"Learning the art (medical knowledge) takes a long time, and the time available for learning it in depth is short, the opportunity for studying it is fleeting, experiments are dangerous, and judgements on what is observed are difficult".

The above quotation is a free translation, and was thought up by Hippocrates of Kos (or Chios, 460 B.C. circa – Larissa, 377 B.C.).

This ancient aphorism is particularly appropriate for advanced medical techniques. 

Search for a therapy for tumorous disorders by means of stimulating the immune system has always been considered to be the Holy Grail of modern medicine. In this field, major steps forward have been taken in the last few years.

Check point inhibitors (discovered by James Allison and Tasuku Honjo - who were recently awarded the Nobel prize) are marking a turning point in this direction.  

In-body and extra-corporeal manipulation of specific cell populations enable authentic vaccines to be created. 

This stimulating branch of medicine has seen my involvement over several years. C urrently I am putting in practise the principles on which the substances that are used in combination with cryosurgery to make tumorous antigens manifest are based, with a few groups (such as the Malaga Centre for Cryosurgery and Cryomedicine and the Rayak Hospital Cryoteam in Lebanon).

In addition, in the field of anti-tumour vaccines we have collaborated for years with CELICA, a company from Ljubljana (Slovenia), which is a leader in this field.

My Hippocrates group, which operates from the VID Medical Centre in Nova Gorica, is a reference point for transplants and organ donation using such highly advanced technologies, based on the preparation of vaccines obtained from a few selected populations of monocytes from the same patient, together with tumorous cells taken from the neoplasm itself. Later activated and compared in vitro, these monocyte populations form a vaccine that is injected in small repeated doses into the patient.  This vaccine, which has been tested on patients suffering from hormone resistant prostate cancer (castration resistant), has demonstrated very significant efficacy (data in the process of publication, and not disclosable in detail until that time).

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Partial list of Hospitals and Universities - and their colleagues - in which I carried out teaching and proctoring activities of cryosurgery in urology, gynecology, interventional radiology, pancreatic hepato surgery, oncological orthopedics, breast surgery.

Italy

Several Regional Hospitals, Centers for Cancer and University. Due to strict privacy regulations, we mention only some of the cities:

Milan, Turin, Genoa, Rome, Florence, Pisa, Ancona, Foggia, Messina, Assisi.

France

• APHP Hôpital Universitaire Tenon Pr Cornelis
• Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Nice Pasteur
• Dr Durand
• Institut Mutualiste Montsouris Dr Barret
• Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Bordeaux Pr Grenier , Dr Marcelin
• UCLH Pr Clément Orczyk

Switzerland

• Clinique de Grangettes Geneve Dr
• Clinique Beaulieu Geneve Dr Regusci

United Kingdom

• Royal Surrey County Hospital Guildford (Proctored doctor: John Davies)
• Princess Alexandra Hospital  Epping (Proctored doctor: Jaspal Virdi)
• Nottingham City Hospital (Proctored doctor: Mike Bishop)
• BUPA Glen Hospital Bristol (Proctored doctor: Raj Persad)
• Spire Hospital Worcester (Proctored doctor: Terry Chen)
• Ayr Hospital   Ayr Scotland (Proctored doctor: Bob Meddings,Graham Hollins)
• Kings College Hospital Camberwell Green London (Proctored doctor: Philippe Grange, Gordon Koeman)
• Beatson Oncology Centre Glasgow (Proctored doctor: Prof Hing Leung)
• Royal London and Barts Trust (Proctored doctor: Prof. Frank Chinegwundoh)
• Southampton General Hospital Southampton (Proctored doctor: David Breen)
• Addenbrooke’s Hopsital  Cambridge (Proctored doctor: Andrew Doble)

• The Harley Street Clinic London
• Princess Grace Hospital London
• Royal Marsden Hospital London
• University College Hospital London
• UCLH Prof. Emberton

Portugal

Several Universities and general Hospitals were proctored in several years.

Spain

Several Universities and general Hospitals were proctored in several years.

