New drug could buy months of extra life for thousands of women with incurable breast cancer
A NEW drug could buy months of extra life for thousands of women with incurable breast cancer.1
It is estimated 2,500 to 3,000 patients are living with the specific cancer the drug combo is designed forThe charity Breast Cancer Now applauded the decision and said around 3,000 women could benefit. The treatment can be used for those sufferers who have seen the disease return and spread to other parts of the body., when combined with another drug called fulvestrant, can delay worse cases by 7.6 months on average, and even give nine extra months of life.“Following its worrying provisional rejection by NICE earlier this year, this decision now secures its future use on the NHS.
“It brings hope to eligible women who could see this combination treatment offer them precious extra months before their disease progresses and it could even help extend their lives.”
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