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...

We performed retrospective analysis of cytological and histological smears from 52 women examined and treated in N.N. Petrov National Medical Research Center of Oncology, Ministry of Health of Russia. We have developed a simplified method of densitomorphometry using cyt...

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...

The article covers different aspects of clinical manifestations, diagnosis, and treatment of vulvar, vaginal, and cervical sarcomas.

<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>