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Neither SARS-CoV-2 infection exposure nor COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy poses a significant risk to early child development, as shown in a population-level study said to be the largest to date.

Treatment with nivolumab plus ipilimumab in the frontline setting provides clinically meaningful overall survival (OS) benefit compared with lenvatinib or sorafenib to patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) who were naive to systemic therapy, according to data from the phase III CheckMate 9DW study presented at ASCO GI 2025.

Taking aspirin contributes to a reduced risk of several gastrointestinal (GI) malignancies, such as colorectal cancer (CRC), liver cancer, stomach cancer, and pancreatic cancer, as shown by the results of a 20-year study presented at ASCO GI 2025. However, no association is seen with most non-GI cancers.

A retrospective analysis has shown that increasing the dose of subcutaneous infliximab (CT-P13 SC) from 120 to 240 mg Q2W in patients with inflammatory bowel disease who initially responded but subsequently lost response leads to improved clinical efficacy over an extended period.

Treatment with colchicine appears to lower the risk of stroke and major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) when used for longer duration, according to a study presented at ISC 2025. This beneficial effect, however, is not observed among patients with shorter follow-up duration.