This content is machine translated Breast Cancer From pathophysiology to new therapeutic strategies Breast cancer, the most common malignancy in women worldwide, is a very heterogeneous disease. The different molecular profiles can be divided into three main subtypes according to hormone receptor (ER…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Hematology Thrombosis, thalassemia and co. Venous thrombosis occurred more than twice as often after placement of a PICC catheter than when conventional catheters were used. One study looked more closely at influencing factors in patients…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Squamous cell carcinoma Evidence-based recommendations on diagnosis and therapy At this year’s congress of the European Association of Dermato-Oncology (EADO), current recommendations for the management of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC) were outlined. The first-line therapy remains complete excision…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Gastrointestinal tumors Stomach and pancreatic cancer – two entities, one poor prognosis Unprecedented advances have been made in the treatment of gastrointestinal cancer over the past 25 years. At this year’s World Congress, nearly 3000 clinicians, researchers and practitioners discussed the latest…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Actinic keratoses Precancerous light skin – what are risk factors for progression? Actinic keratoses (AK) are associated with squamous cell carcinoma, but little is known about the risk of progression of individual lesions. However, field carcinogenesis or a higher number of lesions…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Renal cell carcinoma Therapy management from the point of view of improving prognosis Renal cell carcinoma is one of the common malignant tumors of the kidney, accounts for about 3% of all tumor cases, and the rate of new cases is increasing. In…
View Post 9 min This content is machine translated Anemia Autoimmune diseases as a cause of anemia Anemias are a common occurrence in routine medical care, and their causes can be varied. Anemia refers to a decrease in hemoglobin and hematocrit levels. The cut-off value of hemoglobin… CME-Test
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) Transcript types, molecular response and biomarkers on the test bench. Chronic myeloid leukemia is a model disease for diagnosis and therapy of neoplastic diseases. The underlying cytogenetic aberration and the multistage progression enable the transfer of molecular cytogenetic findings into…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Multiple Myeloma (MM) Prognostic factors, the role of leptin and MGUS in focus. Multiple myeloma results from the degeneration of a single plasma cell whose clones spread throughout the bone marrow. Overall, the disease occurs very rarely. However, it is one of the…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis Abdominal pain – Carcinoma of the urinary bladder Urothelial carcinomas can occur in the upper or lower urinary tract. To examine the draining urinary tract (renal pelvic calices, ureters), computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Hematology Blood, blood cells, blood diseases – current research at a glance The most important European meeting of hematologists is held annually in June. Renowned experts will gather at the EHA Annual Congress to present and discuss current research data on various…
