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Volume 54, Number 8
August 2025

Data from the Joint Breast Cancer Registry in Singapore were used to study patients treated with T-DXd.

Findings reveal that reduced dose intensity had no significant impact on real-world progression-free survival or treatment-related toxicities.

Illustration by Maria De-Castro

Evaluating the impact of relative dose intensity on efficacy of trastuzumab deruxtecan for metastatic breast cancer in the real-world clinical setting

Human epidermal growth receptor 2 (HER2)-positive breast cancer is recognised as a particularly aggressive subtype, associated with a poorer prognosis and a higher risk...

Integrating traditional Chinese medicine into disease management in Singapore

Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) was introduced to the Singapore population by early Chinese immigrants from China.1 During Singapore’s colonial era, particularly between 1819 to...

Trastuzumab-deruxtecan in breast cancer treatment: Balancing the triad of efficacy, safety and accessibility

Trastuzumab deruxtecan (T-DXd), an anti-human epidermal growth receptor 2 (HER2) antibody-drug conjugate (ADC), has emerged as a transformative therapy for metastatic breast cancer (MBC),...

Automatic brain segmentation in cognitive impairment: Validation of AI-based AQUA software in the Southeast Asian BIOCIS cohort

Dementia is a heterogeneous disorder that is accompanied by brain alterations, such as grey matter (GM) loss and cerebral small vessel disease burden, including...

Factors associated with persistent high healthcare service utilisers in Singapore: A population health analysis

Singapore’s healthcare system comprises private and public sector providers,1 financed through a combination of government subvention and subsidies, personal medical savings and funds, health...
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