This content is machine translated "I'm always so tired and exhausted". Diagnostics and differential diagnosis of tumor fatigue Fatigue is associated with the distressing sensation of unusual, intense fatigue and exhaustion, and can lead to significant reductions in performance and even disability. Many cancer patients are affected by…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Risk stratification of elderly patients prior to surgery. Frailty leads to postoperative complications Numerous types of cancer occur more frequently with age. At the same time, oncological diseases require surgical intervention in many cases. How to estimate whether the patient will face complications…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Malignant melanoma Risk of recurrence and metastasis in young women Melanoma is one of the most common types of cancer. Melanoma incidence is also increasing in younger women. This is shown, among other things, by data from the U.S. SEER…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Liquid biopsies New dimension of predictive non-invasive marker analysis in tumors. In tumor diagnostics, the term liquid biopsies refers to the analysis of circulating cell-free DNA (cfDNA) and circulating tumor cells. Nowadays, it is possible to detect the mutations of a…
View Post 10 min This content is machine translated PSA, CEA, AFP and Co. Practical aspects of the use of tumor markers Tumor screening with tumor markers alone is not useful, except for PSA/prostate cancer. Screening for prostate cancer must be discussed with the patient on an individual basis. Tumor markers can…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Venous thromboembolism with suspected cancer Are increased screening efforts useful? Idiopathic venous thromboembolism may be early warning signs of tumor. According to older studies, up to 10% of those affected are diagnosed with cancer in the year following thrombosis [1].…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Palliation in brain tumors Supportive therapy in neuro-oncology Medical management of malignant brain tumors, especially malignant gliomas, is focused on palliation because of poor survival and concomitant morbidity. Vasogenic cerebral edema is treated with corticosteroids, and dexamethasone is…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated European Breast Cancer Conference, Amsterdam Does mate tea consumption lower breast cancer risk? Do hot drinks like tea or coffee affect breast cancer risk? And what about drinking such beverages when a breast cancer patient is undergoing chemotherapy? At the Breast Cancer Conference…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Radiooncology options Stereotactic radiotherapy, hyperthermia and intraoperative irradiation In a symposium at the 26th Physicians’ Continuing Education Course in Clinical Oncology in St. Gallen, various forms of radiotherapy were explained. In recent years, technological progress has led to…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Gastrointestinal Cancer Conference, St. Gallen Pancreatic cancer: without surgery, patients have little chance of survival The second day of the Gastrointestinal Cancer Conference in St. Gallen focused on pancreatic cancer. In terms of its incidence, pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest cancers. While the prognosis…
View Post 11 min This content is machine translated From chemotherapy to immunotherapy Current system therapy in metastatic non-small cell lung cancer. Detailed molecular diagnosis is now mandatory for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). In the presence of a driver mutation, the corresponding tyrosine kinase inhibitor should be used in the first…