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Ixazomib-dexamethasone (ixa-dex) and pomalidomide-dexamethasone (pom-dex) achieve comparable levels of efficacy and safety in relapsed and refractory multiple myeloma (RRMM) patients who had already been exposed to prior lenalidomide-based regimens, a recent study has found.

In patients with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), image-guided thermal ablation (IGTA) via microwave ablation (MWA) appears to deliver better survival benefit compared with another IGTA subtype, radiofrequency ablation (RFA), or stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT), according to a systematic review and meta-analysis presented at ATS 2022.

The incidence of Hodgkin lymphoma has increased in the past decade, especially in Asian countries, females, and the younger population, a global study has shown.

People with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) are not at increased overall risk of cancer relative to the general population, reveals a study. On the contrary, those with IBS appear to have a lower risk of incident colorectal cancer (CRC) and cancer-specific mortality.

Helicobacter pylori eradication treatment leads to large reductions in the risk of gastric cancer and lower rates of associated deaths over 10 years of follow-up, according to a recent meta-analysis.

A recent cross-sectional questionnaire study has shown that women with postmenopausal bleeding (PMB) would select transvaginal sonography to measure endometrial thickness (TVS-ET) over gold-standard hysteroscopy with biopsy if TVS-ET achieved a median endometrial cancer detection rate of 95.0 percent.

Patients with conjunctival melanoma exhibit a high frequency of BRAF and NRAS mutations, as well as ATRX and NF1 mutations, reports a study.