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The addition of concurrent cisplatin to adjuvant radiation therapy conferred no benefit to women with intermediate-risk, early-stage cervical cancer who underwent radical hysterectomy, according to randomized phase 3 study results.

SAN DIEGO — Lauren E. Merz, MD, MSc, can still feel both the relief and anger two parents expressed during her first year of medical school at University of Michigan.

The addition of temozolomide to radiation therapy prolonged OS for patients with both co-deleted and non-co-deleted grade 2 gliomas, according to study results.

Glucarpidase significantly improved kidney function for patients who developed acute kidney injury from high-dose methotrexate, according to results of a large, multicenter observational study.

A computerized clinical decision support tool implemented as a diagnostic stewardship intervention led to an approximate 50% decrease in urine culture testing for patients with a urinary catheter, researchers found.

The combination of talquetamab and teclistamab induced durable responses among patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma, according to phase 1B/phase 2 study results.

A shortened adjuvant chemotherapy regimen improved outcomes for infants with unilateral pathologic high-risk retinoblastoma, according to study results.

The FDA approved Vyloy with chemotherapy to treat locally advanced unresectable or metastatic HER2-negative gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma in adults, according to a press release.

Patients with metastatic gastrointestinal cancer may not need a 5-FU bolus as part of their treatment, according to retrospective study results.

Tapering tocilizumab leads to a longer relapse-free period in patients with giant cell arteritis, compared with abrupt discontinuation, according to data published in Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism.