This content is machine translated Gastrointestinal tumors Stomach and pancreatic cancer – two entities, one poor prognosis Unprecedented advances have been made in the treatment of gastrointestinal cancer over the past 25 years. At this year’s World Congress, nearly 3000 clinicians, researchers and practitioners discussed the latest…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Chronic wounds Wound-QoL for progression assessment – MCID as a practice-relevant parameter Chronic wounds are usually associated with a significant reduction in quality of life (QoL). Within the framework of qualified wound management, an improvement in QoL is also sought. The Wound-QoL…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated BPH-associated LUTS complaints Sabal-Urtica combination relieves symptoms and has few side effects A review summarized the results from four randomized placebo- or reference-controlled double-blind trials of a Sabal-Urtica combination preparation in men over 50 years of age with BPH-associated LUTS. The phytopreparation…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Crohn's disease in remission Avoid infliximab only with caution Patients with Crohn’s disease can be effectively placed in clinical remission with the combination of infliximab and immunosuppressants. However, long-term use poses some dangers. Scientists from Liege have therefore investigated…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated CKD-MBD Therapy of osteoporosis in chronic renal insufficiency Renal dysfunction leads to serious changes in bone density and mineralization. These irregularities are grouped under the term CKD-MBD (Chronic Kidney Disease – Mineral and Bone Disorder) . A review…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Cardiovascular events in CKD Carotid artery plaque density as a predictive value. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is associated with a greatly increased risk of cardiovascular disease. Diagnosis in affected patients can be difficult because they often have no symptoms or only atypical…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Rare diseases Gaucher disease – a sphingolipidosis A young adult patient with abdominal pain was found to have hepatomegaly and splenomegaly associated with thrombocytopenia and anemia. The bone marrow was then punctured and biopsied, followed by determination…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Actinic keratoses Precancerous light skin – what are risk factors for progression? Actinic keratoses (AK) are associated with squamous cell carcinoma, but little is known about the risk of progression of individual lesions. However, field carcinogenesis or a higher number of lesions…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Mucosal injury Colitis due to sevelamer crystals Sevelamer is a widely used non-calcium-based phosphate-binding agent used to lower serum phosphate levels in chronic kidney disease (CKD) and end-stage renal disease ( ESRD). As a rule, it is…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Elevated TSH levels Are transient factors or hypothyroidism behind it? Hashimoto’s thyroiditis is the most common thyroiditis and the main cause of hypothyroidism. But elevated TSH levels can also be due to various other factors. Therefore, repeated measurements and differential…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Renal cell carcinoma Therapy management from the point of view of improving prognosis Renal cell carcinoma is one of the common malignant tumors of the kidney, accounts for about 3% of all tumor cases, and the rate of new cases is increasing. In…
