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This allows patients with lymphoma or multiple myeloma who require a hematopoietic stem cell transplant to return to their center of origin to continue their own post-transplant care

The study, which was carried out during the months of lockdown in the first wave of COVID-19 and in which 9 Spanish hospitals participated, including MD Anderson Cancer Center Madrid, aims to make plans for changes in surgical departments to be prepared for future peaks in the pandemic

Up to two thirds of patients may suffer from fatigue, shortness of breath after physical exertion, cognitive dysfunction, metabolic disorders or mental illness. MD Anderson Madrid performs a post-COVID check-up in a single day that includes the three specialties

MD Anderson Cancer Center Madrid and Cigna Spain have prepared a document with practical advice on supporting employees who live with cancer during the process of adaptation to the current work, social and health scenario.

Workers with cancer, or those who live with cancer patients, now face a number of challenges affecting their emotional well-being: the disease itself, the fear of contagion by COVID-19, changes in health care, limitations of social relationships and new work processes.

El servicio cubrirá el recorrido desde la puerta principal de Arturo Soria hasta el metro Pinar de Chamartín (ida y vuelta) del 12 al 15 de enero

¡Aviso Importante!: En MD Anderson Madrid tenemos todos nuestros servicios operativos en horario de mañana, salvo las sesiones de radioterapia, y los servicios de Cardiologia, Neumología y Traumatología. En caso de no poder acudir al centro, se re programarán las citas a través de nuestro servicio online.

The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly affected our eating habits, both physically and socially. Consulting a nutrition unit specialized in the treatment of cancer patients is recommended whenever there are problems eating or food intake is low

People close to a cancer patient play a key role during the festive season and must know how to transmit a feeling of safety, to listen and accept that they have to be flexible with the patient at all times

Madrid, December 10, 2020 - Dr. Karla Vallejo, from Hospital del Mar, in Barcelona; Dr. Alejandro Avendaño, from the Hospital Universitario Clinico of Salamanca, and Dr. Diego Conde, from the Hospital Universitario Príncipe de Asturias in Alcala de Henares, Madrid, are the winners of the first edition of “El Reto” (‘The Challenge’), an initiative launched by MD Anderson Cancer Center Madrid on the occasion of the 9th Annual Meeting on Acute Leukemia, held this year online. The winners will receive a scholarship of 3,000 € for their participation in and excellent use of the congress, coordinated by Dr. Adolfo de la Fuente, head of the center's Hematology Service, and Dr. Miguel Angel Sanz, of La Fe University and Polytechnic Hospital in Valencia.

The results of this treatment in young patients, with localized, well-defined, low-risk tumors are very satisfactory. Da Vinci robotic assisted surgery, indicated in patients with more advanced tumors, also offers better results in terms of sexual function than laparoscopy or open surgery, where erectile dysfunction rates can reach 80-90%