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The Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) has made a final decision to turn down Perjeta (pertuzumab) for routine NHS funding for first line use in women whose HER2-positive breast cancer has returned to the breast but is inoperable, or where it has spread to other parts of the body.
Q BioMed Inc has initiated production of Strontium-89 Chloride, a radiopharmaceutical indicated for the analgesic treatment of metastatic breast and prostate cancer bone pain.
8 June 2017 | By Niamh Marriott, Junior Editor
AstraZeneca's positive results from its trial that showed a statistically-significant and clinically-meaningful improvement in progression-free survival...
7 June 2017 | By Niamh Marriott, Junior Editor
Data has shown similarity in efficacy and safety between CT-P6 (biosimilar trastuzumab candidate) and reference trastuzumab treatment in patients...
23 February 2017 | By Niamh Marriott, Digital Editor
AstraZeneca announced positive results from its Phase III trial comparing Lynparza to chemotherapy, to treat HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer...
3 February 2017 | By Niamh Marriott, Digital Editor
NICE has today published draft guidance which does not recommend Pfizer's breast cancer drug palbociclib for routine funding on the NHS...
Plants that have known medicinal properties are plentiful in Africa, and primary healthcare in the developing world has, since ancient times, relied heavily on their cultivation and use. Increasingly, too, the uses and effects of medicinal plants are becoming of interest globally.
3 November 2016 | By Niamh Louise Marriott, Digital Content Producer
NICE has said eribulin, which is also called Halaven and made by Eisai, should be an option for people with locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer...
13 October 2016 | By Niamh Louise Marriott, Digital Content Producer
Results showed that mortality was higher in patients over 70 who were either not tested with Oncotype DX or had a recurrence score result greater than 18...
11 October 2016 | By Niamh Louise Marriott, Digital Content Producer
DS-8201a is an investigational antibody drug conjugate comprised of a humanised anti-HER2 antibody attached by a peptide linker to a novel topoisomerase...
10 October 2016 | By Niamh Louise Marriott, Digital Content Producer
The results demonstrate that LEE011 plus letrozole reduced the risk of death or progression by 44%. The combination significantly improved PFS across...
18 August 2016 | By The Institute of Cancer Research, London
In a study of nearly 2000 patients, researchers found that women whose tumours had high F12 activity and low STC2 activity had a 32% chance of dying within 10 years, whereas those with low F12 activity and high STC2 activity had only a 10% chance of dying...
13 July 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
Lilly and Boehringer Ingelheim are to collaborate on a Phase Ib study of abemaciclib and BI 836845 in patients with HR+, HER2- metastatic breast cancer...
20 June 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
Researchers have discovered that an existing medication, denosumab, may prevent breast cancer in women carrying a faulty BRCA1 gene...
27 May 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
The Phase III FALCON trial compared Faslodex to Arimidex for the treatment of locally-advanced or metastatic breast cancer, in post-menopausal women...
