News & Updates

The combination therapy of nivolumab plus cabozantinib (NIVO + CABO) continues to show long-term survival benefits and response rates over sunitinib at 55 months in patients with previously untreated advanced renal cell carcinoma (aRCC), according to updated results of the CheckMate 9ER study presented at ASCO GU 2024.

In young children with multiple food allergies, a treatment course with omalizumab appears to increase tolerance to peanuts and other common food allergens.

In patients undergoing transurethral resection of prostate (TURP), treatment with low-dose epinephrine falls short of reducing blood loss during the operation but appears to minimize the incidence of hypotension, as reported in a study.

Almost two-thirds of youths undergoing continuous kidney replacement therapy (CKRT) have major adverse kidney events 90 days after CKRT initiation (MAKE-90), with risk factors including cardiac comorbidity, time to CKRT initiation, and liberation patterns, according to a study.

Applying the collaborative prescribing (CP) practice framework in the care of patients who have undergone bariatric surgery in Singapore is viable and helps the patients achieve the best possible outcomes, reports a research team from the Singapore General Hospital.