RESEARCH PROGRAMMES

The prediction and prognosis of breast cancer

On 18 July 2008, the Rafael del Pino Foundation and the Foundation for Biomedical Research of the 12 de Octubre Teaching Hospital in Madrid signed a collaboration agreement to sponsor research entitled “Predictive factors of response and prognosis in women with breast cancer who present local relapse in the chest wall”. Breast cancer is the most frequent neoplasm in women and it is estimated that between 16,000 and 17,000 new cases of this type of cancer are diagnosed each year in Spain.

Within the framework of this agreement, the Rafael del Pino Foundation donated to the Hospital’s Foundation the necessary equipment for the researchers to perform the abovementioned diagnostic analyses, specifically, Celltracks Autoprep System and Celltracks Analyzer II analysis equipment.

The research team is led by Dr. Hernán Cortés-Funes, Head of the Hospital’s Medical Oncology Department.