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On-body injector on par with traditional injection in preventing severe neutropaenia
Pegfilgrastim on-body injectors (OBI) are as effective as traditional injection for the prevention of severe neutropaenia (SN), neutropaenic fever, and neutropaenia in breast cancer patients, reveals a study.
On-body injector on par with traditional injection in preventing severe neutropaenia
05 Feb 2022Obese breast cancer patients on T-DM1 prone to more treatment adjustments
More treatment modifications secondary to adverse events appear necessary among obese patients receiving ado-trastuzumab emtansine (T-DM1), an antibody-drug conjugate indicated for the treatment of HER2-positive breast cancer, relative to nonobese counterparts, reports a study.
Obese breast cancer patients on T-DM1 prone to more treatment adjustments
04 Feb 2022Risk of colorectal cancer mortality after adenoma removal differs by sex
Women appear to be at higher risk of colorectal cancer death following adenoma removal, whereas men are at lower risk, as reported in a recent study.
Risk of colorectal cancer mortality after adenoma removal differs by sex
02 Feb 2022Lifestyle interventions ward off mobility disability in prostate cancer patients on ADT
An exercise and dietary lifestyle intervention regimen leads to better mobility outcomes among prostate cancer patients undergoing androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) as compared with standard-of-care management, a recent study has found. Moreover, social cognitive outcome measures seem to be predictive of such mobility outcomes.
Lifestyle interventions ward off mobility disability in prostate cancer patients on ADT
02 Feb 2022Second-line tisagenlecleucel renders no EFS benefit in aggressive B-cell lymphoma
The anti-CD19 chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell treatment tisagenlecleucel did not improve event-free survival (EFS) compared with standard care in patients refractory or who had progressed following first-line therapy for aggressive B-cell non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, results of the phase III BELINDA trial showed.