The new portal was particularly conceived to be a channel through which to optimize service and information for the patient and family on cancer and the services at the cancer center. Healthcare professionals will also find specialized content on the latest advances and clinical trials, in addition to the schedule with the most important events in world of cancer in Spain and abroad.

On Monday, December 12, a Clinic Assist specialty center was opened by the Hospiten Group in the Historical Port of Falmouth. The event was attended by the Minister for Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett; the Spanish Ambassador, H.E. Celsa Nuño; Dr Arthur L. Diskin, Vice-President, Global Chief Medical Officer of Royal CaribbeanCruises Ltd and Mr. Pedro Luis Cobiella Beauvais, Managing Director of the Hospiten Group.

With the signing of this agreement, Sanitas clients will be able to use the healthcare services at Hospiten Estepona.

The Hospiten Group Board of Directors approved the appointment of Pedro Luis Cobiella Beauvais to the position of Group Managing Director, who assumed the powers and responsibilities inherent to the position with immediate effect.

The Hospiten Group was given a 'Special Mention' in the II Edition of the Canary Awards for Business Exellence in the Medium-Large Company category, last Friday, November 11 at the Alfredo Kraus Auditorium in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.

The hospital HOSPITEN Clinica Roca San Agustin, in San Agustin, Gran Canaria, has been awarded the "Top 20" for the best hospitals in Spain for 2011, in the "Small Private Hospitals" category.

On the occasion of World Heart Day, Hospiten Estepona carried out an awareness campaign in Marbella?s La Cañada shopping mall.

Hospiten Estepona opens a new Oncology Unit with Dr Diego Perez Martin at its head.

The signing of the agreement reinforces multidisciplinary lines of work and collaboration between the two cancer centers, stimulating exchanges via telemedicine, the exchange of knowledge and joint research. Since its opening in the year 2000, MD Anderson Cancer Center Madrid has continuously expanded its treatment options by following the guidelines from Houston, thus the centers share clinical care and research protocols.

The Hospiten Group has carried out a campaign to inform the public about the prevention of melanoma. The campaign, coinciding with the beginning of summer when people are more exposed to the sun, involved actions in various shopping centers in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Estepona and Algeciras with the aim of informing the general public on the importance of prevention and of self-examining one's skin and, if necessary, to see a specialist.