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Addressing the unmet needs and challenges in managing older AF patients
A key focus in the management of atrial fibrillation (AF) in older patients is stroke prevention through oral anticoagulation. However, a significant proportion of older AF patients remain undercoagulated due to the perceived bleeding risk of oral anticoagulants (OACs). Dr Tan Vern Hsen, Senior Consultant, Department of Cardiology, Changi General Hospital, Singapore, and Dr Barbara Helen Rosario, Senior Consultant, Department of Geriatric Medicine, Changi General Hospital, Singapore, shared their respective insights into managing older AF patients for an integrated approach.
Addressing the unmet needs and challenges in managing older AF patients
01 Apr 2022
Optimal protection in geriatric patients with atrial fibrillation: An expert’s perspective
Geriatric patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) are at increased risk of blood clots that can lodge in the brain and cause fatal strokes. At a recent webinar, Professor Olivier Hanon, Head of Geriatrics Department in Broca Hospital, Paris, France, shared insights on how to optimally protect geriatric patients with AF, with a special focus on direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs), particularly rivaroxaban, for stroke prevention in AF.
Optimal protection in geriatric patients with atrial fibrillation: An expert’s perspective
01 Apr 2022
Tislelizumab produces long-term benefits in relapsed, refractory classical Hodgkin lymphoma
Treatment with the antiprogrammed cell death protein 1 (anti–PD-1) monoclonal antibody tislelizumab yields high response rates in relapsed or refractory classical Hodgkin's lymphoma, with a similar toxicity profile as other anti–PD-1 therapies, as shown in the extended results of a phase II trial.
Tislelizumab produces long-term benefits in relapsed, refractory classical Hodgkin lymphoma
01 Apr 2022
T-DXd ups PFS vs T-DM1 in HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer
Trastuzumab deruxtecan (T-DXd) reduces the risk of disease progression or death by 72 percent vs trastuzumab emtansine (T-DM1) in patients with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer whose disease progressed during or after treatment with an anti–HER-2 antibody, the first interim analysis of the DESTINY-Breast03 trial has shown.
T-DXd ups PFS vs T-DM1 in HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer
01 Apr 2022
Exclusionary testing most efficient and cost-saving for NSCLC
Exclusionary testing, involving upfront testing for EGFR and ALK followed by next-generation sequencing (NGS) for other genomic alterations (GAs), is the most efficient and cost-saving molecular testing strategy for patients with metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in Hong Kong and perhaps East Asia, researchers from the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) have reported.
