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Read  full  paper  at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=52964#.VK3si8nQrzE Author(s)   Aline Tomaz de Carvalho * , Lorita Marlena Freitag Pagliuca , Ana Fátima Carvalho Fernandes Affiliation(s) Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil . ABSTRACT This study aimed to build an accessible online course about breast cancer, focusing on early detection. It is a methodological development study based on the construction of the Health Breast Online Course, accessible for blind women. Content assessment with three health professionals was carried out, in a public university of Ceará, in September 2012. Three blind people educators evaluated pedagogical aspects at a specialized school in Fortaleza, Ceará, in October 2012. The content was modified according to the experts’ suggestions to simple language, logical sequence and emphasis on breast self-exam. After three stages of evaluation, it was considered fully ad...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=51130#.VFbVpmfHRK0 Author(s) Javier Encinas Méndez 1 , Joan Francesc Julián Ibáñez 2 , Manel Cremades Pérez 2* , Jordi Navinés 2 , Josep Verge Schulte-Eversum 1 , Manel Fraile López-Amor 2 , Manel Armengol Carrasco 3 Affiliation(s) 1 Consorci Sanitari Garraf. H. Sant Camil, Sant Pere de Ribes, Spain . 2 Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain . 3 H. U. Vall d’ Hebron, Barcelona, Spain . ABSTRACT Purpose: The study of the sentinel lymph node is the best technique to stage, have a prognosis and decide the adequate treatment in breast cancer. The usual technique implies studding the axillary lymph node. Our work tries to ide...