This content is machine translated Advanced training Hautnah Guidelines – what to consider for diagnostics? In malignant melanoma, some new findings on prognostic factors and risks have been published recently. The changed guidelines bring some innovations in everyday life and aim at a most accurate…
View Post 10 min This content is machine translated Skin surgery Tips and tricks for practice The majority of simple surgical procedures on the skin organ can be easily performed in the office. However, as with any surgical procedure, a clear indication and selection of the…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Breast Cancer How should action be taken without accurate study results? What is the evidence for primary tumor and metastasis in breast carcinoma? Are there treatment options that will not harm the child if a pregnant woman is found to have…
View Post 8 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 4 min This content is machine translated 5th SSHO in St. Gallen How do advances in treatment translate to clinical practice? Several studies in the area of chronic lymphocytic leukemia have attracted attention in recent years, most notably, of course, the CLL11 study, which demonstrated a clear benefit of the combination…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated HSP90 inhibition A new therapeutic approach for breast cancer In an initial phase II study in metastatic breast cancer, the HSP90 inhibitor ganetespib has shown promising antitumor activity in HER2-positive and triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). Due to the favorable…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated 2nd EORTC St. Gallen Gastrointestinal Cancer Conference 2014 VEGF inhibition in metastatic colorectal cancer. The use of the VEGF inhibitor bevacizumab improves the outcome of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer regardless of the chemotherapy chosen. Recent data suggest that the duration of VEGF inhibition…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Skin cancer Do we need to rethink our lifestyle in the fight against skin cancer? The topic could hardly be more explosive: Already about half of the over 60-year-olds suffer from actinic tumors. In Switzerland, we are also European champions in terms of melanoma incidence.…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Pediatric hematology and oncology Acute childhood leukemias: an update. A child with unexplained cytopenia and additional symptoms such as fever, lymphadenopathy, or hepatosplenomegaly should be generously and rapidly referred to a center. Hyperleukocytosis, tumor lysis syndrome, and mediastinal tumor…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated News on melanoma therapy at ASCO 2014 How do immunotherapies work in combination and in the adjuvant setting? In the course of this year’s ASCO congress in Chicago at the beginning of June, new results of the phase Ib study on the combination of PD1 and CTLA4 inhibition…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Pediatric and geriatric oncology Treat young and old correctly This issue of InFo ONKOLOGIE & HÄMATOLOGIE is about tumors in pediatrics and geriatrics.
