This content is machine translated Statistics in 5 minutes The controlled-randomized study: the queen among studies It is considered the gold standard among studies, the queen against which all other studies must be measured: The controlled-randomized study. It is used whenever evidence of the efficacy and safety…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Practice Changing The most important studies at a glance As usual, at this year’s Congress of the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO), those studies with the greatest impact on daily practice were presented in three so-called Presidential Symposia. We…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated News from the world of oncology The hottest studies at a glance Every year, ESMO presents the most relevant research results of its congress within the framework of so-called Presidential Symposia. Also at this year’s virtual execution, the presentation of those studies…
View Post 11 min This content is machine translated Developments in pancreatic cancer Pancreatic cancer – still particularly aggressive and deadly Pancreatic cancer is the seventh most common cancer diagnosis in Switzerland. However, it ranks fourth in terms of mortality, which illustrates the aggressiveness of the tumor. Various studies, especially in…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Obesity and adenomas Visceral fat as a mediator Previously, when epidemiological studies examined the association between obesity and colorectal neoplasia, body mass index (BMI) and abdominal circumference were usually used. These two parameters do not distinguish between visceral…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Heart failure Guidelines, telemonitoring, and lessons from negative studies. At the three-country meeting in Bern on the topic of heart failure, experts spoke about the implementation of the guidelines in practice and went into more detail about the possibilities…
