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Breast cancer drug not recommended for use in England

Anne Li                                                                                     September 16th, 2017                            [email protected]

 

The drug fulvestrant (Faslodex) has not been recommended in England to treat late stage breast cancer, in draft guidance. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has provisionally rejected fulvestrant for post-menopausal women with a form of the disease known as oestrogen-receptor positive. Professor Arnie Purushotham, Cancer Research UK’s senior clinical adviser, said that the decision was disappointing.

 

See original article at: https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-us/cancer-news/news-report/2017-09-01-breast-cancer-drug-not-recommended-for-use-in-england

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