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Immunotherapy is the most rapidly developing area of oncology. It is used for most types of cancer. Moreover, some tumors are much more sensitive to immunotherapy than others, and kidney cancer also belongs to this group of tumors. Immunotherapy is very successful for this disease and can be used at almost all stages in order to lower the risk of relapse after surgery and control metastatic tumors.

Heart defects in infants are almost always congenital. This can sometimes bring great danger to the baby’s life. Such pathologies are not that common. However, the high mortality rate of those affected by heart defects forces doctors to improve early diagnostics and treatment techniques.

Joints disease are peculiar, their chronic nature and constant pain adds much suffering to a person’s life. Standard conservative therapy presupposes life-long administration of chondroprotectors (chondroitin, glucosamine) and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.

MukoCellis the first achievement of the tissue engineering implemented in urology. The tissue of the oral mucosa is cultivated under laboratory conditions and implanted to the patient in order to broaden the lumen of the urethra. When using MukoCell it is no longer necessary to cut large sections of patient's oral ...

Scoliosis is a disease developing mainly during childhood. Scoliosis is characterized with the frontal curvature of the spine and vertebrae rotation (turning). One may ask if scoliosis is a curable condition. Yes, the disease can be cured at  stages 1-2 with the help of conservative treatment. The angle of the curvature does not exceed 25°...

Lyme disease is an infectious pathology that develops after a tick bite. Often, this disease affects the nervous and cardiovascular systems. Meningitis, meningoencephalitis, lymphocytic meningoradiculitis, myocarditis, endocarditis, and other complications are possible. Skin, joints, and other organs and tissues are...

Most types of cancer do not cause any symptoms for a long time, as a result of which they are diagnosed in advanced stages. But this statement does not apply to kidney cancer. Almost half of cases of this cancer are detected at the first stage, so most patients can have their kidney cancer cured with minimally invasive surgery.

The treatment of liver cancer and liver cancer metastases is one of the most complex and challenging tasks in oncology. The diversity of primary malignant tumors poses significant difficulties for both doctors and patients. Even more critical is liver metastasis due to other cancers, with some tumors, such as colon or lung cancer, showing a particular predisposition to form liver metastases.