MD Anderson Cancer Center Madrid launches the first protocol for early detection in lung cancer in Spain Published on 15/11/2017 Anyone who has smoked more than 20 cigarettes a day for more than 30 years or has been an ex-smoker for less than 15 years and who is over 55 years of age can opt to be part of t...
MD Anderson Cancer Center Madrid improves its level of Quality Assurance QH with a star Published on 13/11/2017 MD Anderson Cancer Center Madrid has received another star in its QH accreditation (Quality Healthcare), a distinction that recognizes all those companies that are committed to a c...
10% of pancreatic cancers are actually neuroendocrine tumors Published on 10/11/2017 Neuroendocrine tumors are rare cancers, with an incidence of between five and six cases per 100,000 inhabitants in Spain, which usually appear in young people between 30 and 50 yea...
Almost one in four cases of breast cancer in post-menopausal women is related to being overweight Published on 17/10/2017 In recent years numerous studies have shown that weight control and regular exercise can reduce the risk of breast cancer.In spite of the great advances in the breast cancer surviv...
La leucemia aguda, protagonista de importantes avances científicos fruto de décadas de investigación Published on 29/09/2017 Madrid, 29 de septiembre de 2017.- El último viernes de cada mes de septiembre se ha convertido ya en una cita obligada para la oncohematología. Con más de diez años de tradición a...
Dr. Enrique Grande, new head of medical oncology service at MD Anderson Cancer Center Madrid Published on 18/09/2017 The former research director of the Medical Oncology Service at the Ramon y Cajal Hospital in Madrid has led more than 100 international clinical trials and has published papers in...
The latest advances in multiple myeloma have allowed an increase in survival rates and the improvement of the quality of life of these patients in a very significant way Published on 31/08/2017 Every year, between three and five cases of multiple myeloma (MM) are diagnosed in this country per 100,000 inhabitants, which means approximately 10% of all hematological cancers ...
If people did not smoke, bladder tumors would be rare and those of the esophagus or head and neck would decrease exponentially Published on 31/07/2017 Currently, with more than 21,000 cases diagnosed in 2015, bladder cancer ranks fifth in terms of incidence in our countryPatients who smoke have a different tumor gene profile than...
Consensus among professionals improves the therapeutic recommendation in cancer Published on 10/07/2017 Faced with a diagnosis and an uncertain treatment, the second oncological opinion is opened as an option of tranquility for patientsContrast and consensus in the diagnosis also hel...
Food is not a treatment for cancer, but it can help improve symptoms and / or tolerance to oncological treatments Published on 03/07/2017 "Dietary guidelines are aimed at the improvement of symptoms and / or the best tolerance to treatments, but we cannot say that they have a therapeutic effect". With this premise in...