This content is machine translated Annual Congress of the SGAI Management of atopic dermatitis in young children. While the basic daily therapy for atopic dermatitis of bathing and applying lotion as part of the evening bedtime ritual has proven effective, parents react with uncertainty to the use…
View Post 5 min 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 4 min This content is machine translated Effects of physical activities on the skin Skin and sport Just over 70% of the Swiss population engage in sports at least occasionally. In addition to general fitness training, this mainly involves endurance sports such as jogging, cycling or swimming.…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Six year old boy with local skin lesion Two knots for the surgeon? Case report: For three to four months, this six-year-old boy developed two skin-colored nodules in the abdominal region, which increased significantly in size during the course.
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 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.…
