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10.05.2022 | case report

Immunotherapy pitfall: sarcoid-like reaction mimicking disease progression in advanced melanoma treated with nivolumab

Immunotherapy is the first-line treatment in many solid cancers. Immune system activation leads to specific immune-related adverse events (irAE), which also include the rare sarcoid-like reaction (SLR). In imaging studies SLR can mimic cancerous …

09.05.2022 | case report

Neurotoxicity as a rare side effect of immune checkpoint inhibitors. A case report and review of the literature

Neurotoxicity is a rare but often fatal immune-related adverse event (irAE). Here we report the case of a 73-year-old woman treated with pembrolizumab for metastatic bladder cancer who developed aseptic meningoencephalitis after two courses of …

09.05.2022 | short review

Essential news and practice changing trials in oesophageal, gastroesophageal junction and gastric cancer in 2021

In this short review we aim to summarize the highlights in gastric, gastroesophageal junction and oesophageal cancer in 2021. We will discuss practice changing studies and potential guideline changes based on these trials, with focus on the latest …

Open Access 06.05.2022 | short review

ESMO 2021—my top three abstracts in breast cancer

The congress of the European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO) that recently took place virtually was marked by highlights in many different cancer types. New therapeutic options especially in metastatic breast cancer will hopefully bring a …

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06.05.2022 | original report

High mortality in patients with active malignancy and severe COVID-19

Results from an Austrian multicenter registry during the first period of the COVID-19 pandemic

Since its first reported cases in China in December 2019, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has rapidly spread around the world. Mutations in the SARS-CoV‑2 genome led to the emergence of variants associated with higher …