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Bone metastases often appear at the advanced stages of cancer. In countries with poorly developed medicine, such patients are often given up and switched to symptomatic treatment. However, doctors in Germany successfully treat bone metastases using external beam radiation therapy, radionuclide therapy, ablation...

Almost any actively dividing cell of the human body can become a cancer cell. The prostate gland cells are not an exception, as they produce prostate fluid – part of the semen, which protects spermatozoids and guarantees their viability. This disease is widespread and takes second place among all oncological conditions in men.

Alopecia (baldness) – is hair loss in certain body or head areas. 65% to 75% of European males deal with this problem. Females sometimes can also have troubles with hair loss. You can lose your hair due to plenty of reasons. Regardless of the causes, baldness is a rather...

Immunotherapy is one of the most effective treatment options for lymphoma. It is used in combination with chemotherapy and has also become a life-saving treatment for many patients whose tumor has recurred and chemotherapy is no longer working. Some types of immunotherapy are so effective that they can even cure aggressive end-stage lymphomas.

Over 400,000 new cases of bladder cancer are diagnosed in the world annually. In 75% of patients, the tumor is detected at an early stage. However, in every fourth person it is detected when it is at the stage of invasive bladder cancer, after lymph node lesions are present, or after the appearance of distant metastases.

The medical term, "pulmonary hypertension" comprises of an increasing pressure in the lung vasculature or pulmonary circuit. This pathological process is peculiar to the progressing increase of vascular resistance. These changes can often lead to failure of the right ventricular and consequently the untimely death of a patient.

Regenerative cell medicine uses stem cells (SCs) to repair damaged bone marrow, nerve tissue, the musculoskeletal system, or to generally rejuvenate a person. With careful harvesting and processing in laboratory conditions, SCs can become the source of most types of differentiated cells in an adult organism.

Osteosarcoma is one of the three most common types of cancer in adolescents and is the most common malignant bone tumor. The basis of treatment is surgery and chemotherapy. The conventional protocol for the treatment of osteosarcoma is quite successful and allows many patients to achieve remission. A 5-year survival rate after...