Diagnosis & treatment - page 13

Lung cancer is the most common oncological cause of death in men. This type of cancer is difficult to treat and in most cases it is diagnosed at a later stage. Lung cancer is 5-7 times more common in men. However, in recent years, there has been a trend towards a gradual decrease in this ratio. The disease is increasingly...

Proton therapy is the most modern method of radiation therapy. Proton therapy has been carried out since the 2000s, and during this time, it has proven itself as a highly accurate and effective treatment method for malignant tumors. The essence of radiation therapy is the destruction of DNA in cancer cells, with the help of ionizing...

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...

Klatskin tumor is the most common type of cancer, which develops from bile duct cells. It accounts for more than 50% of all cases of pathology. Klatskin tumors most often occur in males. Nowadays, Germany can offer innovative treatment methods that show excellent results even in advanced stages of the disease, which until recently were...

Prostate cancer is one of the three most common cancers among men. The main method of treatment for stage 4 prostate cancer is surgical intervention – a radical prostatectomy. Currently, surgeons from the leading foreign clinics prefer performing a robot-assisted prostatectomy. The use of the da Vinci robotic system ensures the...

One of the reports at the final meeting of the reputable Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) in 2019 was completely devoted to the use of...

Bone marrow transplantation is a procedure that is used for implanting healthy hematopoietic cells into a patient's body in order to resume the process of hematopoiesis. Indications for bone marrow transplantation are: anemia, all types of leukemia, myeloma, some oncological diseases (for example, testicular cancer)...

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 the unusual and...