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Objetivo: El objetivo primario del estudio es evaluar el impacto del índice pronóstico de Van Nuys (VNPI) en la recurrencia del carcinoma ductal in situ de mama (CDIS). Entre los objetivos secundarios se incluye la valoración de otros parámetros histológicos: el tamaño, el grado nuclear, la necrosis, la supervivencia libre de enfermedad y la supervivencia global. Método: Se analizaron los casos con diagnóstico de CDIS entre enero de 1995 a diciembre de 2000, de la base de datos de la Unidad de Mama del Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, España. Se han recogido los hallazgos mamográficos, histológicos, así como la evolución de las pacientes. Resultados: Se diagnosticaron 95 CDIS en el periodo estudiado, de los que solóse incluyeron 79 casos en el análisis estadístico. El CDIS representa el 7,1% de todos los cánceres de mama en nuestro centro. La presencia de microcalcificaciones en la mamografía de cribado es el hallazgo diagnóstico mas frecuente. Ninguna de las variables clínicas analizadas se asoció a una mayor tasa de recaídas. Se asoció significativamente (pObjective: The primary endpoint of our study was to evalúate the impact of Van Nuys Prognostic índex (VNPI) on recurrence of the breast ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS). Secondary endpoints included other histologic features: size, nuclear grade, necrosis and architectural pattern, disease-free survival and ove-rail survival. Methods: Datábase of the breast unit was searched for patients with DCIS diagnose between January 1995 and December 2000. Clinical data, mammographic findings, pathological features, outcome and prognosis were studied. Results: Ninty five DCIS were detected at our center between 1995-2000, but only 79 patients were included in the statistical analysis. The incidence was 7.1% over the total number of breast cancers. Diagnose was made by a screening mammography in the majority of cases, and presence of microcalcifications was the most frequent mammographic finding. None of the clinical variables was asso-ciated to bigger rates of relapse. Tumour size, high grade and necrosis and VNPI had a significant associa-tion with recurrence. Conclusions: Disease outcomes are very diverse, and it is necessary to consider DCIS as different entities, more than as an isolated disease. Biologic and histological factors, mainly VNPI, allow to stratify patients according to their risk and help to individualize treatment

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Purpose: To identify risk factors for toxicity, unplanned hospitalization (UH) and early death (ED) in older patients with colorectal carcinoma (CRC) initiating chemotherapy., Methods: 215 patients over 70 years were prospectively included. Geriatric assessment was performed before treatment, and tumor and treatment variables were collected. The association between these factors and grade 3-5 toxicity, UH and ED (<6 months) was examined by using multivariable logistic regression. Score points were assigned to each risk factor., Results: During the first 6 months of treatment, 33% of patients developed grade 3-5 toxicity, 31% had UH and 23% died. Risk factors were, for toxicity, instrumental activities of daily living, creatinine clearance, weight loss and MAX2 index; for UH, Charlson Comorbidity Score, creatinine clearance, weight loss, serum albumin, and metastatic disease; and for ED, basic activities in daily living, weight loss, metastatic disease, and hemoglobin levels. Predictive scores were built with these variables. The areas under receiver operation characteristic (ROC) curves for toxicity, UH and ED were 0.70 (95% CI: 0.64-0.766), 0.726 (95% IC: 0.661-0.799) and 0.74 (95% IC: 0.678-0.809), respectively., Conclusion: Simple scores based on geriatric, tumor and laboratory characteristics predict severe toxicity, UH and ED, and may help in treatment planning.

Background: Standard oncology tools are inadequate to distinguish which older patients are at higher risk of developing chemotherapy-related complications., Materials and Methods: Patients over 70 years of age starting new chemotherapy regimens were prospectively included in a multicenter study. A prechemotherapy assessment that included sociodemographics, tumor/treatment variables, and geriatric assessment variables was performed. Association between these factors and the development of grade 3-5 toxicity was examined by using logistic regression., Results: A total of 551 patients were accrued. Chemotherapy doses (odds ratio [OR] 1.834; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.237-2.719) and creatinine clearance (OR 0.989; 95% CI 0.981-0.997) were the only factors independently associated with toxicity. Only 19% of patients who received reduced doses of chemotherapy and had a creatinine clearance ≥40 mL/minute had grade 3-4 toxicity, compared with 38% of those who received standard doses or had a creatinine clearance <40 mL/minute (p < .0001). However, no satisfactory multivariate model was obtained using different selection approaches., Conclusion: Chemotherapy doses and renal function were identified as the major risk factors for developing severe toxicity in the older patient. These factors should be considered when planning to initiate a new chemotherapy regimen and should also lead to a closer follow-up in these patients., Implications for Practice: Older patients are more vulnerable to chemotherapy toxicity. However, standard tools are inadequate to identify who is at higher risk of developing chemotherapy-related complications. Chemotherapy doses (standard vs. reduced) and renal function were identified as the major risk factors for developing severe toxicity in the elderly. These factors should be considered when planning to initiate a new chemotherapy regimen and should also lead to a closer follow-up., (© AlphaMed Press 2020.)

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to assess the psychometric properties of the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS), evaluate the measurement invariance with respect to sex, age, and tumor location, as well as analyze associations between life satisfaction and socio-demographic and clinical variables among individuals with resected, non-advanced cancer., Methods: A confirmatory factor analysis was conducted to explore the dimensionality of the scale and test invariance across gender, age, and tumor localization in a prospective, multicenter cohort of 713 patients who completed the following scales: SWLS, Health-related Quality of Life Questionnaire (EORTC QLQ-C30), Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI-18)., Results: Confirmatory factor analysis results indicated that the SWLS is an essentially unidimensional instrument, providing accurate scores: both McDonald's omega and Cronbach's alpha estimates were 0.91. Strong measurement invariance was found to hold across gender, age, and tumor localization. Low satisfaction with life was associated with psychological symptoms (anxiety, depression, and somatization), and decreased quality of life (malfunction, symptoms, poor global QoL)., Conclusion: The SWLS is a reliable, valid satisfaction with life measurement among people with cancer and should be recommended as an indicator of psychological adjustment in oncological patients.

Heart failure (HF) is a major health and economic burden in developed countries. It has been proposed that the pathogenesis of HF may involve the action of mitochondria. We evaluate three different mouse models of HF: tachycardiomyopathy, HF with preserved left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction (LVEF), and LV myocardial ischemia and hypertrophy. Regardless of whether LVEF is preserved, our results indicate that the three models share common features: an increase in mitochondrial reactive oxygen species followed by ultrastructural alterations in the mitochondrial cristae and loss of mitochondrial integrity that lead to cardiomyocyte death. We show that the ablation of the mitochondrial protease OMA1 averts cardiomyocyte death in all three murine HF models, and thus loss of OMA1 plays a direct role in cardiomyocyte protection. This finding identifies OMA1 as a potential target for preventing the progression of myocardial damage in HF associated with a variety of etiologies., (Copyright © 2018 The Authors, some rights reserved; exclusive licensee American Association for the Advancement of Science. No claim to original U.S. Government Works.)