Testicular cancer is one of the most aggressive forms of cancer. As with most cancers, it is essential that the patient see a urologist when a marked increase in the size of a testicle is noticed, in order to address the disease as soon as possible. Treatment will require orchidectomy or removal of the testicle, … Read more
Why is breast cancer so important in oncology? Breast cancer in oncology is very important because it affects women so frequently. Approximately one in eight women will suffer from this disease during her lifetime and consequently every year we diagnose 22,000 cases. This tumor is more or less one third of all female tumors, therefore, … Read more
What is the current situation of melanoma in Spain? The incidence of melanoma has been increasing in recent decades. Although early diagnosis facilitates the detection of a greater number of cases in early stages, mortality has also increased in recent years. It is estimated that the incidence of melanoma in Spain is 5 cases per … Read more
We now know that the term “cancer” does not refer to a single disease, but encompasses a group of conditions with different prognoses and treatments. Thanks to the progressive understanding of the molecular biology of cancer, we now know that a large number of tumors form in different parts of the body (lung, breast, liver, … Read more
What is breast cancer surgery? Breast cancer surgery is a key part of breast cancer treatment and involves the removal of the cancer. The procedure can be done alone or in combination with other treatments, the most common being chemotherapy, radiotherapy or hormone therapy. In addition, in people with a high risk of breast cancer, … Read more
Oncology has changed dramatically in the last 20 years. Until the beginning of the year 2000, surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy were the only treatments available to treat the different types of cancer. With the advance in the knowledge of the molecular biology of tumors, different treatments have been developed that target specific molecular alterations in … Read more
Cancer is one of the greatest challenges facing medicine. On the one hand, technological advances are greatly facilitating the diagnostic process. And oncology research is allowing the new drugs available to significantly improve the survival of our patients, so that we are increasingly concerned about the health of our long survivors. Isn’t this a wonderful … Read more
Urological tumors are tumors affecting the kidneys, ureters, bladder and even the gonads. In Medical Oncology, it is not possible to determine which type of tumor is the most harmful, since the degree of aggressiveness can be determined depending on the organ affected and the extension. Until about 10 years ago, kidney cancer did not … Read more
What is hereditary cancer? The various cancers are multifactorial diseases caused by the combined effect of environmental and genetic factors. The majority of cancers are coincidental, although there are a number of factors that can increase or decrease the likelihood. A small percentage, estimated to be about 5% of all tumors, are hereditary in nature, … Read more
A novel and promising approach in the fight against cancer is immunotherapy. This treatment stimulates the patient’s immune system to detect and suppress the tumor. Inhibition of the programmed cell death-1 (PD-1) signaling pathway with efficient monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) against PD-1 or its ligand PD-L1 appears to be an effective method of causing tumor regression … Read more