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Circulating tumour cell detection ups risk of biochemical recurrence in prostate cancer

06 Jun 2020

Detection of circulating tumour cells appears to increase the risk of biochemical recurrence in patients with prostate cancer, suggesting that such detection precedes prostate-specific antigen (PSA) risk following surgery in cases of prostate cancer recurrence, reveals a recent study.

Circulating tumour cell detection ups risk of biochemical recurrence in prostate cancer

06 Jun 2020

Buccal swabs underpowered to detect COVID-19 in kids

06 Jun 2020 by

While detection of SARS-CoV-2 is possible, buccal swabs appear to show substantially lower viral loads than nasopharyngeal samples, according to a new Singapore study.

Buccal swabs underpowered to detect COVID-19 in kids

06 Jun 2020

Elderly haematologic cancer patients at risk of depression

06 Jun 2020

Depressive symptoms and low quality of life (QoL) are likely to occur in elderly patients with haematologic malignancies, a recent study has found.

Elderly haematologic cancer patients at risk of depression

06 Jun 2020

Prompt therapy a must to reduce mortality in severe bacterial infection patients

06 Jun 2020

Timing of appropriate therapy is important in the management of patients with severe bacterial infections, that is any delay should be avoided to reduce mortality in this population, according to a study.

Prompt therapy a must to reduce mortality in severe bacterial infection patients

06 Jun 2020

Non-Hodgkin lymphoma survivors suffer worse cognitive performance

06 Jun 2020

Non-Hodgkin lymphoma seems to worsen cognitive performance in elderly adults, especially in the domains of attention, a recent study reveals.

Non-Hodgkin lymphoma survivors suffer worse cognitive performance

06 Jun 2020

ADAURA: Adjuvant osimertinib improves DFS in EGFR-positive NSCLC

06 Jun 2020 by

Osimertinib as adjuvant therapy following complete resection of early-stage EGFR-positive non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) has demonstrated superior disease-free survival (DFS) benefit vs placebo that led to early unblinding of the ADAURA study, according to results reported at the American Society of Clinical Oncology 2020 (ASCO20) Virtual Scientific Programme.

ADAURA: Adjuvant osimertinib improves DFS in EGFR-positive NSCLC

06 Jun 2020

ASIAN-HF: ‘Striking’ ethnic differences in AF prevalence among Asians

05 Jun 2020 by

While the clinical risk factors for atrial fibrillation (AF) and its associated adverse outcomes are similar across ethnicities in Asia, AF is more common in some ethnic groups than the others, reveal the latest data from the ASIAN-HF* registry.

ASIAN-HF: ‘Striking’ ethnic differences in AF prevalence among Asians

05 Jun 2020

Harm reduction may be underpowered to avert alcohol problems in youth

05 Jun 2020

More lenient harm minimization policies appear to be less effective at cutting alcohol-related problems during young adulthood compared with stricter, zero-tolerance measures, a recent study has found.

Harm reduction may be underpowered to avert alcohol problems in youth

05 Jun 2020

Yoga may reduce migraine frequency, intensity

05 Jun 2020 by

Adding a yoga regimen to medical therapy reduced the frequency and intensity of headaches among patients with episodic migraine, according to results of the CONTAIN trial.

Yoga may reduce migraine frequency, intensity

05 Jun 2020

Primary CV prevention with aspirin may be more harmful than beneficial in diabetics

05 Jun 2020

Using aspirin for the primary prevention of cardiovascular (CV) diseases appears to confer increased harm and lack of survival benefit, yielding a modest decrease in major adverse CV events but a concomitant elevation in major bleeding, according to a study.

Primary CV prevention with aspirin may be more harmful than beneficial in diabetics

05 Jun 2020

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Circulating tumour cell detection ups risk of biochemical recurrence in prostate cancer

Circulating tumour cell detection ups risk of biochemical recurrence in prostate cancer

Buccal swabs underpowered to detect COVID-19 in kids

Buccal swabs underpowered to detect COVID-19 in kids

Elderly haematologic cancer patients at risk of depression

Elderly haematologic cancer patients at risk of depression

Prompt therapy a must to reduce mortality in severe bacterial infection patients

Prompt therapy a must to reduce mortality in severe bacterial infection patients

Non-Hodgkin lymphoma survivors suffer worse cognitive performance

Non-Hodgkin lymphoma survivors suffer worse cognitive performance

ADAURA: Adjuvant osimertinib improves DFS in EGFR-positive NSCLC

ADAURA: Adjuvant osimertinib improves DFS in EGFR-positive NSCLC

ASIAN-HF: ‘Striking’ ethnic differences in AF prevalence among Asians

ASIAN-HF: ‘Striking’ ethnic differences in AF prevalence among Asians

Harm reduction may be underpowered to avert alcohol problems in youth

Harm reduction may be underpowered to avert alcohol problems in youth

Yoga may reduce migraine frequency, intensity

Yoga may reduce migraine frequency, intensity

Primary CV prevention with aspirin may be more harmful than beneficial in diabetics

Primary CV prevention with aspirin may be more harmful than beneficial in diabetics