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Hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy (HAIC) with fluorouracil, leucovorin and oxaliplatin (FOLFOX) as first-line treatment significantly improves overall survival (OS) vs transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) in patients with large, unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), a phase III trial in China has shown.

Pembrolizumab extended recurrence-free survival (RFS) in patients with high-risk stage II melanoma who had undergone complete resection, interim analysis results of the phase III KEYNOTE-716 trial showed.

The COVID-19 pandemic has evidently affected the care and well-being of cancer patients, particularly those with advanced stages, reveals a recent study.

Individuals with long-term metabolic syndrome are at increased risk of developing gastrointestinal cancer overall, including colorectal and pancreatic cancers and hepatocellular carcinoma, with the risk increase independent of genetic predisposition, a study has found.

Local failure (LF) is more likely to occur in colorectal cancer (CRC) metastases treated with stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR) if originating from right-sided primary CRC compared with left-sided, a study has found. In addition, LF rates are highest with liver metastases than other metastatic sites.

High-risk individuals who develop neoplastic progression to pancreatic cancer or high-grade dysplasia can present at an advanced stage despite showing no lesions during prior imaging surveillance evaluations, a new study has found.