Lung Cancer Symptoms, Causes, and Treatments

Lung Cancer - This dossier offers specific and detailed information about lung cancer and its treatments, as well as some recommendations to relieve the side effects and the disease process in general.

Definition Of Lung Cancer

Lung cancer is a malignant tumor that originates in the stem cells are lung tissue and can disseminate through blood vessels or lymph nodes.

Causes Of Lung Cancer

We know the precise causes of lung cancer, but the research shows that some people with certain risk factors are more likely than others to develop lung cancer. In any case, tobacco is the most important trigger, so that 90-95% of cases occur in smokers.

Symptoms Lung Cancer

Lung cancer in early stages does not produce symptoms. When it increases, some of the most significant symptoms are chest pain, coughing up blood, frequent lung infections, among others. Before its appearance you should consult your doctor.

Diagnosis Lung Cancer

In general, they often used different tests to diagnose cancer and to determine the degree of spread to other organs. Not all tests are carried out to all the people.

Treatments For Lung Cancer

Treatment options depend on the type of lung cancer, his Stadium and the specific health situation of each person. The treatment includes various therapies (such as surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, biological therapy) that can be applied one by one or in combination with each other.

Side Effects Of Lung Cancer

Lung cancer and its treatment can cause various side effects. Its appearance depends on many factors, such as the type of surgery, the dose, duration and type of chemotherapy or radiotherapy, as well as of the individual characteristics of each person.

Many of these disorders are temporary and can be controlled with ease and there are others who have to try to be more specific. Throughout the period of treatment is routine inspections to prevent them and treat them. In the event that it appears any alteration, please contact your team always care.

Recommendations To Prevent Side Effects

In order to prevent or alleviate the side effects you can follow some general recommendations, which you will find after the explanation of each type of treatment.

However, before the onset of side effects it is necessary to consult with the health care team.

The daily life

This is a process that every person arises with according to your priorities and experiences. It is a moment to think about how to continue developing the everyday life, establishing the appropriate balance, not to feel overload and that the disease is the center of life.

What Is Multiple Myeloma Cancer

What Is Multiple Myeloma Cancer - Myeloma, also known as multiple myeloma, is a type of cancer of the bone marrow that is caused by a malignant degeneration of the plasma cells. Normal plasma cells are the part of the immune, system responsible for dealing with infections and diseases of external origin. Plasma cells are commonly found in the bone marrow, mixed with other cells of the immune system and the production of blood cells.

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The immune system is composed of several types of cells; We're going to focus on the main, lymphatic cell or cell. There are two main types of lymphocytes: T lymphocytes and b lymphocytes. When there is an infection, B lymphocytes respond, become plasma cells or plasma cells and produce antibodies (also called immunoglobulins) that help the body fight infections. T lymphocytes respond with several transformations that allow them to directly attack infectious agents or other cell types help defend the body.

In myeloma, the abnormal plasma cells produce only one type of antibody (or immunoglobulin) called paraproteins and also prevent the formation of antibodies by the other normal plasma cells, which are destroyed. Thus, the patient is more prone to infections. The extent of these evidence provides information for diagnosis and control of myeloma.

In multiple myeloma, plasma cells DNA is damaged by several mutations and this causes these cells to become cancerous. To grow out of control, these cells can produce a large tumor, usually in the bone, called plasmacytoma, which will be isolated (or solo) if there is only one. However, unlike most cancers, myeloma in most cases does not appear in the form of tumor, but that myeloma cells are divided and extend within the bone marrow, as a liquid, does so without producing solid masses.

Myeloma affects multiple sites of the body (hence the name of multiple myeloma), where bone marrow is usually active in adults: within the spine, skull, pelvis, ribs, and bones that are part of the shoulders and hips.

Areas not usually affected are the distal, or farthest extremities: hands, feet, and the lower regions of the arms and legs. This is very important since these areas function is usually preserved completely.

When there is a high presence of the same antibody, or paraprotein, one speaks of monoclonal gammopathy. Some people develop a myeloma after having been diagnosed with a monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (GMSI or MGUS, for its acronym in English - monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance), but it is not always the case. The high concentration of the same monoclonal antibody takes place also in other diseases, such as light chain Amyloidosis and Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia.

