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A short-course induction chemotherapy conducted prior to chemoradiotherapy appears to deliver significant survival boost in locally advanced cervical cancer, according to the phase III GCIG INTERLACE trial.

Patients with cirrhosis with iron deficiency anemia after variceal bleed (VB) can rely on the efficacy and safety of intravenous (IV) iron replacement, reports a study.

The clinical response or survival benefit derived by patients with advanced cutaneous melanoma from adoptive cell therapy with tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL-ACT) does not wane even with prior antiprogrammed cell death protein 1/programmed death-ligand 1 (anti-PD-[L]1) treatment, according to a study. TIL therapy also provides benefits in the second-line setting after anti-PD-(L)1 treatment.

In a real-world analysis evaluating four oral antiviral agents for the treatment of COVID-19, two ritonavir-based regimens fared better than molnupiravir and azvudine in reducing hospital stay among patients hospitalized for mild or moderate disease.

A phase II trial demonstrated significantly longer progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) in Chinese patients with advanced pancreatic cancer (APC) who received first-line treatment with nab-paclitaxel plus S-1 (AS) vs nab-paclitaxel plus gemcitabine (AG).

A secondary post hoc analysis of the phase III SPARTAN trial shows that patients with non-metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (nmCRPC) who received prior prostate-directed local therapy (LT) had longer metastasis-free survival (MFS) when treated with apalutamide vs those without prior LT.