Surgical Oncology
WHAT IS SURGICAL ONCOLOGY? It is the branch of Surgery that is responsible for the resection of a malignant tumor originating in the human body. Surgical Oncology is one of the pillars for the multimodal treatment of cancer. At Cancun Cancer Institute multimodal treatment is available, that is, the combination of the three Cancer treatments. […]
Pediatric Oncology
CHILD CANCER. In recent years, there have been very important advances in the treatment of childhood cancer, to the point that in few specialties the therapeutic results observed during the last two decades can be compared with those of pediatric oncology. Cancer is the second leading cause of death in children over the age of […]
Medical Oncology/Chemotherapy
MEDICAL ONCOLOGY The medical oncologist is the health professional in charge of cancer treatment and monitoring. The medical oncologist is the one who indicates the treatment plans, monitors and controls the possible adverse effects. The indicated treatments vary depending on the patient and her comorbidities, the pathology to be treated, the clinical stage in which […]
Gynecologic Oncology
WHAT IS GYNECOLOGIC ONCOLOGY? Gynecologic Oncology is the medical subspecialty that is responsible for the care of women with genital cancer, that is, cancer of the cervix, endometrial or body cancer, ovarian cancer, vulvar or vaginal cancer. In 1969, the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, faced with the impossibility of assimilating the avalanche of […]
Radio-Oncology
WHAT IS RADIO-ONCOLOGY? It is a cancer treatment that uses high-energy particles or waves, such as X-rays, gamma rays, electron or proton rays, to kill or kill cancer cells. WHAT IS IT FOR? Radiation therapy works to attack as many cancer cells as possible with the least damage to the healthy tissue around the tumor. […]