There are 4 new cases of myeloma per 100,000 inhabitants per year.
It represents approximately 1% of all neoplasms (cancers), and 10% of all hematologic neoplasms (cancers of the blood).
It is one of the five hematological malignancies more frequent, along with Hodgkin's lymphoma, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, the large cell B lymphoma and follicular lymphoma.
In Spain there are about 12,000 diagnosed cases of multiple myeloma, and 2,000 new cases each year are estimated.

What Is Cancer

What Is Cancer - Cancer is the name given to a set of related diseases. In all types of cancer, some of the body's cells begin to divide without stopping and spread to the surrounding tissues.

What Is Cancer

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The cancer can start almost anywhere in the body, which is made up of trillions of cells. Normally, human cells grow and divide to form new cells as the body needs them. When age or normal cells are damaged, they die, and new cells to replace them.

However, this orderly process goes awry in cancer. As cells become more and more abnormal, old or damaged cells survive when they should die, and new cells form when they are not needed. These extra cells can divide without interruption and may form masses called tumors.

Many cancers are solid tumors, which are masses of tissue. Blood cancers, such as leukemias, do not form solid tumors in general.

Cancerous tumors are malignant, which means that they can spread to nearby tissues or they can invade them. In addition, these tumors grow, some cancer cells can break off and move to distant locations in the body via the circulatory system or lymphatic system and form new tumors away from the original tumor.

Unlike malignant tumors, benign tumors do not extend to nearby tissues and do not invade them. However, sometimes benign tumors can be quite large. To be removed, usually they do not grow, while malignant tumors do sometimes grow back. Unlike the majority of benign tumors in other parts of the body, benign brain tumors can endanger life.

Differences between cancer cells and normal cells

Cancer cells differ from normal cells in ways that allow them to grow out of control and become invasive. An important difference is that cancer cells are less specialized than normal cells. This means that, while normal cells mature in different cell types with specific functions, cancer cells do not. This is one reason why, unlike normal cells, cancer cells continue dividing without stopping.

In addition, cancer cells can ignore the signals that normally tell cells to stop dividing or to begin a process that is known as programmed cell death, or apoptosis, which uses the body to get rid of the cells that are not necessary.

Cancer cells may be able to influence the normal cells, molecules and in the blood vessels that surround and feed the cells of a tumor - an area that is known as the microenvironment. For example, cancer cells can induce normal cells close to forming blood vessels that supply oxygen and nutrients, necessary for tumors to grow. These vessels also withdrawn products disposed of tumors.

Cancer cells are often also able to evade the immune system, a network of organs, tissues and specialized cells that protects the body against infections and other diseases. Although ordinarily the immune system eliminates body damaged or abnormal cells, some cancer cells are able to "hide" from the immune system.

Tumors may also use the immune system to stay alive and grow. For example, with the help of some cells of the immune system that normally prevents an uncontrolled immune response, cancer cells can in fact make that the immune system does not destroy the cancer cells.

What Causes Cancer

Cancer is a genetic disease caused by changes in the genes that control the way how our cells, especially the way as grow and divide.

The genetic changes that cause cancer can be inherited from parents. They can also happen in the life of a person as a result of errors that occur when dividing cells or by the DNA damage caused by some exhibitions of the environment. Environmental exposures that cause cancer are substances, such as chemicals in tobacco smoke and radiation, such as ultraviolet rays of the Sun. (Our causes and risk factors of cancer page has more information).

Cancer each person has a unique combination of genetic changes. As the cancer continues to grow, additional changes occur. Even within each tumor, different cells have different genetic changes.

In general, cancer cells have more genetic changes, mutations in DNA as normal cells. Some of these changes may not be related to cancer; they can be the result of cancer and not its cause.
"Cause" cancer

The genetic changes that contribute to cancer tend to affect three main types of genes - proto-oncogenes, tumor suppressor genes and DNA repair genes. These changes "cause" cancer is sometimes called.

Proto-oncogenes are dedicated to the growth and normal cell division. However, when these genes are altered in certain ways or are more active than normal, they can become genes that cause cancer (u oncogenes), allowing the cells to grow and survive when they shouldn't.

The tumor suppressor genes are also dedicated to control growth and cell division. Cells with some alterations in the tumor suppressor genes can be divided in a way out of control.

DNA repair genes are dedicated to fix damaged DNA. Cells with mutations in these genes tend to form additional mutations in other genes. Together, these mutations can cause cells to become cancerous.

