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Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-mothers against decapentaplegic homologue 7 (SMAD7)-Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy against nonsmall-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is on a par with EGFR-dominant‒negative transforming growth factor (TGFbeta) receptor 2 (DNR)-CAR-T in terms of efficacy and resistance to negative TGFβ regulation, a study has shown.

Using 30 kcal/kg to predict energy requirements overestimates total energy expenditure (TEE) by 1.44 times in patients with colorectal cancer (CRC) in a controlled sedentary environment, as shown in a study. In addition, TEE is outside of the predicted requirement range for most.

In patients with HER-2-overexpressing metastatic or advanced gastric/gastroesophageal (G/GEJ) adenocarcinoma, a regimen comprising standard-of-care chemotherapy and a HER2-targeting peptide vaccine induced antibody responses that corresponded with tumour size reduction, according to an analysis of the HERIZON study which looked into the correlation between antibody responses and clinical outcomes.