This content is machine translated From high-dose chemotherapy to gene expression. Developments in adjuvant chemotherapy of breast carcinoma. The use of multigene testing is currently limited to the adjuvant setting in HER2-negative luminal breast carcinoma and allows reproducible predictions of recurrence risk. The tests will lead to fewer…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Tablets instead of infusions Oral chemotherapy in metastatic breast carcinoma. Oral chemotherapy is an evidence-based option in drug therapy for metastatic breast cancer. Both the favorable side effect profile and the patient autonomy ensured by the oral form of administration…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Gain time without delaying therapy Neoadjuvant chemotherapy for breast carcinoma Neoadjuvant chemotherapy is always possible when adjuvant chemotherapy is also indicated. During neoadjuvant chemotherapy, treatment response should be documented so that treatment can be modified if necessary. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy allows…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Acute pulmonary embolism The role of surgery Pulmonary embolectomy has become an important therapeutic option in patients with acute massive pulmonary embolism with present signs of right ventricular strain when the indication is carefully and interdisciplinary (cardiac…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Folk medicine lore and some clinical studies What can herbal medicines do for diabetes? Diabetes type 2 is not necessarily one of the diseases for which one expects a treatment possibility with herbal preparations. However, there are a number of medicinal plants of western…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Annual meeting of the neurological society Headaches: sometimes anything but trivial The annual meeting of the Swiss Neurological Society was held in Bern at the end of October 2015. In a series of lectures, various causes of headaches were presented and…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Anti-Aging Trendy topic or science? Anti-aging is in like never before! There are many reasons for this. In particular, the widespread use of computers, social networks and smartphones has an impact. Nowadays, people are networked…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated From carbohydrates, proteins and fats The importance of nutrition in sports Athletic performance is the result of the interaction of numerous factors, similar to a mosaic or a puzzle. The overall picture is only correct if all the bricks or parts…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated SGML Congress 2016 State of the art in scar therapy and non-ionizing radiation. Speakers from Germany, Denmark, Italy, Korea and Switzerland met again at the Hilton Airport Hotel at the beginning of the year to gather news and views from the field of…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated 1st Swiss Symposium on Psychosomatics Fatigue – fate of our time? At the 1st Swiss Symposium for Psychosomatics at the Giesserei in Zurich-Oerlikon, the topic was “Exhaustion, Burnout and the Tired Society”. Are we really getting more and more tired and…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated 11th Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society for Bipolar Disorders Comorbidity between bipolar disorder and addiction Addictive behaviors are more common in patients with bipolar disorder than in the general population. Not only the risk for alcohol and tobacco addiction, but also for behavioral addictions such…
