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Statins confer some protection against breast cancer recurrence in Asians
Taking a statin after breast cancer surgery appears to reduce the risk of disease recurrence in Asians, especially among those with invasive cancers, as shown in a study from Singapore.

Brigatinib a potential standard treatment alternative for treatment-naive ALK+ NSCLC
In patients with advanced anaplastic lymphoma kinase-positive non-small cell lung cancer (ALK+ NSCLC) who were ALK inhibitor-naïve, brigatinib showed superior efficacy and safety over crizotinib, according to the final results of the phase III ALTA-1L* trial presented at ELCC 2022.

Secondary OPINION analysis boosts safety profile of maintenance olaparib for ovarian cancer
In women with platinum-sensitive relapsed ovarian cancer without a deleterious or suspected deleterious germline BRCA1/BRCA2 mutation (non-gBRCAm), maintenance olaparib was well tolerated, according to the secondary safety results from the phase IIIb OPINION study presented at SGO 2022.

COREC Initiative to improve colorectal cancer screening, early detection
The Ministry of Health Malaysia (MOH) collaborated with MIMS to launch an awareness campaign known as the COREC Initiative: Battling colorectal cancer together in early April.