As scientists have learned more about the molecular changes that result in cancer, certain mutations have been found together in many types of cancer. Because of this, cancers are sometimes characterized as the types of genetic alterations that it believes are causing, not only by the site in the body where are formed and the way how the cancer cells look under a microscope.
When the cancer spreads

Cancer that has spread from where it started first to other parts of the body is called metastatic cancer. The process by which cancer cells spread to other parts of the body is called metastasis.

Metastatic cancer has the same name and the same type of cancer cells than the original or primary cancer. For example, cancer of the breast, or mama, which spreads to the lungs and forms a metastatic tumor is called metastatic breast cancer and non-cancer of the lung.

Looking at them under a microscope, metastatic cancer cells generally have the same appearance as the original cancer cells. In addition, metastatic cancer cells and the original cancer cells have usually some molecular characteristics in common, as the presence of specific changes in chromosome.

Treatment can help prolong the lives of some people with metastatic cancer. Although, in general, the main objective of the treatments for metastatic cancer is controlling the growth of the cancer or relieving the symptoms it causes. Metastatic tumors can cause serious damage to the functioning of the body, and the majority of people who die from cancer die from metastatic disease.

Non-cancerous changes in the tissues

Not all changes in the tissues of the body is cancerous. However, some changes can become cancerous if they are not treated. These are some examples of changes in tissues that are not cancerous, but in some cases, need to be monitored.

Hyperplasia occurs when tissue cells divide faster than normal and the additional cells accumulate or proliferate. However, the cells and the form is organized tissue are normal under a microscope. Hyperplasia can be caused by several factors or situations, even by chronic irritation.

Dysplasia is more severe than hyperplasia. Dysplasia there is also an accumulation of additional cells. But the cells are abnormal and there are changes in the way as the tissue is organized. In general, as more abnormal cells and tissue, are the bigger the possibility of the formation of cancer.

Some types of dysplasia may need to they monitor or to be treated. An example of dysplasia is an abnormal mole (called Dysplastic Nevus) which is formed in the skin. A Dysplastic Nevus can become melanoma, although most do not.

A more serious state is an in situ carcinoma. Although sometimes called cancer, carcinoma in situ is not cancer because abnormal cells do not extend beyond the original tissue. I.e., they do not invade the surrounding tissue as cancer cells do. But, since some carcinoma in situ become cancer, usually they are treated.

Types of cancer

There are more than 100 types of cancer. Cancers are, in general, of the organs or tissues where cancers are formed. For example, lung cancer begins in the cells of the lung and brain cancer begins in the cells of the brain. Cancers can also be described according to the type of cell that forms, such as epithelial cell or squamous cell.

Searchable on the web site of the National Cancer Institute information on specific types of cancer based on the location in the body or when using our list of cancers from A to Z. We also have information grouped on childhood cancers, cancers in adolescents and young adults, and cancers in women.

These are some categories of cancers that start in specific types of cells

Carcinoma

Carcinomas are the most common types of cancer. Formed in epithelial cells, which are cells that cover the internal and external surfaces of the body. There are many types of epithelial cells, which frequently have a way as column when seen under a microscope.

Carcinomas that start at different types of epithelial cells have specific names:

Adenocarcinoma is a cancer that forms in the epithelial cells that produce mucus or fluid. Tissues with this type of epithelial cells called glandular tissues sometimes. The majority of breast, colon and prostate cancers are adenocarcinomas.

Basal cell carcinoma is a cancer that begins in the lower or basal (at the base) layer of the epidermis, which is the outer layer of the skin of a person.

Squamous cell carcinoma is a cancer that forms in squamous cells, which are epithelial cells which are below the outer surface of the skin. Squamous cells are also many other organs, such as the stomach, intestines, lungs, bladder and kidneys. Squamous cells are flat, like fish scales, when seen under a microscope.

Transitional cell carcinoma is a cancer that forms in a type of epithelial tissue called epithelium of transition or Urothelium. This tissue, which consists of many layers of epithelial cells that can become big or small, is located in the lining of the bladder, ureters and part of the kidney (renal pelvis), and some other bodies. Some bladder, ureters and kidney cancers are transitional cell carcinomas.

Sarcoma

Sarcomas are cancers that are formed in the bone and soft tissues, indeed adipose (fatty) tissue, muscles, blood vessels, lymph vessels and fibrous tissue (such as tendons and ligaments).

