Diagnosis & treatment - page 7

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...

Germany is one of the most successful European countries. Each branch of medicine is well-financed here, including obstetrics and gynecology. Prenatal care and childbirth in Germany is set apart with its professional approach, comfortable service, and the latest techniques of chromosomal abnormalities detection in the screening of the fetus.

Clinical trials have convincingly confirmed the effectiveness of the multimodal approach in the treatment of malignant tumors of the stomach. Radical surgical treatment with endoscopic and laparoscopic techniques is performed at the initial stages of cancer. In patients with locally advanced and metastatic tumors, perioperative chemotherapy...

Surgery remains the main method of treatment for most types of cancer. However, brain tumors are also treatable with non-surgical methods. They not only complement the surgery, but can also replace it altogether. Let's discuss how to treat a brain tumor using conservative methods. Non-surgical methods as a therapeutic remedy for...

Neurological disorders are a group of pathological processes affecting the central and peripheral nervous systems. German doctors are successfully engaged in the treatment of this group of conditions. The country offers well-developed services in neurology, neurosurgery, and neuroradiology, which belong to the most complex...