Ruffo Freitas-Junior

Universidade Federal de Goiás | UFG · Program of Mastology

Breast cancer is the most common cause of death from cancer in women in less developed regions. Therefore, the objective of this study was to provide data on the temporal trends in female breast cancer mortality between 1990 and 2011 and to evaluate its association with the social inequalities present in Brazil. Breast cancer mortality data and est...

Objective To describe a technique of oncoplastic mammaplasty, referred to as geometric compensation, which is suitable for tumors close to the skin in areas not included in the classic preoperative drawings for mammaplasty.Materials and Methods Seventeen patients with malignant tumors were included. Preoperative markings followed the “Wise-pattern”...

Objective To evaluate the performance of diagnostic centers in the classification of mammography reports from an opportunistic screening undertaken by the Brazilian public health system (SUS) in the municipality of Goiânia, GO, Brazil in 2010. Materials and Methods The present ecological study analyzed data reported to the Sistema de Informação do...

To assess the types of surgical treatments for breast cancer performed by the Mastology program of the Clinics Hospital, Federal University of Goiás (HC-UFG). We conducted a cross-sectional, cohort study on the breast operations performed at HC-UFG from January 2002 to December 2009. We evaluated the surgical records for: surgical time and size, su...

Introduction: Approximately 70% of the Brazilian population depends on the public healthcare system (Sistema Único de Saúde - SUS). However, only 16% of SUS users have access to mammography for breast cancer screening, which necessitates the evaluation of new strategies to reduce mortality from the disease, including expanding physical breast exami...

Introduction: Patients with the highest risk of breast cancer undergoing conservative surgery receive an additional boost dose of radiotherapy in the tumor bed during treatment planning, which is known to bring benefits in local control. Objectives: To evaluate the influence of the surgical clip concerning the volume of surrounding tissues irradiat...

Background: The precise location of the tumor site is essential for obtaining free margins and success of surgical treatment, reducing the rates of reoperation and local recurrences. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) is a challenge for preoperative tumor localization, due to the different patterns of locoregional response, limitations related to imagi...

INTRODUCTION – Breast cancer remains the most frequent tumor in the female population and the fourth in mortality in the world population (GLOBOCAN 2020). With the aim of reducing mortality and at the same time de-escalating treatment, avoiding overtreatment, individualized therapy is increasingly being applied. The genomic signature of 70-genes, w...

INTRODUCTION – Although genetic signatures for breast cancer are used to de-escalate chemotherapy treatment, around half of the patients, according to several analyses, present high genomic risk and are conducted in the same way, regardless of the risk score found. The stratification into high risk 1 and high risk 2, proposed in the ISKY-2 cohort,...

Evidences on the effects of chemotherapy treatment cycles on measures of muscle, mental state, social and cognitive performance are scarce. The objective of this study was to analyze the effects of chemotherapy cycles on muscle strength and activation, functional capacity, quality of life, fatigue and anxiety of women with breast can- cer. Therefor...

Abstract: Evidences on the effects of chemotherapy treatment cycles on measures of muscle, mental state, social and cognitive performance are scarce. The objective of this study was to analyze the effects of chemotherapy cycles on muscle strength and activation, functional capacity, quality of life, fatigue and anxiety of women with breast can- cer...

Purpose: To evaluate a triplet regimen combining immune checkpoint blockade, AKT pathway inhibition, and (nab-)paclitaxel as first-line therapy for locally advanced/metastatic triple-negative breast cancer (mTNBC). Patients and methods: The single-arm CO40151 phase Ib study (NCT03800836), the single-arm signal-seeking cohort of IPATunity130 (NCT...

In this integrative review, we aimed to describe the records of time devoted by physicians to breast ultrasound in a review of articles in the literature, in order to observe whether the automation of the method enabled a reduction in these values. We selected articles from the Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences (LILACS) and...

Introduction Breast cancer screening in women of 70 years of age or older remains controversial due to a lack of studies that include women of this age. Methods This ecological study evaluated data from the Brazilian National Health Service (SUS) on breast cancer screening and staging in this age group compared to 50–69-year olds, for Brazil as a...

