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 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 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...…
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 6 min This content is machine translated Subtyping as the key to precision medicine Molecular diversity of the PDAC Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is one of the most aggressive tumors of all. The five-year survival rate is still in the single digits. In recent years, however, there has been...…
View Post 12 min This content is machine translated HER2-positive breast cancer ENPP1 as a biomarker for poor prognosis and early detection of brain metastases Around 15-20% of all breast cancer cases are HER2-positive, which is a subtype with an aggressive course and an increased tendency to metastasize to the brain. A new study now...…
View Post 9 min This content is machine translated Myelofibrosis New treatment options for myelofibrosis patients with a high risk of anemia? Myelofibrosis is considered one of the most complex myeloproliferative neoplasms – with high symptom burden, progressive cytopenia and limited treatment options – with anemia in particular presenting a clinical challenge...…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Actinic keratosis Field-directed therapy methods: what the European guideline recommends Topically applied medications are a cornerstone of the field-directed treatment of actinic keratoses. In photodynamic therapy, a topical agent is combined with a procedural method. In cases of insufficient response,...…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Colorectal cancer Is exercise better than medication? The presentation by a renowned Canadian oncologist on promising treatment options for colorectal cancer through exercise therapy caused quite a stir at this year’s ASCO. The results of a randomized...…
