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Hard-to-reach, deeply located tumors remain a significant problem in oncology. Until recently, doctors could only remove them surgically. A lot of the brain tumors were considered incurable. Gamma Knife radiosurgery sometimes becomes the choice of the best neurosurgeons in the world in treating brain disorders and removing a brain tumor without a scalpel and blood.

Proton therapy is a modern alternative to traditional cancer treatment. Compared with radiotherapy, which works on a similar principle, it is much safer. This factor is essential in treating children, the elderly, and vulnerable people. Over the 14 years of the method's existence, more than 170.000 people have undergone proton treatment for cancer.

Only one in every ten patients has a relative with keratoconus disease. People in the Middle East are five more likely to have keratoconus, up to 5% of the population. Keratoconus disease usually starts when a person is in their 20s or 30s and worsens until their 40s.

A cataract is a clouding or loss of transparency of the eye's natural lens. It is because the proteins contained in the lens are destroyed and stick together. Moreover, the disease eventually leads to vision loss and, in individual cases, blindness.

1 in every 4,000 people is affected with retinitis pigmentosa. Every second patient with retinitis pigmentosa has no family history with it. Retinitis pigmentosa is caused by harmful changes in more than 50 genes. If nothing is done, the person with retinitis pigmentosa can lose their vision by age 40. But total blindness is rare.

Lung cancer is the second most frequent type of cancer worldwide and is the most common reason for death. This disease accounted for 2.1 million new cases and 1.8 million deaths in 2021. The lack of evident symptoms in the early stages means that the illness is often detected too late. Early detection strategies are essential in the treatment of lung tumours. This type of cancer defies medicine, doctors, and the world's health policy.