Background: Trastuzumab deruxtecan (T-DXd) has been shown to benefit progression-free survival and overall survival in patients with metastatic breast cancer (mBC) after progression on ≥1 human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-targeted therapies. However, interstitial lung disease (ILD) and cardiotoxicity are the most significant toxiciti...

Introduction: Patient satisfaction after breast cancer surgery has an impact on body image, sexual function, self-esteem, and quality of life and may differ from the perception of the attending physician. This study aimed to compare the aesthetic outcomes and satisfaction with conservative oncoplastic surgeries, mastectomies, and total breast recon...

Com o objetivo de analisar o número de linfonodos dissecados, foram estudados 229 pacientes portadoras de câncer de mama, tratadas no Hospital Araújo Jorge entre 1979 e 1988. Destas, 175 foram submetidas à mastectomia radical clássica (MRC) e54à mastectomia radical modificada com preservação de ambos os músculos peitorais (MRM). Não houve influênci...

e12561 Background: the elderly population, generally, presents a lower performance and greater susceptibility to complications and adverse effects of therapies, inferring that the de-escalation of cytotoxic therapies is desirable. Genetic signatures, including MammaPrint/ BluePrint, are the most appropriate tools to select among estrogen receptor (...

e13033 Background: The new antibody-drug conjugated directed to HER2, Trastuzumab-Deruxtecan (T-DXd), has shown the benefit of progression-free survival and overall survival in metastatic breast cancer (mBC) patients after progression to ≥1 HER2 targeted therapies. Interstitial lung disease (ILD) and cardiotoxicity are the most significant and conc...

This study aimed to investigate the effect of chemotherapy (CT) and its different types of regimens on the anthropometry and body composition of women with breast cancer. Three-hundred-and-four women with breast cancer were enrolled in this multicenter study. The participants were evaluated before the infusion of the first cycle of CT (pre-CT), and...

Purpose Phyllodes tumors of the breast are rare fibroepithelial lesions that are classified as benign, borderline or malignant. There is little consensus on best practice for the work-up, management, and follow-up of patients with phyllodes tumors of the breast, and evidence-based guidelines are lacking. Methods We conducted a cross-sectional surv...

Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate COVID-19 effects on breast cancer screening and clinical stage at diagnosis in patients of 50–69 years of age receiving care within the public healthcare network (SUS) in 2013–2021 in Brazil and its macro-regions. Methods: This ecological study used Poisson regression to analyze trends in screening and stagi...

Objective: The ITABERAÍ Project is a phase III multicenter randomized clinical trial that deals with intervention through training of community health agents (ACS) based on evidence of tracking in physical examination of the breast. This study aimed to develop an application for a mobile device as a strategy for resolving ACS actions in breast canc...

Objective: The ITABERAÍ Project is a study that deals with intervention through the training of community health agents (ACS) based on evidence of tracking in physical examination of the breast. The objective of this study was to present preliminary results of breast cancer screening carried out by community health agents (ACS) in women aged 40 yea...

Objective: The objective of this study was to analyze the clinical characteristics and outcomes of the ultralow-risk population of the AGEMA-BRA study and compare them with data from the MINDACT study. Methodology: This is a retrospective study of patients submitted to genomic risk assessment by the 70-gene MammaPrint™ signature, in the Brazilian p...

Objective: We analyzed the accessibility of a virtual program developed for women with advanced cancer undergoing chemotherapy treatment by the Unified Health System. We ranked the benefits of participating in the program according to the patient’s experience. Methodology: A longitudinal study of quantitative and qualitative was carried out with 78...

Objective: We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to assess the incidence and severity of those adverse events (AEs) in metastatic breast cancer (mBC) patients treated with trastuzumab deruxtecan (T-DXd). Methodology: We comprehensively searched PubMed, Cochrane, and Scopus databases for randomized clinical trials (RCTs) and observation...

Objective: The objective of this study was to analyze the effects of chemotherapy cycles on muscle activation (MA) and rated perceived exertion (RPE) in women with breast cancer. Methodology: A total of 21 women were divided into a treatment group (TG) (47.2±11.3 years old) and a control group (CG) of women without cancer (53.7±6.3 years old). The...

Objective: The ITABERAÍ Project is a study that deals with intervention through the training of community health agents (ACS) based on evidence of tracking in physical examination of the breast. The objective of this study was to evaluate the ACS adherence to a breast cancer screening program carried out in the city of Itaberaí. Methodology: This i...

