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Pressurized intraperitoneal aerosol chemotherapy (PIPAC) is a new treatment option for peritoneal carcinomatosis. The technique was developed in 2011 by scientists from the University Hospital of Louisiana, USA. The authors suggested PIPAC as an alternative to HIPEC (hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy)...

Colon cancer stage 4 is a form of colorectal cancer in which the cancer has spread beyond the colon and metastasized. The most common sites of involvement are the liver, lungs, peritoneum, ovaries, or distant lymph nodes. It is at this stage that the disease is no longer localized and requires a systemic, comprehensive...

Visual information undergoes complex processing before it can turn into a clear picture. The optic nerve is largely responsible for this process. Unfortunately, it can atrophy due to various pathological processes. Currently, there are no treatments in medicine that would completely cure degenerative diseases of the optic nerve.

Brain cancer refers to a range of tumors originating in the brain. As the evidence suggests, the most aggressive and prevalent malignant form in adults is glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). In fact, recent data reports that this tumor accounts for ~14% of all primary brain tumors. When taking a look at global statistics,  the incidence of...

Prostate cancer remains the most widespread oncological pathology among men and a leading cause of cancer death worldwide. According to epidemiological data, PCa is the most frequently diagnosed cancer among men in more than half of the countries in the world (112 of 185 countries/territories), with an estimated 1.4 million new...

Pancreatic cancer (ICD C25) is one of the most common gastrointestinal cancers. More than 300,000 new cases are diagnosed in the world every year. This tumor accounts for 3% of all cancers, which is a fairly high figure. The treatment methods offered in Germany allow for achieving excellent results, even at stage 4 of the pathology.

Breast cancer (BCa) statistics from the World Health Organization reports that more than 2.3 million women were diagnosed with this disease in 2022. BCa is among the most common and challenging diseases affecting women all around the world. And over 670,000 deaths were attributed to it that year. But there's reason for hope. Treatment has...

Sarcoma represents a group of malignant tumors that develop in soft and hard connective tissues, characterized by aggressive spread and early metastasis. Following the Nobel Prize-winning discovery of dendritic cells, sarcoma cancer treatment in Germany has achieved the highest European survival rates by combining traditional...