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Use of face masks remains an effective method in preventing COVID-19 transmission, but a recent study in Singapore has found that wearing of face masks is also associated with more self-reported cardiovascular symptoms.

A Beta variant-containing vaccine conferred protection against different SARS-CoV-2 variants, with an acceptable safety profile in adults <60 years, a phase III trial has shown.

Clinical trials on first-line therapies for advanced or metastatic nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC) from 2010 to 2020 have reported better survival and a steady improvement in quality of life (QoL) among patients, according to the results of a systematic review.

A spatio-temporal analysis by researchers from The Chinese University of Hong Kong finds significant associations between high ambient particulate matter (PM)_2.5 concentration and increased rates of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) among the elderly.

In the first-line treatment of patients with advanced nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC) harbouring EGFR mutation, the combination of osimertinib plus pemetrexed and platinum-based chemotherapy outperformed osimertinib alone in terms of extending progression-free survival (PFS), according to the interim results of the phase III FLAURA2 trial presented at WCLC 2023.

Immune-related adverse events (irAEs) are more likely to develop in metastatic nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients with certain prognostic characteristics, suggests a study. Interestingly, those who develop irAEs benefit from a much longer overall survival (OS) and time to next treatment when mitigating immortal time bias.

Treatment with canakinumab appears beneficial to patients with advanced nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with low T-cell infiltration (ie, low total count or immune desert phenotype), results of predefined exploratory biomarker analyses from the CANOPY-1 have shown.