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Flu shot during pregnancy extends protection to offspring

02 Jul 2025

Influenza vaccination in pregnant women, especially during the second or third trimester, cuts the risk of infection in infants, as shown in a study.

Flu shot during pregnancy extends protection to offspring

02 Jul 2025

Two-drug combo rises to the challenge as 1L Tx for mTNBC

02 Jul 2025 by

In the primary analysis of the ASCENT-04/KEYNOTE-D19 study, a combination regimen comprising sacituzumab govitecan (SG) and pembrolizumab delivers significant progression-free survival (PFS) benefit in women with previously untreated PD-L1+ advanced triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC).

Two-drug combo rises to the challenge as 1L Tx for mTNBC

02 Jul 2025

Adjuvant pertuzumab delivers survival gain in HER2+ EBC

01 Jul 2025 by

The APHINITY trial of adding pertuzumab to adjuvant therapy for early HER2+ breast cancer turns in a significant OS improvement, with results presented at ESMO Breast Cancer 2025 concluding a phase III trial spanning over a decade

Adjuvant pertuzumab delivers survival gain in HER2+ EBC

01 Jul 2025

Music therapy provides valuable support in gynaecologic cancer patients in palliative care in SG

28 Jun 2025 by

For women with gynaecologic cancer undergoing inpatient palliative care in Singapore, music therapy helps create a comfortable space to disengage from difficult realities, celebrate life, and process grief and other challenging emotions, as shown in a qualitative study.

Music therapy provides valuable support in gynaecologic cancer patients in palliative care in SG

28 Jun 2025

Chronodisruption may interfere with conception in women desiring pregnancy

26 Jun 2025

Among women hoping to get pregnant, greater day-to-day variability in sleep onset and duration—both indicators of chronodisruption—are linked to a longer time to conception over a year of follow-up, as reported in a study.

Chronodisruption may interfere with conception in women desiring pregnancy

26 Jun 2025

Adding low-dose aspirin to calcium does not prevent pre-eclampsia in high-risk pregnancies

25 Jun 2025

Treatment with low-dose aspirin, when added to calcium, early in pregnancy does not appear to provide any benefit in terms of reducing the incidence of pre-eclampsia as well as caesarean section or other important neonatal outcomes in high-risk women, according to a study.

Adding low-dose aspirin to calcium does not prevent pre-eclampsia in high-risk pregnancies

25 Jun 2025

Ibrexafungerp expands salvage antifungal treatment options as a pill

25 Jun 2025 by

For patients with fungal diseases that preclude receiving standard treatment or IV antifungals primarily due to refractoriness or resistance, ibrexafungerp can serve as an effective salvage treatment given orally, offering a positive risk-benefit ratio up to the final data cut-off in the FURI trial

Ibrexafungerp expands salvage antifungal treatment options as a pill

25 Jun 2025

Sildenafil does not improve perinatal outcomes related to hypoxia during labour

18 Jun 2025

Treatment with sildenafil citrate during labour falls short of reducing the incidence of adverse perinatal outcomes potentially related to intrapartum hypoxia, according to a study.