Osteosarcoma is the most common bone cancer. The most common soft tissue sarcoma types are Leiomyosarcoma, Kaposi's sarcoma, malignant fibrous histiocytoma, liposarcoma and the dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans.

Leukemia

Cancers that begin in the tissues that make up the blood in the bone marrow are leukemia. These cancers do not form solid tumors. Instead, a large number of white-blood cells, abnormal (Leukemic cells and Leukemic blast cells) accumulate in the blood and bone marrow and travel to the normal cells of the blood. The low concentration of normal blood cells can do that the body carry oxygen to the tissues, that is not controlling the bleeding or difficulty that no combat infections.

There are four common types of leukemia, which are grouped according to the speed with which worsens the disease (acute or chronic) and the type of blood cell where it starts (lymphoblastic or myelogenous) cancer.

Our leukemia page has more information.

Lymphoma

Lymphoma is a cancer that begins in the lymphocytes (T-cells or B-cells). These are white blood cells that fight disease and which are part of the immune system. In Lymphoma, abnormal cells accumulate in lymph nodes and lymph vessels, as well as other organs in the body.

There are two main types of lymphoma:

Hodgkin's lymphoma - people who have this disease have atypical lymphocytes which are called Reed-Sternberg cells. These cells are formed, in general, cell B.

Lymphoma non-Hodgkin - East is a large group of cancers that begin in cells. Cancers can grow quickly or slowly and they can form of B-cells or t-cells.

Our page on cancers of the blood (or blood) has more information.

Multiple myeloma

Multiple myeloma is a cancer that begins in plasma cells, another type of immune cells. The abnormal plasma cells called myeloma cells, accumulate in the bone marrow and form tumors in the bones of the body. Multiple myeloma is also called plasma cell myeloma and Morbus Kahler.

Our multiple myeloma and other plasma cell Neoplasms page has more information.

Melanoma

Melanoma is a cancer that begins in the cells that become melanocytes, which are specialized cells in producing melanin (the pigment that gives color to the skin). The majority of melanomas are formed on the skin, but can also form in other pigmented tissues, as in the eyes.

Brain and spinal cord tumors

There are different types of tumors of the brain and spinal cord. These tumors are called according to the cell type in where it formed and where the tumor was first formed in the central nervous system. For example, an astrocytic tumor begins in the cells of the brain that are star-shaped, and which are called astrocytes, which helps maintain healthy nerve cells. Brain tumors can be benign (not cancerous), or malignant (cancerous).

Other types of tumors

Germ cell tumors

Germ cell tumors are a type of tumors that begin in the cells that form the sperm or eggs. These tumors can occur almost anywhere in the body and may be benign or malignant.

Our page on germ cell tumors has more information.

Neuroendocrine tumors

Neuroendocrine tumors are formed from cells that secrete hormones into the blood in response to a signal from the nervous system. These tumors, which can produce hormones in larger than normal amounts, can cause many different symptoms. Neuroendocrine tumors can be benign or malignant.

Carcinoid tumors

Carcinoid tumors are a type of neuroendocrine tumors. They are tumors of slow growth that are usually found in the gastrointestinal tract (more frequently in the rectum and in the small intestine). Carcinoid tumors may spread to the liver or other sites in the body, and may secrete substances such as serotonin or prostaglandins cause Carcinoid syndrome.

What Causes Cancer

What Causes Cancer - Cancers are a broad group of diseases and therefore have a wide range of causes. Each cancer is different according to their biology and pathophysiology. All the animals and even plants are susceptible to cancers.

Cancer at the molecular level

The body is made up of trillions of living cells. These cells grow, divide, and die in an orderly fashion. This process is regulated and controlled tight through the machinery of the DNA within the cell. In an infant or a child the normal cells divide rapidly to allow increased. Once the person make an adult, most of the cells divide to only replace worn or deaths cells or repair damage.

When the cells of the body in a given site begin to grow out of control, they may be cacerigenas. The increase in the cancer cell is different from normal cell growth. Instead of death, cancer cells continue to grow and form new abnormal cells. In addition, these cells can also invade other tissues. This is a property that normal cells do not possess.

The cancerous cells originate from normal cells when their DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) or the original projects within the cell nucleus is damaged. DNA is in every cell and directs the actions of all the cell, increasing, death, Etc. of the protein synthesis when DNA is damaged in a normal cell to cell or repairing damage or dying cell.

