This content is machine translated Therapies in geriatric oncology. Elderly patients with prostate or colorectal cancer As the population in Switzerland ages, even more people will develop cancer at an advanced age in the future. In these patients, treatment decisions are often complex because, due to…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Highlights from the AHA Congress 2014 What insights did IMPROVE-IT and DAPT bring? The American Heart Association conference in Chicago drew attention primarily for two long-awaited study updates. At this point, the most important results from the IMPROVE-IT and DAPT studies will be…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated 12th Annual Meeting of the SGAMSP Psychotropic drugs in somatic comorbidity: risks and benefits. Psychiatric patients are also hospitalized for somatic disorders, and conversely, patients with primarily somatic disorders often require therapy with psychotropic drugs. Management of affected patients can be aided by good…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated News from the ASH Congress on Nivolumab High response rates even in pretreated Hodgkin’s lymphomas Preclinical studies show that Sternberg-Reed cells, characteristic of classical Hodgkin lymphoma, use the PD-1 pathway to evade immunodetection. Therefore, immune checkpoint inhibitors such as nivolumab, which binds to the PD-1…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated 2014 Joint ACTRIMS-ECTRIMS Meeting Prizes for promising research in the field of multiple sclerosis At the 2014 Joint ACTRIMS-ECTRIMS Meeting in Boston (September 10-13, 2014), the GMSI Award (Grant for Multiple Sclerosis Innovation) was presented to the winners for the second time. The goal…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) PARTNER study shows survival benefit even after five years In September 2014, the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics Conference was held in Washington, D.C., USA. Dr. Samir Kapadia, Cleveland Clinic, USA, presented the 5-year results of the PARTNER study on behalf…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Pain Congress in Hamburg Pain therapy – balancing efficacy and tolerability At the German Pain Congress in Hamburg, experts provided insights into the current options for pain therapy. This is not infrequently characterized by patients having to weigh up (especially gastrointestinal)…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated 19th Zurich Cardiovascular Day Brain stroke – a clinical picture from two different perspectives Two experts from different fields spoke on the topic of “cerebral stroke” at the 19th Zurich Cardiovascular Day. From a neurological perspective, cerebral microbleeds have been identified as a risk…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Diamond-Blackfan anemia Rare anemia leads to reproductive limitations Study results from a large registry were presented at the 2014 ASH Congress in San Francisco, suggesting that women with Diamond-Blackfan anemia suffer from various menstrual symptoms and pregnancy complications.…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Drug Safety Monitor and minimize risk At a media aperitif in Zurich, the topic was drug safety worldwide and in Switzerland. Pharmacovigilance is a strategy to constantly evaluate the benefits and risks of a drug and…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Swiss Family Docs - Infectiology Use antibiotics in a targeted and restrained manner At the Swiss Family Docs Congress, Prof. Rainer Weber, MD, Director of the Clinic for Infectious Diseases and Hospital Hygiene, Zurich, provided information on infectious disease topics in a well-attended…
