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First-line treatment with alectinib appears to produce sustained clinical benefit in Asian patients with advanced, ALK-positive nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC) through 5 years of follow-up, according to long-term data from the phase III ALESIA presented at the ESMO Asia Congress 2022.

Treatment with SCC244, a novel small molecule inhibitor of the enzyme MET kinase, appears to help overcome the resistance to tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI) mediated by MET amplification in nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC), reports a new study presented at the recent 2022 European Society for Medical Oncology Asia Congress (ESMO Asia 2022).

The addition of radiation therapy to chemotherapy may be more detrimental than beneficial in patients with resectable stage III nonsmall‐cell lung cancer (NSCLC), being associated with a heightened risk of severe cardiac events, as shown in a study.

Evidence for excess risk and increased burden of new-onset diabetes among COVID-19 survivors is robust, and most antihyperglycaemic drugs can be used safely during acute COVID-19, with some drugs potentially offering protection against serious complications, according to data presented at 5^th EDM HK.

Dietary intake of nonstarch polysaccharides (NSPs) appears to be beneficial in reducing the risk of colorectal cancer in Chinese Singaporeans, as reported in a study.

A few paediatric renal transplant recipients who presented with suspected infection within 2 years of transplant were diagnosed with bacteraemia or urinary tract infections (UTIs) or both, reports a study. Evaluations are highly variable, with a third of visits without urine cultures obtained.