Five topics on moles
Can a mole transform into a malignant tumor? Even if one has had it for the whole life? Which of them are the most dangerous: large or small, black, brown or reddish, bulging or with hair in it? What if one scratches scratches it off? Dr. Ivashkov answers five main questions on moles. If one […]
How to deal with lymphedema? How to treat a disease that could never occur?
“Cancer can be cured!”. A diagnosis that might sound like a sentence 20 years ago is now a responding disease with proof-based treatment. On one hand, modern medicine provides not just novel therapeutic sequences but a whole new approach – now there’s not only chemotherapy but targeted drugs aimed at a special part of the […]
How cancer evades the immune system
Why does the cancer occur and how does it get its power, so that our body can’t resist it? Why we can’t always cure the cancer? How come a chemotherapy that was effective for a few courses, becomes ineffective? Why does it have a recurrence? In this article the biology of cancer cells and how […]
Stages of oncological disease. TNM classification and breast cancer prognosis
TNM – is a mysterious abbreviature that nonetheless can tell a lot about the condition and prognosis in oncological patients. There are many ways to classify and stage oncological disease, but TNM is the most comprehensible. This article is focused on TNM classification concerning breast cancer. “T” is for the size of the tumor: The […]
Vitamins for oncology patients. What is right and what is not if one has cancer.
Indeed, oncology patients often experience some deficiencies. One-third has a lack of Vitamin D. During the treatment there’s often a loss of vitamin C or calcium, which is a key element in skeletal metabolism. Usually, it can be restored just by dietary means. Just imagine, we consume around 500 kilos of food per […]