MELANOMA

Melanoma is a form of cancer that arises from melanocytes. Melanocytes are the cells that produce the pigment melanin. It can appear as a mole (melanoma of the skin), but it can also appear in other pigmented tissues (tissues that contain pigment), such as the eye or the intestine. It is considered the most aggressive […]

SPLEEN NEOPLASMS

The spleen is a small organ located up and left in the abdomen below the liver and right next to the pancreas. It is part of the lymphatic system and its functions are to filter the damaged blood cells, to produce white blood cells (lymphocytes) in order to prevent infections, but also to help hemopexis […]

PARATHYROID TUMORS

The parathyroid glands are four small glands located behind and in contact with the thyroid gland. Their main function is to regulate the homeostasis of calcium in the human body through the secretion of parathormone. An increase in the amount of parathormone can be caused by hyperplasia, adenoma or cancer of the parathyroid glands, resulting […]

LYMPHOMA

Lymphoma is a form of cancer that affects the immune system. In particular, it is a cancer of the cells of the immune system, called lymphocytes. It occurs when a growing lymphocyte develops a mutation that causes it to either multiply faster than normal or live longer than it should, without responding to regular normal […]

PIPAC

PIPAC (Pressurized Intraperitoneal Aerosol Chemotherapy) is an aerosol laparoscopic chemotherapy applied to the venter. It is performed with two small incisions in the abdominal wall. A special trocar and the laparoscopy camera enter from one incision and a special trocar enters from the other incision. From this second trocar, biopsies are first taken from the […]

BREAST CANCER

Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer in women. According to statistics, the situation in Greece seems to be better compared to the countries of the northern hemisphere. The new cases that are recorded every year in our country are estimated at approximately 4500. The reasoning of the disease is multifactorial. The most […]

GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMORS, GISTS

GIST gastrointestinal stromal tumors represent 0.2% of all neoplasms and 80% of sarcomas of the gastrointestinal system. It was originally thought to be derived from Cajal’s intermediate cells, which are located in the Auerbach nerve plexus and are called the pacemaker of the gastrointestinal system. But new data show that they come from pluripotent stem […]

HYPERHERMIC ENDOPERITONEAL CHEMOTHERAPY (HIPEC)

The peritoneum is a serous membrane composed of thin layers of loose connective tissue and is covered by a line of mesothelial cells, originates from the mesoderm and begins to form during the 4th week of fetal life. It rubs the space between the organs of the venter (visceral peritoneum) and the abdominal wall (parietal […]

LIVER CANCER

Liver cancer is a tumor that first appears in the liver tissue. There are different types, depending on the type of cancer cells. Hepatocellular carcinoma (90%) is the most common type and starts from hepatocytes, liver cells. A rare type is fibrolumellar carcinoma. It is usually well-defined in relation to hepatocellular carcinoma, which develops more […]

STOMACH CANCER

The term stomach cancer describes the pathological condition in which stomach cells become malignant and grow uncontrollably forming a tumor. Different types of cancer can emerge in the stomach. The most common of these is adenocarcinoma, which begins in cells of the gastric mucosa (95%), followed by lymphoma and leiomyosarcoma. Other types of gastric cancer […]