Objective: There are no publications on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on screening and clinical staging of breast cancer in women over 70 years of age. In Brazil, women over 70 years of age are not the target group for whom the Unified Health System (SUS) recommends mammography screening. This study aimed to evaluate the impact of the pandemi...

Objective: Patient satisfaction after breast cancer surgery has an impact on body image, sexual life, self-esteem, and quality of life and may differ from the surgeon’s perception. The objective of our study was to compare the aesthetic results and satisfaction after breast conservation and oncoplastic surgery with mastectomy and total breast recon...

Objective: Breast cancer is considered one of the current challenges of population aging. Nevertheless, there is disagreement about screening in older women over 70 years of age due to the lack of prospective, controlled, and randomized studies that include women in this group. The aim of this study was to evaluate Brazilian data on mammography scr...

Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate the irradiated volumes of the breast, heart, and lung, considering the presence of the surgical clip and the oncoplasty techniques Methodology: This is a retrospective study of women submitted to boost radiotherapy tumor bed after breast conservative surgery between January 2011 and January 202...

Objective: The objective of this study was to describe a case of chronic mastitis with multiple recurrences and positive culture for Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Methods: The information for this case report was obtained via a consent form, and the study was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the Universidade Federal de Goiás HC/UFG – GO,...

Objective: The objective of this study was to analyze magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) BI-RADS® using criteria of high and low suspicion in relation to age group variables and imaging findings. Methodology: This is a cross-sectional retrospective study of analysis of breast MRI exams in an imaging clinic in the city of Goiânia, GO, from 2021 to 202...

Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate the role of the diffusion sequence and respective apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) map in the study of the breast by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Methodology: This is a retrospective cross-sectional study to evaluate additional breast MRI scan sequences. The study included exams of wom...

Objective: The objective of this study was to characterize chronic pain in women undergoing surgical treatment for breast cancer. Methodology: This is a transversal study of quantitative and qualitative basis. Data collection was performed at a tertiary breast cancer treatment center located in central Brazil. We used the McGill Pain Questionnaire...

Objective: The objective of this study was to compare BI-RADS® magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in relation to BI-RADS® mammography (MMG) and ultrasonography (USG) from previous exams, determining the level of agreement between the three methods. Methodology: This is a retrospective cross-sectional study of examinations of women with indications fo...

Objective: The objective of this study was to analyze the overall survival of patients with second primary synchronous and metachronous breast cancer. Methodology: A retrospective cohort study on women with second primary breast cancer, diagnosed between 2000 and 2015, was conducted. The cases were drawn from the Cancer Hospital registry and classi...

Objective Nipple-sparing mastectomy (NSM) has been traditionally used in selected cases with tumor-to-nipple distance > 2 cm and negative frozen section of the base of the nipple. Recommending NSM in unselected populations remains controversial. The present study evaluated the oncological outcomes of patients submitted to NSM in an unselected popul...

Introduction: The use of capecitabine is associated with hand-foot syndrome (HFS). Since there is anecdotal evidence that lanolin-based creams and topical steroids are useful for the treatment of HFS, we conducted a three- arm phase III trial to compare observation, lanolin-based cream with dexpanthenol (L-D), and topical hydrocortisone in the prev...

Background Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is a heterogenous subtype involving different patterns of behavior and clinical course, demanding a complex, individualized sequence of treatment. The knowledge and attitudes of the affiliated members of the Brazilian Society of Mastology regarding TNBC were evaluated and a consensus regarding managem...

We have previously reported the impact of covid-19 pandemic on breast cancer screening, in Brazil: among women aged 50–69 years, mammography attendance decreased by 42% in public healthcare (SUS), comparing 2019 and 2020. In this short communication, we wish to present: a) an update of the number of mammograms performed, in 2021; b) an exploratory...

Objective: Previous studies have suggested the benefit of routine screening for biopsychosocial symptoms among patients with cancer. In recognition of the lack of data from low- and middle-income countries, this study sought to test and determine the effect of a mHealth program to screen biopsychological symptoms among patients with advanced breas...

