This content is machine translated Esophageal Cancer Place of radio(chemo)therapy in the multimodality setting. Esophageal cancer is a complex clinical picture. Interdisciplinary consultation and care of the patient are therefore useful. What is the place of radiotherapy or radiochemotherapy in multimodality treatment?
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated System therapy in gastric carcinoma Goals of drug treatment Surgery is the first choice for localized gastric carcinoma. Systems therapy peri- or postoperatively can improve cure rates. Palliative, it prolongs survival and improves quality of life. Recognize languageAfrikaansAlbanianArabicArmenianAzerbaijaniBasqueBengaliBosnianBulgarianBurmeseCebuanoChichewaChinese (ver)Chinese…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Swiss Symposium Psychooncology 2018 in Bern News from the field of integrative oncology Many cancer patients are interested in complementary medicine measures. There is now evidence of efficacy for some of the supportive treatments. Good interdisciplinary cooperation is central to this.
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated CNS Lymphoma Induction and consolidation – which agents, regimens and targets? Therapy for primary CNS lymphoma has evolved greatly in recent years. The life expectancy of patients has increased. Methotrexate remains the basis of all induction therapies. In consolidation, the situation…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Soft tissue sarcomas It gets too “hot” for the cancer cells Possible treatments for soft tissue sarcomas include surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy. Recently, attempts have been made to enhance the effects by exposing the cancer cells to heat – with…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Cancer risk increased after heart transplantation New heart, new cancer? After heart transplantation, it is mandatory to suppress the immune system. There is a risk of rejection of the new organ. However, this also means that degenerated cells can no…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Annual Congress of the American Urological Association (AUA), San Francisco Risk assessment in prostate cancer: what do biomarkers do? Since the implementation of PSA testing, the number of PCa diagnoses has multiplied. Biomarkers are increasingly used to prevent overdiagnosis and overtreatment. New approaches, but also limitations, of microbiological testing…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated European study Young oncologists are burned out and exhausted Burnout syndrome is ubiquitous in the medical world. The largest survey ever conducted on the subject raises eyebrows: Two-thirds of all young European oncologists show signs of burnout. What now?
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated ELCC 2018 in Geneva Not “only” live longer, but also better Atezolizumab enables long-term survival for some pretreated lung cancer patients. Alectinib also helps patients live a more tolerable daily life by mitigating disease symptoms over the longer term. These are…
View Post 13 min This content is machine translated Colorectal carcinoma Multimodal concepts for a curative therapeutic approach The treatment of colorectal carcinoma has improved greatly. Patients today benefit from multimodal therapeutic approaches even in advanced stages and metastases. Management must be interdisciplinary.
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Gynecology Update Refresher Vulvar cancer – where do we stand today? Detection of precancerous lesions is important in light of rising incidence rates of vulvar cancer internationally. There is a need to catch up especially in the area of HPV-negative lesions.
