09-23-2019, 06:54 PM
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-49798628
A "revolutionary" new class of cancer drug that can treat a wide range of tumours has been approved for use in Europe for the first time.
Tumour-agnostic drugs do not care where the cancer is growing in the body as long as it has a specific genetic abnormality inside.
UK doctors testing the drugs said they were "a really exciting thing".
They said the approach had the potential to cure more patients and cut side-effects.
The drug that has been approved is called larotrectinib.
Good to hear . I don't know whether these will be useful against all cancers, or just specific ones; however, cancer's such a vicious thing, and the more weapons we have to fight against it, the better.
Hopefully, this discovery won't be the last!
A "revolutionary" new class of cancer drug that can treat a wide range of tumours has been approved for use in Europe for the first time.
Tumour-agnostic drugs do not care where the cancer is growing in the body as long as it has a specific genetic abnormality inside.
UK doctors testing the drugs said they were "a really exciting thing".
They said the approach had the potential to cure more patients and cut side-effects.
The drug that has been approved is called larotrectinib.
Good to hear . I don't know whether these will be useful against all cancers, or just specific ones; however, cancer's such a vicious thing, and the more weapons we have to fight against it, the better.
Hopefully, this discovery won't be the last!
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