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When a person has hereditary cancer, it means that they have a genetic alteration (mutation) in all their cells, which predisposes them to developi...
Cholangiocarcinoma is a heterogeneous group of tumours derived from bile duct cells. These ducts are little tubes that bring bile out of the liver...
Chemotherapy is one of the many treatments available for cancer. Its main feature is that it is a systemic treatment; that is, it reaches all parts...
Pulmonary hypertension is the abnormal increase in blood pressure in the pulmonary arteries. This increase in pressure can be produced by various...
Endocarditis is a type of inflammation that affects the inner layer of the heart chambers, known as the endocardium, and the heart valves. The m...
Gastroscopy is a technique that allows the upper digestive tract to be viewed directly. This part of the digestive tract runs from the mouth to the...
As the name implies, sex (or gender) reassignment surgery encompasses all those surgical procedures that are performed with the aim of making a tra...
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is a prion disease or a transmissible spongiform encephalopathies. They are a group of rare neurodegenerative diseases. O...
Vaccines are biological products. In other words, they contain viruses, bacteria or parts thereof. They are administered in order to prevent infect...
A hysterectomy is a surgical procedure to remove the uterus. In most cases, the uterus (body and cervix) is completely removed; this is called a t...
A gynaecological ultrasound is a diagnostic test used to view the pelvic organs (uterus or womb, ovaries, bladder and rectum or final portion of th...
The kidneys are the two organs responsible for filtering toxic substances from the blood and eliminating them in the urine. In these organs, tumour...
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is the most common mental condition affecting children and adolescents. It is an alteration of bra...
Peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC) is the result of the dissemination of tumour cells in the peritoneal cavity, which can affect the peritoneum locally...
Endometrial cancer begins when the cells that line the inside of the uterus begin to grow out of control. In developed countries, it is the most fr...
Urinary tract infection is an infection that occurs in the urinary system and is suspected if the following characteristics are found: symptoms rel...
Electroencephalogram (EEG) is a test that evaluates the electrical activity of nerve cells (neurons) in the cerebral cortex (the nerve tissue that...
Sleeping is a state characterised by the suspension of consciousness, loss of response to external stimuli and decreased motor activity. Normally,...
Monkeypox is an infectious disease caused by a virus (Orthopoxvirus), so far localised in central and west Africa. Its name is due to it being iden...
The ingrown nail or toenail (onychocryptosis) is the condition that occurs when the side margins of the nail penetrate the skin. It is a very commo...