ESMO releases the first guideline on NGS testing in cancers
Precision therapies were first approved for cancer in 1998, when trastuzumab was approved for HER2+ breast cancer, opening the door for other targeted therapies such as imatinib for Philadelphia chromosome-positive chronic myelogenous leukaemia.
Residual risk of hepatocellular carcinoma in older Hepatitis C patients even after viral clearance
Infection with the hepatitis C virus (HCV) can lead to chronic hepatitis C infection (CHC) and liver complications such as fibrosis, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), cirrhosis, and end-stage liver disease.
Evidence of SARS-CoV2 in heart cells
While SARS-CoV2 has been previously reported to exist in lung tissue in a 78-year-old patient who died of unexpected cardiac arrest when ready for discharge after COVID-19 hospitalisation, recently the first evidence of SARS-CoV2 infection in heart muscle cells has been reported in a case from Brazil and which is supported by evidence from other reports.
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