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Officials said on Friday that a new drug that helps to slow down the spread of an incurable type of breast cancer has been approved for use in the UK state -run National Health Services.
Scientists described Capivasstib’s approval by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) as a “historic moment”.
More than 1,000 women with HR positive HER2-negative type can benefit from taking daily tablets twice every year, Nice said.
This drug, also known as Truqap and is created by British pharmaceutical giant Astrazheneka, helps to slow down or prevent the progression of cancer, which means that it can help some patients survive for a long time.
Helen Knight, director of the Needs Evolution, said, “People with advanced breast cancer give importance to remedies such as Capivastib that can be given when limited options are present and because it may delay the need for chemotherapy and its related side effects.”
The advanced type of breast cancer consists of some genetic mutations and spreads within the breast tissue or in other parts of the body.
The pill works by blocking the action of an unusual protein that asks to multiply cancer cells.
The results of a clinical testing found that the Capivasertib plus hormone therapy full -fledged time extended time before the cancer deteriorated for about 4.2 months compared to a placebo and full -assertle.
The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) in London welcomed the move, which follows the research of decades by its scientists.
ICR Chief Executive Christian Helin said, “This announcement is a win that will improve treatment with the most common type of advanced breast cancer for these patients.”
“About half patients with such breast cancer have mutations in one or more genes, and can prevent capivustible disease progression for these patients.”
NIS said that in 2020 40,192 people were detected breast cancer, about 15 percent of the people were advanced stages of the disease when they were diagnosed.
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