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Many people are convinced that cancer is a fatal diagnosis, even though many of its forms are amenable to successful treatments. Having learned about cancer, some people prefer to go abroad for treatment, where at least 95% of all patients with cancer can successfully get rid of the disease. However, the COVID pandemic has turned...

Robot-assisted procedures have been used in medical practice for over 30 years. Most often, doctors perform a prostate removal (prostatectomy) with the help of the da Vinci robotic system. The second place in terms of the number of surgeries performed is taken by the removal of the uterus (hysterectomy) and other types of urogynecologic...

In Germany, prostate cancer is treated in large multidisciplinary University Hospitals, which have the Departments of Urology and Oncology, as well as in specialized Competence Centers for treatment of prostate cancer and radiation therapy. The availability of robotic surgical systems, HIFU equipment, devices for 3D conformal radiation therapy, drugs for androgen blockade and...

Ovarian cancer requires a clear histological diagnosis and a differentiated treatment approach. Depending on the characteristics of the tumor, oncologists and gynecologists perform sparing laparoscopic and open surgical procedures, photodynamic and radiation therapy. In addition to the conventional chemotherapy...

Uterine fibroids, or myomas, develop from the muscle layer of the uterus and the surrounding fibrous tissue. The pathology influences women of the reproductive age, as its main cause is high estradiol level. When elaborating the therapeutic regimen, doctors always consider desire of a woman to have children in the future.

A neuroendocrine cell tumor, or NET, is a relatively rare neoplasm that can develop in all body regions where the hormone-producing cells are present. Tumors that develop from the neuroendocrine cells preserve the ability to produce hormones and respond to the impulses from the autonomic nervous system. In addition to unusual and variable...

Bone marrow is a soft forming tissue responsible for the formation of new blood cells. The bone marrow is located in the bone cavity. It contains stem cells - immature cells, which can develop into any organ or tissue of the body. Hematopoietic cells are one of the many types of stem cells that exist. They form blood. Bone marrow...

Lung cancer is the second most common type of cancer in both men and women. In addition to primary neoplasms, lungs are often affected with hematogenic or lymphogenic metastases of other tumors. Fortunately, numerous treatment options for primary and secondary lung cancer are available nowadays. Unfortunately...