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Oseltamivir appears to have similar efficacy as peramivir in the treatment of young children with severe influenza B, a study has found. However, oseltamivir treatment leads to better recovery and shorter hospitalization in children with severe influenza A.

The AKT inhibitor capivasertib, when added to fulvestrant, doubled progression-free survival (PFS) in patients with aromatase inhibitor (AI)-resistant hormone receptor-positive (HR+)/HER2*-negative (HER2–) advanced breast cancer (ABC), results of the phase III CAPItello-291 trial showed.

Adagrasib appears to have some effect against metastatic, KRAS G12C-mutated colorectal cancer when used in treatment-experienced patients either as oral monotherapy or in combination with cetuximab, according to the results of a phase I-II, open-label study.

The use of chlorthalidone in the treatment of patients with hypertension does not appear to provide better protection against major cardiovascular outcome events or noncancer-related deaths when compared with hydrochlorothiazide, according to a study.

The age of patients with advanced breast cancer appears to have no influence on the rate of palbociclib dose reductions or discontinuations secondary to neutropaenia, a study has shown.

Treatment with the antisense oligonucleotide bepirovirsen appears to lead to sustained loss of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) and hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA in up to 10 percent of patients with chronic HBV infection, according to the results of the phase IIb study B-Clear.

Young breast cancer survivors could safely temporarily stop adjuvant endocrine therapy (ET) to attempt pregnancy, according to primary results of the POSITIVE* trial presented at SABCS 2022.

Men who are receiving treatment with 5α-reductase inhibitors (5-ARIs) are at increased risk of dementia in the immediate period after initiating treatment, a study has shown. Of note, both finasteride and dutasteride are associated with depression, but neither of them is linked to suicide.