Normally, the safeguards of the body against cancer via numerous methods, for example: apoptosis or a process by which abnormal cells die on their own accord, molecules of the Assistant (some DNA polymerases), possibly senescence or aging, etc.

In cancer cells, damaged DNA is not repaired, and the cell does not die. Instead it leads to more such abnormal cells with abnormal DNA. These new cells all have the same faulty original cancer cell DNA.

DNA damage can be inherited from parents or can be a spontaneous problem that occurs during the course of a person's life. This is called a mutation. DNA damage can also be triggered by exposure to certain environmental toxins such as present in cigarette smoke. However, there are multiple factors that can cause cancer and is difficult to fix the tip an exact cause.

Factors of cancer

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the common risk factors for cancer include:

Tobacco use
Use of Alcohol
Excess weight and obesity
Dietary factors, including the low fruit and vegetable intake
Physical inactivity
Infections Chronicles of the helicobacter pylori, of the virus of hepatitis B (HBV), hepatitis C (HCV) and some types of human papillomavirus (HPV) virus
Environmental and risk professional including inionizante and ionizing radiation

Agents that can cause cancer include:

Chemical carcinogens

Several chemicals and environmental toxins are responsible for changes in normal cellular DNA. Substances that cause DNA mutations are called mutagens, and mutagens that cause cancers are known as carcinogens.

Certain substances have been connected to the specific types of cancer. Tobacco use is associated with many forms of cancer, and causes 90% of lung cancer. Similarly, prolonged exposure to asbestos fibers is associated with mesothelioma.

Tobacco is also related to other cancers such as lung, larynx, load, neck, stomach, diaphragm, kidney, esophagus and pancreas as it contains other carcinogens known, including nitrosamines and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.

Ionizing radiation

Radiation due to radon gas and prolonged exposure to ultraviolet radiation from the Sun can lead to melanoma and other skin malignancies. Radiation therapy given to a type of cancer can also cause other types of cancer. For example, those who receive radiation therapy of the breast for lymphomas may develop later breast cancer.

Bacterial and viral infections

Some cancers may be caused by infections with pathogens. Notable among these include cancers of the liver due to infections of Hepatitic B and C; cancer of the cervix due to infections with the virus of human papillomavirus (HPV); Epstein Barr virus that causes Lymphoma Burkitt and gastric cancer or stomach due to Helicobacter pylori infection.

Cancer genetic or inherited

Common examples are inherited breast cancer and genes in ovarian cancer including syndrome of BRCA1 and 2. Li-Fraumeni include defects in the p53 gene that leads to bone cancers, cancers of the breast, soft tissue sarcomas, those Etc. with Down syndrome brain cancers are known to develop malignancies such as leukemia and testicular cancer.

Hormonal changes

Notable among these is changes in the levels of the female hormone estrogen. Excess estrogen is uterine cancer.

Dysfunction of the immune system

Immunity Empeorada including the HIV infection leads to several cancers including lymphoma, Kaposi's sarcoma, non-Hodgkin and HPV-associated malignancies such as anal cancer and cervical cancer.

Prostate Cancer Symptoms, Causes & Treatments

Prostate Cancer Symptoms, Causes & Treatments - Prostate cancer is a malignant tumor that sits in the prostate. It affects men over the age of 45-50 years, even though each time it detects in younger people. Except in rare cases, prostate cancer is evolving slowly and is not as lethal as other types of cancer. Cancer cells are usually settled in the peripheral part of the prostate, very different from the place where grows the benign prostate Hyperplasia (BPH), a benign disease of the prostate, most central and close to the urethra. In patients, usually elderly, who have not been diagnosed at an early stage of prostat cancer, can be diagnosed when already present metastasis.

Prostate Cancer Causes

As in the case of BPH, we know the causes although prostat cancer is associated with age (over 45-50 years) and hormonal factors not yet ben determined

How To Diagnose Prostat Cancer

The current key for diagnosis are the rectal and the PSA (specific antigen), a value that can be obtained in a simple blood test. When the PSA is elevated above 10 ng/ml increases dramatically the possibility of CP. prostate biopsy allows to obtain small pieces of prostate for microscopic observation and is objectively to diagnose. The biopsy allows more, to see the degree of aggressiveness of the tumor cells (scale of Gleason). Other tests such as ultrasound, the TAC, the MRI and the MRI are only necessary in special cases.

