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New HF guideline: Quad therapy, HFmrEF, and more
Hot on the heels of ACC.22 ground-breaking reports, the ACC/AHA/HFSA* released the 2022 heart failure (HF) guideline, with special emphasis on quad therapy for patients with reduced ejection fraction.
New HF guideline: Quad therapy, HFmrEF, and more
04 May 2022
Brigatinib a potential standard treatment alternative for treatment-naive ALK+ NSCLC
In patients with advanced anaplastic lymphoma kinase-positive non-small cell lung cancer (ALK+ NSCLC) who were ALK inhibitor-naïve, brigatinib showed superior efficacy and safety over crizotinib, according to the final results of the phase III ALTA-1L* trial presented at ELCC 2022.
Brigatinib a potential standard treatment alternative for treatment-naive ALK+ NSCLC
30 Apr 2022
Secondary OPINION analysis boosts safety profile of maintenance olaparib for ovarian cancer
In women with platinum-sensitive relapsed ovarian cancer without a deleterious or suspected deleterious germline BRCA1/BRCA2 mutation (non-gBRCAm), maintenance olaparib was well tolerated, according to the secondary safety results from the phase IIIb OPINION study presented at SGO 2022.
Secondary OPINION analysis boosts safety profile of maintenance olaparib for ovarian cancer
29 Apr 2022
COREC Initiative to improve colorectal cancer screening, early detection
The Ministry of Health Malaysia (MOH) collaborated with MIMS to launch an awareness campaign known as the COREC Initiative: Battling colorectal cancer together in early April.
COREC Initiative to improve colorectal cancer screening, early detection
28 Apr 2022
Intensified systemic therapy with ADT improves outcomes in high-risk prostate cancer
In patients with high-risk or unfavourable nonmetastatic prostate cancer (nmPC) receiving local definite therapy, the intensification of systemic therapy using chemotherapy or an androgen receptor signaling inhibitor (ARSI), in combination with androgen deprivation therapy (ADT), leads to better oncologic survival measures, reports a recent meta-analysis.
Intensified systemic therapy with ADT improves outcomes in high-risk prostate cancer
27 Apr 2022
Ramucirumab–paclitaxel combo works better against HER2-positive vs -negative gastric cancers
Treatment with the combination of ramucirumab and paclitaxel in the second-line setting appears to yield higher responses among patients with HER2-positive gastric or gastro-oesophageal junction adenocarcinoma than among those with HER2-negative disease, according to a subgroup analysis of a nationwide, real-world study in Korea (KCSG-ST19-16).