This content is machine translated Merkel cell carcinoma – a highly malignant skin tumor Overview of current guideline recommendations on diagnosis and treatment Merkel cell carcinoma is a rare but aggressive form of skin cancer. It mainly affects older people, with the median age at diagnosis being 75 years. Adjuvant radiotherapy is recommended…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Breast Cancer Latest findings around breast cancer research International experts have been meeting annually since 1977 to share current information on breast cancer research. The goal is to balance clinical, translational, and basic research and to provide a…
View Post 11 min This content is machine translated Ewing's Sarcoma Management of the second most common primary malignant bone tumor Therapy of choice for Ewing’s sarcoma includes neoadjuvant chemotherapy, tumor resection, and postoperative chemotherapy with/without radiotherapy. In this context, interdisciplinary management at an appropriate center is of crucial importance.
View Post 13 min This content is machine translated Colorectal carcinoma Multimodal concepts for a curative therapeutic approach The treatment of colorectal carcinoma has improved greatly. Patients today benefit from multimodal therapeutic approaches even in advanced stages and metastases. Management must be interdisciplinary.
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Diagnostics and therapy in advanced prostate cancer State of the evidence For clinically locally advanced prostate cancer, radical prostatectomy and external radiotherapy may be considered. In metastatic prostate cancer, ADT, ADT plus docetaxel, and ADT plus abiraterone and prednisone may be…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Onco-Training St. Gallen News on metastatic colorectal cancer Metastatic colorectal cancer was the focus of an afternoon symposium in St. Gallen. Significant progress has been made in the field of colorectal cancer therapy in recent years, but this…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Onco-training in St. Gallen Targeted systems therapy in metastatic NSCLC. In more than half of all patients with lung cancer, metastases are already present at the time of diagnosis. In recent years, new compounds have been developed that can be…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Skin Cancer Congress Research projects with exciting implications The 24th German Skin Cancer Congress took place in Frankfurt am Main from September 11-13, 2014. In the following, some interesting casuistics, cohort, retro- and prospective studies from different German…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Breast Cancer How should action be taken without accurate study results? What is the evidence for primary tumor and metastasis in breast carcinoma? Are there treatment options that will not harm the child if a pregnant woman is found to have…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Metastatic melanoma Nanoparticle therapy as a future option? Metastatic melanoma is very difficult to treat, in part because melanoma cells rapidly develop resistance to the new specific therapeutics. New options are intended to remedy this situation and improve…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated ESMO Congress Aspirin – a miracle drug in the fight against cancer? Evidence is accumulating that Aspirin® may be effective in cancer prevention, as well as in inhibiting metastases. One of the most renowned researchers and best-known representatives of this new optimism…
