Oncology care in Spain
Hospitals, clinics and medical centers in Spain offering Targeted Therapies.
Key planning information for targeted therapies in Spain.
Targeted Therapies in Spain is priced per case at 10 hospitals. Each hospital quotes its own price for your case.
Targeted Therapies is listed by 10 hospitals in Spain. The order reshuffles every hour so each gets equal exposure.
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JCIPrice on requestWe are there for you when you most need us. Cancer treatment is generally a long 'fight' and so we wish to be by your side guaranteeing access and knowledge of the latest progress and offering you maximum psychological support and making your road to recovery as easy as possible.
Private HospitalWith more than 36 medical specialties, 200 physicians and surgeons of the highest level, Quironsalud Hospital Malaga is one of the most pertinent hospitals in Spain.
Private Hospital
ISOPrice on requestDepartment of Medical Oncology & Therapeutics Research is dedicated to the diagnosis, treatment and research of tumors in patients to ensure optimal outcomes across a broad spectrum of diagnoses.
Private HospitalISOPrice on requestQuironsalud Hospital Torrevieja is an ISO-certified private hospital located in the north of Torrevieja, championing excellence in cancer treatment and management. IMTJ Best International Hospital of the world (awards 2017)
Private HospitalISOPrice on requestThis international hospital incorporates prestigious doctors, invests in research and development, technology and continuing education that enhances skills, in facilities, and in an increased operational efficiency in order to provide nothing but the best
Hospital GroupISOPrice on requestHM Hospitales is a hospital group with six private hospitals in Madrid: three general hospitals, a cardiovascular hospital, an oncological center and a women's health hospital.
HospitalThe Therapeutic Dials Laboratory offers the patient the means to detect genetic alterations using the most innovative technologies with the aim of improving the prognosis of all cancer patients, contributing to the individualization of their treatment.
Hospital GroupQuirónsalud has a multidisciplinary team of oncologists made up of experts in cancer of the breast, lung, and prostate, as well as colorectal cancer, endometrial cancer, kidney cancer, neuroendocrine tumors, and solid tumors.
Private HospitalHospital Quirónsalud Valencia is ranked as one of the best private schools in Spain, winning nine times in the TOP 20 award in recognition of its management and quality of care.
Private HospitalISOPrice on requestQuirónsalud Hospital Barcelona is the benchmark for private healthcare in southern Europe, providing world-class service for the past seventy years.
Targeted therapies are drugs that block the growth and spread of cancer by interfering with specific molecules which are needed for the growth, progression, and spread of cancer cells. Targeted therapy may be combined with chemotherapy and other treatments.
These kinds of therapies are more effective and less harmful to normal cells. It acts on specific molecular targets which are associated with cancer, as compared to chemotherapy which acts on all dividing cancer cells. Specially designed to interact with its target, it keeps the cells from living longer than normal. It blocks tumor cell proliferation and turns off the signals that tell cancer cells to grow and divide. They are chemical entities that specifically target a protein or enzyme that carries a mutation that targets cancer cells.
Small molecule drugs: Theses drugs act by blocking the process that helps the multiplication and spread of cancer cells. They keep the tissue around the tumor from making blood vessels, which bring the tumor nutrients. This works by starving the tumor through keeping new blood vessels from developing.
Monoclonal antibodies: These drugs act by blocking a specific target on the outside of cancer cells or in the area around cancer. They can also directly send toxic substances to the cancer cells. These drugs are given intravenously.
Having the target does not necessarily mean that the tumor will respond to the drug. In addition, the drug might initially work but then stop. Targeted therapy may not work if the tumor does not have the target. Most times targeted therapy has to be combined with other cancer treatments such as chemotherapy.
Breast cancer: most breast cancer has an excess of a protein called human epidermal growth factor receptor. This protein is responsible for the growth of tumor cells.
Colorectal cancer: These cancers make too much of a protein called (EGFR) epidermal growth factor receptor. Drugs that block EGFR help to stop and slow cancer growth.
Lung cancer: Drugs that block EGFR slows down lung cancer. Targeted therapy for lung cancer is also available with a mutation in the ALK gene.
Melanoma: Half of the melanomas have a mutation in the BRAF gene. BRAF mutations make good drug targets. However, these drugs can be risky if you do not have the BRAF gene.
Targeted therapy is the focus of development of anticancer drugs. As such it is key to precision medicine, which uses information about your genes and proteins to prevent, diagnose and treat cancer.
Most targeted therapies have been approved by the food and drug administration (FDA) to treat specific types of cancer. Others are still being studied in human and animal clinical trials.
Key facts to plan your treatment: how long it takes, your hospital stay, anaesthesia, risks and recovery.
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