This content is machine translated Interview on breast self-check via app The digital world has become indispensable for us doctors Info ONKOLOGIE & HÄMATOLOGIE spoke with Stephanie von Orelli, MD, current head of the gynecology clinic at Stadtspital Triemli, and Brida von Castelberg, MD, former head of the gynecology clinic…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Non-gonorrheal urethritis Pathogen spectrum and management In addition to chlamydia and gonococci, there are numerous pathogens that can cause urethritis. Occasionally, clinical features may indicate the responsible germ, such as marked painfulness and meatitis in adeno-…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Laboratory medicine - prenatal medicine New promising methods of prenatal diagnostics Non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) provides a new reliable method for early detection of the most common aneuploidies. The sensitivity and specificity of NIPT for the detection of fetal trisomy 21…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Breast cancer in the family Is the prognosis worsening? Family history is not an independent risk factor for worse outcome in young women with breast cancer. This is the result of a British study in which the data of…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated IMPAKT Breast Cancer Conference Male breast cancer – how do receptor subtypes differ? The IMPAKT Breast Cancer Conference was held in Brussels in May. Topics of discussion included the tumor and outcome characteristics of the various molecular subtypes of breast carcinoma in men.…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Breast Cancer EPIC study – a tumor rarely comes alone For eleven years, scientists had followed a large cohort of breast cancer patients from the so-called EPIC study (European Prospective Investigation Into Cancer And Nutrition). The aim was to determine…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Gynecology How to proceed with dysplasia? Women with known immunosuppression should receive annual cervical screening. When cervical screening is performed, the perianal, vulvar, and vaginal areas should also be inspected. The use of a screening procedure…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated HPV vaccination in Switzerland Current situation and future prospects The proportion of HPV-vaccinated 18-24-year-old women has stagnated at about 50%. Vaccination coverage must be significantly improved if the circulation of papilloma virus is to be sustainably reduced. One possibility,…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Radical surgery as a treatment option Prophylactic mastectomy – for which patients is it an option? Prophylactic mastectomy reduces the risk of breast cancer by more than 95% in a healthy BRCA mutation carrier. However, intensified screening is a good alternative to surgery. For a diseased…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Genetic Diagnostics What is the importance of genes in the therapy of breast carcinoma? Oncotype DX®, MammaPrint® and EndoPredict® are validated gene assay tests with proven prognostic value. The use of the tests can currently be used in early breast carcinoma (Luminal A/B) in…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Results from the ICE and SOFT studies Does capecitabine prove effective and who benefits from ovarian suppression? Two studies presented at the 2014 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium had been eagerly anticipated: ICE tested adjuvant monochemotherapy with capecitabine in an elderly patient population and SOFT tested ovarian…
