Every year more than 5,800 cases of cholangiocarcinoma are diagnosed in Spain Published on 05/03/2018 Although each year more than 5,800 cases of cholangiocarcinoma are diagnosed in our country, the majority of the people have never heard of this tumor, which is located in the in t...
The new molecular classification in colon cancer is based on the left or right origin of the tumor Published on 20/02/2018 In fact, precisely these differences, very well documented in medical records accumulated by health professionals, are what have allowed us to create a new molecular classification...
Previous labeling of non-palpable breast lesions with iodine seed 125 reduces the time of surgery with respect to harpoon marking by 15-20% Published on 14/02/2018 A whole series of advantages that have motivated the organization by MD Anderson Madrid in association with the Spanish Society of Surgical Oncology (SEOQ) of a "Workshop on Markin...
The stories of five women on five continents Published on 02/02/2018 In 2025, China will probably be one of the countries with the highest incidence of breast cancer in the world. But what has happened that a country with a traditionally very low in...
Oncolytic virus therapy inoculated directly into the tumor may increase the efficacy of immunotherapy in cancer patients Published on 01/02/2018 Currently, immunotherapy is effective only in 15% - 30% of cancer patientsA new therapeutic strategy consisting of the administration of oncolytic viruses inside the primary tumor ...
MD Anderson Cancer Center Madrid promotes the Center's Genitourinary Tumors Unit to achieve even greater coordination among its professionals Published on 15/01/2018 With the aim of achieving the maximum benefit for the oncological patient, both at the therapeutic level and at the healthcare level, MD Anderson Madrid begins the year by promotin...
MD Anderson Cancer Center Madrid strengthens its breast and digestive areas with three top professionals Published on 08/01/2018 Dr. Laura Garcia Estevez, until now director of the Breast Unit of the Clara Campal Cancer Center (HM Sanchinarro), will direct the Section of Breast Tumors within the Medical Onco...
Ureteroscopy and subsequent laser photovaporization achieves conservatiion treatment in 75% of cases of cancer of the renal pelvis and ureter Published on 12/12/2017 10% of bladder tumors end up progressing to tumors of the ureter and renal pelvisLaser photovaporization fulminates tumor tissue, turning it into vapor and making it disappear Appr...
The arrival of biologic drugs and immunotherapy has allowed more effective oncological treatments in patients with metastasis Published on 29/11/2017 MD Anderson Cancer Center Madrid and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston organized, for the first time, a multidisciplinary conference on the latest advances ...
MD Anderson Cancer Center Madrid pioneers in Spain surgery on a 12-year-old girl affected with cancer of the cervix-vagina without affecting her fertility Published on 20/11/2017 The intervention, which took place this September and lasted about three and a half hours, consisted of performing a radical trachelectomy, that is, the removal of part of the cerv...