What is retinoblastoma?
The retinoblastoma is fortunately rare tumor that affects the retina and in half the cases have a hereditary character. Typically, it is manifested before six years of age […]
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Preserve fertility in cancer patients
Both chemotherapy and radiotherapy, which constitute the standard treatment of cancer pathologies, are characterized by the severity of their adverse effects. And in the case of […]
Testicular cancer: preserve fertility
Testicular cancer is a rare type of tumor. In fact, it represents only 1-2% of the total cases of childhood cancer and 2% in adult adults. However, […]
What is brain metastasis?
Lung cancer is the one that most often generates a brain metastasis. They are followed by breast, some sarcomas or melanoma. Likewise, there are other types of […]
Lymph node metastasis
Cancer cells that generate distant metastases travel from the primary tumor through the blood and lymphatic system. In the latter case, they penetrate the lymphatic vessels […]
Bone metastasis
Cancer is a disease that usually does not show symptoms until it is in an advanced state and generally having metastasized. In fact, sometimes the diagnosis […]
Treatment of pulmonary metastasis
The appearance of a pulmonary metastasis is possible in any type of primary cancer, although it occurs more frequently in cancers of the breast, colon, […]
Salivary Gland Cancer: Risk factors, Types and Treatment
Although rare, the majority of tumors (80%) of salivary glands are benign and slow-growing, primarily affecting the parotid glands. However, some of these can be malignant […]
Esophageal Cancer: Risk Factors, Types, Symptoms and Treatment
Esophageal cancer is one of the ten most common types of cancer in the world. In Spain, however, its incidence barely accounts for 1% of all […]
How Cancer Spreads (Metastasis)
A mestatic cancer is one in which it has already produced the appearance of one or more metastases in other organs or parts of the […]