Radiosurgical Gamma Knife is a device used to treat benign and malignant brain tumors as well as some of the other diseases of the nervous system. Gamma Knife (also known as the Leksell Gamma Knife-from the name of one of the originators) was invented in Sweden in the 60s. The principle of the intervention is to deliver a high dose of cobalt radiation concentrated in a small area. Read full text »

German scientists came up with the discovery of a new biomarker which could be controlled to assess a response to chemotherapy of colorectal cancer. Indication of methylation of transcription factor AP-2 epsilon (TFAP2E) gens can be useful medical examination, helping to determine a chemotherapy resistance. (1,2) Read full text »

Huang Chuncai is suffering from an extreme case of neurofibromatosis which causes such large tumors on his face that they had completely distorted his features. Read full text »