The latest medical news, expert views on key health issues, as well as advice on disease prevention and management.
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Radiation therapy for breast cancer
Along with surgery and various types of drugs, radiation therapy is an important component of combination treatment for malignant breast tumors. Its techniques and algorithms are being improved constantly in order to increase the effectiveness and safety of radiotherapy.
Stage IV lung cancer (carcinoma)
Even with stage IV lung cancer, there are ways to improve a patient’s general condition and quality of life, as well as increase life expectancy.
Small cell lung cancer
This article analyzes risk factors, causes, and treatment peculiarities of different types of small cell lung cancer.
SECOND OPINION IN ONCOLOGY
Second opinion in oncological diseases: when is it necessary, how to get it, what should be done after the consultation?
SECOND OPINION: WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
Second opinion: questions and answers. In which cases is it really necessary? How to choose the best way to get a comprehensive consultation.
Male breast cancer
Do men really get breast cancer? The expert answer is yes, although it is rather rare. The problem is that such a tumor is considered a typically female disease. Therefore, in representatives of the other sex, the disease is often diagnosed relatively late, and this can affect the chances of cure. Therapy is generally based on the same guidelines that are currently used for breast carcinoma in women; yet, there are some specifics.
Another 15 conditions are eligible for a second opinion procedure
Medical second opinion on another 15 issues is to be covered by public health insurance in Germany.
High diagnostic error rate in cancer dermatopathology
The rate of diagnostic errors in presumptive malignant tumors reaches more than 10%. Revision analysis makes it possible to avoid this.