Lung cancer pill which cuts risk of death by half 'should change the way patients are treated' 🔴 PMGallagher1:
pill which cuts the risk of death by half should change the way patients are treated, the researchers behind a decade-long global study have said.
Taking osimertinib once a day after surgery reduces the chance of patients dying by 51 per cent, according to “thrilling” trial results presented at the world’s largest cancer conference in the United States. The Adaura trial involved 682 patients aged between 30 and 86 in 26 countries and looked at whether the pill could help non-small cellAll participants had a mutation of the EGFR gene, which is found in about a quarter of global lung cancer cases, and accounts for as many as 40 per cent of cases in Asia.
Osimertinib slashed the risk of death by 51 per cent compared to placebo. The results of the late-stage study, led by Yale University, were presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s annual meeting in Chicago. Dr Roy Herbst, the deputy director of Yale Cancer Centre and lead author of the study, said: “Thirty years ago, there was nothing we could do for these patients. Now we have this potent drug.
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