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Cuban lung cancer vaccine in last stage of clinical trials

The CIMAvax-EGF vaccine against lung cancer, created by Cuban scientists at the Center for Molecular Immunology, goes through its last phase of clinical trial in the province of Cienfuegos.  

Cuba Exhibits Important Achievements in the Prevention of Mouth Cancer

The National Program on the Prevention and Control of Mouth Cancer of the Ministry of Public Health has placed Cuba among the first nations in the world with high rates of curable malignant tumors placing the island in 10th place.

Fidel Castro: architect of universal health in Cuba

As everything concerning the right to universal health, Fidel promised and accomplished, to the Cuban people, so is his trace in the surging and development on intensive medicine in Cuba.

Nephrology Institute of Havana: five decades of endless love

Counting on an institution, such as the Institute of Nephrology, Dr Abelardo Buch López, of the Cuban capital, is a blessing for those searching the recovery of their renal health in this service, which on December First will turn five decades of its foundation, with delivery of love, hard to match.

Cuban and US Surgeons Meet for the First Time in Havana

For the first time ever, Havana will host a bilateral meeting between US and Cuban doctors and surgeons November 16-18 to address issues like treating patients at the island health centers.