Search for Diseases Twitter Facebook Youtube Linkedin Instagram Language selector Active Language Spanish My Quirónsalud Online appointment Phone appointment Hospital network Medical chart Research and innovation Quality Communication The group Work with us Training START | COMMUNICATION | NEWS News Quirón San José launches a Breast Unit, made up of a multidisciplinary team To print Tweet Share on Facebook Share on Google+ Share on Linkedin October 19, 2015 The Quirón San José Hospital announces the launch of a Breast Unit, a service made up of a multidisciplinary team of gynecologists, surgeons, oncologists, radiologists and radiation oncologists, which will provide comprehensive and immediate care to all those who present any breast pathology (not just cancer). "We will assist as quickly as possible whoever calls us with the slightest suspicion of a lump," says Dr. Jennifer Cuesta Louys, gynecologist at the center and at the Quirón Madrid University Hospital, who coordinates this new unit together with Dr. José de Jaime, chief General Surgery Service of the Hospital Quirónsalud San José. The specialist recalls that 71 new cases of breast cancer are diagnosed every day in Spain, which makes this disease the most common in women, but not the main cause of female mortality. "It is true that one in eight women will suffer from it throughout her life and that its incidence has increased in recent times, but it is also true that survival rates have been significantly increased," she says. Given that it is one of the few cancerous pathologies that can be detected in its initial phase and that its early diagnosis multiplies the possibilities of cure, Dr. Cuesta insists on the importance of prevention, of periodic checks: "Regular mammographic examinations and self-examination are essential. In the case of mammograms, The gynecologist, who is pleased that the technological and medical advances of recent years, as well as greater public awareness, have contributed to considerably reduce the mortality derived from breast cancer and improve the living conditions of women who have suffered it , highlights the importance of having, as in the case of the Quirón San José Hospital, multidisciplinary centers that favor individualization and personalization of treatments and patient follow-ups. Center of excellence The Quirón San José Hospital has become a center of reference for mothers and children in Madrid's private health system, with excellence in comprehensive care for minors and their family environment as its currency. Thanks to the profound changes undertaken in the last two years - innovation in medical equipment, evolution of treatment techniques, incorporation of the latest technologies and modernization of its facilities - today it offers a portfolio of services that covers almost all of the specialties, with reference teams (digestive system, cardiology, general surgery, child surgery, dermatology, endocrinology, ophthalmology, traumatology or urology, among others), as well as 24-hour care in pediatric, gynecological and obstetric emergencies, a service of more complete and advanced gynecology, © 2019 Quirónsalud - All rights reserved Other Group websites Web map Legal warning Data Protection cookies Accessibility Employees Information on the corporate restructuring in which Grupo Hospitalario Quirón, SA acts as the absorbed company and Quirón Hospitales, SLU as the absorbing company (article 39 Structural Modifications Law) Use of cookies This page uses cookies to analyze your use of the website, improve the content and services and your browsing experience. Access our cookie policy . To accept