[Remote infrared thermography: achievements, current potentials, and perspectives].

The article presents obtained results on using remote infrared thermograph in medical practice in Ukraine. It was shown that appearance of domestic thermographs with matrix photoreceiver enhances considerably an area of their use. New results related to diagnosis of a patient's state were obtained.

[Cysteine cathepsins secreted into the blood as markers of tumor growth].

Cathepsin H was secreted into the blood plasma of cancer patients before and after surgery. In the mandibular osteoradionecrosis group, there was a tendency for cathepsin H level to decrease, although only in cases free from recurrent tumor growth. Constant levels of cathepsin H were maintained after specific treatment, even in tumor recurrence-free cases.

[Clinical picture and differentiated therapy of mental disorders in oncostomatologic diseases].

Using clinical and experimental-psychological methods, the author studied the pathogenesis of mental disturbances in patients suffering from malignant neoplasms of the maxillofacial area. Disturbances are differentiated into predominantly psychogenic and predominantly somatogenic. The article considers the mechanisms of the development of the pathological states and also possible approaches to the psychoprophylaxic and psychotherapy for each group of patients.