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Aspirin monotherapy sufficient for venous thromboembolism prevention after arthroplasty

In patients who have undergone total hip or total knee arthroplasty, postoperative treatment with aspirin alone is as good as a strategy of using rivaroxaban followed by aspirin in terms of preventing symptomatic venous thromboembolism, with no significant difference in bleeding events, according to the EPCAT III trial.

Encapsulated rapamycin a promising chemopreventive agent in familial adenomatous polyposis

In patients with familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP), treatment with encapsulated rapamycin is safe and appears to lower polyp burden, according to a phase II study.

Sotatercept increases exercise tolerance in PAH

Patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension treated with sotatercept demonstrate improved exercise tolerance, driven in part by increased haemoglobin, according to a study.

Chronic eosinopenia ups risk of cardiovascular outcomes

Adults with chronic idiopathic eosinopenia appear to be at lower long-term risk of several atherosclerotic cardiovascular outcomes, suggests a study.

Dexamethasone eye drops show promise in type 1 retinopathy of prematurity

Treatment with dexamethasone eye drops is safe and may reduce the need for invasive treatment in preemies with type 1 retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), according to the DROPROP study.

STRIDE-based regimen improves PFS, tumour responses in eeHCC patients

Treatment with STRIDE*, with or without lenvatinib, plus TACE** significantly improves progression-free survival (PFS), objective response rate (ORR), and duration of response (DoR) in patients with embolization-eligible hepatocellular carcinoma (eeHCC) compared with TACE alone, according to the phase III EMERALD-3 trial presented at ESMO GI 2026.

Add-on high-dose vitamin D3 of little benefit in mCRC

Adding high-dose vitamin D3 to standard chemotherapy does not appear to improve outcomes in patients with previously untreated metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC), as shown in a phase III trial.

IVF treatment linked to mental health vulnerability

Residual perfusion defects mark patients at risk for complications

Residual perfusion defects normally persist following acute pulmonary embolism, indicating a more severe initial disease phenotype, according to a study.