Search results for "Palliative therapy"
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Results of 200 intracranial stereotactic biopsies
1994
200 stereotactic biopsies were evaluated. The validity of the intraoperative histopathological results were compared with the final diagnosis using conventional embedding and staining techniques. Further comparison between the histology of the biopsy and the post mortem or open operative findings were possible in 41 cases. Discrepancy was found in one case regarding the tumor detection, and in three cases regarding the tumor grading. The mortality in our patients was 1% and the morbidity 3%. Stereotactical biopsy had a low risk even in deep brain regions such as basal ganglia, mesencephalon, and pons. At the same time the high histologic validity makes the CT-guided stereotactical biopsy re…
Angiogenesis, immune system and growth factors: new targets in colorectal cancer therapy.
2005
Colorectal cancer is the second most common malignant human neoplasia. Over recent years, many efforts have been performed in order to develop and improve therapeutic protocols, and many advances have been accomplished in both the field of adjuvant and palliative therapy. Most of the chemotherapic agents currently used in the clinical setting are the products of decades of research aimed at inhibiting the uncontrolled growth of dysplastic cells. However, new frontiers in this field have recently been opened, with the identification of key molecules involved in physiologic mechanisms that are of fundamental importance for cancer development and progression. Tumor-induced angiogenesis, the ca…
Chirurgische, endoskopische oder radiologisch interventionelle Therapie beim Gallengangscarcinom
1990
Die Therapie des Gallengangscarcinoms wird unter dem Eindruck der endoskopischen Behandlungsmoglichkeiten teilweise kontrovers diskutiert. Wenngleich ein Vergleich zwischen den Patienten die chirurgisch und denen die endoskopisch bzw. radiologisch interventionell behandelt wurden aufgrund der unterschiedlichen Zusammensetzung der verschiedenen Patientenkollektive nicht moglich ist, zeigen doch retrospektive Arbeiten, das ein wesentlicher Unterschied in der 30-Tage-Letalitat nicht besteht. Kontrollierte oder gar randomisierte Studien liegen allerdings zu dieser Frage und zur Problematik der Lebensqualitat nicht vor. Bisherige retrospektive Arbeiten zeigen jedoch, das die nichtchirurgischen V…
Role of pamidronate disodium in the treatment of metastatic bone disease.
1998
Aims and Background Bone metastases are a common feature of advanced neoplastic disease and are considered to be among the most frequent causes of pain and complications in oncologic patients. The main objective of the treatment of such patients is to control their symptoms and improve their quality of life. Pamidronate disodium is a second-generation bisphosphonate capable of inhibiting bone resorption (particularly osteoclast activity) without affecting bone reminerali-zation. After a brief introduction concerning the pathophysiology of bone metastases and neoplastic bone pain, we herein present data on the clinical pharmacology and toxicity of bisphosphonates in general, and pamidronate …
Neue Chemotherapeutika in der Therapie des fortgeschrittenen Magenkarzinoms
2003
Over the last years the therapeutic possibilities for advanced gastric cancer have significantly increased. Here we discuss the new chemotherapeutic options and the existing results in palliative therapy.
The role of bisphosphonates in the treatment of painful metastatic bone disease: a review of phase III trials.
1998
Metastatic bone disease is a frequent cause of morbidity in advanced cancer patients with a subsequent high incidence of skeletal complications (fractures, hypercalcemia, spinal cord compression) and severe pain. The osteolytic process is mainly characterized by an osteoclastic activity of bone resorption and inflammatory activity provoked by various cytokines and prostaglandins. Bisphosphonates represent a new class of drugs with inhibitory activity on bone resorption and on inflammatory processes which revealed themselves to be efficacious in a series of clinical conditions such as tumour-induced hypercalcemia, Paget's disease, osteoporosis and metastatic bone disease. The aim of this rev…