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22 May 2025
New drug offers hope to those with breast cancer

Breast Cancer Network Australia (BCNA) has welcomed a decision to recommend a new targeted treatment for metastatic breast cancer for PBS subsidy.

Clinical trials show the new medicine TRUQAP® (capivasertib), in combination with hormone blocking treatment fulvestrant, keeps cancer from growing or spreading for more than twice as long than fulvestrant alone.

The drug has been recommended for PBS sub...

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