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Final results from a phase 3 trial with the investigational DCVax-L vaccine show that overall survival was increased both in patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma as well as recurrent disease.

Recovery occurred within 2 years in nearly three quarters of patients in a retrospective review at a single Chinese medical center.

The study shows that ctDNA testing could help guide decisions about adjuvant chemotherapy. The study was published as a preprint and has not yet been peer reviewed.

Among patients with metastatic colon cancer with liver or lung lesions who received neoadjuvant therapy, survival was longer in comparison with patients who received adjuvant therapy, but only in nonacademic settings.

The treatment combined surgical debulking and fractionated ablative laser for severe rhinophyma in three elderly individuals.

The analysis focused on elderly patients after hepatectomy for hepatitis B virus–related hepatocellular carcinoma. The study was published as a preprint and has not yet been peer reviewed.

California governor Gavin Newsome recently vetoed legislation -- opposed by ophthalmologists -- that would have allowed optometrists to perform laser and scalpel eye surgeries.

A review of 524 patients who underwent removal of a pheochromocytoma at a single center in China identified characteristics that distinguished those with hypertension from those with normotension.

Some patients develop more advanced cancer that requires surgery, often on exposed surfaces like the scalp, face, or neck.

BRAZIL: In western patients who have undergone liver resection for tumors, preoperative inflammatory markers are beneficial for predicting long-term prognosis, states research published in BMC...