The paper analyzes the incidence of cervical cancer, evaluates various methods of its treatment, provides a historical overview of the problem and describes own experience of using high dose-rate brachytherapy in various combinations for 74 patients with cervical cancer...

<jats:p><jats:underline>Despite the undeniable successes of modern medicine, the problems of oncology and, in particular, oncogynecology are still unresolved. Thus, a 5-year overall survival rate for stage I ovarian cancer is 89 %, for stage IV – 17 %. Given that compla...

This literature review is devoted to luminal B breast cancer (BC). This phenotype accounts for 14–18 % of all BC cases and shows a significantly worse prognosis and higher risk of progression comparing to luminal A subtype. The article describes immunological and molecu...

Objective : to analyze organizational aspects in the work of ultrasound diagnostic services of Kursk city and Kursk region in terms of cancer patients’ primary examination, specialized treatment, follow-up and seeking medical care in private clinics by these patients. M...

<jats:p><jats:underline>Vacuum-assisted aspiration biopsy (VAB) has been in use for over 20 years. It is an accurate and safe procedure with a sensitivity of 97 %, specificity of 100 %, and accuracy of 99 %. VAB is used for the evaluation of nonpalpable tumors suspiciou...

Fibrocystic breast disease is diagnosed in 20 % of women. Morphological verification of breast lumps is an important part of monitoring of these patients. Study objective. To study the role of vacuum-assisted core biopsy (VAB) in differential diagnosis of fibrocystic br...

<jats:p>This article discusses the controversial issues of cytological screening for cervical cancer, including the use of liquid-based cytology and automated screening systems, high-risk human papillomavirus testing, and organizational issues of screening and staff tra...

In 11.5 % of breast cancer patients distant metastases are detected at diagnosis. The results of treatment of 608 patients of 5 Russian oncological centers are presented. Removal of the primary tumor in case of newly diagnosed advanced breast cancer increases the mean d...

<jats:p>The article considers the modern methods of diagnosis and treatment of primary operable breast cancer depending on molecular biological profile of the tumor.</jats:p>