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First-line treatment with tislelizumab plus chemotherapy for advanced or metastatic gastric or gastro-oesophageal junction adenocarcinoma yields better overall survival and an acceptable safety profile compared with chemotherapy plus placebo in patients with a programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) tumour area positivity (TAP) score of ≥5 percent, a study has shown.

Eating legumes may help avert the development of colorectal cancer, according to a study that has found an inverse association between legume consumption and colorectal cancer risk.

A Scandinavian population-based birth cohort study reveals that children who were exposed to tobacco smoke during their early childhood have an increased risk of developing inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) later in life.

Exposure to any infection during early pregnancy or to a gastrointestinal infection during late pregnancy contributes to the increased likelihood of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) development, especially Crohn’s disease, in the offspring, according to a study.