Risk Factors for Cancer Mortality in Spain: Population-Based Cohort Study.

Background: Cancer is considered a major public health problem due to its increasing incidence and high mortality. This study aims to identify risk factors for cancer mortality in Spain.

Methods: Retrospective population-based cohort study in 20,397 participants of the 2011/2012 National Health Survey in Spain.

Complete Remission of Advanced Gastric Cancer in Response to Chemotherapy With Docetaxel, Cisplatin and Capecitabine (dcx).

We describe the case of a 60 year-old man with advanced gastric cancer. The patient started chemotherapy with a combination of docetaxel, cisplatin and capecitabine. In a radiological assessment after the third treatment cycle, a significant reduction of adenopathies and gastric wall thickening was observed.

[Euthanasia in patients with cancer and the continuous-care providers].

During the clinical evolution of patients with cancer there are many occasions, or phases of the disease, when there are no specific treatments and, as such, we need to provide maximum comfort following appropriate symptom control; in this stage it is fundamental to respect personal autonomy together with the option to reject futile treatment. With appropriate control of symptoms it is possible to reach the stage where the majority of the patients do not continue to suffer. Continuous-care providers for cancer patients are those who are responsible for providing help to resolve these situations.