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Iatrogenic tumour seeding not a risk factor for metachronous CRC
In patients with colorectal cancer (CRC), biopsy of nontumour sites after biopsy of the primary cancer is unlikely to cause metachronous cancers, a study reports.
Iatrogenic tumour seeding not a risk factor for metachronous CRC
06 Jun 2022Elacestrant ups PFS vs SoC ET in ER-positive, HER2-negative advanced breast cancer
Elacestrant, a novel oral selective oestrogen receptor (ER) degrader, significantly improves progression-free survival (PFS) vs standard-of-care (SoC) endocrine therapy (ET) in patients with ER-positive, HER2-negative advanced breast cancer whose disease progressed after 1–2 prior lines of ET and a cyclin-dependent kinase 4/6 (CDK4/6) inhibitor, results of the phase III EMERALD trial have shown.
Elacestrant ups PFS vs SoC ET in ER-positive, HER2-negative advanced breast cancer
06 Jun 2022HRT use tied to reduced COVID-19 death risk
The use of hormonal replacement therapy (HRT) among postmenopausal women may be associated with a reduced risk of mortality after a COVID-19 diagnosis, according to a retrospective study from Sweden.