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A case-based application of FRESCO trial data positions fruquintinib as a third-line option in KRAS-mutant metastatic colorectal cancer, while emphasizing treatment decisions shift toward disease control and quality of life after multiple prior lines.

A clinician review outlined how diagnostic confidence, staging, genetic risk, and imaging features inform patient selection for amyloid-targeting Alzheimer’s therapies.

Bariatric surgery volumes peaked in 2022 and have fallen since, with sleeve gastrectomy losing ground and Roux-en-Y conversions climbing as GLP-1 prescriptions expand.

A decade after surgery, patients who got their torn meniscus trimmed fared worse than those who received a sham procedure. The sham group reported less pain, more knee use, and less arthritis progression.

A pediatric gastroenterology expert outlines when extrapolation of adult IBD therapies to children is reasonable, where it falls short, and how shared decision-making should be structured.