This content is machine translated Advanced breast carcinoma What’s new? With antibody-drug conjugates, checkpoint and CDK4/6 inhibitors, three drug classes were in the spotlight at this year’s European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) congress in advanced breast cancer. This is…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) “Treat acid pocket” and follow up high-risk patients endoscopically Gastroesophageal reflux disease ( GERD) is the most common benign disease of the upper gastrointestinal tract in the Western world. For symptomatic treatment, it is recommended to use alginates in…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Hidradenitis suppurativa Qol-HS and HS-PBI: two newly validated measurement tools for acne inversa Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a chronic inflammatory skin disease with a high impact on quality of life. The development of disease-related measurement tools is an important step to improve the…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Psoriasis: disease management during corona pandemic “Shared decision making” is especially important in these times Among psoriasis patients, there is often some uncertainty about the implications of their underlying disease and the respective system therapy with regard to the risk of a severe course of…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Comorbidity Research Psoriasis as a systemic disease – study findings on comorbid depression Psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis (PsoA) often have a significant impact on the daily life and quality of life of those affected. The prevalence of mental health comorbidities is increased, with…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Depression Focus on differential diagnostics and specialized care Not all depression is the same. Since it is a clinical diagnosis, a detailed differential diagnosis is inevitable. Moreover, guideline-based treatment can only be initiated on the basis of an…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Severe asthma A switch can be worthwhile – most of the time A proportion of patients with severe eosinophilic bronchial asthma show inadequate effects under IL-5 antibody therapy. Switching to an IL-5 receptor antibody may promise success under certain conditions. A recent…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Exogenous allergic alveolitis Don’t play the bagpipes in the Jacuzzi Exogenous allergic alveolitis (EAA) is in itself a very rare disease. So when we talk about common and rare triggers of EAA, we are dealing with very small numbers of…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Renal cell carcinoma The most important studies at a glance Some exciting studies were presented on renal cell carcinoma at this year’s ASCO annual meeting. Especially for localized tumors, clinical practice may change in the near future. For the first…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Scabies Permethrin still first choice – therapeutic success through correct application Scabies is by no means a disease of bygone days, but there is evidence of an increase in incidence in Central Europe. Children are a major source of infection, but…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Non-resolving pneumonia When the inflammation does not want to heal Pneumonia remains a common and deadly infectious disease. Nearly 40,000 patients are hospitalized in Switzerland each year for pneumonia, and a good 1,000 people die each year as a result…
