Highlights ■ Physical activity level is associated with responsiveness to hormones in women with breast cancer. ■ Sedentary behavior is significantly related to the histological tumor grade in women with breast cancer. ABSTRACT Objective A comparative analysis of the association between sedentary behavior versus physical activity levels and tumor staging in women with breast cancer. Methods The present research adopted a cross-sectional study design to recruit a total of 55 adult and elderly women newly diagnosed with breast cancer for […]

ABSTRACT Objective: To present a descriptive analysis of patients diagnosed with multiple myeloma, correlating it with mortality. Methods: A retrospective study that analyzed consecutive patients diagnosed with multiple myeloma under follow-up at the Faculdade de Medicina do ABC from 2006 to 2010. Results: The median age was 58.5 years. Anemia was observed upon diagnosis in 87% of patients, hypercalcemia in 38%, and creatinine levels higher than 2 mg/dL in 19%. M protein was detected in 85.7%. The five-year survival rate […]