To compare the rates of long-term survival according to various clinical and pathological and therapeutic factors and determine the ten-year survival rates and recurrence after radical mastectomy classic (MRC) and modified radical mastectomy (MRM). MATERIALS AND METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 72 patients with operable invasive breast carcinoma with negative axilla (n = 38) or positive (n = 34), treated with MRC (n = 57) or MRM (n = 15) Belen Hospital, Trujillo, Peru, from 1 January 1966 to December 31, 1995. RESULTS: The mean age was 47.6 ± 9.5 years (range 30-70 years). The average disease duration was 9 months (range 0.3 to 156 months). The most frequent symptoms or signs were present tumor (100%) and breast (37.5%) pain. The ten-year survival rates in patients treated with MRC and MRM, according to the actuarial Kaplan-Meier method were 58% and 54%, respe...

Thirty-eight patients with diagnosis of endometrial cáncer histologically demostrated were studied in order to identify the clinical features and determine the clinical stage. The patients were admitted at Belen Hospital, Trujillo, Perú, between 1966 and 1996. The mean age was 53,1 ± 11,4 years (range, 22 to 83 years); menarchie presented at 13,4 ± 1,6 years and menopause (n=25) at 48,2 ± 2,6 years. Eleven patients were nulliparae (28,9%), five (13,2%) had polycystic ovary, four (10,5%) had previous history of hypertension, two (5,3%) were diabetic and two (5,3%) bad personal history of another primary cáncer. Mean time of disease was 17,9 months. Most common, symptoms were vaginal bleeding (89,5%) and pelvic pain (52,6%) and most frequent sign was enlargement of the uterus (44,7%). The accuracy of the endometrial biopsy (n=5) and dilatation plus curettage was 80% and 85,7%, respec...

Thirty-eight patients with diagnosis of endometrial cáncer histologically demostrated were studied in order to identify the clinical features and determine the clinical stage. The patients were admitted at Belen Hospital, Trujillo, Perú, between 1966 and 1996. The mean age was 53,1 ± 11,4 years (range, 22 to 83 years); menarchie presented at 13,4 ± 1,6 years and menopause (n=25) at 48,2 ± 2,6 years. Eleven patients were nulliparae (28,9%), five (13,2%) had polycystic ovary, four (10,5%) had previous history of hypertension, two (5,3%) were diabetic and two (5,3%) bad personal history of another primary cáncer. Mean time of disease was 17,9 months. Most common, symptoms were vaginal bleeding (89,5%) and pelvic pain (52,6%) and most frequent sign was enlargement of the uterus (44,7%). The accuracy of the endometrial biopsy (n=5) and dilatation plus curettage was 80% and 85,7%, respec...