Medically supervised, individualized nutrition therapy—long proven effective in reversing metabolic diseases like type 2 diabetes and obesity—shows promise in extending survival in patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer when used alongside chemotherapy, according to data from a randomized, controlled phase II clinical trial.
The phase III persevERA Breast Cancer study, evaluating investigational giredestrant in combination with palbociclib for people with oestrogen receptor (ER)-positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-negative, locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer, did not meet its primary objective of a statistically significant improvement in progression-free survival in the intent-to-treat population versus letrozole plus palbociclib, but a numerical improvement was observed.
