This content is machine translated Hepatocellular carcinoma Modern therapy options Curative therapies for hepatocellular carcinoma include surgical resection, ablation, and liver transplantation. Internationally valid recommendations for liver transplantation in HCC were formulated at the 2010 Zurich Consensus Conference.
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Benign liver tumors What you always wanted to know about benign liver tumors Family physicians are increasingly confronted with incidental findings of benign liver tumors due to modern imaging. In many cases, referral to a specialist team is required. Today, operations can usually…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated General Internal Medicine Update Refresher in Zurich Drugs in gastroenterology – an update. There are recent developments in the treatment of individual gastroenterological diseases. In addition to new therapeutic options with excellent efficacy and good healing prospects for those affected, tried-and-tested groups of…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Stool transplantation New wonder weapon or hype? Stool transplantation came into wider use in 2011, and has since been approved by U.S. health authorities for the treatment of Clostridium difficile infections. In such indications, it is the…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated World Pancreatic Cancer Day November 16, 2017 The world sees purple Pancreatic cancer has a very high mortality. In Switzerland, 1172 people fall ill with it every year, 1080 die. At Shire’s media briefing, a comprehensive overview of the disease was…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated The hepatic encephalopathy A common complication of cirrhosis of the liver Hepatic encephalopathy encompasses a wide spectrum of nonspecific symptoms. Most often, infectious diseases are responsible for an episode. Lactulose or lactitol is used for treatment. In severe cases, therapy is…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Colorectal Cancer Colorectal cancer diagnosis is “masked” by other diseases Conditions unrelated to cancer complicate and delay the diagnosis of colorectal cancer – even if they do not cause similar symptoms.
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated 25th United European Gastroenterology Week (UEGweek), Barcelona New ways to treat inflammatory bowel disease Numerous new drug classes are currently in development, and the goal of individualized treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases with few side effects is approaching. Here, biomarkers play an important role…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Cystic fibrosis A “childhood disease” has grown up Improvements in disease management increase the quality of life and life expectancy of patients with cystic fibrosis. Newborn screening, introduced in 2011, enables early diagnosis. However, the disease should also…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Hepatitis C Light at the end of the tunnel The introduction of interferon-free combination therapies with “direct acting antivirals” (DAA) was a breakthrough. Medically, therapy with current drugs can be recommended to all patients with active HCV infection. As…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Annual Meeting DGHO, OeGHO, SGMO and SGH+SSH in Stuttgart, Germany Update hepatocellular carcinoma – news from the system therapy In hepatocellular carcinoma, an increase in incidence has been observed in industrialized countries. HCC patients have at least two diseases, namely carcinoma as well as severe liver disease. The interaction…
