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Trastuzumab deruxtecan (T-DXd) reduces the risk of disease progression or death by 72 percent vs trastuzumab emtansine (T-DM1) in patients with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer whose disease progressed during or after treatment with an anti–HER-2 antibody, the first interim analysis of the DESTINY-Breast03 trial has shown.

Exclusionary testing, involving upfront testing for EGFR and ALK followed by next-generation sequencing (NGS) for other genomic alterations (GAs), is the most efficient and cost-saving molecular testing strategy for patients with metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in Hong Kong and perhaps East Asia, researchers from the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) have reported.

Low-dose aspirin reduces risks of some common gastrointestinal (GI) cancers, including colorectal cancer (CRC) and gastric cancer (GC), in Chinese without atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD), compared with paracetamol, the first population-wide study from the University of Hong Kong (HKU) has shown.

The combination of atezolizumab and bevacizumab is better than sorafenib at maintaining clinically meaningful survival benefits over the long term in patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), reports a recent update to the IMbrave150 study.

Extracellular vesicles enriched with the polymeric immunoglobulin receptor molecule contributes to tumorigenesis and cancer stemness in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), reports a recent study.

A moderate increase in the consumption of foods rich in isoflavone can help reduce the risk of lung cancer in women with no smoking history, suggests a study.

Obesity during early adulthood seems to significantly aggravate the risk of early-onset colorectal cancer (CRC), reports a recent study.

Patients with nonmetastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (nmCRPC) who have been initiated on apalutamide in a real-world setting appear to show prostate-specific antigen (PSA) response that is strong and consistent with that reported in clinical trials, as reported in a study.