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Precision medicine is treatment which is tailored to the genetic characteristics of the tumour.

Traditionally, cancer has been classified depending on its anatomical location and treatment has been established depending on the affected organ: lung, breast, colon, skin, blood, etc. A person diagnosed with cancer would therefore usually receive the same treatment as other people with the same type and stage of cancer. Even so, individuals could respond differently and until recently doctors did not understand why. After decades of research, scientists now know that patients’ tumours have genetic changes which cause the cancer to grow and spread. They have also learned that changes which occur in cancer in one person may not occur in others with the same type.

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¿Qué es el láser verde?

Una técnica innovadora, un proceso quirúrgico mínimamente invasivo para solucionar los problemas de la hiperplasia benigna de próstata (HBP).

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Today at the #hcBlog we will discuss with Dr. Víctor Aguilar Urbano about gastric reflux and the possible treatments in our hospital.

What are the most common causes of gastric reflux?

Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) occurs when the contents of the stomach rise to the esophagus causing annoying symptoms. Patients often have hiatus hernia, but it can also occur due to an increase in abdominal pressure or weakness of the lower esophageal sphincter.

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After a breast augmentation surgery you may have doubts about how to take care of yourself when doing sports or running. From the Esthetic Surgery Unit of HC Marbella, these doubts are cleared.

After a breast operation, how long do we wait to return to our sports routine?

Normally if it is a simple breast augmentation and the postoperative period proceeds as it should, it is advisable to wait three to four weeks to resume our usual sports routine.

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You want to be sure that your child is healthy…
but you are scared to do an amniocentesis.

Until recently, the only way to detect certain fetal genetic anomalies in the first three months of the pregnancy was through an amniocentesis or a chorionic villus sampling (CVS) (invasive tests that entail some risk).

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A brain tumour is a mass which grows within an area of the central nervous system (CNS), including the cerebrum, cerebellum, medulla oblongata and spinal cord.

A tumour of the central nervous system (CNS) starts and develops when healthy cells of the brain or spinal cord change and grow out of control, forming a tumour.

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The liver is our battery.

The liver is the largest and one of the most important organs in the body. It is involved in many vital processes which keep the body clean and healthy, it acts as a type of battery in the body and is responsible for breaking down food and producing energy, the regulation of chemical products and hormones, and the fight against infection.

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Do you need to lose between 15 kg. and 35 kg? You have tried with multiple diets and treatments and have not been successful? If so, learning about the APOLLO method is very interesting for you. [Continue Reading]

This March 30 opens World Bipolar Disorder Day, coinciding with the date of birth of Vincent Van Gogh, who was said to suffer from this disorder. The objective is to promote global awareness in this regard, and eliminate the social stigma that comes with the suffering of this disorder.

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Most people will suffer back pain at some point in their lives, affecting the activities of daily life, their mood, their effectiveness to work … and, ultimately, their quality of life.

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Beliefs about beneficial or curative effects of some foods on cancer.

Today we are speaking about the third area in which there are many prevalent myths, which is that similar to cases in which cancer patients end up eliminating certain essential foods from their diets in order to fight the disease, there are others that do the opposite, by adding different foods, herbs, or supplements that could be harmful, or simply, they increase the cost of one’s diet without any real evidence of their effectiveness. Remember what we spoke about in the first post about diet and cancer: “there is no ingredient or dietary product that can cure cancer by itself”.

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