This content is machine translated Case reports: rare skin tumors Personalized treatment strategy for severe recurrent courses There is currently no established therapeutic approach for advanced or metastasized atypical fibroxanthoma. The case study described underlines the importance of individual treatment recommendations. The second case report presents clinical…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Hematologic oncology Healing potential based on innovative research approaches At the beginning of December, world-renowned doctors gathered in San Diego (USA) for the most important and comprehensive congress in hematological oncology. More than 20,000 visitors took part in the…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Hematology Overcoming boundaries – basic research, diagnostics and therapy The motto of the recently held Swiss Oncology & Hematology Congress (SOHC) was “Overcoming borders together”. A great deal of research has been and is being carried out to give…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Endometrial Cancer Dostarlimab in everyday clinical practice: initial experiences with diagnostics and therapy Patients with primary advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer have a poor prognosis, particularly in the long-term course of treatment with carboplatin plus paclitaxel. This can be significantly improved with the…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Breast Cancer News from the world of prevention, diagnosis and therapy Every year in December, around 7500 breast cancer experts from all over the world meet at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium. The highlights of current breast cancer research on…
View Post 27 min This content is machine translated Uveal melanoma Development of a CAR T-cell therapy for uveal melanoma T cells that are endowed with tumor specificity through the expression of a chimeric antigen recept or (CAR) are becoming increasingly important. They are already increasingly being used in adoptive… CME-Test
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis Abdominal pain – retroperitoneal liposarcoma Retroperitoneal liposarcomas are often discovered as an incidental finding. The most common subtypes of sarcomas in the retroperitoneum are dedifferentiated liposarcomas, well-differentiated liposarcomas and leiomyosarcomas. Complete surgical resection is the…
View Post 12 min This content is machine translated Palliative care symptom and needs assessment. What screening tools are helpful? In view of the new and mostly well-tolerated therapies, the palliative life and treatment time of oncological patients is increasingly extended. It is a major challenge to identify patients in… CME-Test
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Metastatic Merkel cell carcinoma Successful treatment with immunotherapy Chemotherapy (ChT) has always been the standard of care for the treatment of metastatic Merkel cell carcinoma (mMCC), but response rates are often not sustained [1, 2]. Bavencio® (avelumab) is…
View Post 27 min This content is machine translated Uveal melanoma Development of a CAR T-cell therapy for uveal melanoma T cells that are endowed with tumor specificity through the expression of a chimeric antigen recept or (CAR) are becoming increasingly important. They are already increasingly being used in adoptive… CME-Test
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Endometrial Cancer Prolonged progression-free survival through combination therapy Endometrial cancer is the sixth most common cancer in women worldwide and has a poor prognosis, particularly in terms of long-term results. The median overall survival time is less than…
