Andrea S. Blevins Primeau, PhD, MBA

In a registry study, patients with HBV or HCV who began low-dose aspirin had lower rates of HCC and 10-year liver-related mortality compared with nonusers.

A phase 3 trial of elderly patients with nonsquamous NSCLC demonstrated that carboplatin + pemetrexed prolonged survival with an improved safety profile compared with docetaxel.

A large retrospective analysis demonstrated that a delay of 4 to 8 weeks for adjuvant radiotherapy following surgical resection of glioblastoma improved survival.

Preoperative intravenous acetaminophen plus local infiltration of LB during hysterectomy and surgical staging of uterine cancer may reduce the need for postoperative narcotics.