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Giving adjuvant S-1 to patients with curatively resected biliary tract cancer (BTC) significantly improves survival compared with observation following surgery, according to the ASCOT trial presented in the 2022 ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium (GICS).

Ultrasound is a dependable tool for monitoring loss of muscle mass in recipients of allogeneic haemoatopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT), a recent study has found.

Acupuncture seems to be better than pharmacotherapy at relieving emotional symptoms in patients with functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGIDs), reports a recent meta-analysis.

A rater-blind randomized trial conducted by the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) in collaboration with the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and BrainNow Research Institute in Shenzhen, China, has found that regular aerobic exercise led to pulse and blood pressure (BP) reductions as well as maintenance of global cognition in older people with moderate to severe subclinical cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD).

Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation and transcranial direct-current stimulation can effectively treat neuropathic pain after brachial plexus injury without aggravating pain and anxiety state, a recent study has found.

A novel mobile application to help patients self-manage atrial fibrillation (AF) has been found useful and acceptable for Asians, according to a Singapore study.