Der Urologe. Ausg. A
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Der Urologe. Ausg. A · Aug 2011
[Oncological health services research: a possibility for improvement of intersectoral collaboration].
The number of patients with cancer disease is increasing because of a lower mortality rate. Facing diminishing resources quality management and health services research in the field of uro-oncology have to accomplish this challenge. Optimized and short procedures in health care as well as valid collection of health care data by the methods of health services research make intersectoral solutions necessary. Keeping an eye on the public health care regulations, those members of urological health services need to be recruited and professionally equipped who are able to develop intersectoral urological health services for the future.
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Der Urologe. Ausg. A · Jul 2011
Review[Metastatic renal cell carcinoma: therapeutic concepts for non-medicinal treatment].
Metastatic renal cell carcinoma has a poor prognosis with a median overall survival rate of approximately 2 years. The current standard medicinal therapy includes the use of tyrosine kinase inhibitors or antiangiogenic substances, such as VEGF receptor antagonists. ⋯ Additionally, complete resection of solitary or at least a limited number of metastases can potentially be done with curative intent. Radiotherapy remains the standard procedure for palliative therapy of brain metastases to reduce clinical symptoms and to improve intracerebral tumor control.
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Der Urologe. Ausg. A · Jun 2011
Review[On the importance of health services research: an overview].
In Germany, health services research has become an important area of research. Health services research is a multidisciplinary field of scientific investigation that studies central problems of health care to increase knowledge and understanding and provide solutions for those problems. The paper aims to demonstrate the value of health services research for health care practitioners by defining its central tasks, by describing the development of this research field in Germany and by deriving future challenges for health services researchers.
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Der Urologe. Ausg. A · Jun 2011
Biography Historical Article[Anton Ritter von Frisch (1849-1917): life and work of the first President of the German Society of Urology].
Professor Dr. Anton Ritter von Frisch was born in Vienna on 16 February 1849 where he was appointed Head of the Special Department for Diseases of the Urinary Organs at the General Polyclinic in 1889. ⋯ From a historical perspective, he is particularly distinguished by the fact that he was elected as the first President of the German Society of Urology in 1907 in Vienna and was even designated to become President for a second time for the 1915 Congress, which however was never organized due to the outbreak of World War I. His early death in 1917 at the age of only 68 brought an end to his exceptionally productive and successful efforts on the part of urology.