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In young breast cancer survivors harbouring BRCA1/2 pathogenic variants, using assisted reproductive techniques (ART) to conceive did not appear to negatively affect maternal or pregnancy outcomes, findings from an international retrospective cohort study suggest.

Adding immunotherapy to the first-line treatment for advanced and metastatic endometrial cancer may significantly improve some oncologic outcomes, particularly within the mismatch repair deficiency/microsatellite instability-hypermutated (MMRd/MSI-H) subset, suggests a study.

Women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) share a common gut bacterial profile regardless of ethnic differences, according to a Singapore study, suggesting a role for specific gut bacteria in GDM pathophysiology.

A Scandinavian population-based birth cohort study reveals that children who were exposed to tobacco smoke during their early childhood have an increased risk of developing inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) later in life.

Exposure to any infection during early pregnancy or to a gastrointestinal infection during late pregnancy contributes to the increased likelihood of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) development, especially Crohn’s disease, in the offspring, according to a study.