Paraneoplastic neurological syndromes (PSN)
The term paraneoplastic neurological syndromes, refers to a rare group of nervous system disorders that are only indirectly associated with the onset of cancer.
Nasal sinus cancer - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
As with most cancers of the head and neck there is localised growth. Chronic inflammation of the sinuses and sinus polyps are two, predisposing risk factors for cancer.
Cancer of the lower lip - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Head and neck cancers are a group of diseases that spread mainly locally. Regional growth reduces the risk of metastasis to distant organs, and recurrence usually occurs within the primary focus....
Medullary thyroid carcinoma - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Histologically, thyroid cancer can be divided into differentiated and undifferentiated carcinomas. The latter group includes medullary carcinoma and anaplastic carcinoma. The former is abbreviated...
Papillary thyroid carcinoma - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
The histological classification of thyroid cancer distinguishes between papillary carcinoma, follicular carcinoma, low-differentiated carcinoma, medullary carcinoma, anaplastic carcinoma and other...
Follicular thyroid cancer - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Thyroid cancer is relatively rare (only 1% of all human malignancies). At one time there was a lot of talk about iodine deficiency in Poland. Follicular thyroid cancer is precisely related to this...
Paget's cancer - breast cancer - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Paget's cancer is a particular type of breast cancer (i.e. one of the most common malignancies in women). It is said that the earliest symptom of breast cancer is a lump, and in this type of cancer...
Marker Ca 19-9 - a marker for gastrointestinal cancer
Ca19-9 is one of the tumour markers (see definition above) that has applications in daily clinical practice. Of course, it is not a perfect test, but it plays a supportive role. The assessment of CA...
Marker CEA - colorectal cancer marker
Colorectal cancer is the second most common cancer in women after breast cancer and the third most common in men according to the National Cancer Registry. In 2010, more than 15,000 people developed...
Skin cancer - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Skin cancers usually affect older people. There are also a number of diseases that predispose to their earlier occurrence. The most common skin cancer is basal cell carcinoma - BCC, less common is...
Colorectal cancer - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, risk factors
Colorectal cancer is the second most common malignant tumour among Poles. The incidence is steadily increasing, while the age of onset is decreasing. This has to do with increasingly prevalent risk...
Pancreatic cancer - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, prevention
Pancreatic cancer is a cancer with a high mortality rate and poor prognosis and its incidence is increasing. Men are more commonly affected than women. Most cases are seen between 60 and 80 years of...
Bladder cancer - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Bladder cancer ranks 4th in the incidence of malignant tumours in men. It occurs in this sex 4x more often than in women. Incidence increases with age, and most patients are >50 years old. The...
Laryngeal cancer - cancer of smokers - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Laryngeal cancer is the most common cancer of the head and neck area. Men are affected about 7 times more often than women, but recently there has been an increasing incidence in women. The peak...
Chronic myeloid leukaemia - CML - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Chronic myeloid leukaemia CML is a cancer originating from the white blood cell system characterised by clonal proliferation of abnormal marrow cells. People aged 30-40 years are most commonly...
Squamous cell carcinoma - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is a skin cancer with a much higher malignancy than basal cell carcinoma, characterised by infiltrative growth and a tendency to metastasise mainly to lymph nodes. It...
Basal cell carcinoma - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Basal cell carcinoma ( basal cell carcinoma, BCC) is the most common skin cancer with low local malignancy and slow growth. It generally does not metastasise. It develops from precancerous conditions...
Soft tissue tumours
Soft tissues are tissues of mesenchymal origin, i.e. fibrous connective tissue, adipose tissue, vascular tissue, synovium, smooth muscle tissue, striated muscle tissue, and cells of neuroectodermal...
Tumours of the central nervous system
Today, oncological diseases are the biggest problem in modern medicine.
Cancer prevention
Prevention activities have a more significant impact on health and life expectancy than the treatment of disease itself.
