Cancer is the most feared disease, with more than 1.6 million cases each year. Cancer can start almost anywhere in the human body, from the uncontrollable growth and multiplication of damaged cells. Cancerous tumors can spread into the human body (a process called metastasis) as a solid form usually, but the cancers of blood generally do not. Cancer treatment includes chemotherapy, surgery and radiations. In this article we will address inorganic compounds as a source of treatment, diagnosis, carriers of active substances.

Over the time, many infections were attributed to be the cause of urticaria. We proposed to assess the seroprevalence of hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV) and Helicobacter pylori infection in acute and chronic spontaneous urticaria patients.

Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease, which was discovered that it might have been dated back to as early as 3000 BC [1]. Among the multiple forms of manifestation, the most redoubtable is the materno-fetal transmission of the disease, which can lead either to the intrauterin death of the fetus and miscarriage or stillbirth, or to the appearance of congenital syphilis [1]. The discovery of clinical signs of the disease in a child, followed by the confirmation of the syphilis diagnosis, often entails the differentiation of the congenital infection from abuse cases. In the current paper we describe the case of a 1-year-old girl who presented with perianogenital lesions suggestive of syphilis infection, with an onset around 10 months of age. The detection of positive serologies among several family members and the precarious living conditions led to the suspicion of abuse. After investigating the case, the diagnosis of early congenital syphilis was established, followed by an adequate treatment.

Psychodermatology deals with the psychological causes of cutaneous disorders and the patient's psychological predisposition to suffer from skin diseases. Dermatologic disorders can be purely somatic or somatic diseases with a noticeable effect on the psyche, somatic disorders with emotional trigger factors, as well as exclusively psychological illnesses. The skin is considered a "mirror of the soul" and the connection between the skin and the nervous system has been demonstrated. Between 20-40% of the patients in the dermatology wards have some type of psychiatric problem, therefore physicians must be familiar with these disorders and with the proper ways to approach the patient, in order to establish an accurate diagnosis and treatment method.The present paper describes the most commonly encountered psychodermatological disorders, both in terms of symptoms and clinical signs, and of the psychiatric and forensic ramifications. Further progress has been made in understanding and treating these diseases situated at the interface of dermatology and psychiatry. P athomimesis refers to any dermatological illness in which psychological factors play an important part. It is estimated that effective care of at least one third of the patients in dermatology wards depends on the recognition and treatment of emotional factors [2].Even though they both originate from the ectoderm, the skin and the nervous system are linked not only by their common origin. If the skin is affected by a severe dermatological disease, it is followed by psychological sequelae, with a severe impact on self-esteem, confidence and quality of life in general.The CNS can influence the health of other systems and organs, the skin included. The psychological mechanisms of this interaction vary from the stress response mediated by neuroadrenal connections and associated changes of the immune function, to the systemic and local action of some neuropeptides and neurohormones.Between 20-40% of the patients in dermatology wards have a psychiatrical or psychological condition that determines or complicates current symptoms. A significant number of them disagree with the potential psychogenic origin of the symptoms and are often reluctant to accept any psychiatrical reference.Therefore, the dermatologist must be familiar with the most common of these diseases, their clinical manifestations (psychological and dermatological) and the basic principles of their treatment [1].