Danish experiences with FOLFIRINOX as first-line therapy in patients with inoperable pancreatic cancer.

Introduction: Worldwide, pancreatic cancer (PC) ranks 13th in cancer incidence, but eighth as a cause of cancer death. For more than a decade, the reference regimen for palliative treatment of PC has been gemcitabine. In 2011, a randomised trial published by the PRODRIGE Intergroup showed an increase in median overall survival from 6.

[Relief of upper urinary tract obstruction in patients with cancer of the prostate].

Introduction: Hydronephrosis in patients with prostate cancer can be relieved by nephrostomia or internal urinary diversion by a double-J ureteral stent. The latter can be placed either retrograde or antegrade by means of an already established nephrostomy. The purpose of the present study was to summarize the use of the different kinds of catheters and to explore differences in use and functional durability.