Estimating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on diagnosis and survival of five cancers in Chile from 2020 to 2030: a simulation-based analysis

ZJ Ward, M Walbaum, B Walbaum, MJ Guzman… - The Lancet …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background The COVID-19 pandemic has strained health system capacity worldwide due to
a surge of hospital admissions, while mitigation measures have simultaneously reduced …

Obesity is associated with early recurrence on breast cancer patients that achieved pathological complete response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy

F Acevedo, B Walbaum, S Muñiz, M Petric… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Pathological complete response (pCR) after neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NCT) is associated
with good long-term prognosis in breast cancer (BC) patients. However, some patients still …

Wait times and breast cancer survival: a population-based retrospective cohort study using CanIMPACT data

R Walsh, A Lofters, P Groome, R Moineddin… - Cancer Causes & …, 2024 - Springer
Purpose The time from breast cancer surgery to chemotherapy has been shown to affect
survival outcomes; however, the effect of time from first breast cancer-related healthcare …

Screen-detected breast cancer is associated with better prognosis and survival compared to self-detected/symptomatic cases in a Chilean cohort of female patients

B Walbaum, K Puschel, L Medina, T Merino… - Breast Cancer Research …, 2021 - Springer
Purpose The implementation of national breast cancer (BC) screening programs in Latin
America has been rather inconsistent. Instead, most countries have opted for “opportunistic” …

Isolating the effect of confounding from the observed survival benefit of screening participants—a methodological approach illustrated by data from the German …

L Buschmann, I Wellmann, N Bonberg, J Wellmann… - BMC medicine, 2024 - Springer
Background Mammography screening programmes (MSP) aim to reduce breast cancer
mortality by shifting diagnoses to earlier stages. However, it is difficult to evaluate the …

Human study on cancer diagnostic probe (CDP) for real‐time excising of breast positive cavity side margins based on tracing hypoxia glycolysis; checking diagnostic …

ZS Miripour, F Abbasvandi, P Aghaee… - Cancer …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background Cancer diagnostic probe (CDP) had been developed to detect involved breast
cavity side margins in real‐time (Miripour et al. Bioeng Transl Med. e10236.). Here, we …

[HTML][HTML] Pathological complete response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy, but not the addition of carboplatin, is associated with improved survival in Chilean triple …

B Walbaum, F Acevedo, L Medina, ML Bravo… - …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Breast cancer (BC) is the leading cause of cancer death for Chilean women.
About 11% of cases are triple-negative (TN) BC. These are characterised by poor prognosis …

The contribution of second primary cancers to the mortality of patients with a first primary breast cancer

E Gonçalves, F Fontes, JR Rodrigues, R Calisto… - Breast Cancer Research …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Purpose Second primary cancers (SPCs) are estimated to affect nearly 5% of
patients with breast cancer within 10 years of their diagnosis. This study aimed to estimate …

Suboptimal use of ovarian function suppression in very young women with early breast cancer: a real-world data study

A Heredia, B Walbaum, M Vidal, L Itriago… - Breast Cancer Research …, 2024 - Springer
Purpose The incidence of breast cancer in young women (BCYW) has increased in recent
decades. Malignant disease in this subset is characterized by its aggressiveness and poor …

[HTML][HTML] Palbociclib in advanced stage hormone receptor-positive breast cancer: real-world data from a Chilean multicentre registry

B Walbaum, JM Reyes, P Rodriguez… - …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background The addition of cyclin-dependent kinases inhibitors (CDKi) to endocrine therapy
(ET) as the first-or second line treatment improves progression-free and overall survival (OS) …