This content is machine translated 3rd DermAcademy 2014 Immunotherapy in practice and nutritional aspects of acne The therapy concept for allergic diseases is based on three principles: Allergen abstinence or elimination is optimal, but it is time-consuming and in individual cases can be expensive. Pharmacotherapy is…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Warts Treatment must not be suspended too early In an interview with DERMATOLOGIE PRAXIS, Med. pract. Daniel Fleisch, Dermatologisches Ambulatorium Triemli, on the etiology and the numerous ways warts can be treated. It provides information on when therapy…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Treat psoriasis in practice With plaster against psoriasis plaques Topical steroids are the drugs of choice for milder forms of psoriasis. In addition to conventional creams, patches containing active ingredients are also available for treatment. An important advantage of…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated 12th National Laser Congress An overview of tattoo removal and skin tightening procedures The twelfth national laser congress of the Swiss Society for Medical Laser Applications (SGML) in Zurich focused on the possibilities of de-tattooing. If you want to actually remove a permanent…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Chronic wounds Better sheets, smart beds and innovations from veterinary medicine At a training event held at EMPA, the Research and Service Institute for Materials Science and Technology Development of the ETH Domain, the question of how the situation of patients…
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 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 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 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 German-speaking European School of Oncology in St. Gallen The pros and cons of antiangiogenic therapy in first-line treatment. At a DESO advanced training course in St. Gallen, Prof. Volker Heinemann, MD, Munich, and Prof. Werner Scheithauer, MD, Vienna, led a discussion on the use of first-line antiangiogenic therapies.…
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…
