11 April 2025 - NHS Approves New Treatment to Slow Progression of Incurable Breast Cancer
'I don't look at myself as a dying person anymore': New drug that slows incurable breast cancer now available on the NHS
Katerina Vittozzi (Sky News, 11/04/2025)
The drug capivasertib has been shown in trials to slow the spread of the most common form of incurable breast cancer. Taken in conjunction with an already-available hormonal therapy, it has been shown in trials to double how long treatment will keep the cancer cells from progressing.
New pill can slow progression of incurable breast cancer
Philippa Roxby (BBC, 11/04/2025)
A new type of drug for one of the most common kinds of advanced breast cancer is now available on the NHS in England. Some 3,000 women a year could benefit from capivasertib after a clinical trial showed it can slow progression of the disease, and shrink tumours in a quarter of people. The drug has been given the green light for NHS funding by England's drug assessment body.
‘Gamechanging’ breast cancer pill to be offered on NHS in England and Wales
Andrew Gregory (The Guardian, 11/04/2025)
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.
Breast cancer statistics
Cancer Reaserch UK (Cancer Reaserch UK, 17/01/2025)
There are around 56,800 new breast cancer cases in the UK every year, that's more than 150 every day (2017-2019). Breast cancer is the most common cancer in the UK, accounting for 15% of all new cancer cases (2017-2019). In females in the UK, breast cancer is the most common cancer, with around 56,400 new cases every year (2017-2019). In males in the UK, breast cancer is not among the 20 most common cancers, with around 390 new cases every year (2017-2019).
Pink Ribbon for breast cancer awareness. Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
