This content is machine translated Prostate Cancer Statins plus hormone therapy prolong progression-free survival We previously reported on the risk-reducing effect of statins in liver cancer prevention. Now, a retrospective study shows intriguing results in prostate cancer: when cholesterol-lowering drugs are used in parallel…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated More exercise, fewer transfusions Aspects of supportive therapy in oncology patients. At the annual congress of the German, Austrian and Swiss Societies of Hematology and Medical Oncology (DGHO) in Basel, various supportive measures were scrutinized during a symposium. More exercise during…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Non-small cell lung cancer Swiss approval of nivolumab As of November 30, 2015, nivolumab (Opdivo®) has been approved for locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) after prior chemotherapy (regardless of histological subtype). This takes into…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Meta-analysis on endometrial cancer Long-term protection through the use of oral contraceptives Oral contraceptives have prevented approximately half a million cases of endometrial cancer in industrialized nations over the past 50 years. This is the conclusion of a large-scale meta-analysis of 36…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated ESMO Asia 2015 News on gastric cancer, NET, head and neck tumors and NSCLC At the first ESMO congress in Asia (Singapore), the results of various large studies were discussed and classified in terms of their international significance. The aim of the conference was…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium Modifications of neoadjuvant therapy New evaluations of the GeparSepto trial were presented at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium. In this study, nab-paclitaxel is compared with solvent-containing paclitaxel as part of the neoadjuvant treatment…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Update Refresher Internal Medicine “Fat kills” – or is it? At the Update Refresher Internal Medicine, the two cardiologists from the Stadtspital Triemli Prof. Dr. med. Franz Eberli and PD Dr. med. David Kurz discussed news and views from current…
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 9 min This content is machine translated AHA Congress 2015 in Orlando Big News: Do we need to rethink blood pressure targets? The dominant topic at the AHA Congress was the SPRINT trial and its implications for future hypertension treatment. Is it prognostically meaningful to target lower systolic blood pressure values in…
View Post 9 min This content is machine translated Modern concept of coronary surgery Improving the gold standard Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) with heart-lung machine is the gold standard of myocardial revascularization. The results of off-pump surgery and percutaneous intervention (PCI) should be measured against this. Bypass…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Recurrent depressive disorder Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy instead of antidepressants? Research question: Is mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) superior to maintenance therapy with antidepressant medication in terms of effectiveness and cost-effectiveness?