Purpose To relate functional performance and kinesiophobia to muscle strength, fatigue and quality of life in women who survivors breast cancer. Methods Participated the study 62 women separate into control group (CNT) (age: 52,16 ± 7,59) and breast cancer survivors group (BCS) (age: 52,93 ± 8,95). The functional performance was evaluated by the D...

e12568 Background: The application of genetic signatures can contributes to determine a less toxic treatment in ederly women with luminal biological profile tumors, where toxicity is less tolerated and with a higher risk of fatal outcomes by therapy. The MINDACT study evaluated this population using MammaPrint, but patients over 70 years of age wer...

Introduction: Despite the lack of randomised evidence, there is a current trend towards omitting axillary surgery in cases of positive sentinel lymph node (SLN) following neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT). This study evaluated practice patterns of Brazilian breast surgeons when managing positive SLN following NACT. Methods: This was a nationwide e...

INTRODUCTION: The search for more personalized treatments for breast cancer patients has been increasingly frequent. In this sense, the search for the de-escalation of the therapies used, especially the cytotoxic ones, should be prioritized, with the application of genetic signatures, in patients with luminal tumors, allowing more adjusted therapie...

Objective: Augmentation implants pose a challenge for radiologists. Displacing the implant allows slightly more breast tissue to be visualized than the standard compression views. The objective of this study was to verify the agreement between craniocaudal (CC) views and CC with implant displacement (CC-ID), mediolateral oblique (MLO) and MLO-ID a...

Introduction: Most of the data on metastatic breast cancer (MBC) originate from hospital-based studies or controlled trials involving specific populations and controlled treatments. In this respect, few population-based studies have analyzed the profile of MBC in low- and middle-income countries. Objective: To describe the epidemiological profile o...

A detecção do câncer em seus estágios iniciais permite um tratamento que geralmente é mais eficaz, menos complexo e menos dispendioso. Existem duas estratégias para a detecção precoce do câncer de mama: o diagnóstico precoce e o rastreamento.

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the clinical image quality of mammograms performed in users of the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS) referred to a tertiary hospital. Methods: A prospective study assessed mammograms from women referred to a specialist breast center in Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil, between May and October 2017. Scans performed...

Objective: This is a cross-sectional study of the clinical indications and prevalence of breast magnetic resonance scan. Methods: Data were collected retrospectively from women who had breast MRI performed at the Clínica São Marcelo and who agreed to participate in the study during the period 2020–2021. The data were extracted from the anamneses an...

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the knowledge and attitudes of the members of the Brazilian Society of Mastology (SBM) about the locoregional treatment of triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). Methods: All 1,400 SBM members were invited to answer a survey of 44 objective questions. An expert meeting was held in December 2021, with...

Objective: This study aims to report a series of cases of lesions that were probably benign (ACR® BI-RADS 3) and with a low degree of suspicion (ACR® BI-RADS 4A) submitted to vacuum-assisted resection for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. Methods: From August 2020 to January 2022, 16 patients underwent ultrasound-guided 10-gauge vacuum-assisted...

Introduction: Sporotrichosis is a mycosis caused by dimorphic fungi of the Sporothrix complex. It is an anthropozoonotic disease that can be transmitted to humans by contact with plants or animals, especially infected cats. Clinical presentation may vary depending on the host’s immunological condition. The diagnosis of sporotrichosis requires mater...

Programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1) has been investigated in various types of cancer; however, the role of PD-L1 expression in breast cancer remains controversial. We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to assess the association of PD-L1 expression with clinicopathological variables, overall survival (OS), and disease-free survival (DFS)...

Programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1) has been investigated in various types of cancer; however, the role of PD-L1 expression in breast cancer remains controversial. We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to assess the association of PD-L1 expression with clinicopathological variables, overall survival (OS), and disease-free survival (DFS)...

Objective Describe and characterize the forms of presentation and manifestation of the cord present in the Axillary Web Syndrome.Materials and Methods After a favorable opinion from the Research Ethics Committee of the Federal University of Goiás, the construction of items for the Axillary Web Syndrome Classification Scale began, based on the searc...

Objectives: The Lewis-Y antigen is expressed in 44%-90% of breast cancers (BCs). The expression of the antigen in carcinoma tissue differs from that in normal tissues. This study aimed to evaluate the clinical benefit of the humanized anti-Lewis Y monoclonal antibody, hu3S193, in advanced hormone receptor-positive and Lewis Y-positive BC after adm...

