Purpose – Migraine is one of the most disabling primary headache conditions. We aimed to detect hidden symptoms of anxiety and depression and to survey stress-coping mechanisms and related quality of life in a large migraine population without any known psychiatric comorbidity. Method – 123 migraine patients (MG) and 66 healthy subjects (HC) completed the Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II), the State and Trait Anxiety Inventory (S-STAI and T-STAI), the Stress and Coping Inventory (SCI) and the 36-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36). Results – MG patients reached significantly higher scores on the BDI-II and the T-STAI yielding previously undetected anxiety and depression symptoms. Significant differences were present on the SCI: higher stress scores and lower coping levels suggested impaired stress-coping strategies in migraine. MG patients achieved significantly lower scores on most of SF-36 subscales indicating lower perceived quality of life. Significant correlations were found between BDI-II, T-STAI, SCI scores and subscales of the SF-36. Conclusion – Unrecognized symptoms of anxiety and depression, as well as less effective stress-coping strategies might be related to the lower perceived quality of life in migraine. The screening of these symptoms might lead to more focused and efficient therapeutic strategies. Addressing stress management techniques could improve quality of life on the long-term.

[Psychiatric problems are a common comorbid condition in patients with cardiovascular disease. Depression is a well-known risk factor for the development of cardiovascular disease and mortality too. Psychiatric and cardiovascular diseases are prevalent public health problems in the western world. Depression is associated with endo­thelial dysfunction and increased platelet aggregation, which may explain the consequent cardiovascular complications. Specific affective temperaments may be associated with special cardiovascular diseases. Antidepressant therapy does not only reduce depression but also cardiac mortality.]

[In the explosive development of treatment of oncological patients, there are still patients who are not always cooperative even in their own treatment. The case report exemplifies that even in this case the endocrine treatment has its place in the hormone receptor positive breast cancer. ]

[Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer and leading cause of cancer death in women worldwide. Approxi­mately two-thirds of cases are potencially sensitive to endocrine therapy. Fulvestrant is a selective estrogen receptor downregulator indicated for the treatment of postmenopausal women with estrogen receptor positive, locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer for disease relapse on or after adjuvant antiestrogen therapy, or disease progression on therapy with antiestrogen. We are reporting here a nearly ten-years-long sucessful combination of multiple treatment lines of anti-estrogen treatment, chemotherapy and radiotherapy in a case of a patient with hormone receptor positive, HER2 negative breast cancer with pulmonary metastases.]

[Psoriasis is one of the most common dermatological disorders. It is an immune-mediated chronic inflammatory disease that primarily affects the skin and the joints, and substantially reduces the quality of life. It occurs worldwide, with a prevalence of about 2% in developed countries. Today numerous studies are continuously published on psoriasis. Important progress has been made especially on its genetics, pathomechanism and comorbidity. In the past few years, several efficient therapeutic approaches have been developed and applied. With the appearance of biological therapies, the inflammatory process can be targeted more selectively than before. The paper reviews most recent data on the pathogenesis, immunological background, comorbidity and reduced quality of life associated with psoriasis, and presents therapeutic approaches with special focus on recent advances. The increased knowledge allows of a more efficient treatment and care of patients with proriasis, thus significantly increasing their quality of life.]