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Perioperative apalutamide plus ADT, six months before and after radical prostatectomy, achieved a ninefold improvement in major pathologic response and a 20% reduction in metastasis-free survival events versus placebo plus ADT in patients with high-risk localized or locally advanced prostate cancer in a phase 3 trial.

Talazoparib plus enzalutamide reduced the risk of radiographic progression or death by 52% versus enzalutamide alone in patients with metastatic castration-sensitive prostate cancer harboring homologous recombination repair gene alterations, with a 3-year rPFS rate of 77% versus 56% in a 599-patient phase 3 trial.

The American Cancer Society updated its colorectal cancer screening guidelines to include two new multitarget stool tests and a blood-based option, while maintaining colonoscopy as the gold standard and the age-45 screening initiation recommendation for average-risk adults.

Tafasitamab plus lenalidomide added to R-CHOP reduced the risk of progression or death by 25% compared with R-CHOP alone in previously untreated high-risk DLBCL and HGBL in a 899-patient phase 3 trial, with overall survival data not yet mature.

A retrospective analysis of more than 840,000 patients with breast cancer found lower all-cause mortality and reduced recurrence risk among those with obesity or type 2 diabetes who received GLP-1 receptor agonists compared with similar patients who did not, though the study did not establish causation.

Neoadjuvant apalutamide plus abiraterone and ADT before radical prostatectomy was associated with improved 12-month potency recovery and lower positive surgical margin rates compared with surgery alone in a small phase 2 trial of men with high-risk localized prostate cancer.