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CANCER / ONCOLOGY

Lung cancer screening

The prevention of lung cancer through screening follows the established standards of prevention of other malignancies, such as breast cancer and colon cancer. The logic of screening is based on early ...

Pituitary tumors, diagnosis and treatment

What are pituitary tumors and what symptoms do they cause? They are almost always benign masses that develop in the pituitary gland. The pituitary gland is a gland located at the base of the brain and...

Vyniou Nora – Athena

Myelodysplastic Syndromes

At the Paleo Faliro Hospital we have the ability to diagnose and treat a wide range of hematological diseases. A heterogeneous group of hematological disorders of bone marrow function are called myelo...

Lung cancer screening

Konstantinidis Konstantinos

Colorectal Cancer: What we need to know

Colorectal cancer is the 3rd most common malignancy in the U.S. population. (excluding skin malignancies). The rate of diagnosis of new cases has decreased since the 1980s thanks to preventive colonos...

PLOUMIDIS ACHILLEAS

Current developments in prostate cancer

What is Robotic Surgery? In which cases of prostate cancer is it indicated and what advantages and disadvantages does it present, compared to the classic surgical approach? Prostate cancer is the seco...

Heredity and breast cancer

Breast Cancer represents 30% of all malignant neoplasms in the female population. At least 10% occur in women who have mutations in genes of high (BRCA1&2) or moderate (PALB2, CHEK2, ATM) penetran...

Department of Radiation Oncology at the Athens Medical Center

At the Department of Radiation Oncology at the Athens Medical Center, for the last 20 years, we have set as our goal the provision of high quality personalized care to oncology patients. Our Departmen...