This content is machine translated Palmoplantar warts - not to be underestimated Wart beds: Banal infection or is there more to it? Case report: A 6 11/12 year old girl presented to our consultation with marked verrucae vulgares on hands and feet. The warts had been present for >3 months and had…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated ESMO in Copenhagen and Singapore Immunotherapy puts lung cancer experts in turmoil Pembrolizumab returned to the international stage of lung cancer therapy with a thunderclap during the presentation of the KEYNOTE 024 trial at the 2016 ESMO Congress in Copenhagen. Lectures on…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Laser Congress SGML 2017 Laser therapy – a broad field that is developing rapidly At the annual congress of the Swiss Society for Medical Laser Applications, which took place as every year at the Hilton Airport Hotel Zurich, one could attend lectures on nevus…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Endometrial Cancer Practical basics and modern management The incidence of endometrial cancer is increasing. In postmenopausal women, it usually becomes noticeable early on with vaginal bleeding. More than 70% of patients are in FIGO stage I at…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated News from allergology Dust mite allergy – what’s new? At the moment, both dermato-oncologists and allergologists feel addressed by the term “immunotherapy”. Admittedly, the pathways of action of the corresponding therapies from the two disciplines have nothing to do…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated ASH 2016 in San Diego Multiple Myeloma Review As every year, the ASH Congress took place in the busy pre-Christmas season. This time, experts from hematology and oncology met in San Diego. Multiple myeloma was again an important…
View Post 9 min This content is machine translated Bullous autoimmune dermatoses When the skin and mucous membrane come off Bullous autoimmune dermatoses are a clinically and immunopathologically heterogeneous group of rare autoimmune diseases. In patients of older age with pruritus and bulging blisters, bullous pemphigoid is at the top…
View Post 10 min This content is machine translated Preoperative anemia in the era of patient blood management (PBM). A pragmatic approach to diagnostics and therapy Preoperative anemia is an independent predictor of increased risk of infection, thromboembolism, and mortality. For their part, allogeneic blood transfusions further contribute to worsening outcomes through nonspecific and specific risks.…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Swiss Derma Day 2017 The fear of hair loss As every year, the Swiss Derma Day covered a broad spectrum of lectures in dermatology and venereology. We would like to introduce two presentations in more detail. On the one…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Chronic myeloid leukemia State of the Art – where are we at CML in 2017? CML patients have a normal life expectancy when treated with Abl-specific kinase inhibitors (TKIs) in chronic phase. Imatinib, dasatinib and nilotinib are approved in the first-line treatment of CML. In…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Dermatophytoses Update on clinic, epidemiology and diagnosis. Dermatophytes cause infections of the exposed skin, nails or hair. T. rubrum and T. interdigitale are the most common dermatophytes, are anthropophilic and causative agents of tinea pedis, nail mycoses…
