This content is machine translated Urothelial carcinoma Perioperative innovations and organ-preserving strategies Urothelial carcinoma is an aggressive tumor entity with high morbidity. In recent years, the perioperative treatment spectrum – particularly for muscle-invasive bladder cancer – has expanded significantly: Immune checkpoint inhibitors...…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Asbestos victims Federal Council has decided to amend the UVG Financing the Compensation Fund for Asbestos Victims Foundation has proved increasingly difficult in recent years. In order to secure it in the long term, the Federal Council has enacted an...…
View Post 32 min This content is machine translated Music as a cure for cancer? Music therapy in Swiss oncology Music therapy is becoming increasingly important as part of integrative treatment approaches and complementary procedures in cancer treatment. The workshop held by a music therapist from Inselspital Bern at this...… CME-Test
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Side effects under opioid therapy Is it possible to avoid the inevitable? Opioid analgesics are an essential tool for the relief of cancer-related pain. However, in addition to their undeniable therapeutic value, opioids are associated with a number of predictable side effects...…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis Dyspnea – pulmonary hamartomas Benign tumors of the lung can be epithelial, mesenchymal or embryonal in nature. Hamartomas are among the most common benign lung tumors. As they are usually asymptomatic, they are mostly...…
View Post 13 min This content is machine translated Focus on prevention Colorectal cancer screening – an update Colorectal cancer is a relevant disease for society: every twentieth person in Switzerland is affected at least once in their lifetime. In Switzerland, around 4300 new cases occur every year...… CME-Test
View Post 13 min This content is machine translated Acute myeloid leukemia Treatment decisions between MRD monitoring, transplantation and CAR-T cells As part of the SOHC 2025 (Swiss Oncology & Hematology Congress), Christoph Röllig from Dresden University Hospital gave a presentation on current developments in the diagnosis and treatment of minimal...…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis Renal cell carcinoma In the early stages, it is often an incidental finding, as symptoms usually only manifest themselves at a later stage. Nowadays, ultrasound, CT and MRI are the main imaging techniques...…
View Post 17 min This content is machine translated Low grade serous ovarian carcinoma (LGSOC) Opening up new horizons through combination therapies This year’s congress of the European Society for Medical Oncology , which took place in Berlin from October 17 to 21, 2025, offered an impressive variety of topics on numerous...…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Lung cancer with EGFR mutation New perspectives in first-line therapy At this year’s IASLC World Conference on Lung Cancer (WCLC 2025) in Barcelona, a poster on the FLAURA2 study was presented, which presented new data on combination therapy with osimertinib...…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Stomach cancer and Helicobacter pylori A question of income? Despite a declining incidence rate, the total number of cases and deaths from gastric cancer continues to rise worldwide. Infection with Helicobacter pylori is the main risk factor for the...…
