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"Why leukemia? Why my family? What should I do now?" When patients first hear a terrible diagnosis from a doctor, the disease seems like a verdict. After all, they thought that the child had contracted acute respiratory infections, had a fever, and was tired. Then the blood counts went up, and the pediatricians confidently diagnosed anemia. Or an adult treated for arthritis. Leukemia is a master of disguise.

Chemotherapy is one of the main stages of cancer treatment. Its purpose is to destroy malignant tumors with the help of special cytostatic preparations. Once in the blood, they block cancer cells.

Medical tourism is a destination that is becoming increasingly popular among CIS citizens. More and more people today want to go abroad to receive qualified medical care, diagnosis or clarification of the diagnosis. Often, a trip abroad is the only chance for patients who are considered "hopeless" by Russian doctors.

Joint diseases are one of the most common pathologies. Statistics show that more than 30% of people worldwide have some kind of violation. But, if they used to occur mainly in older people, today the disease has rapidly "rejuvenated".

Therefore, scientists from different countries are constantly working on new methods of treatment and prevention of this group of diseases. Domestic specialists are also doing a lot of work. Nevertheless, most of our fellow citizens strive to get into foreign clinics that are characterized by an integrated approach to treatment and its high quality.

Despite the existence of the communist regime, Chinese medicine was inaccessible to the entire population for a long time. But the healthcare reforms initiated in the early 2000s have significantly improved the situation. And today, any resident of the country can use medical services.

Thanks to the positive changes, China has also been able to gain the trust of foreign patients and has now taken one of the leading positions in global medical tourism.

Peptic ulcer is a chronic pathological process of damage to the stomach or duodenum with the formation of ulcerative defects on the mucous membrane of these organs. According to some data, the risk of developing pathology exists in 11-14% of men and in 8-11% of women.

Most often, the development of the disease is provoked by the bacterium Helicobacter pylori.

Lung cancer occupies a leading position among all oncological diseases in terms of mortality. Oncologists call difficulties in making a diagnosis in the early stages one of the reasons for the frequent death of patients – the pathological process developing in the lungs does not have specific symptoms by which it can be differentiated from other respiratory diseases.

At the initial stage of its development, the tumor is small in size and cannot always be detected even by instrumental methods. However, there are still signs that are highly likely to cause lung cancer.

The diagnosis of cancer hides a whole group of pathologies that share a common feature: the abnormal structure of cells and their uncontrolled reproduction. According to the prevalence in Russia, malignant formations occupy the 3rd place among socially significant diseases. Over the past decade, the incidence rate in the country has increased by 20.4% per 100,000 population. Therefore, the fight against cancer is one of the top priorities of medicine today.