News & Updates

Implementing a gradual, catch-up HPV vaccination program can yield considerable long-term public health benefits by reducing the future burden of both cervical and oropharyngeal cancers in Singapore, according to local research.

A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study from Thailand reports a significant reduction in the incidence of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) among patients with gynaecological cancers treated with neurotoxic chemotherapy who received vitamin B12 supplementation vs placebo.

Sigmoidoscopy screening has reduced the colorectal cancer (CRC) incidence and death, and these benefits tend to be more pronounced in men than in women, according to a Norway study.

In men with hypogonadism who have undergone radical prostatectomy for low-grade prostate cancer, testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) helps improve sexual and physical function, according to the SPIRIT study.

A neoadjuvant pathologic complete response-adapted de-escalation strategy to omit chemotherapy in the adjuvant setting is clinically feasible and helps preserve health-related quality of life in highly selected patients with low-risk HER2-positive early breast cancer, according to the phase II PHERGain-2 trial.

Substituting conventional with organic fruits and vegetable (F&V) appears to reduce the risk of postmenopausal cancer, suggests a study.