Cancro

Il cancro può verificarsi in quasi tutti gli organi, e quando le cellule anormali crescono e si diffondono in altre parti del corpo.

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Medici esperti in Cancro

Prenota Chiamare
Dr Sarah Partridge
Oncologia radioterapica

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Esperto in:
- Il cancro della testa e del collo
- Cancro della tiroide
- Radioterapia
- Chemioterapia
- Immunoterapia
- Cancro
Prenota Chiamare
Dr Martin Benson
Gastroenterologia

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Esperto in:
- Cancro al pancreas
- Intestino irritabile
- Riflusso gastrico
- Endoscopia
- Ulcera gastrica
- Cancro
Prenota Chiamare
Dr James Mackay
Oncologia medica

Esperto in:
- Cancro
- Genetica del cancro
- Cancro al seno
- Storia familiare di cancro al seno
- Studi genetici
- Consiglio Genetico (Cancro ereditario)
Prenota Chiamare
Professor Andrew Wardley
Oncologia medica

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Esperto in:
- Cancro al seno
- Gene BRCA
- Test Clinici
- Medicina personalizzata
- Dolore da cancro
- Cancro
Prenota Chiamare
Dr Sathish Harinarayanan
Oncologia radioterapica

Vedi opinioni (3)

Esperto in:
- Cancro
- Radioterapia
- Metastasi
- Radioterapia stereotassica frazionata
- tumore all’intestino
- Immunoterapia
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