Clinical Oncology - 2015;2(04)

Clinical Oncology

DECEMBER 10, 2015

[Treatment of metastatic breast cancer – an update]

KOCSIS Judit, BÉRES Edit, HORVÁTH Zsolt

[Due to the effi cient screening and early detection most breast cancer cases are recognized today in early stage. Approximately 5% of newly detected cases have distant metastasis. In Hungary the situation is worse. Early stage disease will relapse in about 30%, mainly with distant metastasis. Metastatic breast cancer is incurable disease, except some rare, special cases. As systemic therapeutic options are developing rapidly, most breast cancer subtypes can be treated successfully and long... tovább »

HUN 2015;2(04)

Clinical Oncology

DECEMBER 10, 2015

[Current treatment of gastrointestinal lymphomas]

PAKSI Melinda, ISTENES Ildikó, KÖRÖSMEZEY Gábor, DEMETER Judit

[The most common extranodal site involved by lymphoma is the gastrointestinal tract. The majority of extranodal lymphoma cases are of the non-Hodgkin subtype. Usually, the involvement of the gastrointestinal tract by nodal lymphomas is secondary, the primary gastrointestinal localisation is rather rare. The most common pathological types are diffuse large B-cell lymphomas and extranodal marginal zone lymphomas of the mucosa-associated tissue (MALT) subtype. Although the primary gastrointestinal... tovább »

HUN 2015;2(04)

Clinical Oncology

DECEMBER 10, 2015

[Non surgical treatment of urinary bladder cancer]

PIKÓ Béla, LACZÓ Ibolya

[According to our present knowledge the surgical intervention in the treatment of bladder cancer is essential, but some non-surgical treatment methods play an indispensable role as well. Super- fi cial (non-muscle-invasive) form of bladder cancer can be treated by intravesical chemotherapy or BCG instillation, radiotherapy; the muscle-invasive forms of this tumour (≥pT2a) need neoadjuvant, adjuvant chemotherapy, radiotherapy or radio-chemotherapy. In case of metastatic disease (or locally... tovább »

HUN 2015;2(04)

Clinical Oncology

DECEMBER 10, 2015

[Should docetaxel be standard of care for patients with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer? Pro and contra]

FIZAZI K, JENKINS C, TANNOCK IF

[Following the results of the TAX-327 study, questions have been raised as to whether administering chemotherapy to patient with prostate cancer before symptomatic disease progression when receiving standard hormonal treatment can improve the duration and quality of survival. The GETUG-AFU-15 and CHAARTED studies assessed the effi cacy and tolerability of androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) with or without docetaxel in patients with metastatic hormone-naive prostate cancer. Both studies included... tovább »

HUN 2015;2(04)

Clinical Oncology

DECEMBER 10, 2015

[The role of EGFR receptor family in the oncological practice]

MÉHES Gábor

[The EGFR receptor family is a set of membrane tirosine kinase receptors with signifi cant homology which are responsible for cellular activation through intracellular signaling due to ligand binding. The four members of the family (EGFR1, EGFR2/HER2/neu, EGFR3/HER3, EGFR4/HER4) earned special interest in tumor biology while becoming one of the most potent targets of anti-cancer therapies. Changes in the receptor expression or in the kinase activity fundamentally modify cellular functions,... tovább »

HUN 2015;2(04)

Clinical Oncology

DECEMBER 10, 2015

[The role of physical activity in oncology]

PETRÁNYI Ágota, GYIMESI Zsófia

[Although nowadays there are a lot spoken about the role of physical activity in illness prevention, however it is barely connected to the treatment of malignant diseases. The regular exercises can improve physical performance and fi tness; increase muscle mass; change the body composition and proportion favorably. The positive psychological effects can decrease distress and depression; improve mood of patient; increase self-confi dence and self-respect. Finally, all of these will result in an... tovább »

HUN 2015;2(04)

Clinical Oncology

DECEMBER 10, 2015

[Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for solid tumors in adults]

GOPCSA László Zsolt, MASSZI Tamás

[We revised the medical literature regarding autologous and allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) in the setting of solid tumors. Autologous-HSCT for solid tumors in adult patients show changing patterns in past decades with decreases numbers for many types of solid tumors. Most marked is the previously well-described increase and decrease in autologous HSCT for breast cancer (BC). Autologous-HSCT for BC has been an area of intense controversy. The role of autologous-HSCT... tovább »

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