Spain can boast of having one of the most important voices in the world in breast cancer. He can do it even more Hospital Ruber Juan Bravoin which Javier Cortes directs the area of Medical Oncology. He combines his care work with the presidency of the International Breast Cancer Center (Ibcc) or active participation in the Spanish, European and American society of their specialty. The secret of success, for him, is a close and human Medicine in the consultation, which he does not want to part with in his research work. Together with him, we will analyze the closest advances and challenges of his specialty in this installment of ‘Service Headquarters’.

The specialist is currently immersed in Clinical studies internationally once morest breast cancer. Specifically, their greatest expectations revolve around the biomarkerswho believes that in a few years they will revolutionize the treatment of many solid tumorsespecially when it comes to verifying which strategies work in which patients and Optimize time and resources.

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This premise, however, is a point in favor in Spain. Cortés has observed that our country, proportionally, generates a clinical research far greater with the resources available than the great powers. Even in disadvantaged conditions, the oncologist praises the national investigation as one of the most important in the world and proposes to take note of the system of patronage followed by the United States or the British countries.

Humanizing patient care

guarantee the excellence in his service is essential for the specialist, something that happens in the first instance by seeing his patients “as people and not as numbers”. By understanding the respective situations of everyone who comes to his office, perfection in his work becomes essential for him and his entire team. In the future he hopes that patients come out “with worn-out hands”, since it will mean that the doctor he has given them his at all times.