Purpose: To evaluate the impact of the ACOSOG Z0011 trial on axillary breast cancer surgery management in Brazil following publication of that study (2010) and again in 2020. Patients and methods: A survey of members of the Brazilian Society of Mastology. Results: Of 1627 breast surgeons, 799 (49.1%) completed and returned the questionnaire. F...

Objective: To evaluate the results of a cohort of patients submitted to a new technique of oncoplastic mammoplasty, referred to as Disguised Geometric Compensation Mammoplasty (GCM), which is suitable for tumours involving the glandular tissue in the pillars of the mammoplasty. Materials and methods: Twenty-five breast tumours involving the pill...

Purpose: Medical congresses allow scientific production to be appropriately disseminated and discussed. However, most of the scientific papers presented at medical congresses do not go on to be published in indexed journals. The present study aimed to determine the publication rate of papers presented at the Brazilian Breast Cancer Symposium (BBCS...

e12603 Background: Breast cancer (BC) is the most common invasive cancer diagnosed in women worldwide. The risk of developing BC increases with age. Studies have shown that approximately up to half of BC cases occur in patients aged 65 years and older. To better understand and characterize elderly patients with BC in Brazil, we performed a sub anal...

PURPOSE The objective of this review is to address the barriers limiting access to treatment of advanced metastatic breast cancer (mBC) in Brazil, specifically for patients in the public health care system, arguably those with the least access to innovation. MATERIALS AND METHODS A selected panel of Brazilian experts in BC were provided with a ser...

Moraes, RF, Ferreira-Júnior, JB, Marques, VA, Vieira, A, Lira, CAB, Campos, MH, Freitas-Junior, R, Rahal, RMS, Gentil, P, and Vieira, CA. Resistance training, fatigue, quality of life, anxiety in breast cancer survivors. J Strength Cond Res XX(X): 000-000, 2020-Resistance training (RT) has shown to be effective in improving fatigue, quality of life...

Introduction Around the world, approximately 11 million plastic surgeries are estimated to be performed each year. Individuals with different needs and sociodemographic profiles have used similar means to search for medical service providers, modifying consumer relations. Thus, is necessary a more detailed analysis of consumers’ characteristics of...

Background: In the randomized phase II LOTUS trial [Kim, Lancet Oncol 2017], adding IPAT to PAC improved progression-free survival (PFS), with a more pronounced effect in patients with -altered tumors. This effect provided the rationale for the biomarker-selected IPATunity130 phase III trial. Here we report primary results from Cohort A in aTNBC. P...

Diagnosis in psychiatry is a thorough and potentially artificial process. In this letter, we discuss this diagnostic process in the context of a young patient who underwent nipple-sparing mastectomy after falsifying a breast biopsy report revealing invasive ductal carcinoma. The secondary pathology revision was also forged by the patient and confir...

Objective: To discuss the practical difficulties associated with breast cancer staging, especially in the context of population-based cancer registries (PBCR). Methods: This is a short communication that discusses the importance and temporal evolution of breast cancer staging, as well as the limitations and new challenges associated with this proce...

Introduction: This study observed the relation of ki-67 values with prognostic factors and sought which cutoff points would be the best predictors for tumor staging. Objectives: Find which cut-off points for ki-67 would be the best predictors of tumor staging in breast cancer. Methods: The medical records of patients diagnosed with breast cancer fr...

Introduction: Breast cancer is the most frequent type of cancer in the world and the biggest cause of female deaths. About 10%–15% of cases are due to hereditary factors. The profile of genetic variants is still scarcely known among the Brazilian population and there are no published data for the central region of the country. Objectives: This stud...

Patients with pathogenic variants (PV) in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes have hereditary breast and ovarian cancer syndrome (HBOC). Some patients with HBOC have a family history (FH) of different types of cancer not related to the syndrome. The objective of this study was to observe the FH profile of cancer in patients with HBOC syndrome. A total of 123...

Objective: To evaluate and measure the time reduction in days between diagnosis and the start of treatment in patients guided by the navigating nurse or in patients attending outpatient clinics in a cancer referring Hospital. Methodology: This is a retrospective, analytical cohort study. The study was carried out in a specialized cancer hospital lo...

