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Acid suppression (AS) medications, such as proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) and histamine type-2 receptor antagonists (H2RAs), weaken the efficacy of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI) in nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC), resulting in worse survival outcomes, according to a recent Singapore meta-analysis.

In men with prostate cancer and concomitant atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD), major adverse cardiovascular event (MACE) incidence did not differ between those who were treated with degarelix or leuprolide, according to findings of the PRONOUNCE trial.

Extending treatment with letrozole for 5 years improves disease-free survival (DFS) rates in postmenopausal women with early-stage breast cancer who have already received tamoxifen for 2–3 years, according to the GIM4* trial.

Smoking increases the risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in cancer patients, but not in people without cancer, a recent study has found.

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in Singapore has changed markedly throughout the last decade, with patients being diagnosed at an increasingly older age and cryptogenic cirrhosis/nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) becoming a more important aetiology, according to a recent study.

Treatment with leuprolide acetate every 6 months does not elicit significant changes in health-related quality of life (HRQOL) among prostate cancer (PC) patients despite substantial deterioration of body and role functions, a recent study has found.

A large international database study has shown that children and adolescents with cancer have an elevated risk of severe or critical disease if infected with COVID-19. Furthermore, about half the patients receiving cancer therapy experienced modifications to their treatment regimens.