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The circulating levels of microRNA (miR)-146a is a potential noninvasive biomarker for the diagnosis and prognosis of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) in both paediatric and adult patients, a recent study has found.

Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening was associated with similar decrease in incidence of advanced prostate cancer (PCa) among statin users vs nonusers, but less detection of low-grade localized tumours in the former than the latter — indicating that statin does not compromise the benefits of PSA-based screening while also conferring the benefit of less overdiagnosis of low-risk tumours.

For patients undergoing primary unilateral total knee arthroplasty (TKA), regional anaesthesia results in a shorter stay in the hospital compared with general anaesthesia, especially among elderly patients and those with normal weight or obesity, as shown in a study from Singapore.

Nivolumab is a promising therapy for patients with thymic epithelial tumours who have received multiple-line treatments, suggests a study. However, the high rate of severe toxicities specifies a need to find out a reliable marker to predict patients who will derive benefit or exhibit toxicity.

Nonrecreational physical activity (PA) like housework improves cognitive function in older adults, particularly in the domains of attention and memory, according to a recent Singapore study.