News & Updates

Telehealth delivery of early palliative care positively affects quality of life in patients with advanced non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) the same way an in-person delivery does, according to a study.

Use of ponsegromab is associated with increased weight gain and reduced cachexia symptoms in patients with cancer cachexia, according to results of a phase II, randomized, double-blind study.

Hong Kong has become the first in Asia to introduce histotripsy – a nonthermal, nonionizing, noninvasive, focused ultrasound technique that induces cavitation and mechanical destruction of tissue at a focal point – for treatment of liver tumours in clinical trials.

New drug applications approved by US FDA as of 16-31 August 2024 which includes New Molecular Entities (NMEs) and new biologics. It does not include Tentative Approvals. Supplemental approvals may have occurred since the original approval date.

Use of aspirin appears to be beneficial in the prevention of pancreatic cancer, according to a study.

Diverticulosis is significantly associated with adenomas, advanced adenomas, and neoplasia, but not with cancer alone, according to a study.