Patients' Hopes for Advanced Cancer Treatment

[Treatment possibilities for patients with advanced prostate cancer].

Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related death in Switzerland as well as in other western countries. For patients with advanced disease, ablation of androgens is regarded as optimal first-line treatment. But this treatment is palliative with a median duration of response of about 18 months and hormone refractory prostate cancer remains a challenge. Last year, two large rand...

New Hopes and Challenges for Treatment of Neurodegenerative Disorders: Great Opportunities for Young Neuroscientists

Pancreatic cancer: New hopes after first line treatment

Pancreatic cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide. Extensive research has yielded advances in first-line treatment strategies, but there is no standardized second-line therapy. In this review, we examine the literature trying to establish a possible therapeutic algorithm.

New Hopes for Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease

Alzheimer’s Disease (AD), the leading cause of dementia worldwide, is an irreversible progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by cognitive impairment and functional disability . Devastating nature of AD leads to serious social and economic impacts on the healthcare systems which implies the necessity of its proper management. It has been demonstrated that patients’ quality of life ...

advanced radiation treatment planning of prostate cancer

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