News & Updates

The Malaysian Society of Infection Control and Infectious Diseases (MyICID) in collaboration with Family Medicine Association Malaysia (FMSA) and Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) have launched an educational campaign themed ‘COVID-19: Quickly test and treat.’

Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT-2Is) confer the greatest reduction in kidney and cardiovascular risks in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and chronic kidney disease (CKD), according to a study.

The use of pembrolizumab in the neoadjuvant setting appears to be associated with a higher rate of downstaging and a survival advantage among patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) who are ineligible for cisplatin-based neoadjuvant chemotherapy, according to a study presented at this year’s ASCO Genitourinary Cancers Symposium.

First-line treatment of advanced renal cell carcinoma (aRCC) with nivolumab plus cabozantinib (N+C) results in sustained survival and response benefits at 3 years minimum follow-up, which is consistent with previous follow-ups, according to a study presented at the 2023 ASCO GU Cancers Symposium.

Women with a history of infertility are more likely to develop reproductive cancers that are related to obesity, as reported in a study.