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The long-term use of skeletal muscle relaxants (SMRs) for chronic pain is beneficial only in patients with painful spasms or cramps and neck pain but not in those with low back pain, fibromyalgia, and headaches, according to the results of a systematic review and meta-analysis.

In cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma patients treated with cemiplimab, prior radiotherapy is associated with improved progression-free survival (PFS). This finding suggests the potential for combination treatment with cemiplimab plus radiotherapy.

In the phase III LMS04 trial, induction therapy with doxorubicin and trabectedin, followed by trabectedin maintenance, improved survival in patients with metastatic or surgically unresectable soft-tissue or uterine leiomyosarcoma (LMS).

For both women and men, BMI that is outside of the normal category during the preconception or early-pregnancy periods is a risk factor for lower fecundability, subfertility, and miscarriage, as reported in a cohort study.

In women with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), factors such as disease activity prior to and during conception as well as the presence of secondary antiphospholipid syndrome convey heightened risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes, according to the results of a systematic review and meta-analysis.