[Trending News] Day against cancer | Rioja

On February 4, World Cancer Day is commemorated, a date to reflect on a disease that has accompanied humanity since ancient times. Egyptian records of more than 4,000 years ago they already described tumors. For centuries, cancer was … An indecipherable enigma. It was not until the nineteenth century, with the development of pathological anatomy, which began to understand its nature. In the twentieth century, advances such as chemotherapy, radiotherapy and oncological surgery transformed the panorama, increasing the hope of those affected. Today, immunotherapy and precision medicine open new hopes.