The author, Guido V. Schiappacasse Cocio, is chief physician of the Oncology Department at the Clinical Hospital of Viña del Mar and a medical oncologist at the Bupa Reñaca Clinic and the Ciudad del Mar Clinic. The author obtained a degree in medicine, with maximum distinction, at the University of Valparaíso (1997). Subsequently, the author specialized in Internal Medicine (University of Valparaíso, 2002) and Medical Oncology (University of Chile, 2011). In addition, he has obtained an award for research from the Latin American Society of Palliative Care, the Chilean Society for the Study of Pain, and the Banmédica Foundation.