40 years of healing with “science and humanity”

This Friday, Toledo University Hospital was the scene of an exciting surprise for a much-loved doctor. Around 200 women, patients of oncologist and member of the Breast Unit, José Ignacio Chacón, participated in a moving tribute. to the doctor for reasons … of his retirement.

Also supported by his colleagues María Sánchez, his right-hand woman and head of clinical research; Cristina Romero, head of the breast radiology department, and Carmen, the nurse who worked with José Ignacio Chacón, the doctor, received a lot of love from those who were her patients. Many of them hugged and kissed him as they entered the hospital meeting room..

Dr. Ignacio Chacón received the highest tribute a doctor can receive, the the love and gratitude of his patientsduring an event that they had been preparing for about two months to say goodbye to the one who had been, until Friday, their doctor, but also a support and a reference in the most difficult times.

Main image - The auditorium of the University Hospital of Toledo hosted the warm and moving tribute to the oncologist Ignacio Chacón, whom his patients hugged and kissed, very grateful for his support in very difficult times. — “Thank you for so much and so much”
The auditorium of the University Hospital of Toledo hosted the warm and moving tribute to the oncologist Ignacio Chacón, whom his patients hugged and kissed, very grateful for his support in very difficult times.
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Secondary image 1 - The auditorium of the University Hospital of Toledo hosted the warm and moving tribute to the oncologist Ignacio Chacón, whom his patients hugged and kissed, very grateful for his support in very difficult times. — “Thank you for so much and so much”
The auditorium of the University Hospital of Toledo hosted the warm and moving tribute to the oncologist Ignacio Chacón, whom his patients hugged and kissed, very grateful for his support in very difficult times.
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“You are not just our doctor. With each clear explanation, with each gesture of proximity, with each word of encouragement He taught us that medicine is also done with humanity, patience and affection.», says one of his patients. He, in a trembling voice, then replied: “You justify everything; don’t let yourself be carried away by illness“.

The patients gave him a book containing personal letters from each of them, a mosaic of photos of all the women he treated during his stay in Toledo. They also gave him a video with a song created exclusively for him.

Last October, Chacón participated in a conference organized by the Association for the Prevention and Care of People Affected by Breast Cancer (Apacama), where he spoke about the changes that have occurred in the disease since his stay in Toledo, in a presentation entitled ‘1991-2025. From chemotherapy to hope… via Toledo. He went through several stages, but cited the year 2000 as an important date, when it was possible to obtain the complete genome of breast cancer and everything that has been learned since. “Surgeons, radiologists, pathologists and oncologists speak the same language,” he said, highlighting the significant developments and the speed at which breast cancer treatments are progressing, now personalized. “Without research we wouldn’t have anything we have, we would continue to do beastly mastectomies.”

Since 2001, at the Toledo Hospital, 212 clinical trials on breast cancer have been carried out, for which almost 2,500 patients have been recruited, in addition to 82 studies in which 1,118 women participated, many of them from the Apacama association.

After more than 40 years of professional career, the last 35 at Virgen de la Salud and later at the University Hospital of Toledo, Dr. Chacón retires, leaving an indelible mark.