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The risk of colorectal cancer (CRC) is heightened in patients with serrated polyposis syndrome (SPS) and their first-degree relatives (FDRs), according to a study, which confirms findings of other reports. In addition, those with sessile serrated lesions (SSL) are at higher of prostate cancer.

Therapy-naïve patients with haematological malignancies are able to mount a stronger immune response to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a recent study has found.

In heavily pretreated, lenalidomide-refractory patients with relapsed-refractory multiple myeloma (RRMM) and prior exposure to proteasome inhibitors, ixazomib dexamethasone may be an effective and tolerable treatment approach, leading to comparable health-related quality of life outcomes as pomalidomide-dexamethasone, a recent study has found.

Patient-reported outcome measures may help predict healthcare utilization, such as emergency department visits or unplanned hospitalizations, among patients with transplant-ineligible newly diagnosed multiple myeloma (NDMM), a recent study has found.

CT-P6, a trastuzumab biosimilar approved for the treatment of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-positive advanced gastric cancer (AGC), is as efficacious as reference trastuzumab in terms of response rates, progression-free (PFS) and overall survival (OS), a study has shown.

The combination therapy of 5-fluorouracil, irinotecan, leucovorin, and oxaliplatin (FOLFIRINOX) improves response and overall survival (OS) in older adults with advanced pancreatic cancer (APC), a recent study has shown.

East Asia topped the world’s incidence and mortality of lung cancer in 2020, according to a global study conducted by the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) and the Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU).