This content is machine translated Therapy for gastrointestinal stromal tumors Surgical and oncological aspects Before initiating therapy, GIST patients should be discussed at an interdisciplinary tumor board. For intermediate to high risk of relapse, adjuvant imatinib therapy should be considered after resection. Patients with…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Colorectal cancer Why are more and more younger patients becoming ill? There is a significant increase in the incidence of colorectal cancer in the age group below 55 years. In older individuals, diagnoses have been steadily declining for years. Screening recommendations…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Multiparametric MRI in prostate cancer. A means to increase diagnostic accuracy Can multiparametric MRI be used in triage to avoid unnecessary prostate biopsies in some individuals and more targeted biopsies in others? According to the results of a British study published…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Pooled analysis of 16 cohort studies. After stress comes cancer An analysis of more than 160,000 health survey participants from England and Scotland published in the British Medical Journal finds a link between cancer mortality and stress. Even when classical…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated IMPAKT 2017 Breast Cancer Conference, Brussels CDK4/6 inhibitor – therapeutic option in triple-negative breast carcinoma? A new study provides insights into the mechanisms of resistance in triple-negative breast carcinoma (TNBC) and therapy with CDK4/6 inhibitors. Previously known from the treatment regimen of advanced hormone receptor…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated European Lung Cancer Conference in Geneva Therapy of small cell lung tumors – focus on neutropenia Update on the use of granulocyte colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) in concurrent chemoradiotherapy. Administration in patients with small cell lung cancer may be safer than previously thought.
View Post 9 min This content is machine translated Therapy of the early stages of lung cancer Importance of minimally invasive segmental resection and lymphadenectomy. Screening programs are increasing the incidence of early-stage lung cancer. Surgery is still the first choice of therapy. With thorough lymphadenectomy, anatomic segmental resection is an equivalent alternative to lobectomy.
View Post 10 min This content is machine translated Vulvar carcinoma Vulvar carcinoma requires multidisciplinary collaboration Vulvar carcinoma is a rather rare carcinoma. Here, too, prevention is better than therapy. In the case of a conspicuous vulvar finding, the entire vulva should always be carefully examined…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Acute lymphoblastic leukemia Bispecific antibody in heavily pretreated patients. Blinatumomab forms a bridge between T cells and cancer cells. The bispecific antibody is proving its worth in a new phase III trial. It has been approved in Switzerland for…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) Is the survival prognosis actually worse for GIST of the small bowel? GIST is most commonly found in the stomach and small intestine. A new comprehensive analysis of the U.S. Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database shows that, contrary to popular…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Multiple Myeloma Approval of daratumumab in Switzerland At the beginning of this year, the first active immunotherapy directed against CD38 in refractory multiple myeloma was approved in Switzerland. The data from the two studies MMY2002 (SIRIUS) and…
