This content is machine translated IMPAKT 2017 Breast Cancer Conference, Brussels CDK4/6 inhibitor – therapeutic option in triple-negative breast carcinoma? A new study provides insights into the mechanisms of resistance in triple-negative breast carcinoma (TNBC) and therapy with CDK4/6 inhibitors. Previously known from the treatment regimen of advanced hormone receptor…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated European Lung Cancer Conference in Geneva Therapy of small cell lung tumors – focus on neutropenia Update on the use of granulocyte colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) in concurrent chemoradiotherapy. Administration in patients with small cell lung cancer may be safer than previously thought.
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated 15th Zurich Review Course in Clinical Cardiology Hyperuricemia – only gout or also cardiorenal risk? Elevated uric acid in the blood can manifest as gout. Hyperuricemia is also being studied as an independent cardiorenal risk factor. At the Zurich Cardiology Review, the evidence situation was…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Ginger against kinetosis Helpers on the High Seas Ginger on travel: For reactions of the organism to movement influences, ginger is a proven helper. Symptoms of motion sickness such as nausea and vomiting have been shown to be…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Percutaneous coronary intervention How to post-treat after PCI? The type and duration of combined antithrombotic therapy vary. Decisive factors are the clinical setting (stable CHD vs. ACS), the need for additional anticoagulation (e.g., atrial fibrillation), and the patient-specific…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Nicotine addiction Influence of retrieval-extinction training on smoking behavior. Smokers who want to quit use often report craving. One study addresses the question of whether retrieval-extinction training can help maintain abstinence or reduce use.
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Analysis of gambling addiction using Big Data techniques Investigation of online gaming behavior For the first time, online gaming behavior at a poker provider was recorded and evaluated via telecommunications providers throughout Switzerland in a study.
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Liver disease Possibilities of treatment with milk thistle Pharmacological and clinical studies support the efficacy of milk thistle extracts and silymarin – an overview of diseases and efficacy studies.
View Post 1 min This content is machine translated Untreated immune neuropathies Importance of sonography Study of the evidence for high-resolution nerve ultrasonography as a cost-effective and rapidly feasible imaging examination method for differentiating immune neuropathies from axonal neuropathies and ALS.
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated 123. Congress of the DGIM, Mannheim Gender Medicine Gender medicine is becoming increasingly important. At the annual meeting of the German Society of Internal Medicine (DGIM) in Mannheim in April 2017, gender differences in selected diseases were among…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Acute lymphoblastic leukemia Bispecific antibody in heavily pretreated patients. Blinatumomab forms a bridge between T cells and cancer cells. The bispecific antibody is proving its worth in a new phase III trial. It has been approved in Switzerland for…
