This content is machine translated Skin cancer screening Prevention as an important component of dermatological activity The dermatological societies emphasize the need for skin cancer prevention and it is increasingly also an issue on the health policy agenda. Identifying risk factors for melanoma and white skin…
View Post 12 min This content is machine translated Drug Safety Drug interactions in oncology Drugs with a narrow therapeutic range, such as those frequently used in oncology, require a basic knowledge of possible interactions with other preparations. Pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics should not be foreign…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Metastatic non-small cell lung cancer What to do if chemotherapy does not work? The risk of early metastasis complicates the treatment of lung cancer. The use of a system therapy proves to be promising in this context.
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Neurosurgery Brain tumor: When should surgery be performed and how? Not all brain tumors are the same. The spectrum is broad. The goals of neurosurgery are to enable definitive histopathologic diagnosis by tissue sampling, symptom improvement by relieving the mass,…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated CIPN Effectively treating nerve damage induced by cancer therapy A much feared side effect of many oncological treatments is chemotherapy-induced polyneuropathies. Early diagnosis and effective therapy can minimize the extent of damaged nerves.
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Osteoporosis Patient-oriented long-term measures reduce fracture risk Osteoporosis is especially common in older patients. In order to reduce the risk of fractures, therapeutic long-term measures should be oriented to the patient and his individual needs.
View Post 9 min This content is machine translated Organ donation and transplantation Legal regulation and organization in Switzerland A lot has happened since the first tissue transplant. Not only that complete organs are now being transplanted. The transplantation was also put on legal footing.
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Guideline Diabetes and Road Traffic Diabetics are allowed to drive – but exceptions prove the rule For a long time, it was not clearly established whether diabetics are generally suitable for driving a vehicle or not. With the adoption of the S2e guideline “Diabetes and Road…
View Post 1 min This content is machine translated Cardiooncology Deciphering cardiotoxicity using relevant biomarkers. Biomarkers play a major role in cardiovascular disease. In addition to diagnosis and monitoring, they also appear to provide an early indication of cardiovascular side effects in malignancies.
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Parkinson's disease What to do when fluctuations occur? Effect fluctuations are a common phenomenon in the course of Parkinson’s disease. This results in late complications such as on-off phenomena or dyskinesias. So far, they cannot be prevented, but…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Mediastinal tumors Thymus tumor detection and state-of-the-art treatment Thymic tumors belong to the rarely occurring malignant diseases. Minimally invasive therapeutic procedures now allow a good prognosis.
