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Treatment with oral minocycline falls short of slowing the rate of geographic atrophy (GA) enlargement in patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD), according to the results of a phase II study.

Patients with de novo human epidermal growth receptor 2 (HER2)-positive metastatic breast cancer (MBC) who show radiographic response to first-line HER2-directed therapy are more likely to achieve long-term survival, suggests a recent study.

Use of either stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) or yttrium-90 (Y90) is effective in the management of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), resulting in similar overall and progression-free survival, reports a study. However, Y90 is more expensive than SBRT.

In patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), higher general life satisfaction is associated with higher physical and mental quality of life independently, but not with gastrointestinal (GI) symptom severity, reveals a study.

Patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) who has undergone long-term treatment with tenofovir alafenamide (TAF) achieve high rates of viral suppression comparable to those of tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF; or TDF switched to TAF) with favourable renal and bone safety, results of a study have shown.