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For patients who have undergone esophageal cancer surgery, the use of wearable fitness trackers leads to a lower incidence of postoperative pneumonia, as shown in a study. It also improves nutritional status and the rates of diary entries, highlighting the device’s utility in postoperative recovery.

Treatment delays do not necessarily contribute to cancer-specific survival (CSS) or locoregional recurrence (LRR) in patients with oropharynx carcinoma, reveals a study. However, time on treatment (TOT) of 1 to 3 days is associated with lower CSS.

Lenvatinib + pembrolizumab combination regimen improves progression-free survival (PFS) compared with sunitinib in a subset of East Asian patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma (aRCC), a finding that was similar to that of the global population of the CLEAR* trial, according to a subanalysis presented at ASCO GU 2022.

Asian and Hispanic oncologists, as well as female oncologists treating genitourinary malignancies, receive lower patient satisfaction scores (PSS), according to a study.

Salvage chemotherapy is preferable over surgery in patients with alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) >30 µg/l and human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) ≥20 mIU/ml after first-line chemotherapy, suggests a study.