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Children with non-severe community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) may benefit from a 5-day antibiotic regimen compared with the current standard regimen of 10 days, according to results of the US-based SCOUT-CAP trial.

The use of delamanid-containing regimens is safe and effective in the management of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB), with high culture conversion and treatment success rates despite extensive resistance patterns, according to the results of a meta-analysis.

In patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) who experience disease progression while on enzalutamide treatment, continuing enzalutamide appears to improve progression-free survival (PFS), according to results of the phase IIIb PRESIDE trial.

The novel topical nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) S-flurbiprofen plaster provides relief from pain that appears similar to that achieved with diclofenac gel in patients with knee osteoarthritis, in addition to being well tolerated, according to data from an open-label, noninferiority phase III study.

About one in four cutaneous melanoma patients use at least one type of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), of which herbs and turmeric are the most popular, reveals a prospective study from a tertiary cancer centre in Turkey.

Among advanced hepatocellular carcinoma patients being treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs), the occurrence of multisystem and more severe immune-related adverse events is a favourable signal, being associated with survival advantage, according to a Singapore study.