Improving the Sensitivity of Cervical Cytology: What Are the Issues?

Experts at CHEST 2026 urge pulmonologists to keep lung cancer in mind for younger patients who never smoked, to order screening and biomarker testing themselves, and to advocate for patients' access to care.

FDA granted accelerated approval to dostarlimab-gxly for dMMR or MSI-H locally advanced rectal cancer based on interim phase 2 AZUR-1 results.

Phentolamine 0.75% (Ryzumvi) won FDA approval for presbyopia based on the phase 3 VEGA-2 and VEGA-3 trials.

Nearly 3 in 4 bariatric surgery candidates had clinical obesity, a phenotype that BMI alone did not distinguish from preclinical obesity.

Satralizumab, a first-in-class IL-6 receptor inhibitor, was approved for adults with thyroid eye disease based on the phase 3 SatraGO program.

A review of 47 endometriosis guidelines found most came from high-income settings and diverged on biomarkers, repeat surgery, and fertility referral.

The meeting covered several topics in eye care, including how artificial intelligence (AI) can play a part in eye care.

A meta-analysis of 27 trials found a 15% cardiovascular risk reduction per 10-mm Hg lower systolic BP, with no added risk of kidney failure.