This content is machine translated Castration refractory prostate cancer (CRPC). What are the new treatment options? The significant increase in available therapeutic agents in CRPC is encouraging. The focus of any therapy should be the preservation of quality of life with a reduction of tumor-specific complications.…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Stomach cancer One-third fewer cases of disease through eradication? Approximately 90% of all gastric cancer cases are associated with Helicobacter pylori infections. Eradication of these pathogens in healthy asymptomatic individuals or in the general population appears to reduce the…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated How does the immunochemical test perform in colorectal cancer screening? Mortality reduction is seen earlier than with guaiac-based assays Screening programs using the guaiac-based fecal occult blood test (gFOBT) for early detection of colorectal cancer are known to result in a reduction in disease-specific mortality. Testing methods based on…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Breast Cancer Three-dimensional tumor models as a prognostic tool Using so-called spheroid models of breast tumors, German researchers have been able to predict the response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy with great accuracy. This method is based on the “replication” of…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Radiotherapy for prostate cancer Precision radiotherapy in primary treatment and oligometastasis. With rapid technological advances in radiation oncology, new treatment options are now available to patients with prostate cancer, both in the primary therapy and in the metastatic setting. In particular,…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Localized prostate cancer Possibilities of curative therapy Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men. Not all prostate cancers are the same (keyword risk stratification). Not every prostate carcinoma needs to be treated (keyword overtherapy). Various…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Young cancer patients Intensive treatment until death A cross-sectional study from California shows: Young patients with cancer receive very intensive medical care (chemotherapy, hospitalizations, emergency room or intensive care unit admissions) in the last months and even…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated European Lung Cancer Conference Mutation analysis is crucial for the choice of therapy Three interesting studies were presented at the European Lung Cancer Conference in Geneva. Two were dedicated to the group of NSCLC patients with an EGFR-activating mutation. Can erlotinib neoadjuvant achieve…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated T-cell therapy Pilot study shows promising activity With the so-called adoptive T-cell therapy, a new therapy method is in development that could also be used in the future for epithelial chemotherapy-refractory tumors. This is shown by the…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Breast Cancer Neurological complications under cancer therapy are common Prospective cohort data show: Nearly half of all women undergoing therapy for breast cancer experience neurological complications. Cognitive impairment is also common in this population. If one wants to reduce…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated New insights into the development of tumor pain Activation of VEGFR-1 leads to hypersensitization of neurons Many different types of cancer are associated with pain, which severely limits the quality of life of those affected. Still, the underlying mechanisms of this tumor pain are insufficiently understood.…
