.16 USD; based on the simulation of early microbiological culture, the model results showed cost could be reduced by 10% to 25% (in this study, the cost could be as low as $304 624.63 USD). The use of early microbiological cultures on IDFU to determine the appropriate antibiotic can reduce treatment costs by >30% if hospital stay is part of the consideration.

[Adiposity percentage relationship with hormone receptors immunoreactive score in breast cancer mexican women]. / Porcentaje de adiposidad y su relación con el índice de inmunorreactividad de los receptores hormonales en mujeres mexicanas con cáncer de mama.

INTRODUCTION: Adipose tissue is an important estrogen resource and they are involved in breast cancer development. OBJECTIVE: To establish the relationship between adiposity percentage and the estrogen and progesterone receptors immunoreactive score in Mexican women with breast cancer. METHODS: This is a transversal and analytical study. We identified breast cancer women with cancer histologic diagnosis. We calculated: adiposity percentage and immunoreactive score. We performed correlation analysis between adiposity percentage, body mass index, diabetes mellitus and arterial hypertension, with estrogen and progesterone receptors in breast cancer samples. We perform logistic regression and Odds Ratio estimations. RESULTS: We studied 43 patients with breast cancer and we observed association between adiposity percentage and estrogen and progesterone immnunoreactive score (rP 0.470; p 0.003 and rP 0.328; p 0.042, respectively). The most important risk factor in breast cancer positive to estrogen receptors was obesity (OR 19.1, IC95% 2.1 a 169.1, p 0.008), and previous obesity in breast cancer positive to progesterone receptors (OR 20.7, IC95% 2.3 a 185.9, p 0.007). DISCUSSION: Adiposity percentage is an important risk factor to develop breast cancer positive to hormone receptors related with the risk of breast cancer positive to hormonal receptors.

Introducción: El tejido adiposo es una importante fuente de estrógenos, los cuales se encuentran implicados en el desarrollo de cáncer de mama. Objetivo: Establecer la relación entre el porcentaje de adiposidad y el índice de inmunorreactividad de los receptores a estrógenos y a progesterona en mujeres mexicanas con cáncer de mama. Métodos: Estudio transversal analítico en pacientes con cáncer de mama confirmado con estudio histopatológico. Se estimó el % de adiposidad, y el índice de inmunorreactividad. Se realizó el análisis de correlación entre el porcentaje de adiposidad, el IMC, la presencia de DM2 e hipertensión arterial con la expresión de receptores a estrógeno y progesterona y regresión logística con cálculo de Odds Ratio. Resultados: Se estudiaron 43 pacientes con cáncer de mama y se observó asociación entre el porcentaje de adiposidad y el índice de inmunoreactividad para los RE y RP (rP 0,470; p 0,003 y rP 0,328; p 0,042 respectivamente). El factor de riesgo más importante en cáncer positivo a receptores estrogénicos fue la obesidad (OR 19,1, IC 95% 2,1 a 169,1, p 0,008) y obesidad previa en cáncer positivo a receptores a progesterona (OR 20,7, IC 95% 2,3 a 185,9, p 0,007). Conclusión: El porcentaje de adiposidad es un factor de riesgo importante para desarrollar cáncer de mama positivo a receptores hormonales.

Porcentaje de adiposidad y su relación con el índice de inmunorreactividad de los receptores hormonales en mujeres mexicanas con cáncer de mama / Adiposity percentage relationship with hormone receptors immunoreactive score in breast cancer Mexican women

INTRODUCTION: Adipose tissue is an important estrogen resource and they are involved in breast cancer development. OBJECTIVE: To establish the relationship between adiposity percentage and the estrogen and progesterone receptors immunoreactive score in Mexican women with breast cancer. METHODS: This is a transversal and analytical study. We identified breast cancer women with cancer histologic diagnosis. We calculated: adiposity percentage and immunoreactive score. We performed correlation analysis between adiposity percentage, body mass index, diabetes mellitus and arterial hypertension, with estrogen and progesterone receptors in breast cancer samples. We perform logistic regression and Odds Ratio estimations. RESULTS: We studied 43 patients with breast cancer and we observed association between adiposity percentage and estrogen and progesterone immnunoreactive score (rP 0.470; p 0.003 and rP 0.328; p 0.042, respectively). The most important risk factor in breast cancer positive to estrogen receptors was obesity (OR 19.1, IC95% 2.1 a 169.1, p 0.008), and previous obesity in breast cancer positive to progesterone receptors (OR 20.7, IC95% 2.3 a 185.9, p 0.007). DISCUSSION: Adiposity percentage is an important risk factor to develop breast cancer positive to hormone receptors related with the risk of breast cancer positive to hormonal receptors (AU)

Introducción: El tejido adiposo es una importante fuente de estrógenos, los cuales se encuentran implicados en el desarrollo de cáncer de mama. Objetivo: Establecer la relación entre el porcentaje de adiposidad y el índice de inmunorreactividad de los receptores a estrógenos y a progesterona en mujeres mexicanas con cáncer de mama. Métodos: Estudio transversal analítico en pacientes con cáncer de mama confirmado con estudio histopatológico. Se estimó el % de adiposidad, y el índice de inmunorreactividad. Se realizó el análisis de correlación entre el porcentaje de adiposidad, el IMC, la presencia de DM2 e hipertensión arterial con la expresión de receptores a estrógeno y progesterona y regresión logística con cálculo de Odds Ratio. Resultados: Se estudiaron 43 pacientes con cáncer de mama y se observó asociación entre el porcentaje de adiposidad y el índice de inmunoreactividad para los RE y RP (rP 0,470; p 0,003 y rP 0,328; p 0,042 respectivamente). El factor de riesgo más importante en cáncer positivo a receptores estrogénicos fue la obesidad (OR 19,1, IC 95% 2,1 a 169,1, p 0,008) y obesidad previa en cáncer positivo a receptores a progesterona (OR 20,7, IC 95% 2,3 a 185,9, p 0,007). Conclusión: El porcentaje de adiposidad es un factor de riesgo importante para desarrollar cáncer de mama positivo a receptores hormonales (AU)