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

‘Gamechanging’ breast cancer pill to be offered on NHS in England and Wales

Trials showed the drug, capivasertib, increased the time before breast cancer got worse by about 4.2 months.
Trials showed the drug, capivasertib, increased the time before breast cancer got worse by about 4.2 months. Photograph: Oksana Krasiuk/Alamy

Thousands of women with advanced breast cancer in England and Wales are to be offered a “gamechanging” twice-a-day pill on the NHS after a U-turn by the medicines watchdog.

Experts hailed the decision as a “landmark moment”. As many as 3,000 women every year could benefit from capivasertib for hormone receptor (HR)-positive HER2-negative breast cancer that has certain genetic mutations and has spread.

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