This content is machine translated Specific oncological and social problems Cancer in young adults: Experts call for treatment protocols Adolescents and young adults are a neglected age group in oncology. Younger cancer patients are also rarely included in studies – accordingly, their survival rate has hardly improved in recent…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Meningiomas Therapeutic options for recurrent or metastatic tumors A “Special Session” at the ESMO Congress focused on meningiomas. Although these brain tumors are primarily treated surgically, higher-grade meningiomas that can grow invasively may require radio or systems therapy.
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Metastatic colorectal cancer Which first-line therapy for patients with wild-type RAS? At this year’s ESMO Congress in Madrid, treatment options for metastatic colorectal cancer were also discussed. Is there an optimal strategy for patients with a wild-type RAS mutation, and would…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated RAINBOW Study New standard in the second line? Drugs that are well established in first-line advanced gastric cancer continue to achieve relatively poor survival prognoses in second-line settings. A new study (RAINBOW) now demonstrates the efficacy of ramucirumab…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Glioblastoma Moving forward with combined forces Considering that glioblastomas are among the most common and malignant brain tumors and have a very poor prognosis, optimizations of the current therapy are urgently needed. Two publications are attracting…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Lymphoma as a result of breast implants Beauty at what price? A potentially new subcategory of anaplastic large cell lymphoma shows an association with breast implants. Researchers have compiled evidence from the 71 cases published to date. The main characteristics of…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated New therapies Progress in metastatic malignant melanoma New insights in tumor biology and immunology as well as in molecular pathology have rapidly driven the development of immunomodulatory antibodies and so-called “targeted” therapeutics [1]. This makes the therapy…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Actinic keratosis Early treatment is indicated Actinic or solar keratoses represent in situ squamous cell carcinomas of the skin and are one of the more common dermatoses in daily practice. On the one hand, it is…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Smoking and cancer A cigarette in the morning brings sorrow and worries According to new data, passive and active smoking significantly increases breast cancer risk. Young women are particularly at risk after menarche and before their first full-term pregnancy (FFTP). In addition,…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Breast Cancer Proliferation stimulated by soy? There are several epidemiological studies linking soy to a reduced risk of breast cancer or recurrence. At the same time, the phytoestrogens contained in soy, genistein and daidzein, achieve a…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Cohort study What is the risk of tumor recurrence with arthritis therapy? TNF inhibition has many benefits in rheumatoid arthritis, but it may also be associated with an increased risk of tumor recurrence. A study of former breast cancer patients seeks to…
