This content is machine translated Neither under nor over treatment Principles of lymphoma therapy in elderly patients The elderly often cannot be treated as aggressively as younger people for cancer. But at the same time, you don’t want to deprive someone of an effective medication “just” because…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Alcohol Emergencies Do not forget the background of intoxications In recent decades, alcohol consumption in Switzerland has decreased overall – but at the same time, the number of people who are hospitalized in emergency due to alcohol intoxication is…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated More exercise, fewer transfusions Aspects of supportive therapy in oncology patients. At the annual congress of the German, Austrian and Swiss Societies of Hematology and Medical Oncology (DGHO) in Basel, various supportive measures were scrutinized during a symposium. More exercise during…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated UEGW and Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium Colorectal cancer – surgery and aftercare Should an asymptomatic colorectal primary tumor with nonresectable synchronous liver metastases be resected initially or only if there is a good response after chemotherapy? This question was discussed again at…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Proton pump inhibitors No prescription without correct indication At the 55th Continuing Medical Education in Davos in January 2016, a workshop focused on the correct use of proton pump inhibitors (PPI). Prof. Dr. med. Christoph Beglinger, Claraspital Basel,…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Diet for diabetes Estimating carbohydrates is good, weighing them is even better The diagnosis of diabetes mellitus almost always means that patients have to change their diet. Mieke Jacobs, Bc Dietetics, nutritionist at the University Hospital Zurich, provided information on the most…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated 57th ASH Meeting in Orlando New field of application for rituximab The ASH Congress was held last year in Orlando. This time, one of the topics was the efficacy of rituximab in adult patients with B-precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Up…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated ESMO Asia 2015 News on gastric cancer, NET, head and neck tumors and NSCLC At the first ESMO congress in Asia (Singapore), the results of various large studies were discussed and classified in terms of their international significance. The aim of the conference was…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium Modifications of neoadjuvant therapy New evaluations of the GeparSepto trial were presented at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium. In this study, nab-paclitaxel is compared with solvent-containing paclitaxel as part of the neoadjuvant treatment…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Update Refresher Internal Medicine “Fat kills” – or is it? At the Update Refresher Internal Medicine, the two cardiologists from the Stadtspital Triemli Prof. Dr. med. Franz Eberli and PD Dr. med. David Kurz discussed news and views from current…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Chronic hepatitis C New drugs are expensive, but cure many patients Chronic hepatitis C is one of the most common causes of advanced liver disease and liver transplantation in Switzerland. For people with chronic HCV infection, however, the situation has improved…
