Oncology patients in Issemym suffer severe shortage of medicine

“I can’t afford it,” says Lety, one of the patients at the Cancer Center of the Social Security Institute of the State of Mexico and Municipalities (Issemym), who, in addition to fighting cancer for the second time, must face the long episodes of shortage of medicines faced by the institutionwhich no doubt particularly affects patients … Read more

IMSS uses precision medicine in the treatment of children with cancer

The Mexican Institute of Social Security (IMSS) will conduct research to identify particular factors of each cancer patient to provide personalized and targeted treatments that improve their quality and survival. The director of Medical Benefits, Célida Duque Molina, and Enrique López Aguilar, coordinator of Oncology Care, explained that precision medicine is the point of convergence … Read more

Cuban child with cancer needs medicine to finish treatment

The Cuban boy’s family David Ayon Mendeza resident of Ciego de Ávila, asked for help to obtain Temozolomide, a drug used to treat cancerous brain tumors such as medulloblastoma. “I’m desperate, she’s already lost sight in one eye,” she told CyberCuba through a telephone conversation Belkis Lazara Mendezthe mother of the minor. The young Cuban … Read more