This content is machine translated Metastatic non-small cell lung cancer Drug therapy 2014 Determination of EGFR mutational status and EML-ALK translocations in patients with metastatic adenocarcinoma has therapeutic implications and should be requested at diagnosis. Maintenance treatment with pemetrexed in patients with non-squamous…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Radiological clarification in lung carcinoma When are which instruments used? Many lung cancers are still diagnosed at a late or advanced and thus symptomatic stage. Based on recent study data, various professional societies have made positive recommendations for lung screening,…
View Post 9 min This content is machine translated Drug treatment of Alzheimer's disease Current guidelines and future prospects A prerequisite for the best possible treatment of memory deficits in AD is a sufficient differential diagnosis. After ruling out other causes, cholinesterase inhibitors and glutamate receptor antagonists can be…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Lung Cancer An evaluation of current diagnostic and therapeutic strategies. This issue of InFo ONKOLOGIE & HÄMATOLOGIE is about lung cancer. In view of the high prevalence – in men it is still the most common malignancy of all –…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Arthroscopic knee surgery A process under the microscope Orthopaedic surgeons practicing arthroscopy are currently facing significant challenges. From the highest echelon of the journal Olympus, a series of randomized trials have suggested that no specific treatment effect can…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated The swollen knee The exact differential diagnosis decides on further action The workup of nontraumatic knee swelling is an exciting diagnostic challenge. The following article emphasizes the importance of careful history taking and goes into more detail about possible clinical findings…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Catheter drainage of the urinary tract An update on the state of the art In spite of widespread and everyday use in practice, there are often inconsistent procedures and ambiguities in material selection, change interval and complication management in urinary tract catheter drainage. Advances…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Rheumatology Focus on the joint The focus of the current issue is on three different diagnostic and therapeutic issues related to joints.
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Rheumatoid arthritis How can remission be achieved? Once joint damage has occurred in the course of rheumatoid arthritis, it can no longer be reversed with medication. Therefore, it is important to use basic therapeutics as early as…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Laser Laser therapies for vascular anomalies The treatment of vascular anomalies by selective laser photocoagulation has a history of more than 50 years. The treatment options have been continuously improved since then and have reached a…
View Post 10 min This content is machine translated Anticoagulation from the perspective of internal medicine Foundations for an individualized “Choosing wisely”. DOAK are at least equal to standard therapy with VKA in non-valvular VCF and venous thromboembolism in terms of safety and efficacy. The intracranial bleeding risk is halved. Consequently, they…
