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According to official statistics from the WHO in 2022, oncological diseases are now the cause of one in every six deaths worldwide. This has encouraged the international medical community to develop new advanced stage 4 cancer treatment methods and increase the effectiveness of the already existing ones.

A radiation therapist is an important member of the medical team that treats prostate cancer. Due to the proximity of the prostate to the bladder, penis, and intestines, radiation therapy may cause complications such as urinary incontinence, erectile dysfunction, and post-radiation rectal and pelvic tissue inflammation...

Bowel cancer was seen as a death sentence for many patients because it presents with nonspecific symptoms and is often diagnosed late, when the tumor has already metastasized. More than 50% of bowel tumors are diagnosed at later stages. Today, however, it is successfully treated thanks to rapid advances...

Cervical cancer is one of the most frightening diagnoses to give to a woman. More than half a million new cases are reported every year worldwide, and half are diagnosed at late stages when the patient already shows signs of the disease. New technologies in screening and vaccines have enhanced...

While most thyroid cancers (TC) are found at early stages and carry excellent outcomes, a small but clinically important group presents with advanced disease. U.S. population data from the SEER program show that about 3% of thyroid cancers are diagnosed with distant metastases, and the 5-year relative survival...

Сaused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi, Lyme disease is a tick-borne infection. It's on the rise worldwide – nearly 476,000 Americans are diagnosed each year, though officially reported cases number only around 30,000. Without antibiotic treatment, the infection progresses through three stages and can affect skin...

Lung metastases affect 20-54% of patients with extrathoracic cancers. What is important, they reduce survival rates dramatically – breast cancer survival drops from 96% to 21% with lung spread, while colorectal cancer survival falls from 91% to below 10% with metastasis. These secondary tumors commonly...

Gallbladder cancer is a rare but severe malignant disease, most cases of which are diagnosed at an inoperable stage. You can undergo your diagnosis and treatment for this disease in Germany. Even with inoperable cancer, long-term control of tumor growth can be achieved using radiation therapy and medications.