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Sigmoidoscopy screening provides a significant and sustained effect on colorectal cancer (CRC) incidence and mortality for 15 years, according to a pooled analysis of randomized trials.

As an add-on to gefitinib monotherapy, pemetrexed-based chemotherapy improves survival outcomes in nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients harbouring EGFR mutations, a recent study has found.

In the long-term follow-up of the KEYNOTE-604 study, the combination regimen comprising pembrolizumab and etoposide/platinum (EP*) continued to demonstrate survival benefit as first-line therapy for patients with previously untreated extensive-stage small cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC).

CHK1 inhibition with prexasertib appears to have durable activity in some patients with recurrent ovarian cancer regardless of clinical characteristics, BRCA status, or prior therapies, according to the results of a phase II trial.

In the second interim overall survival (OS) analysis of the phase III TROPiCS-02 study, sacituzumab govitecan (SG) – a first-in-class Trop-2*-directed antibody-drug conjugate approved for triple-negative metastatic breast cancer (mBC) with ≥2 prior therapies (≥1 in the metastatic setting) – conferred an OS benefit for pretreated HR+/HER2– mBC, compared with treatment of physician’s choice (TPC**).

The combination of osimertinib plus selumetinib exhibits antitumour activity in patients with MET-negative, EGFRm advanced nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC), with the safety profile consistent with the reported safety data for the drugs, according to data from the small open-label, phase Ib study.

Among older adults undergoing gastrectomy for gastric cancer, employing the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) protocol leads to a shorter postoperative hospital stay without introducing new safety signals, a recent study has found.