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Some acute ischaemic stroke patients treated with mechanical thrombectomy remain at risk of death despite successful reperfusion, a study reports. Among these patients, symptomatic intracranial haemorrhage (ICH) and high post-thrombectomy National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score strongly predict 90-day mortality.

In diverse patients who are solid organ transplant recipients (SOTRs), knowing the risks for cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC) and benefits can lead to improvements in their care, suggests a study.

Laparoscopic pancreaticoduodenectomy is a safe procedure in elderly patients with periampullary tumours needing surgery, a recent study has found.

Upfront treatment with nivolumab plus chemotherapy continues to yield significant survival benefit compared with chemotherapy alone in patients with advanced GC/GEJC/EAC* after 24 months, regardless of their PD-L1 combined positive score (CPS), according to long-term data from the CheckMate-649 trial presented at GICS 2022.

Alcohol consumption appears to have a U-shaped association with chronic kidney disease (CKD), with fewer moderate drinkers having the disease as compared with nondrinkers and heavy drinkers, according to a study.