Das Schächten und die Bouterole : Denkschrift f. d. hohen Großen Rath d. Kantons St. Gallen zur Beleuchtung d. diesbezügl. regierungsräthl. Antrags u. mit Zugrundelegung d. neuesten mitabgedr. Gutachten ...

von Hermann Engelbert

Lung cancer in the Canton of St. Gallen, Eastern Switzerland: sex-associated differences in smoking habits, disease presentation and survival.

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to assess sex-associated differences in lung cancer patients in Eastern Switzerland. METHODS All 670 lung cancer patients referred to the cancer center in St. Gallen between January 2000 and December 2005 were retrospectively analyzed. We investigated sex-associated differences in age, smoking habits, histology, stage, treatment and survival. RESULTS There were 474 (71%) men and 196 (29%) women with lung cancer. Mean age at the time of diagnosis was 64 years for women and 67 years for men (p = 0.01). Of the patients <55 years of age, 47 (24%) were women and only 65 (14%) were men. Men smoked significantly more than women (median pack-years: 50 vs. 30; p < 0.001). Of the heavy smokers (>40 pack-years), 278 (56%) were men and 68 (33%) were women. More men had squamous cell carcinoma (36%) than women (17%). Conversely, more women presented with adenocarcinoma (48%) than men (27%). No significant sex-associated differences were observed when analyzing first treatments received. Median overall survival was 10 months for both sexes. CONCLUSIONS In Eastern Switzerland, women with lung cancer were younger, more likely to have smoked significantly less and more likely to have adenocarcinoma, compared to men with lung cancer. These findings are consistent with those found in other western populations.

Das St. Gallische Offizialat und die Bisthümelei : ein Beitrag zur Beleuchtung des Berichts und der Anträge des k. Administrationsraths an das kath. Großrathskollegium des Kant. St. Gallen vom 26. September 1844 ; mit Beilagen

[Johann Matthias Hungerbühler]

Second St. Gallen European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Gastrointestinal Cancer Conference: consensus recommendations on controversial issues in the primary treatment of rectal cancer

Primary treatment of rectal cancer was the focus of the second St. Gallen European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) Gastrointestinal Cancer Conference. In the context of the conference, a multidisciplinary international expert panel discussed and voted on controversial issues which could not be easily answered using published evidence. Main topics included optimal pretherapeutic imaging, indication and type of neoadjuvant treatment, and the treatment strategies in advanced tumours. Here we report the key recommendations and summarise the related evidence. The treatment strategy for localised rectal cancer varies from local excision in early tumours to neoadjuvant radiochemotherapy (RCT) in combination with extended surgery in locally advanced disease. Optimal pretherapeutic staging is a key to any treatment decision. The panel recommended magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or MRI + endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) as mandatory staging modalities, except for early T1 cancers with an option for local excision, where EUS in addition to MRI was considered to be most important because of its superior near-field resolution. Primary surgery with total mesorectal excision was recommended by most panellists for some early tumours with limited risk of recurrence (i.e. cT1-2 or cT3a N0 with clear mesorectal fascia on MRI and clearly above the levator muscles), whereas all other stages were considered for multimodal treatment. The consensus panel recommended long-course RCT over short-course radiotherapy for most clinical situations where neoadjuvant treatment is indicated, with the exception of T3a/b N0 tumours where short-course radiotherapy or even no neoadjuvant therapy were regarded to be an option. In patients with potentially resectable tumours and synchronous liver metastases, most panel members did not see an indication to start with classical fluoropyrimidine-based RCT but rather favoured preoperative short-course radiotherapy with systemic combination chemotherapy or alternatively a liver-first resection approach in resectable metastases, which both allow optimal systemic therapy for the metastatic disease. In general, proper patient selection and discussion in an experienced multidisciplinary team was considered as crucial component of care.

Geologische Beschreibung des Kantons St. Gallen und seiner umgebungen Enthalten auf Blatt IX des eidg. Atlas mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von A. Escher v. d. Linth bearb. von Reallehrer Gutzwiller, prof. Kaufmann, dr. Cas. Mösch.

Each vol. has also special t.p.

Geschichten des Kantons St. Gallen,

Index to v. 1-3 in v. 1.

Allgemeine Grundzüge der Entwicklung und Reform der Kirche, zur Beurtheilung der neuesten kirchlichen Ereignisse im Bisthum St. Gallen in der Schweiz, und in eigener Angelegenheit;

Mode of access: Internet.

Kirchliche Nachrichten über die evangelischen Gemeinden Toggenburgs, Kanton St. Gallen : einen Schriftsteller besonders in paritätischen Staaten geziemt in religiösen Angelegenheiten freimüthige Besonnenheit welche der Geschichte nichts vergiebt, aber in unsern bedenklichen Zeiten auch nicht reizt damit die herrliche Tochter der Wahrheit nicht etwa gezwungen werde, den Schleier zu nehmen und sich in die todte Einsamkeit zurück zu zieben /

Includes bibliographical references.

Johann Jakob Scherrer, Pfarrer in Hundwil und Georg Kaspar Scherrer, Antistes in St. Gallen, oder Lebensgeschichte und Karakteristik des Vaters und des Sohns. Zum Andenken an den verewigten Georg Kaspar Scherrer, Antistes der evangelischen Geistlichkeit des Kantons St. Gallen.

Mode of access: Internet.

Appenzellischer Sprachschatz : eine Sammlung appenzellischer Wörter, Redensarten, Sprichwörter, Räthsel, Anekdoten, Sagen, Haus- und Witterungsregeln, abergläubischer Dinge, Gebräuche und Spiele, würzender Lieder oder Reime; nebst analogischer, historischer und etymologischer Bearbeitung einer Menge von Landeswörtern, zum Theile nach altteutschen Handschriften der katholischen Kantonsbibliothek in St. Gallen /

Includes bibliographical references (p. xliii-xlix).

Joachim Vadian, der Reformator und Geschichtschreiber von St. Gallen

Includes bibliographical references.