This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis Abdominal pain – liver metastases Contrast-enhanced imaging examinations have a high sensitivity and specificity for the detection of liver metastases, whereby sonographic as well as computer and magnetic resonance imaging examinations can be used. The...…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Small cell lung carcinoma Durvalumab approved as first immunotherapy for patients with LS-SCLC Durvalumab has been approved as a monotherapy in Switzerland for the treatment of adult patients with unresectable small cell lung cancer (LS-SCLC, limited-stage small cell lung cancer) whose disease has...…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Follicular lymphoma Addition of tafasitamab significantly improves progression-free survival The results of the phase 3 study (inMIND) indicate a new treatment option for relapsed or refractory follicular lymphoma: The addition of tafasitamab to lenalidomide and rituximab significantly prolonged progression-free...…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Acute myeloid leukemia QuANTUM wild-type Phase 3 trial for patients with FLT3-ITD-negative AML started Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is one of the most common forms of leukemia in adults. To date, there are no approved FLT3 inhibitors for patients with FLT3-ITD-negative AML, although sustained...…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Non-small cell lung cancer Management of locally advanced NSCLC – where are we heading? Lung cancer is the second most common and deadliest type of cancer worldwide. Clinically, non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is the most common pathologic form of lung cancer; approximately one-third…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Melanoma early detection New study on tumor-specific antibodies At this year’s congress of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV), an innovative research paper was presented that used a promising methodology of tumor-specific profiling to detect antibodies…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma T-cell-based therapy “off the shelf” Two types of T-cell-based therapy are available for refractory or relapsing diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL): CAR T cells and bispecific antibodies. While CAR T cells have revolutionized individualized medicine…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Brain tumors Glioblastoma – the spectre of brain tumors Glioblastomas are a particularly aggressive form of brain tumor. To this day, they are incurable. Despite important advances in understanding the molecular pathogenesis and biology of this tumor over the…
View Post 1 min This content is machine translated Online training Swiss Oncology in Motion Module Prostate Cancer Treatment options for prostate cancer have evolved rapidly over the past two years, with advances across the spectrum of disease stages. Prof. em. Dr. med Richard Herrmann speaks in the… CME-Test
View Post 11 min This content is machine translated Malignancies Therapy of esophageal carcinoma – an overview Esophageal carcinomas are comparatively rare tumors and account for approximately 1% of all malignancies worldwide. Based on their location, a distinction is made between cervical and intrathoracic tumors. Histologically, they… CME-Test
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Aplastic anemia Etiology and severity as criteria for therapy selection Aplastic anemia is associated with bone marrow hypocellularity and pancytopenia. In patients with immune-mediated severe or very severe aplastic anemia for whom bone marrow transplantation is not an option, the…