Greece 

Several Hospitals in Athens including Clinc 2000 HOSPITAL

Turkey

General Hospital Izmir

Libano

Rayak general Hospital

Hospital Univeristaire Hotel Dieu de France

Indonesia

Indonesia

Mitra Keluarga several Hopsitals

Venezuela 

several hospitals here with Dr Alejandro Egea

Mexico

several Institution were proctored including

Santa Engracia, Monterrey

Christus Hospital, Monterrey

Hospital Universitario NL, Monterrey

Oca Hospital, Monterrey

Grupo Angeles (10 hospitals), Mex City

ABC Hospital, Mex City

High Speciality Pemex Hospital, Mex City

High Military Hospital, Mex City

Star Medica, Mex City

San Angel Inn, Mex City

ISSSTE 20 de Noviembre, Mex City

Hospital General de Mexico, Mex City

Malaya

Malaya University

Hospital Kuala Lumpur

Pusat Perubatan Universiti Malaya (PPUM)

Gleneagles Hospital Kuala Lumpur

Institut Kanser Negara

Cina

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• Dongfang Hospital, Peking University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China
• Haidian Hospital, Beijing, China
• Military General Hospital, Beijing, China
• Navy General Hospital, Beijing, China
• Civil Aviation Gen. Hospital, Beijing, China
• No. 302 Hospital, Beijing, China
• No. 309 Hospital, Beijing, China
• Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute & Hospital, Tianjin, China
• 2nd People’s Hospital, Tianjin, China
• Changhai Hospital, 2nd Military Medical University, Shanghai, China
• Renji Hospital, Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China
• Xinhua Hospital, Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China
• Tongji Hospital, Central China Sci. & Tech. Univ., Wuhan, China
• Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Hospital, Guangzhou, China
• Zhujiang Hospital, Guangzhou, China
• Hunan Provincial People’s Hospital, Changsha, China
• Hunan Provincial Cancer Hospital, Changsha, China
• Xiangya 3rd Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
• Qianfoshan Hospital, Jinan, China

Masterly lessons

• Haidian Hospital, Beijing, China
• Military General Hospital, Beijing, China
• Navy General Hospital, Beijing, China
• Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute & Hospital, Tianjin, China
• Changhai Hospital, 2nd Military Medical University, Shanghai, China
• Renji Hospital, Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China
• Tongji Hospital, Central China Sci. & Tech. Univ., Wuhan, China
• Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Hospital, Guangzhou, China
• Hunan Provincial People’s Hospital, Changsha, China
• Xiangya 3rd Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
• Qianfoshan Hospital, Jinan, China

The metastatic cancer cells are typically malignant. These fail to move from the site of the original tumor and give place in any part of the body to other tumor formations calls in turn metastases.

These cells are independent from each other and from the tumor from which they derive. The danger comes from their inherent ability to turn both to exploit the circulatory system as a vehicle both for attacking other tissues with different characteristics than the originators.

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below more important articles of this site

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Fusion Biopsy is an innovative and early-come technology which allows us to make biopsies using diverse type of diagnostic images.

Most important advantages are two: the first of all hospitals and physician have a higher detection rate, it means that smaller and before-undetectable tumors now are diagnosed more easily and when they are not so dangerous. It follows that it is possible to choose a better therapy in case biopsies are positives.

Fusion Biopsy equipment are able to create a 3d model based on previous recorded MRI of the patient and the Ultrasound probe used during biopsies procedures. The physician marks the prostate and Regions of Interests on the MR images and then the software elaborate a 3d model.
Then it is possible to use the US probes and the tracking system of the equipment to reach the suspicious volume with biopsy needle and record biopsies.

Often risk indicators such as PSA lead to suspect a tumour but other diagnostic systems are not able to detect it so that patients are subjected to randomly repeated biopsies procedures with mixed results. There is also patients on who we would be more effective because they are particularly weak, old or because they simply have a big prostate.

Fusion Biopsy system comes to aid physicians against these issues avoiding us to subject patients to a lot of unsuccessful biopsy samples.

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How could we not propose a section in which talk about health promotion and prevention? A place in which explain some of the most common technical and medical terms that you often face?

