Diagnosis & treatment - page 3

High-tech Visualase™ system makes complex neurosurgical procedures much more comfortable for patients. Once a doctor recommends that you undergo brain surgery, you should definitely check to see if this technique is suitable to your medical case.

Endometrial (uterine) cancer is usually diagnosed in women over 55 years old. In 80% of cases, it is endometrioid adenocarcinoma – a severe, resistant to treatment, prognostically unfavorable type of cancer. In the best cancer centers in the world, doctors successfully cope with this malignant tumor. Not only do surgery...

A ground breaking drug with the clinically proven effect has been registered in the European Union. The medicine is free to use to cure any type and stage of Spinal Muscular Atrophy. This remedy was developed by the Ionis Pharmaceuticals and has been being used since 2016 in the USA. Spinal Muscular Atrophy is a group...

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

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

Oncolytic virotherapy is a treatment method that involves the use of viruses to destroy the tumor and stimulate a systemic antitumor immune response. This is one of the most promising and dynamically developing areas of oncology. Over the past 30 years, more than 200 clinical trials of drugs for viral cancer therapy have been conducted...

Cervical erosion is quite common condition. Erosion doesn’t cause any symptoms in the majority of cases, though it might result in complications. Just to know, erosion can be true erosion and false one. These are two completely different pathological processes which require different treatment approaches. Let’s have a look at...

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...