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For brain tumor patients, innovative treatments offer new hope. The Ommaya reservoir, a device designed for the delivery of therapy into the tumor cavity, has become an important tool in the management of brain tumors. First described by neurosurgeon Ayub Ommaya in 1963, it has evolved from an experimental device into a recognized standard of…

Immunotherapy is recognized as an innovative cancer treatment method, offering hope to patients worldwide. Two of the most promising developments in this field are ATACK (Allogeneic Targeted Activated Cancer Killers) and CAR-T cell therapy (Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-cells). Both methods harness the patient’s immune system to combat cancer but operate differently. How ATACK and CAR-T…

When cancer patients undergo treatment, they eagerly await the results of their tests, hoping to see the word ‘remission’ in the report. If complete remission is mentioned, doctors mean cancer that cannot be detected using modern visual diagnostic methods such as CT scans, MRI, or PET-CT. However, a tumor of 1 millimeter in size may…

It is crucial for cancer patients to know whether their treatment has been successful . However, doctors hesitate to use the term ‘cure’ and often refer to a successful treatment as leading to ‘remission.’ In modern medical terminology, ‘complete remission’ means the tumor has disappeared, and ‘cure’ indicates that cancer has been in complete remission…

Dendritic cells play a crucial role in the functioning of the immune system, generating significant interest in their use as vaccines for cancer treatment. In the body, dendritic cells help the immune system identify cancer cells and direct T-lymphocytes to them, which typically kill cancer cells and prevent the development of oncological diseases. This process…