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Pure Science: New breast cancer drug delivers unprecedented levels of survival, stopping tumor growth

Category: News & Politics
Duration: 00:08:24
Publish Date: 2022-06-15 07:19:44
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A trial of a newly approved breast cancer drug in patients who are not typically targeted by the drug resulted in extremely encouraging results never seen before. Patients who received the drug survived longer and had lower growth in their tumours than those who received standard chemotherapy. ThePrint’s Sandhya Ramesh explains the findings.

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To know more, read: https://theprint.in/health/experimental-drug-shows-success-in-advanced-breast-cancer-patients-better-than-standard-chemo/995701/ Subscribe to the Pure Science Telegram Channel https://t.me/PureScienceWithSandhyaRamesh

Supplementary reading: Modi, S., et al.; The New England Journal of Medicine (2022) Trastuzumab Deruxtecan in Previously Treated HER2-Low Advanced Breast Cancer https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2203690

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