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Preop chemotherapy confers survival advantage in colorectal cancer with liver metastasis
Giving chemotherapy to patients with synchronous and unresectable liver metastases from colorectal cancer before undergoing primary tumour resection helps boost survival outcomes, according to a phase III trial presented at this year’s ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancer Symposium (ASCO GI).
Preop chemotherapy confers survival advantage in colorectal cancer with liver metastasis
02 Feb 2023COVID-19 vaccines partially effective against Omicron BA.2 infection in children and adolescents in HK
According to a retrospective, territory-wide, case-based study, the mRNA-based BNT162b2 vaccine and inactivated CZ02 vaccine were partially effective against SARS-CoV-2 infection in children and adolescents during the Omicron BA.2 wave in Hong Kong.
COVID-19 vaccines partially effective against Omicron BA.2 infection in children and adolescents in HK
02 Feb 2023Antipsychotic prescriptions for dementia soared during COVID-19 pandemic
The overall rate of antipsychotic drug prescriptions to patients with dementia increased markedly during the initial months of the COVID-19 pandemic, and did not return to prepandemic levels when the acute phase was over, a multinational network cohort study has shown.
Antipsychotic prescriptions for dementia soared during COVID-19 pandemic
02 Feb 2023Tumour response-speed heterogeneity linked to poor survival in metastatic colorectal cancer
Tumour response-speed heterogeneity to first-line chemotherapy is predictive of early disease progression and shorter survival in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer, reveals a study.
Tumour response-speed heterogeneity linked to poor survival in metastatic colorectal cancer
01 Feb 2023Circulating 11-oxygenated androgens predict survival in localized prostate cancer
In men with localized prostate cancer undergoing radical prostatectomy and treated with 5α-reductase inhibitor (5-ARI), preoperative levels of circulating 11-oxygenated androgens can indicate either disease progression or improved survival, a recent study has found.