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Aging affects not only a person's appearance and physical activity but also the state of the immune system. One of the manifestations of age-related changes in immunity is inflammatory aging (inflammaging). Chronic inflammation leads to the development of atherosclerosis, heart attacks, strokes, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease...

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 (proctitis and...

Osteosarcoma is one of the three most common types of cancer in adolescents and is the most common malignant bone tumor. The basis of treatment is surgery and chemotherapy. The conventional protocol for the treatment of osteosarcoma is quite successful and allows many patients to achieve remission. A 5-year survival rate after...

Treatment of colon cancer with dendritic cells (DC) is one of the modern immunotherapy types. This is an opportunity to completely get rid of cancer or control the disease for a long time at an advanced stage. In Germany, doctors manufacture individual vaccines, taking into account the genetic peculiarities of the tumor in each...

In October 2022, Berlin once again hosted the annual meeting of the European Society of Gynaecological Oncology (ESGO), a leading European organization bringing together more than 2,500 specialists in the treatment and research of cervical cancer, vaginal cancer, vulvar cancer, ovarian cancer, and fallopian tube cancer, and other...

Visual information undergoes complex processing before becoming a clear picture. The optic nerve is largely responsible for this process. Unfortunately, it can atrophy due to the various pathological processes. Currently, medicine does not have treatment methods, which can completely cure degenerative diseases of the optic nerve.

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...

About 85,000 cases of urologic cancers are detected in Germany annually, so doctors have vast experience in treating prostate cancer, bladder cancer, kidney cancer, and testicular cancer. Oncourology is one of the priorities of the German Cancer Society (DKG) and the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ). Oncologists in Germany...