We would like to collect here what scientific world retains valid and/or necessary to maintain or improve patients' health. Even if this brief introduction seems to talk about homeopathy, actually it doesn't: an accurate pharmacological treatment is not replaceable by any other natural remedy such as berries, roots and flowers; but on the other side, Nature gives us the keys that unlocks the doors to a healthy, long life.

Where the society brings us to the excess, to the "fast and now", to listen to our nature may help us to avoid exaggeration which can become bad habits and lay the foundation for even important diseases such as cancer.
The Readers could obviously think about alcohol and smoke addiction, but it is not just them: we can and must identify as our health's worst enemy "the excess".

Whenever possible, this documents' review will be updated with the newest articles regarding prevention and healthcare to help the interested reader to smooth edges of his/her own excess and maybe, to discover some hidden other! 

Franco Lugnani MD, Specialist in Urology and Cryosurgery

Lugnani F. MD.Curriculum Vitae

Franco Lugnani MD
Born in Trieste, Italy, in October 28^th 1954

Offices:

Medical Practice: Studio Medico Franco Lugnani MD,
Street: Via fabio Severo 3, 34133 Trieste (TS) - Italy

Clinic: Casa di Cura SALUS Trieste
Street: Via Bonaparte 4, 34123 Trieste (TS) - Italy
Telephone: +39 040 3171111
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Clinic: Kirurški sanatorij Rožna dolina
Street: Rožna Dolina, cesta IV 45, 1000 Ljubljana - Slovenia
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Degrees:

• Highschool Degree: Liceo Classico F. Petrarca (1973)
• Degree of Medicine and Surgery at University of Trieste (09- 11-1979)
• Bord of PH D in Medicine and Surgery II (session 1979)
• Specialized in Urology at Università di Trieste (04 March 1985)
• Grant CNR till (1979/1982)
• Assistant Casa di cura Salus Dept. General Sugery from (1983 up to 1990)
• Consultant for VA and Social Security on behalf of USA Consulate of Trieste from (1983 up to 1990)

Activities as Urologist and Cryosurgeon:

