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Capivasertib-fulvestrant improves life quality in advanced breast cancer
The addition of capivasertib (C) to fulvestrant (F) results in better health-related quality of life (HRQoL), except for diarrhoea, in patients with aromatase inhibitor-resistant HR-positive/HER2-negative advanced breast cancer when compared to placebo plus F, according to the phase III CAPItello-291 study presented at SABCS 2023.
Capivasertib-fulvestrant improves life quality in advanced breast cancer
09 Jan 2024BMI prognostic of adjuvant chemo potency in breast cancer
Body mass index (BMI) has some bearing on the efficacy of different adjuvant chemotherapy schedules in patients with early breast cancer, suggest the results of the GIM2 study, which were presented at the recent SABCS 2023. Additionally, dose-dense (DD) chemotherapy appears to be the better treatment strategy regardless of a patient’s BMI.
BMI prognostic of adjuvant chemo potency in breast cancer
09 Jan 2024mRNA boosters protect cancer patients against adverse COVID-19 outcomes
A prospective study from Singapore provides evidence of the clinical effectiveness of mRNA-based vaccines against COVID-19 in individuals with cancer.
mRNA boosters protect cancer patients against adverse COVID-19 outcomes
08 Jan 2024Higher folic acid levels during pregnancy may help prevent Kawasaki disease in newborns
Having greater serum folic acid levels and taking folic acid supplements more than once a week during the second and third trimesters appear to lower the risk of Kawasaki disease among infants, according to a study.
Higher folic acid levels during pregnancy may help prevent Kawasaki disease in newborns
07 Jan 2024Reteplase compares favourably with alteplase for acute ischaemic stroke
Administering the new-generation thrombolytic reteplase within 4.5 hours of acute ischaemic stroke onset appears to be safe and as efficacious as alteplase, according to a phase II study.