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Results from a pivotal phase 3 trial show that the PD-1 therapy Keytruda, in combination with chemotherapy, significantly improves survival in patients with advanced gastric cancer and has a favorable safety profile. Patients benefited regardless of their PD-L1 expression.

For patients undergoing surgery for ovarian and endometrial cancer, pain and anxiety are often experienced. Recently, a new study has shown that acupressure before surgery may help reduce anxiety and that acupuncture during surgery may reduce severe pain. The study was published online in Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society.

Every year, 40000 women die of breast cancer in the United States alone. When cancers are discovered at an early stage, they can often be cured. Mammography is the best alternative diagnostic method, but this method also has shortcomings. It often results in false positive results, leading to unnecessary surgery.

The Mediterranean diet contains mono and polyunsaturated fats from olive oil nuts and fish, polyphenols and fibers from vegetables, fruits and whole grains, which are closely related to the better efficacy of immunotherapeutic drugs called immunocheckpoint inhibitors (ICI).

In our intestines, there are a wide variety of intestinal microorganisms, which are called intestinal microflora. Many studies have proved that they play an extremely important role in maintaining normal digestion and absorption, regulating immunity and preventing pathogen invasion.

New research confirms that the innovative treatment Zolbetuximab, in combination with chemotherapy, is highly effective in the treatment of gastric cancer, especially in advanced stages, and is expected to be a potential new treatment for patients with gastric cancer.

According to data from cohort 17 of the phase 1b COSMIC-021 trial (NCT03170960), the combination therapy of cabozantinib and atelizumab, at a mean follow-up of 25.9 months, 17% of the 30 patients in cohort 17 had significant tumour shrinkage or disappearance, giving an overall disease control rate of 60% when those with stable lesions were added. 5 patients with tumours in remission All of the patients whose tumours had shrunk by at least 30%.

Many lung cancer patients will be detected by genetic testing to carry an EGFR mutation, and these patients can often control their tumours with EGFR-targeted drugs. Although targeted drugs are effective and have fewer side effects than chemotherapy, resistance to them inevitably occurs, after which they no longer work.

Many women suffering from hyperthyroidism hope to become pregnant or have a second child, but hyperthyroidism is a chronic disease, which often cannot be cured for a long time. Many people mistakenly believe that hyperthyroidism and pregnancy are absolutely "incompatible" and "irreconcilable", which undoubtedly brings a lot of gloom to patients' family life.

A new clinical trial update shows that oxitinib (known as Teresa, or 9291) nearly doubled disease-free survival and halved post-operative recurrence rates in lung cancer patients carrying an early stage EGFR mutation!