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Cervical cancer can be prevented

Preventive screening for cancer of the female genital tract is effective, as long as the annual gynecological examination is performed regularly from a young age. Specifically, cervical cancer can be ...

Exercise: one of the most effective drugs against breast cancer

By Louise Vini, Oncologist – Radiation Therapist, Director of the Department of Radiation Oncology, Athens Medical Center. It is known that the benefits of exercise for our health are multiple. ...

Prostate cancer: Have we taken a step further?

Prostate cancer is the most common and most curable cancer in the male population, if diagnosed in the early stages. However, even at a more advanced stage, survival is long. Precisely because of the ...

Breast cancer – prevention

Breast cancer comprises a group of malignancies of the epithelium of the ducts and lobules of the mammary gland, with different molecular characteristics and clinical behaviour. It is the most common ...

Pancreatic cancer: myths and reality

Pancreatic cancer is a very aggressive form of cancer with quite low survival rates, constituting the 4th most common cause of cancer death worldwide. Many prejudices of the past have been established...

The importance of prevention and early treatment of colon cancer

Colorectal cancer is the 3rd most common cancer in both men and women. And although our studies show that mortality has been falling in the last 20 years due to improved treatment regimens, colorectal...

Robotic Surgery and the application of innovative techniques in the treatment of gynecological diseases and gynecological cancer

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Robotic Surgery and the application of innovative techniques in the treatment of gynecological diseases and gynecological cancer

At Diabalkan Medical Center of Thessaloniki we treat the full range of health problems that plague women’s lives. In modern times, symptoms of uterine fibroids, endometriosis, pelvic organ prola...

Mediastinal Tumors: Thymoma and Thymectomy

The thymus gland is located in the anterior mediastinum, between the two lungs, in front of the heart and behind the sternum. It is an organ of the immune system whose function reaches full maturity d...