• Assistant Casa di cura Salus Dept. General Sugery from (1983 up to 1990)
• Consultant for VA and Social Security on behalf of USA Consulate of Trieste from (1983 up to 1990)
• European and international proctor for Endocare Inc., California, USA;
• Board Member of Cold (Cryo On Line Database) Registry;
• Consulting professor Uroclinic 2000, Mexico City, DF, Mexico;
• Consulting specialist for cryosurgery to ICUA (Inst. de Chirurgia Avancada) Madrid;
• Consulting specialist for cryosurgery to Clinica Santa Elena, Malaga, Spain;
• Honorary consultant Proctor for Cryosurgery of King's Hospital, London, UK;
• Visiting Professor , Forth Hospital of Harbin Medical University - Heilongjiang, China
• Since 1990, Hosp. Casa di Cura Salus di Trieste, Italy;
• Since 1990, Hosp. Casa di Cura Sanatorio Triestino, Trieste, Italy;
• Since 1990, Hosp. FatebeneFratelli Osp. San Pietro Roma, Italy;
• Since 1998, Consultant Professor of Superior Institute of Radilology of Saint Petersburg, Russia;
• Since 2000, Hosp. Casa di Cura Policlinico di Monza, Italy;
• 2001, May 21st – Guest Professor and Consultant at the Central Institute of Radiologic Research in Roengen, Russia;
• 2003, November 8th-11th – Invited Entity for “Tecnica Chirurgica e Crioablazione nei fallimenti dopo radioterapia” at the XIII° Congresso Nazionale S.I.Ur.O, Ancona, Italy;
• 2004, March 1st – Visiting Professor for “Cryosurgery for the Prostatic Carcinoma” at the Hospital Universitario del SESCAM de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico;
• 2004, May 27th-28th – Guest Professor for “Crioablazione transperineale del carcinoma prostático localizzato” for the Società Urologia Nuova, Ancona, Italy;
• 2004, June 23rd-26th – Invited Faculty, “I° Congreso de Urologìa oncològica e Intersociedades y XII° Congreso de Amell” at the Hospital General Regional y Poliforum de Leòn, Leòn de los Aldama, Guanajuato, Mexico;
• 2004, December 18th – Visiting Professor at the Quiròn Donostia Clinic, San Sebastian, Spain;
• 2005 - Honorary Consultant Proctor for Cryosurgery the BARTS Hospital, London, UK;
• 2005, May 5th-7th – Invited Faculty and visiting professor at the “Congreso de la Sociedad Urologica Madrilena”, Madrid, Spain;
• 2005, May 30th-31st – Guest Professor at the Clinica Urologica dell’Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Ospedali Riuniti di Ancona, Italy;
• 2005, November 14th – Visiting Professor at the Hospital General de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico;
• 2006 - Honorary Consulting Professor Har Er Bin General Hospital, Har Er Bin, China;
• 2006, April - Honorary Professor, Nankai Hospital, Tianjin, China;
• 2006, April 19th – Guest Professor for “High Technology Cryosurgery: An Overview” at the Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan;
• 2006, April 21st - Honorary Consulting professor TianJin Cancer Institute, Tian Jin, China;
• 2006, April 22nd - Guest Professor Hai Ding University, Beijing, China;
• 2006, April 22nd - Visiting Professor, Beijing Haidian Hospital, Beijing, China;
• 2006, April 24th - Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy Hospital Certificate of Visitation for Cryosurgery Technical Exchange;
• 2006, July 7th-8th – Guest Professor at Civitanova Marche, Italy;
• 2006, July 17th – Guest Professor for “Crioablaciòn, una opciòn para le tratamientode cancer de polmòn” at the Hospital Santa Engracia, Nuevo Leòn, Mexico;
• 2006, September 28th-30th – Inviteded Faculty at the “Congreso de la Socieda Latinoamericana de Cirugia Laparoscopica En Urologia”, Ciudad del Mexico, Mexico;
• 2006 - Consulting specialist for cryosurgery, Centro de Urologia y sexologia, Clinica Rotger, Palma de Mallorca, Spain;
• 2007, January 19th-20th – Guest Professor for a course of “Alternativas Mini-Invasivas para o tratamento do Cancro da Prostata” at the Hospital del Ministerio da Defesa Nazional Força Aèrea, Lisbon, Portugal;
• From 2007, June 25th to 2008 June 24th - Visiting Professor Imagine Research Institute, Medical College, Province of Shandong JiNang, China;
• 2008, March 5th – Invited Faculty for “La Criocirugìa Como Tratamiento al Càncer Localizado” at the Consejo Nacional Mexicano de Urologia, Hospital Angeles Lomas, Mexico;
• 2008, March 13th – Guest Professor for “Minimal Invasive Surgery to Improve Quality of Life for Advance Cancer” and Consulting Scientific Coordinator at Multidisciplinary Curative Oncological Cryo Center Mitra Keluarga Kelapa Gading, Jakarta, Indonesia;
• 2008, March 17th – Visiting Professor for “Advances in Cryoablation of Urological Tumor Applications, Techniques and Clinical Experiences” at the Department of Urology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan;
