This content is machine translated Metastatic colorectal cancer Does vitamin D put the brakes on tumors? Prospective analysis of a phase III trial of metastatic colorectal cancer shows that higher vitamin D levels provide better outcomes. Patients not only lived significantly longer, but also later became…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Oral mucositis during radiotherapy Does flushing with tricyclic antidepressant help? Oral mucositis may occur as a side effect of radiotherapy for head and neck tumors. This is frequent, sometimes extremely painful and clearly limits the therapeutic options. Pain-relieving medications are…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated 10th Zurich Hypertension Day Does “ARNI” represent a new, blood pressure-lowering active principle? On January 15, 2015, the Zurich Hypertension Day was held for the tenth time at the University Hospital Zurich. Already five minutes before the start of the event, the large…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated News from dermatooncology Melanoma with or without BRAF mutation – new therapies in the pipeline Data from two phase III trials (both from the research group led by Caroline Robert, MD, Institut Gustave Roussy in Villejuif, Paris) published earlier this year highlight the rapid development…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Lipids and cardiovascular risk Consider functional aspects of HDL Recently, two interesting studies on lipids and cardiovascular prevention were published. One study looked for an association between low HDL levels and risk of ischemic insult. However, causality remains unclear.…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Radical surgery as a treatment option Prophylactic mastectomy – for which patients is it an option? Prophylactic mastectomy reduces the risk of breast cancer by more than 95% in a healthy BRCA mutation carrier. However, intensified screening is a good alternative to surgery. For a diseased…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Men and cancer Infertility as a relevant risk factor Is male infertility a harbinger of cancer? The data situation is unclear. Several studies have shown that there is a higher risk of testicular cancer, but the relationship with other…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs Do they protect against basal cell and squamous cell carcinomas? To date, there have been few epidemiologic studies examining the association between nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and fair skin cancer. However, since it is known that NSAIDs may well have…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Results from the ICE and SOFT studies Does capecitabine prove effective and who benefits from ovarian suppression? Two studies presented at the 2014 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium had been eagerly anticipated: ICE tested adjuvant monochemotherapy with capecitabine in an elderly patient population and SOFT tested ovarian…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Prevention and treatment of ER-positive breast cancer IBIS-1 update shows promising results At the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, people discussed prevention options for women at high risk for breast cancer. Tamoxifen continues to show a significant reduction in the incidence of…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Pooled analysis of four studies Is a St. John’s wort extract better tolerated than SSRIs? This article is the German abstract of a study [1] published in the journal International Clinical Psychopharmacology. The authors pooled the compatibility data from four studies and evaluated them. They…
