Prostate cancer stars in two scientific conferences organized by the ibs.GRANADA
In these two meetings, a multidisciplinary, comprehensive and close approach to prostate cancer was carried out, aimed at both patients and professionals
The Biosanitary Research Institute of Granada (ibs.GRANADA) has organized, last Wednesday and Thursday, two Scientific Conferences on prostate cancer, one focused on the prevention and awareness of the disease, and another more focused on the comprehensive approach and current and future multidisciplinary approach to prostate cancer, on the occasion of World Prostate Cancer Day, which is celebrated on June 11.
Both were inaugurated by the territorial delegate for Health and Families in Granada, Indalecio Sánchez; the managing director of the Virgen de las Nieves University Hospital, María Ángeles García Rescalvo, the managing director of the San Cecilio Clinical University Hospital, Manuel Enrique Reyes Nadal; and the scientific director of ibs.GRANADA, Maria José Sánchez.
The one held on Wednesday, in collaboration with the Provincial Board of the AECC of Granada and entitled Conference on prevention and awareness of prostate cancer, has been a success in attendance, with more than a hundred people. It was a very accessible and informative meeting, with simple language, as it was aimed at patients and relatives, where the magnitude of prostate cancer in the province of Granada and its importance as a public health problem were highlighted, as well as important aspects in relation to the diagnosis and treatment of this disease. It was also very enriching to listen to the vital testimony of a prostate cancer patient who recounted the entire oncological process at an experiential level. With this Conference, ibs.GRANADA wants to inform patients and citizens in general, so that they can become more and better involved in decision-making in relation to the process of diagnosing and treating their disease.
On Thursday, the Conference on Comprehensive and Multidisciplinary Approach to Prostate Cancer: Challenges and Future was held at the Virgen de las Nieves University Hospital in Granada, where excellent cancer specialists and researchers discussed the epidemiological indicators of prostate cancer in Granada, as well as the latest advances in diagnostic techniques for prostate cancer with imaging techniques. In a second table, the integration of new functional imaging techniques in Prostate Cancer into clinical practice at the SSPA in Granada was discussed.
About the ibs.GRANADA
The Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria ibs.GRANADA, is the only center accredited by the Carlos III Health Institute (ISCIII) that develops biomedical research of excellence in Granada and one of the four accredited in Andalusia by the ISCIII.
The ibs.GRANADA is structured into four Scientific Areas: Oncology, Precision Medicine, Epidemiology and Public Health, and Advanced Technology and Therapies, which carry out intense research activity and lead the transfer of research results to society, which are reflected in the 1.078 publications made in scientific journals, which add up to a total of 5.628 impact factor points.
Currently, the Institute brings together more than 1.065 professionals and 70 multidisciplinary research groups that comprise, from the University of Granada, the Virgen de las Nieves University Hospital, the San Cecilio Clinical University Hospital, the Andalusian School of Public Health and Primary Care centers of the Granada-Metropolitan Health District.
The main objectives of ibs.GRANADA are to promote biomedical, clinical and epidemiological research carried out by the different groups attached to the institute and to facilitate translational research in Granada hospitals. This research activity translates into the generation of knowledge and the transfer of scientific advances towards the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of priority health problems in Andalusia.
