Non-malignant tumours (19 contents)
Breast cancer in men is a rare condition, but it also happens in members of this sex. The key to treating the disease is to start as early as possible - so what symptoms may suggest breast cancer in...
The diagnosis: inoperable l ung cancer usually causes patients and their relatives a great deal of anxiety. In practice, however, the fact that the lesion cannot be treated surgically does not mean...
Tumours of the heart are extremely rare, but it does happen that this organ is affected by a neoplastic process. Usually heart cancer is detected incidentally, both because it may be asymptomatic and...
Small wounds, micro-lesions, aphthous and sometimes also lipomas can appear in the oral mucosa. What are the latter and how are they treated?
Pancreatic cancer is an extremely dangerous disease - it tends to metastasise quickly, is late in producing any symptoms, and in addition to this, the prognosis of patients who develop this cancer is...
Movember is an annual campaign throughout November where men grow moustaches. The action aims to raise public awareness of prostate cancer and other cancers that affect men, and to lift the taboo...
Almost half of patients with operable breast cancer treated surgically die because distant metastases are already present at the time of surgery. This means that the disease was already generalised...
Breast cancer is the most common malignant tumour in women. It is estimated to account for 18% of all malignant tumours and one million new cases are diagnosed each year worldwide. Regular screening...
Breast cancer is the most common cancer diagnosed in women. It is the second most common cause of cancer deaths in Poland, yet its aetiology is not known to medicine. In view of the risk it poses, it...
The basic component of nervous tissue is nerve cells (so-called neurons) together with glial cells. The function of the latter is irreplaceable (from protective to nutritional or participation in the...
Tumours occurring within the pituitary gland are usually benign. The largest group of pituitary tumours includes adenomas, which are detectable on magnetic resonance (MR) imaging. Symptoms are mainly...
Tumours of the male genital tract, i.e. most commonly - cancer of the prostate, testicles and penis, can run a painless course, and the body only begins to send alarming signals at a higher stage and...