• 2008, March 19th – Visiting Professor for “Advances in Cryoablation of Tumors, Clinical Experiences and Techniques in Urology, Liver, Lung and Breast” at the Department of Surgery, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan;
• 2008, June 24th - Guest Professor at the Imagine Research Institute, Medical College, Province of Shandong Ji Nang, China;
• 2008, July 27th - Guest Professor, Qianfoshan Hospital, Shandong Province, Quianfoshan, China;
• 2008, August 30thand 31st - Special Invited Speaker for “High Technology Cryosurgery - Cryosurgery of Prostate & Kidney” at the Taiwan Urological Association’s 30th Annual Meeting, Fu Jen Catholic University, Taipei, Taiwan;
• 2008, September 21st - Honorary Professor, Shijiazhuang No.1 Hospital Shi Jia Zhuang, The People’s Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China;
• From September 2008 to August 2013 – Visiting professor of Beijing GreatWall International Cancer Center No.2, Affiliated Hospital of PLA General Hospital, China;
• 2008 - Visiting Professor US Medical School Beograd, Serbia;
• 2009 - Hospitals Group, Jakarta and other, Indonesia;
• 2010, April 13th – Guest Professor at the Us Medical School, Privatni Medicinski Fakultet, Belgrade, Serbia;
• 2010 - Image Guided Ablation Workshop Professor & Speaker for “Role of Image Guided Percutaneous Cryoablation of Tumors” at The Radiological Society Republic of China;
• 2010 - First Editorial Board Member of Journal of Contemporary Urologic and Reproductive Oncology;
• 2011 - Honorary Consultant to Regina Elena Hospital Centro Tumori Roma, Italy;
• 2011 December 12th – Visiting Professor at the Serviço de Urologia do Instituto Portugues de Oncologia de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal;
• 2012 - Scientific consultant of Indonesia Cryosurgery Study Group ICSG;
• 2012 February 16th - Visiting Professor at the Serviço de Urologia do Instituto Portugues de Oncologia de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal;
• 2012 April 14th – Guest Professor at the Gleneagles Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia;
• 2012 June 2nd – Guest Professor for “Recent Updated Cryosurgery in Cancer: New Insights” at the MRCCC Siloam Hospitals Semanggi; Kualalumpur Malaysia;
• 2012 November 23rd – Guest professor for a Proctoring Session programmed for Department of Biomedical Imaging, University of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia;
• 2012 November 23rd-25th – Invited Faculty in the 21st Malaysan Urological Conference, Malaysia;
• 2012 December 18th-19th – Visiting Professor at the Hotel-Dieu de France, Beirut, Lebanon;
• 2013 - Consultant Urologist Kirurskji Sanatorji Ljubljiana, Slovenia;
• 2013 February 7th – Guest Professor at the ULS Guarda, Guarda, Portugal;
• 2013, July 26th – Guest Professor and Cryosurgeon of Beijing Zhong Ke Zheng He Hospital, China;
• 2013, July 27th – Guest Professor at the Civil Aviation Medical College of Beijing University, Beijing, China;
• From 2013, July 29th to 2016, July 30th – Visiting Professor for Minimally Invasive Treatment in Oncology at the 307th Hospital of Chinese People’s Liberation Army, Beijing, China;
• 2013, July 31st – Honorable President of the Chinese Society of Cryosurgery;
• 2013, October 17th-19th – Speaker at the 17th World Congress of Cryosurgery, Madrid, Spain;
• 2013, November 14th-15th – As an Invited Faculty at the “International Scientific Conference of Alexandria Thoracic Association”, Alexandria, Egypt;
• Since 2014 – Visiting Professor of the Hubei Province Institute of Urology, China;
• 2014, November 21st-23rd – Invited Faculty at the 23rd Malaysian Urological Conference, Penang, Malaysia;
• 2015, August 10th-13th – Guest Professor for “Workshop on Orthopedic and Oncology Therapy 2015” and “Workshop on Cryoablation Therapy” at the Department of Diagnostic Imaging of the National Cancer Instituite, Putrajaya, Malaysia;
• 2015, September 19th – Guest Professor at the Department of Urology, Cancer Center, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China;
• 2015. September 22nd - Honorary Professor, Hunan Provincial People’s Hospital, Changsha, China;

Membership:

• Member and President of ICS (International Society of Cryosurgery) 2005/2007, 2007/2009, 2009/2011;
• Charged for Europe Section on behalf of ICS from 2001;
• Former Teacher on behalf of SIDEURO (Società Internazionale Docente di Endourologia e Oncologia urologica) for Cryosurgery and Ultrasonography;
• Member SIU (Società Italiana di Urologia);
• Member EAU (European Association of Urology);
• Founder and promotor of www.cryoforum.org;
• Member of UK GMC (General Medical Council);
• Corresponding Member of Associação Portuguesa de Urologia;
• Member of Zdravniška zbornica Slovenije;
• Collejado Ilustre Colegio Oficial de Médicos de la Provincia de Málaga.di Trieste, Italy;