US FDA Grants Accelerated Approval to a New Breast Cancer Treatment
United States, Sept. 4 -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today expanded treatment options for adult patients with advanced breast cancer, reflecting the FDA's commitment to advancing medical innovation and getting new treatments to patients who need them.FDA granted accelerated approval to Etcamah (camizestrant) in combination with a CDK4/6 inhibitor (abemaciclib, palbociclib, or ribociclib) for the treatment of adult patients with hormone receptor (HR)-positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-negative, locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer upon detection of estrogen receptor-1 (ESR1) mutation during aromatase inhibitor and CDK 4/6 inhibitor therapy, based on an FDA-authorized test.ESR1 mutations are acquired ...
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