Virgen Del Rocío leads a pioneering search against a malignant tumor

like Study nerve cells Opening the doors when understanding (and predicting) is certain Diseases related to the brainto understand The movement of cancer cells During surgical intervention, it can be revealed, which helps reduce the possibilities Tumor Or future setbacks. It was exactly the goal of Javier Ballow, head of the General Surgery Service Virgin Del Rossio University Hospital When, a decade ago, CETUPANC ResEARCH: Learn exactly what happened while removing him and his team of cancerous fabric, hoping to stop one of the most deadly threats like Pancreatic cancer.

What they did not imagine is that monitoring the behavior of these cells was to give them such a flow of information. The data obtained allowed professionals to be able to reach beyond the human eye, and thus avoid Possible setbacks of a cancer patient. Thanks to this analysis, what kind of cells associated with the top The possibility of a malignant tumor What are the factors that contribute to this? Specifically, those known as a group of cells in groups- are those that will include the most risks when spreading the tumor.

Not only that. Compare cellular “maps” before and after surgery. Diagnosis of these patientsAs it was found in the last three years of the investigation, dedicated to monitoring all the participants in the study.

Liquid biopsy during the operation

In fact, this multi -center study, First of this type at the country level- She gave birth to a new concept: Liquid biopsy during the operation, Capable of providing specialists in the key to neutralizing the remaining microscopic tumors, and preventing them from growing again or extension. “The results go beyond what we expected,” admits, to the point that preparing a New study – Even in the embryonic stage for the development of this technique to avoid Tumor “Preparing patients before and during surgery.” “We already have Half a hundred of the patients who were recruitedBut at the present time, we did not do a sub -analysis. ”He explains the details Medical writing An expert in pancreatic cancer.

The ultimate goal, as he says, is to face this type of cancer that carries Low survival rate Registered in both men and women and those Deaths It has followed an upward trend in recent years, due to the increase in its occurrence, and on the contrary. Only in 2025, 10,338 new cases of tumors related to the pancreas are expected. Currently, with these data, published in International Journal of Surgery And in it The British Journal of Surgery is openValentine can draw more accurate strategies for evaluation Spreading the tumor in real time and helps in determining the aggression of the tumor And the risk of repetition, which will reflect more customized treatments in the future.

Nine hospitals, alongside

For ten years, more than the estimated time because of the epidemic, surgeons and pathologists in nine Spanish hospitals with experience in Pancreatic cancer surgery They collected the data obtained in the operating room and evaluated patients after surgery. Specifically, the Clinical Hospital in Valencia participated in this project; Badjuz University Hospital; Salmanca University Hospital; October 12 hospitals, Princess and Madrid doctor; Mutual hospitals in Tarasa and Barcelona Clinic; The Miguel Servitte University Hospital in Zarzaita.

Badlo, a professor of surgery at the University of Seville, was also feeling “escaping” when the operating room was abandoned after work, he was still successfully sick. He says: “Things that we do not see can happen,” when explaining the reasons that you will take Plan this study for about two years. Once on paper, the big challenge was its financing to be “very expensive”. To do this, a national public invitation was expected at the national level that would finally fall at the Carlos III Health Institute of the Ministry of Health.