▷ Prevention and treatment against cancer- Hospital La Salud

Prevention against cancer has many artists: from healthy lifestyle habits, work on emotions, rest, good eating habits… to the controls and check-ups necessary to detect the disease in its most incipient phases. On World Cancer Day, we inform you of everything that La Salud offers you

Cancer is one of the leading causes of death in the world. It is expected that in the next 20 years the number of people with this disease will reach 27 million. In Spain, the figures are not encouraging either. According to REDCAN, it is estimated that in 2040 the incidence will reach 341,000 cases.

Most frequent cancers diagnosed in Spain

Los most common types of cancer in our country last year were the ccolon and rectal cancerhe breast cancerhe lung cancer and prostate cancer, according to data from the Spanish Society of Medical Oncology.

Colon Cancer Early Detection Program

IVADI, the Valencian Digestive Health Institute, offers a program of Early detection of colon cancer. It is designed and is aimed at people over 50, since it is from this age on when the risk of developing colon cancer increases significantly; people with a family/personal history of colon cancer and/or colon polyps and people with digestive symptoms.

Also included in this program are patients under 50 years of age with symptoms such as blood in their stools, persistent abdominal pain, intestinal rhythm disturbances (diarrhea, constipation,…) and patients with a family history of colon cancer.

What is the colon cancer early detection program?

After an initial visit, the Colon Cancer Early Detection Unit of La Salud, made up of Digestive specialists, will determine the risk that each individual presents for developing this pathology.

Diagnosis of colon cancer: endoscopies

To guarantee a faster and safer diagnosis, the hospital has a new endoscopy tower Olympus, EVIS X1 that allows to offer a better image quality in diagnoses thanks to the new 4K image resolution.

It also offers a compact design with LED technology, equipped with 5 bulbs that enhance structure, brightness and color, and provide security and confidence both in the diagnosis and treatment of injuries. In addition, the technology available to La Salud provides a lot of information necessary to reduce the complications derived from these tests.

Breast Pathology Unit: the best prevention of breast cancer

In Health also has a breast cancer prevention unit in which we offer you a screening program, aimed at women from 35-40 years old, with annual periodicity, systematic reviews of both benign and malignant Breast Pathology and medical treatment of benign Breast Pathology.

Early detection of breast cancer: 3D mammography with tomobiopsy

Breast cancer is generally a silent pathology. It does not cause pain or symptoms until it is late. For this reason, it is essential early diagnosis for quickly find small invasive cancers.

This can only be done through 3D mammography with tomosynthesis, a diagnostic technology that goes a step further in the prevention of breast cancer because it converts the digital images of the breasts into several very thin layers or “sheets” and generates a ” three-dimensional mammography. In addition, it has the added benefit of using a lower dose of radiation for the exposure to be safe.

Guided biopsies

La Salud’s 3D mammograph with tomosynthesis also has the necessary technology to perform the Tomo-Biopsy procedure: a breast biopsy guidance system that allows biopsies to be performed during the same image acquisition procedure.

Lung cancer: the best prevention, stop smoking

Lung cancer is a global health problem. It is to blame for 25% of deaths from lung cancer. He tobacco use the main risk factor for its development, aggravating this risk in patients with COPD or emphysema.

help to quit smoking

Therefore, the best way to control it is give up smoking (Primary prevention). For this, in La Salud we have opened a smoking consultation that helps people who want to quit and can’t. Even after quitting, heavy smokers are at high risk of developing lung cancer. In fact, 80% of lung cancers occur in ex-smokers.

Program for the early detection of lung cancer

For these cases, the hospital has a the screening program or screening consisting of a first consultation to prepare the clinical history (includes spirometry) and a low-dose radiation CT scan.

In a second final consultation, the results of the TAC would be explained and the appropriate recommendations and/or guidelines for new tests or interconsultations would be given, if necessary.

Lung cancer screening (secondary prevention) can, added to smoking cessation programs, play an important role in reducing mortality from this disease.

Da Vinci robotic surgery, the latest technology for the prostate cancer

The Da Vinci robot represents a breakthrough for prostate cancer surgeries like the prostatectomies since it reduces the probability of a possible incontinence o impotence.

The recovery of voiding control within the first three months is faster than with laparoscopic or open surgery, due to the greater precision in tissue dissection.

With regard to sexual impotence, with robotic surgery, a technique of preservation of the bands or erector nerves is performed to favor a more effective conservation of sexual potency and greater integrity of the urethral sphincter, thanks to a much finer and more anatomical dissection. .