1,884 plain-language articles across 61 topics, symptoms explained, nutrition, lab results, medical technology and everyday wellbeing, written by Dr. Şule Eren, published daily by the group behind 45 hospitals and clinics in Türkiye, Bulgaria, Serbia, Netherlands and North Macedonia. For clinical guidance on a condition or procedure, see the Patient Guides.
Chemotherapy for stage 4 lung cancer is a whole-body treatment intended to slow the cancer, shrink tumors and ease symptoms rather than remove the…
Glioma is the umbrella term for tumors that arise from glial cells in the brain or spinal cord, ranging from slow-growing grade 1 to…
In most cases, no single cause of glioblastoma can be identified. The tumor arises when glial cells in the brain acquire genetic changes that…
Multiple myeloma rarely kills directly. Death comes from its complications: infections that an immune system crowded out by cancerous plasma cells cannot fight, kidney…
There is no single best treatment for early-stage prostate cancer. Guidelines support three evidence-based paths: active surveillance with regular monitoring, surgical removal of the…
Glioblastoma survival rate statistics describe groups, not individuals. Across large cohorts, median survival after diagnosis is roughly 12 to 18 months, about a quarter…
About 32 percent of people diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia in the United States are alive five years later, according to national cancer registry…
Malignant brain tumors are graded rather than staged, and survival varies by grade, tumor type, age, and molecular features. Across all malignant brain and…
Brain tumor warning signs include a new or changing headache pattern (often worse on waking or when lying flat), a first-ever seizure in an…
Glioblastoma prognosis is serious: with surgery, radiation and chemotherapy, median survival is roughly 12 to 18 months, and about 5 to 7 percent of…
Leukemia bruises happen because the marrow makes too few platelets, the cell fragments that plug small leaks in blood vessels. They tend to appear…
Leukemia is caused by acquired DNA changes in blood-forming cells of the bone marrow that make them multiply out of control and crowd out…
Leukemia is sorted along two axes: how fast it progresses (acute or chronic) and which blood cell line it comes from (lymphoid or myeloid).…
Most brain tumors have no identifiable cause. They begin when cells in or around the brain acquire DNA changes that let them multiply unchecked,…
Brain tumors are grouped by the cell they start from and by grade, a 1-to-4 scale describing how abnormal the cells look and how…
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia often causes no symptoms at first and is frequently found on a routine blood test. When symptoms do appear, the most…
Leukemia symptoms in kids usually build over a few weeks and stem from bone marrow crowded by abnormal white cells. Parents most often notice…
The overall five-year relative survival rate for leukemia in the United States is about 67 percent, according to NIH SEER data, but that single…
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