This content is machine translated Follow-up of the NeoSphere study Compelling data on the neoadjuvant use of pertuzumab NeoSphere is a phase II trial in which 417 women with newly diagnosed HER2-positive, operable, locally advanced or inflammatory early breast cancer were randomized to four different neoadjuvant therapy arms.…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Follow-up after renal cell carcinoma surgery How long is long enough? Patients with operable renal cell carcinoma must continue to be followed after nephrectomy. According to a study from the renowned Mayo Clinic in Rochester, the necessary duration of follow-up after…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Interview on breast self-check via app The digital world has become indispensable for us doctors Info ONKOLOGIE & HÄMATOLOGIE spoke with Stephanie von Orelli, MD, current head of the gynecology clinic at Stadtspital Triemli, and Brida von Castelberg, MD, former head of the gynecology clinic…
View Post 11 min This content is machine translated Current therapy concepts Acute leukemias in children and adolescents Childhood leukemias are treated in a risk-adapted manner and are curable in the majority of cases. In acute lymphoblastic leukemia, one of the most important prognostic factors – in addition…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated From RAPID to RATHL Current treatment options for Hodgkin’s lymphoma The option of sequential PET computed tomography (PET) scans opens up new possibilities in the treatment of Hodgkin lymphoma. Current standard therapy in low-risk patients consists of two cycles of…
View Post 9 min This content is machine translated Acute leukemia in elderly patients Ethical Aspects of Therapy Decisions and Advance Care Planning Ethical conflicts in determining treatment may arise when there are differing views about achievable and reasonable goals of therapy. The first step of an ethically well-founded treatment is to realistically…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Stomach cancer, endometrial carcinoma, sarcomas New study results from the ASCO Congress 2015 In June 2015, the Swiss PostASCO Meeting took place in Bern – the ideal event for all those who cannot or do not want to attend the ASCO Congress in…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Guest article by the Foundation for People with Rare Diseases The increasing importance of genetics in medicine In medicine, one must think of the possibility of a genetic effect. Familiarity may be indicative, but genetic diseases also occur sporadically. With state-of-the-art high-throughput sequencing, diagnoses can now be…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Unplanned and incorrect tumor resection Whoops lesions in soft tissue sarcomas. Soft tissue sarcomas are rare malignant connective tissue tumors. Therapy is multidisciplinary and should be determined by a sarcoma center. Whoops lesions are unplanned excisions of soft tissue sarcomas without…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Low-grade follicular lymphoma Discrepancy between guidelines and clinical practice. How are patients with low-grade early follicular lymphoma treated nowadays and what developments have there been in this regard in recent years? A U.S. retrospective cohort study shows that radiotherapy…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Heavily pretreated multiple myeloma New therapeutic option: an antibody that targets CD38 Results from an ongoing phase II trial of the monoclonal antibody daratumumab were presented at the ASCO Congress. This targets the protein CD38, which is highly expressed on myeloma cells.…
