This content is machine translated Colorectal Cancer How do patients outside the screening population fare? In patients at intermediate risk for colorectal cancer, colonoscopy is recommended by most European and American organizations as a screening examination starting at age 50 at intervals not exceeding 10…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Whole brain irradiation or stereotaxy? Options for radiotherapy in brain metastases For 1-3 brain metastases, stereotactic radiotherapy is highly effective, either as a single time treatment for smaller lesions or as fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy. In single-treatment radiotherapy, the radiation dose must…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Breast and thyroid cancer How great is the risk of a second malignancy? The possible association between breast and thyroid cancer has been a topic of research for several decades. For their meta-analysis, a team of physicians from Chicago was able to draw…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated European Lung Cancer Conference 2016 in Geneva Is there a vaccine for malignant mesothelioma coming soon? Once again, the European Lung Cancer Conference was held in Geneva. Once again, the focus was primarily on non-small cell lung cancer. Therapies targeting mutated and non-mutated variants of EGFR…
View Post 8 min 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…
