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Predictors of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) differ in patients with virologically cured hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection with and without cirrhosis, according to a study. However, changes in fibrosis-4 (FIB-4) scores over time are associated with HCC risk in both cohorts.

Women who love to drink coffee will have more reason to do so following a study that reports an association between coffee consumption and a reduced risk of endometrial cancer, particularly among those with higher body mass index (BMI).

In patients with solitary metastatic recurrences of prostate cancer, metastasis-directed therapy (MDT without androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) can lead to delayed initiation of systemic therapy, according to a study.

Laparoscopic radical hysterectomy (LRH) leads to more positive outcomes than abdominal radical hysterectomy (ARH) in the treatment of cervical cancer, reveals a study.

Multiagent chemotherapy (MAC) followed by conventionally fractionated radiotherapy (CRT) shows rates of margin-negative resection (R0) and pathologic complete response similar to those of MAC plus stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) in patients with localized pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), according to a study. However, MAC plus CRT is associated with less regional lymphatic disease.

Use of proton pump inhibitors (PPI) appears to increase the risk of developing gastrointestinal malignancies such as gastric, pancreatic, colorectal, and liver cancer, a study has shown.

Cell-cycle progression, but not phosphatase and tensin homolog, appears to significantly elevate the risk of metastasis in men with prostate cancer following Cancer of the Prostate Risk Assessment Post-Surgical adjustment, suggests a study.

Results of the NordICC* trial from Europe, presented at the United European Gastroenterology Week (UEG 2022), have hinted at the benefit of a single screening colonoscopy in preventing colorectal cancer (CRC).

Individuals with greater depressive symptoms are at risk of developing lung cancer, with the association directly and indirectly attributed to smoking habits, as reported in a study.