1. Chairman’s Introduction 616 R.W. Blamey 2. For which tumour types should endocrine therapy be restricted? 617 R. Nicholson, W. Miller, P.E. Lonning 3. Endocrine therapy in primary breast cancer 619 L. Rutqvist, R. Jakesz, A. Goldhirsch, M. Baum 4. Endocrine therapy in primary breast cancer 624 C. Rose, F. Boccardo, M. Piccart, B.J.K. Thürlimann, K. Holli 5. Other indications for endocrine th...

PURPOSE To investigate hemodynamic response to volume replacement with saline solution and hypertonic hydroxyethyl starch in hypovolemic dogs. METHODS Forty dogs under general anesthesia and hemodynamic monitoring, following measurements at baseline, were bled 20 ml x Kg(-1) and parameters were measured again after 10 minutes. The animals were randomly divided in two groups and volume replace...

Researchers from the HES-SO Valais/Wallis have demonstrated how to extract phosphate from sewage sludge on the laboratory scale using renewable energy sources from a microbial fuel cell. The mobilized phosphate barely contains heavy metals and can be used to produce fertilizer of marketable quality. The necessary energy comes from a sewage treatment plant and causes no additional costs.