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Among older patients with metastatic breast cancer, first-line treatment with reduced-dose eribulin mesylate is reasonably safe but yields a low disease control rate, reports a recent phase II trial.

Treatment with radiotherapy appears to result in more all-cause or prostate cancer-specific mortality (PCSM) compared with radical prostatectomy (RP), suggests a study.

Breast cancer screening behaviour among Malay-Muslim women in Singapore appears to hinge on multilevel factors that involve not only personal relationships but also their religious beliefs and screening facilities’ availability and access.

Patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) may benefit from an exercise regimen consisting of high-intensity interval training (HIIT) and resistance training (RT), which could lead to better functional and general wellbeing, as well as a lower burden of lymphoma-specific symptoms, reports a recent study.

Extended duration perioperative thromboprophylaxis with low molecular weight heparin tinzaparin (administered before and for 56 days after surgery) does not lead to longer disease-free survival at 3 years in patients with localized invasive colorectal cancer undergoing surgical resection, reports a study.