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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Andrew Gregory Health editor

Breast cancer drug may help thousands more women than previously thought

Doctor looks at results of a mammogram
Pembrolizumab could be used alongside chemotherapy before and after surgery to treat a common form of breast cancer. Photograph: Rui Vieira/PA

Thousands more women with breast cancer could benefit from a blockbuster immunotherapy drug than previously thought, research suggests.

Pembrolizumab, sold under the brand name Keytruda, targets and blocks a specific protein on the surface of certain immune cells that then seek out and destroy the cancerous cells.

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