Care of the patient with chronic wounds
The care of a patient with chronic wounds is special. Prevention of pressure sores is very important. However, what to do when a patient suffers from pressure sores?
Alleviating distress in seriously ill people
People who are seriously ill, often incurably so, face many unpleasant discomforts, such as pain, shortness of breath, nausea and vomiting, anorexia, diarrhoea and constipation. How to cope with...
Chemical factors influencing the development of cancer
Cancer is a disease caused by uncontrolled cell division that does not form into typical tissue cells and induces gene mutations.
What is carcinogenic in food?
Carcinogenic compounds in plant and animal products may occur naturally or be the result of technological processing.
Cancer at a young age - why do we get sick?
The cause of cancer, like many other diseases of civilisation, is free radicals.
Genetics in oncology
Among the incidence of cancer, we can distinguish a group where cancer is a hereditary condition. A number of tests must be carried out in order to determine whether a person is a carrier and, once...
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...
Cancer inheritance - risk group
Cancer is currently one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality.
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...
Gastric cancer - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Gastric cancer is one of the cancers with a poor prognosis. This cancer is more common in men than in women, and is more common in people with blood group A. In recent years, the incidence of this...
Cutaneous melanoma - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Melanoma is a malignant neoplasm made of pigment cells whose most common location is the skin, less commonly the mucous membrane, the eyeball and others. In women, melanoma is most commonly located...
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...
