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Treatment with the combination of tamsulosin plus mirabegron following 125I-brachytherapy for prostate cancer falls short of improving voiding volume compared with tamsulosin monotherapy, although the combination helps with urination frequency and overactive bladder symptoms, according to a study.

First-line treatment with nivolumab – be it in combination with chemotherapy (CT) or with ipilimumab – provided overall survival (OS) benefit and durable responses than CT alone in patients with advanced oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC), according to findings from the phase III CheckMate 648 trial.

Patients with hypertension appear to have lower overall perceived health compared with normotensive individuals, but those who engage in high levels of leisure-time physical activity are more likely to rate their health status as ‘very good’ or ‘excellent’, as reported in a study.

Getting a heterologous vaccine booster appears to confer a greater protection against COVID-19 than homologous booster, suggest data from a Singapore study.

Use of a motion-based digital device to guide pelvic floor muscle training effectively mitigates symptoms of urinary incontinence (UI) as well as reduces UI episodes relative to a home training program that consists of written and narrated instructions, as shown in a study.

Patients with head and neck cancer who undergo radiation therapy tend to have persistent opioid use, reveals a study, noting further investigation on early intervention to appropriately wean patients.