Dear friends!
We invite you to the Patient School to be held online on November 24, 2021 at 15:00 on the basis of the Federal State Budgetary Institution named after N.N. Petrov.
Our webinar will be dedicated to the new approaches in the drug treatment of HER2-positive breast cancer.
We regret to inform that Dmitry Borisov, our friend, colleague, leader and ideological inspirer of the patient advocacy organizations Equal Right to Life, Movement against Cancer and the Center for Personalized Medicine, passed away at the age of 49.
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to evolve, more data is accumulating about the similarities and differences between COVIS-19 and influenza. Both cause respiratory illness, but there are important differences between the two viruses and how they spread.
Dear friends!
We will discuss modern methods of diagnostics and treatment of melanoma - how to behave, what to ask a doctor before starting drug therapy, options of modern methods of treatement and possible side effects that you may encounter.
On October 20, 2020, the media published data presented by Dr. Peter Harper, an oncologist at King Edward Hospital in London, at the VI Congress of the Russian Society of Head and Neck Tumors.
In the UK, trials of a test to detect cancer before the first symptoms begin as the BBC reports on September 13.
At the last All-Russian Congress of Patients, which ended in Moscow on December 1, two Internet services which are designed to improve the quality and accessibility of medical care were presented to the public.
On October 17 and 18, 2019, Krasnoyarsk hosted the International Health Conference as part of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum.
The All-Russia People’s Front (ONF) sharply criticized the health care system in Russia. ONF activists expressed their displeasure on the forum "For quality and affordable medicine" which started today in Moscow.
Screening of all women for genetic mutations, which increase the risk of developing breast cancer and ovarian cancer, is too expensive to be justified. These are the results of a new study conducted by the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and published in the JAMA Oncology, the Mednovosti portal reports.
The initiative was supported by only 118 deputies, while 330 voted against it.
The cloud of dust and ash that covered Manhattan after the September 11 attacks contained carcinogens. Many rescuers and survivors have already developed cancer, in the coming years the number of cancer cases may increase several times.
In Russia, for the first time in five years, the list of vital and essential drugs compensated for patients by the state, will be expanded. Will the innovative drugs, which save lives of patients in the developed world, be included in it or not? The Ogonek magazine reports.
The President signed several orders on health care, Rossiyskaya Gazeta reports.
American scientists from the University of Michigan developed small sponge-like implants that can mop up cancer cells as they move through the body. Circulating cells detach from the primary tumor and can be collected in other places of the body, forming metastases. Therefore, cancer that initially appeared in one organ can spread to another one even after successful treatment, the Mednovosti portal reports.
In hospitals, physicians are now allowed to specify not only INN when prescribing drugs, but also the brand (trade name). This is stated in the order of the Ministry of Health which was registered in the Ministry of Justice in August (Izvestia possesses the copy of the document).
The order of the Russian Ministry of Health has entred into force, which establishes the standards of time during which the physician should see the patient, TASS conveys a statement of the ministry press service.
President discussed the most pressing issues in health care with participants of the forum "For quality and affordable medicine" that gathered together more than 600 people from all regions. "Rossiyskaya Gazeta" covers the event.
Traditional practitioners will have to prove the right to treat people. In the State Duma a draft law was developed which will be set rules for alternative medicine. Next week it will be submitted to parliament, "Rossiyskaya gazeta" reports.
Cancer cells are continuously appearing in the body, but the natural anti-tumor defense gets rid of them. Cancer occurs when the immune system does not recognize the appearance of a cancer cell and it starts divide uncontrollably, developing into a tumor. Findings of the new study by specialists of Mayo Clinic published in the Nature Cell Biology suggest that this code can be reprogrammed to make cancer cells normal again, Mednovosti.ru reports.