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The liver is the body's laboratory – it filters blood and performs hundreds of vital functions. Unfortunately, this makes it vulnerable to cancer cells: they travel through the bloodstream from the primary tumor and settle there, forming secondary liver cancer called hepatic metastases. According to the results of large-scale studies, colorectal...

Dendritic cell therapy is a form of cancer immunotherapy that utilizes the body's own immune system to fight cancer cells. It is considered a promising approach for patients with various cancers, including colon cancer. Regarding the latter, it is unfortunate, but this disease is one of the most prevalent malignancies worldwide. According to the 2020...

The fast-growing stem cell biology has turned modern medicine upside down, providing new ways of thinking about how to cure the previously considered incurable diseases. The special property of stem cells to promote tissue regeneration and convert to different types of tissues has provided the basis for new stem cell-based solutions...

The second most common cancer diagnosis in men and the fifth cause of cancer deaths all over the world is prostate cancer. GLOBOCAN 2018 reports that the number of new cases was 1,276,106 cases worldwide, with the main increase in developed countries. The mortality and the incidence are closely associated with age, and the rates...

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) in patients with peritoneal...

Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer worldwide, with 2.3 million new cases and nearly 670,000 deaths reported in 2022. According to the World Health Organization, the global burden is expected to rise by almost 40% by 2050, reaching over 3.2 million new cases annually. Women in high-income countries have about a 1 in 12...

Ovarian cancer is one of the most common gynecologic cancers, it ranks second in incidence among all types of cancer. It is most often diagnosed in women over 40-45 years old. Screening and increased awareness are crucial in detecting ovarian cancer early before it reaches stage 4, a terminal phase often accompanied by severe pain...

Lung cancer is the second most common type of cancer in men and women and is responsible for approximately 13% of all new cancer cases worldwide. Survival rate over five years is very much based on diagnosis stage. For localized early-stage cancers, it is more than 90%. But for advanced metastatic illness, unfortunately, it dips below 10%.