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For mothers with hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection who are positive for both hepatitis B surface and envelope antigens, administering a combination of hepatitis B vaccine and immunoglobulin (HBIG) in their infants plus tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) in the mothers themselves appears to be the best approach for preventing vertical disease transmission, according to a study.

The monoclonal antibody tislelizumab continued to show promise as a treatment alternative in certain subgroups of patients with previously treated advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), according to subgroup analyses of the phase II, single-arm RATIONALE-208 study.

Treatment with dolutegravir during pregnancy does not appear to pose an excess risk of adverse birth outcomes, according to two studies presented at the 24th International AIDS Conference in Montreal, Canada.

The combination of abiraterone and olaparib conferred significant improvement in radiographic progression-free survival (rPFS) in the first-line treatment of metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC), according to findings from the phase III PROpel trial presented at EAU 2022.

Cardiovascular medications, such as angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEIs)/angiotensin receptor blocker (ARBs) and anticoagulants, do not induce poor clinical outcomes in patients with COVID-19 and thus should not be discontinued, suggest the results of a meta-analysis.