Objective: To investigate the immunohistochemical expression of programmed cell death ligand 1 (PD-L1) in female invasive mammary carcinoma and to analyze the association of PD-L1 expression with clinicopathological characteristics, overall survival, and disease-free survival. Methodology: The expression of PD-L1 and its association with the main c...

Objective: To evaluate breast cancer screening according to demographic data, number, and geographical distribution of mammography units, screening coverage, and technology available. Method: This is an ecological study carried out among diagnostic centers with functioning mammography machines. We included all centers offering mammography in 2019....

Objective: The present study aimed to determine the publication rate of papers presented at the Brazilian Breast Cancer Symposium (BBCS) and trends associated with publication over that time frame. Methods: This was a retrospective, observational study evaluating scientific papers presented at the BBCS between 2012 and 2017. All the abstracts prese...

Objective: To identify the prevalence of the founding variant c.1010G>A (R337H) in the TP53 gene in patients with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS). Methods: This is a cross-sectional study, carried out using data from the Goiania PopulationBased Cancer Registry, in partnership with the team from the Molecular and Cytogenetic Genetics Laboratory of t...

Objective: Chemotherapeutic-induced peripheral neuropathy is one of the most common side effects of breast cancer treatment. Such a condition impacts on quality of life and has repercussions in treatment. The aim of this study was to correlate, by literature review, the risk factors and impact of peripheral neuropathy in women with breast cancer tr...

Introduction: Genetic signatures have been used in the attempt of de-escalate the treatment of breast carcinoma, reducing the indication for adjuvant chemotherapy (CTAd) in patients with luminal tumors with high clinical risk. The MINDACT trial, using the 70 gene platform MammaPrintTM, analyzing a cohort of European patients, showed that it was pos...

Objective: The aim of this study was to discuss the physiotherapeutic approach to around the scar tissue release in a patient with axillary web syndrome (AWS). Methods: A case report was conducted at the Mastology Program Outpatient Clinic of the Hospital das Clínicas/CORA (Advanced Center in Breast Diagnosis) at the Federal University of Goias. Th...

Objective: This study aims to assess the prevalence of peripheral neuropathy in patients undergoing potentially neurotoxic chemotherapy for breast cancer. Methodology: This is a longitudinal study to assess the prevalence of peripheral neuropathy in women with breast cancer undergoing chemotherapy at the Hospital das Clínicas, Universidade Federal...

Objective: To optimize the parameters of effectiveness of the use of the diffusion sequence in magnetic resonance imaging examinations of the breast. Methodology: Prospective study of qualitative analysis of the DWI sequence, performed with three volunteers (A, B, and C) in 1.5 T magnetic resonance equipment (X, Y, and Z), with bilateral synergy co...

Objective: To evaluate technical adjustment parameters for the breast magnetic resonance protocol. Methodology: Prospective study, of a “pilot test” type, with qualitative tests in three volunteers (A, B, and C) who had different types of breasts (heterogeneous, adipose, and dense), respectively, without a clinical history of breast disease. The te...

Objective: To develop a model for Quality Management in a Reference Center for breast diagnosis. Methodology: Crosssectional study of an interpretative nature of qualitative research based on research and management models. Results: A survey of the priority problems and the respective primary actions required was carried out with the construction o...

Objective: To evaluate and adapt the positioning pattern of patients to perform breast resonance, allowing for greater comfort and better image quality. Methodology: Prospective study of qualitative evaluation with an experience report carried out with a volunteer without a clinical history of breast disease, in three different brand devices (X, Y,...

Introduction: This study presents the experience of psychological care to women with breast cancer, attended at the Advanced Breast Diagnosis Center (CORA), Hospital das Clínicas – UFG, under supervision. Objective: The aim of this study is to describe the phases of greatest psychosocial impact in the treatment of patients and family members. Metho...

Objectives: To evaluate mammographic image quality in a real clinical practice scenario for breast cancer screening. Materials and Methods: Observational prospective study where images from digital mammograms from Diagnostic Service (DS) in the state of Goiás in 2019 were analyzed. A specific protocol was created based on evaluation criteria of the...