This content is machine translated Lymphoma Treatment goal: slow progression, improve quality of life Cancers of the lymphatic system affect around 1750 people in Switzerland every year. Intensive research has led to treatment becoming significantly more effective and tolerable in recent years. Even if...…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Medical oncology, hematology and cancer research From basic research to therapy and rehabilitation The Swiss Society of Medical Oncology (SGMO), the Swiss Society of Hematology (SGH) and the Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research (SAKK) come together at the annual Swiss Oncology &...…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Hematology The world of lymphoma – retrospective analyses The world of lymphomas is broad, however, the causes ofthe occurrence of cancers of the lymphatic system has not yet been adequately detected. There is still much to explore and...…
View Post 9 min This content is machine translated Cancer in young adults Between chair and bench The treatment of adolescents and young adults who develop cancer falls into a “skills gap” between pediatric oncology and adult oncology. Patients are at high risk for late complications. Therefore,...…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated ASH in San Diego Pioneering study data on diffuse large B-cell lymphoma Among other things, new findings on the therapy of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma were presented. The phase III FLYER trial compared standard therapy (6xR-CHOP) with treatment reduced by two cycles...…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Neoplastic diseases Treatment and prognosis of cutaneous lymphoma Cutaneous lymphomas are a heterogeneous group of neoplastic diseases arising from clonal proliferation of lymphocytes in the skin. Overall, cutaneous lymphomas are rare skin cancers, with a prevalence of 1:100,000...…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated HIV and cancer Why do some tumors occur more frequently under HAART? The incidence of white skin cancer is three to five times higher in HIV-infected individuals. Squamous cell and basal cell carcinomas occur at younger ages in HIV-infected individuals, are more...…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Neither under nor over treatment Principles of lymphoma therapy in elderly patients The elderly often cannot be treated as aggressively as younger people for cancer. But at the same time, you don’t want to deprive someone of an effective medication “just” because...…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Low-grade follicular lymphoma Discrepancy between guidelines and clinical practice. How are patients with low-grade early follicular lymphoma treated nowadays and what developments have there been in this regard in recent years? A U.S. retrospective cohort study shows that radiotherapy...…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated HIV-associated lymphomas Stem cell transplantation is also a good therapy option for HIV patients At the ASH Congress in San Francisco, a study showed that HIV patients with relapsed or refractory lymphoma do not need to be treated differently than patients without HIV with...…