Diagnosis & treatment - page 25

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 Lutetium-177 PSMA targeted therapy for prostate cancer. 

Tumors of intracranial location are poorly responsive to treatment. Classic surgical intervention doesn’t always allow complete removal of the neoplasm. Sometimes, the surgery is associated with considerable trauma to the brain, which results in a neurological deficiency. Speech, mobility, and intelligence suffer along with other...

IHD (ischemic heart disease) is one of the main reasons causing death in society today. Let’s also discuss what is IHD, causes of IHD and how can one prevent this illness. Having seen the corresponding statement in their medical case, patients ask their doctor what is IHD? Let us answer this question. Having seen...

IHD (ischemic heart disease) is one of the main reasons causing death among people today. The disease is accompanied by a worsening of the blood supply to the heart, which at any time can result in myocardial infarction. Pathology significantly reduces the quality of human life and reduces its duration by tens of years. 

Bowel cancer prognosis is different for each patient. But, at the same time, it’s connected with the key factors: stage of disease at the moment of its diagnosis, tumor type and location, presence of the concomitant diseases, methods of treatment. World statistic data are constantly being updated and gives a chance to presuppose how...

Germany has one of the highest level of medical services in Europe and the world. Such acclaim is possible thanks to generous state funding, which allocates more than 300 billion euros into the healthcare system annually. This allows for new methods of diagnosis and treatment of various diseases to be developed and applied here.

According to the World Cancer Research Fund, kidney cancer was ranked 9th among the most common oncological pathologies in the world in 2018. Most tumors develop from the renal tubules, which actively filter up to 2000 liters of blood per day. As a result, kidney cancer is mostly diagnosed at an early stage, before metastasizing.

Surgical reconstruction, or mitral valve replacement, is the second most common surgery on the heart valves. In European countries with developed medicine...