Head and neck cancers

Home Diseases and Conditions Overview Head and neck cancers develop from tissues in the head and neck region. These include lips, mouth, throat, facial skin, salivary glands, among others. The most common types of head and neck cancers occur in the lip, mouth, and throat. All head and neck cancers combined, account for approximately 3-7% […]

Gallbladder Cancer

Home Diseases and Conditions Overview Gallbladder cancer is uncommon, with fewer than 2 cases per 100,000 people being diagnosed each year in the United States. Gallbladder cancer is the 25th most frequent cancer diagnosis, and the 23rd most frequent cause of cancer related deaths, 19 new cases diagnosed in 2020, in Cyprus. Gallbladder is approximately twice […]

Liver Cancer

Home Diseases and Conditions Overview Several types of cancer can form in the liver. The most common are primary liver cancer, also known as hepatocellular carcinoma or cholangiocarcinoma, which originate from the liver, and secondary liver cancer, where the cancer has spread to the liver from somewhere else, known as a liver metastasis. Liver metastases are more […]

Bladder cancer

Home Diseases and Conditions Overview Bladder cancer affects about 1.6 million people globally, with 549,000 new cases and 200,000 deaths recorded each year. It is the fifth most common type of cancer, and nineth most common cause of cancer related deaths in Europe. In Cyprus it ranks in eighth place for both frequency and mortality. […]

Kidney cancer

Home Diseases and Conditions Overview Globally, around 208,500 new cases of kidney cancer are diagnosed each year, accounting for 2% of all cancers. In Cyprus, kidney cancer ranks 15th, with approximately 100 new cases per year. Renal cancer, is the most prevalent type of kidney cancer in adults, accounting for about 90% of all kidney […]

Pancreatic cancer

Home Diseases and Conditions Overview In Cyprus, pancreatic cancer is the seventh most prevalent type of cancer. It rarely occurs before the age of 40, and more than half of the cases of pancreatic adenocarcinoma occur in people over 70 years old. Pancreatic cancer is the fifth most common cause of death from cancer in […]

Rectal and colon cancer

Home Diseases and Conditions Overview Colorectal cancer is the second most common cause of cancer in women (9.2% of diagnoses) and the third most common in men (10.0%). In Cyprus, approximately 540 new cases of colorectal cancer are diagnosed each year. Colorectal cancer usually affects older adults, with only a small number of cases caused […]

Brain metastases

Home Diseases and Conditions Overview A brain metastasis occurs when cancer cells, which originated in a different part of the body, spread (metastasize) to the brain. These tumors are considered secondary brain tumors, in contrast to those which originate in the brain. Brain metastases are the most common cause of brain cancer. The most common cancer entities which metastasize […]

Primary brain tumors

Home Diseases and Conditions Overview All tumors that begin in or next to the brain are called primary brain tumors. They can be benign or malignant, and in the latter case they are called brain cancers. Approximately 3% of all tumors are primary brain tumors and most types of brain tumors are slightly more common in men […]

Breast cancer

Home Diseases and Conditions Overview Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer found in women in the western world. Approximately 23% of all women with newly diagnosed cancer have breast cancer. In Cyprus, approximately 750 new cases of breast cancer are diagnosed each year. Breast cancer is not exclusive to women, though it […]