What Is The Prognosis

Like all cancers, the prognosis depends on the precocity in the diagnosis. The later, larger, more likely to spread beyond the prostate and worse prognosis. The prostat cancer of small size, with PSA and Gleason bass tend to have high rates of healing and survival. The prostat cancer of thick size (playable in rectal), PSA and Gleason senior are worse prognosis. The prostat cancer with metastasis are the worst prognosis, while survival can be quite long. The prognosis in elderly patients is subject to their concomitant diseases and his general State of health, and may be wise in many cases no treatment since the prostat cancer in advanced ages can move very slowly and does not mean a danger for the patient.

The Treatment For Prostat Cancer

If the cancer is confined to the prostate treatment is surgical with a procedure called radical prostatectomy (RP), which can be done via open, laparoscopy or robotic surgery. Robotics is the one that gets the best functional results for the patient (conservation of sexual power and control of urine). Radiotherapy is a treatment comparable in effectiveness to surgery, although with different tracking techniques and connotations to that. Cryotherapy and radiotherapy-interstitial are appropriate for selected cases of illness very localized. When the disease has spread outside of the prostate can be he evades their question with PR or radiotherapy decreases dramatically so, as a rule, are not given these treatments and it is necessary to resort to other alternatives such as the hormonal treatment. When the disease progresses after radical treatment or the disease is already advanced at the time of diagnosis (ganglia or metastasis) hormonal treatment applies, complete form (castration). In special cases are given special schemes of hormonotherapy and/or chemotherapy.

How To Prevent Prostat Cancer

There is no clear evidence that prostat cancer can be prevented though there are some essays that are pointing towards the use of drugs such as 5alfa-reductase inhibitors. A healthy diet, including components such as selenium and vitamin E may help prevent prostate disease, although not conclusive data exists on this topic. A good approach to prevention is early diagnosis, i.e. find the disease when it is still very small and curable. This is achieved in accordance with annual controls with the urologist from the age of 40 years (only men) with rectal and determination of PSA (blood test). The PSA is a very sensitive marker for the presence of prostat cancer even in very early stages.

Different Types Of Cancer

Different Types Of Cancer - Under the name of cancer we can differentiate more than a hundred diseases with different etiology, prognosis and treatment, but with the common feature of their growth is not controlled by human biological mechanisms. The main categories and types of cancer are as follows:

Different Types Of Cancer

Carcinoma: cancer begins in the skin or in tissues that surround the internal organs.
Sarcoma: cancer starts in the bones, the cartilage, fat, muscle, blood vessels, or other connective tissues or support.
Leukemia: this type of cancer starts in the trainer of blood cells, such as the bone marrow, where they generate abnormal cells that enter the blood.
Lymphoma and myeloma: this type of cancer begins in the cells of the immune system (defenses).
Central nervous system: the cancer begins in the tissues of the brain and the spinal cord.

Skin Cancer Treatment Options

Skin Cancer Treatment Options -  The early detection of skin cancer allows frequently treat in its initial stages, when still does not present the power of penetration beyond the skin. In these cases, your diagnosis is facilitated through the use of the digital epiluminiscència and it is possible to treat them with a non-surgical approach (without surgery). The cellular basocel carcinomas and scaly surface can be removed completely by means of a non-surgical procedure called Photodynamic therapy.

Skin Cancer Treatment Options

This consists of the application of a specific cream on the injury to try and penetrate only to malignant cells. These malignant cells treated, whether they are illuminated with the light of the lamp of photodynamic therapy, can be eliminated completely respecting healthy cells of the skin. Photodynamic therapy is a new generation tool that allows you to destroy malignant cells of a superficial tumor without the surrounding skin suffers and without the need for the patient to undergo a surgical procedure that can be stressful and that generates a scar in the treated area.

Photodynamic therapy is a technique that is done on an outpatient basis (without payment) at the dermatological clinic facilities: the procedure involves the application of a topical drug that is left on for 3 hours, and the subsequent illumination of the lesion with a medical lamp for a few minutes. Usually two sessions are needed to heal the skin tumor treated.

In DermAndTek we have with the Aktilite device (Galderma), a pioneer in the world of photodynamic therapy and with solid studies that support your therapeutic success and high safety profile.