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Aspirin use lowers risk of liver cancer

14 Jul 2022

A recent study has shown that use of aspirin can help reduce the risk of developing liver cancer.

14 Jul 2022

PSA testing helps prevent prostate cancer deaths

14 Jul 2022 by

A prostate specific antigen (PSA)-based screening is effective in significantly lowering the risk of death from prostate cancer (PC), reports a study. However, nonattendance, initiation after age 60 years, and discontinuation at age 70 years appear to increase such risk.

14 Jul 2022

Antiplatelet drugs up bleeding, decompensation events in cirrhosis patients

14 Jul 2022

Use of antiplatelet (AP) medication appears to increase bleeding and decompensation events among privately insured patients with cirrhosis, a study has found. Use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) is also associated with significant early bleeding, but not decompensations. Anticoagulants (AC), on the other hand, are not associated with bleeding or decompensation outcomes.

14 Jul 2022

Disrupted gut fungi tied to colorectal cancer

14 Jul 2022 by

Alterations in normal gut mycobiota profile, particularly the enrichment of the pathogenic Aspergillus rambellii, appear to aggravate the risk of colorectal cancer (CRC), according to a recent study.

14 Jul 2022

Panitumumab + mFOLFOX6 ups OS in 1L left-sided RAS wild-type mCRC in Japanese trial

14 Jul 2022 by

Panitumumab plus modified FOLFOX6 (mFOLFOX6; fluorouracil, leucovorin, and oxaliplatin) as first-line therapy significantly improves overall survival (OS) vs bevacizumab plus mFOLFOX6 in patients with left-sided RAS wild-type (wt) metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC), results of the Japanese PARADIGM trial have shown.

14 Jul 2022

Molecular weight affects oat β-glucan dose needed to impact glycaemic response in nondiabetics

14 Jul 2022

Molecular weight (MW) appears to be an important factor in determining the required dose of oat β-glucan (OBG) to elicit a significant reduction in mean glucose peak among healthy people without diabetes, a recent meta-regression has found.

14 Jul 2022