Physical activity and the risk of liver cancer
The statistics on liver cancer are extremely worrying, with the American Cancer Society reporting that the incidence of the disease has tripled since 1980. In view of this situation, various...
Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia - symptoms and treatment
Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) is a malignancy originating from precursor lymphocytes of the B and T lineage. This type of leukaemia is the most common type of cancer in children (25%). The peak...
First signs of cancer in children - parents' views
Early symptoms of childhood cancer are extremely difficult to "spot" mainly because most of them are non-specific and do not give any indication that something is wrong with the child's body. Mostly...
Retinoblastoma: a malignant tumour of childhood
Retinoblastoma is the most common intraocular neoplasm in children. It is found in one in every 15,000 to 20,000 newborns. It is a malignant tumour originating from primitive cells of the retina,...
Tumours of the central nervous system in children
Tumours of the central nervous system are the most common solid tumours occurring in children. Approximately 250 new cases are diagnosed in Poland each year. The peak incidence is between 3 and 10...
Flavonoids and cancer risk
The beneficial health effects of flavonoid compounds - if only that they reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease - have been mentioned for a long time. These substances are of interest to many...
Cancer in public perception, part 2
The social perception of cancer largely determines quality of life during illness. Attitudes towards people with this type of illness depend mainly on the knowledge we have and our attitudes towards...
Cancer in public perception, part 1
The social perception of cancer largely determines quality of life during illness. Attitudes towards people with this type of illness depend mainly on the knowledge we have and our attitudes towards...
Melanoma - an unwanted holiday souvenir?
Melanoma is a malignant skin tumour that develops from pigment cells. In addition to the skin, it can localize in the eyeball, mucous membranes (lips, palate, anus or labia) and nails. In Poland,...
Aggressive pancreatic cancer and proteins that may promote its ability to metastasise
Pancreatic cancer is recognised as one of the most serious malignancies - statistically, the 5-year survival rate for this condition is as low as 5 per cent. This is due, for example, to the fact...
Thyroid cancer - characteristics of symptoms and treatments
Thyroid cancer is a malignant neoplasm that can originate from the follicular cells of the thyroid gland - papillary and follicular - or the C-cells (perifollicular) that produce calcitonin -...
Can a flu virus help fight bladder cancer?
Research at the University of Surrey suggests that the right modification of the flu virus could help fight bladder cancer. Although it sounds abstract, scientists say this is a huge opportunity to...
Bowel cancer - try to prevent it
Colorectal cancer arises from an uncontrolled proliferation of cells in the colon, sigmoid flexure, rectum or sigmoid colon. Depending on the location of the lesion, symptoms can vary considerably....
Laryngeal cancer - the cost of smoking
Incidence of laryngeal cancer in Poland accounts for about 2% of all malignant tumour cases. Approximately 1,600 Polish men and women die each year from laryngeal cancer. The most common type of...
Smoking and the risk of leukaemia in future generations - surprising findings by scientists
No one needs to be convinced of the harmfulness of smoking - the content of substances in tobacco smoke with proven harmful effects on the body is alarming. It turns out that scientists have...
Men at higher risk of liver cancer
Liver cancer is the sixth most common type of cancer and the fourth leading cause of death associated with the disease. A recent discovery by Spanish researchers shows that thanks to a hormone...
Walnuts and the slowing down of breast cancer development
Does the consumption of walnuts promote cancer prevention? According to research conducted at Marshall University - yes. Researchers working on this issue have found that gene expression is altered...
Oropharyngeal cancer: what complaints can lead to its suspicion?
Cancer of the throat is not a common cancer, but it is nevertheless worth talking about. This is because, if diagnosed at an early stage, oropharyngeal cancer has a good prognosis; on the other hand,...
National Cancer Strategy bill signed! What does this mean?
On Tuesday, 8 January, President Andrzej Duda signed the bill on the National Oncology Strategy. He also expressed the hope that the bill would meet with the approval of MPs and senators.
Insulinoma: a tumour leading to too low a blood glucose level
Too low a blood glucose level is most often the result of an overdose of insulin, but another cause is also possible. This is an insulinoma (also known as an islet cell or insulinoma), which...
The most dangerous cancer of the respiratory system: small cell lung cancer
Small-cell lung cancer is the type of respiratory cancer whose diagnosis causes the most concern. There is a reason for this - the condition is usually only diagnosed when the cancer has already...
