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In patients with completely resected stage II–IIIA non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who had previously received adjuvant cisplatin chemotherapy, adjuvant atezolizumab extended disease-free survival (DFS), particularly in those with PD-L1 expression ≥1 percent on tumour cells, interim results of the phase III IMpower010 trial showed.

Administrating continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) through a helmet (h-CPAP) device safely improves oxygenation in women with moderate-to-severe acute respiratory failure (ARF) due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a recent study has found.

The combination of durvalumab, tremelimumab, and chemotherapy in the first-line setting improved progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) in patients with metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer (mNSCLC), according to results of the phase III POSEIDON trial.

That COVID-19 mostly spared children might be changing. The Delta variant has taken a severe, unthinkable toll on kids – at least in Arkansas, US, reports an expert at IDWeek 2021.

The oral selective Janus kinase 1/2 inhibitor baricitinib, when added to standard of care (SoC), reduced the risk of mortality among adults hospitalized with COVID-19. However, the primary outcome of disease progression was not met in the baricitinib group, results of the phase III COV-BARRIER study showed.

A large retrospective study from the US, presented at IDWeek 2021, has shown that the Abbott ID NOW rapid molecular COVID-19 assay is highly sensitive and specific at detecting SARS-CoV-2 infection in a paediatric population.