This content is machine translated Surgical therapy of pancreatic carcinoma Extended resections – vessels, neighboring organs, recurrences The only chance of long-term survival in pancreatic cancer is radical resection (R0) with adjuvant chemotherapy. To achieve radical resection, extended surgery with resection of the venous porto-mesenteric vessels as…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Current therapy 2014 Surgical update on colon and rectal cancer. In the case of colorectal carcinoma, surgery is still the only way to cure the disease. Primary therapy of colon carcinoma consists of oncologic resection of the tumor-bearing bowel segment.…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Surgical update - colorectal and pancreatic cancers. What’s new? This current issue of InFo ONCOLOGY & HEMATOLOGY focuses on surgery for two important tumor entities: colorectal carcinoma and pancreatic carcinoma.
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Metastatic colorectal cancer Comparison between bevacizumab and cetuximab in KRAS exon2 wild type. According to preliminary results of a large phase III trial presented at this year’s ASCO congress, bevacizumab and cetuximab (combined with FOLFOX or FOLFIRI) show similar efficacy in terms of…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Gastric and esophageal cancer The scar heals, the questions remain As a therapist in oncology rehabilitation, I once encountered a patient who quoted her surgeon as saying, “I was able to remove your tumor completely. You are healthy again.” At…
View Post 9 min This content is machine translated Esophageal and gastric cancer Perioperative adjuvant radio-chemotherapy T1-T2 N0 tumors undergo primary surgery. Proximal esophageal cancer is an indication for radio-chemotherapy alone (RCT). In contrast, T3-T4 and N+ carcinomas are treated trimodally when possible. Neoadjuvant RCT increases…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Abdominal wall sparing training after visceral surgical procedures Physical reconditioning and wound healing hand in hand Visceral surgery patient volumes have increased significantly in recent years. After major surgery with opening of the abdominal wall due to chronic, oncological or acute diseases, almost all patients suffer…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Bronchiectasis A bronchial change that accompanies numerous diseases Bronchiectasis, irreversible dilatation of the bronchi, accompanies many diseases but can also be congenital. If one wants to therapeutically address the entire clinical picture with all its symptoms (bronchiectasis), one…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Unwanted weight loss Evidence-based approach in practice Why do people lose weight unintentionally? This question was discussed in a workshop at the ESCIM Congress in Geneva. Seniors in particular often come to the family doctor’s office with…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated German-speaking European School of Oncology in St. Gallen The pros and cons of antiangiogenic therapy in first-line treatment. At a DESO advanced training course in St. Gallen, Prof. Volker Heinemann, MD, Munich, and Prof. Werner Scheithauer, MD, Vienna, led a discussion on the use of first-line antiangiogenic therapies.…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated 2nd EORTC St. Gallen Gastrointestinal Cancer Conference 2014 VEGF inhibition in metastatic colorectal cancer. The use of the VEGF inhibitor bevacizumab improves the outcome of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer regardless of the chemotherapy chosen. Recent data suggest that the duration of VEGF inhibition…
