MatchTrial is a digital platform for connecting patients with clinical trials. Our smart algorithm creates a personalized experience. Patients or medical professionals simply complete a health questionnaire, and the App helps find a treatment compatible with the cancer patient’s diagnosis. The whole process takes only a few minutes. Speeding up the patient’s clinical trial enrollment process and helping advance research and bring new treatments to light.
Between 15% and 30% of patients with breast cancer will develop brain metastases over time. Brain metastases are tumor cells derived from primary breast cancer that will settle and grow in brain tissue. At present, there appears to be an increase in the diagnosis of brain metastases …
Five years ago, Sandra was working at a fish stall in the municipal market of Barcelona when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She had not been to the gynecologist for 7 years, and thanks to a routine mammogram, a lump was found. A biopsy …
Ruben won the last set, but who was going to tell him when he arrived in Barcelona at the age of 14, ready to conquer the world, that his great rival was not going to be another athlete like himself, but that he was going …
Why hasn’t anybody explained what the thymus is? Arianna asks herself. The thymus is a gland that is located in the upper part of the chest and has multiple functions. These functions include stimulating the growth of bones, promoting the development of sex glands, and …
Different cancer treatments, and the disease itself, often cause side effects. These effects can adversely affect your health and impact your quality of life. Preventing and/or addressing the side effects of the treatments holistically is critical. Controlling the side effects and promoting a positive outlook …
Just talking about it, about death, about the end, can make us so uncomfortable that we avoid thinking about it at all costs. And when you’re talking about yourself, this discomfort can become fright, fear and even distress. This is normal, we have been taught …
Màrius Soler is a male breast cancer patient and the founder of INVI, an association that aims to give visibility to men with breast cancer. He is currently living with the disease thanks to a novel treatment approved in Europe that had only been successful …
Breast carcinoma in men is very uncommon compared to breast cancer in women, accounting for less than 1% of cancers in men and less than 1% of all breast cancers in general. During childhood, the female and male mammary glands have the same characteristics. During …
Check out the story of Marina, a woman diagnosed with liver cancer at the age of 35. This is Marina, and she has been a cancer patient for two years. Before being diagnosed, she was a 35-year-old woman working long hours at a large company …
